The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

At this time of the year I love to watch Christmas films.  To be honest there isn't a great selection on Netflix but I did find this one.

It's "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" starring Ed Burns and Connie Britton (love her!)

'Tis a tad schmaltzy, sentimental and very "oirish" but actually a very bittersweet movie with lots of different stories running alongside each other.  

Knowing lots of big Irish families (my mam was one of 13 brothers and sisters!) and having 4 sisters myself, I think this film is very authentic and very familiar (sometimes uncomfortably so).  It's a very watchable movie and if you have Netflix you should download it - I thought it was perfect for a Sunday evening.

If you watch it let me know what you think!

The marvels of HDMI

I mentioned in work that I was thinking of getting Netflix but that I didn't think I would be able to get a second HDMI cable up the back of my TV.  

It was a tough job to get the original cable in for my TV service box - I had to use a mirror to help guide the cable in to the slot. 

A colleague suggested that all I needed to do was take the HDMI cable out of the TV box and not the TV when I wanted to hook up my laptop to the TV.  So simple!!

Today I did exactly that and watched The Great Gatsby on DVD through my laptop.  HDMI is brilliant!!

I really enjoyed The Great Gatsby.  The book is one of my all time favourites and one can only say that Baz Luhrman has made a spectacular spectacle which captures the gloriously decadence of the roaring twenties and the jazz age.  Just splendid!

We had a great Friday evening with an early bird dinner in The Table in Portobello.  It was our second time here and although I  loved the ambiance and setting I think we didn't order well for our mains.  However, the bottle of malbec I ordered helped it all go down!

I'm currently in state of what I call "super woman" where I feel that I can do anything.  Common sense prevailed however and I came to the realization that I possibly was over stretching myself and over estimating my capabilities.  

Along with making arrangements to start a Diploma in Digital Marketing in the next few weeks, I had also signed on to train as a volunteer counsellor with a rape helpline.  I decided however that the time wasn't right for me to make this commitment so I pulled out of the training course for it.  I will revisit this volunteering opportunity in maybe a year or so as  I have to make work my priority at this time. I am currently assigned to working in a new branch that is opening at the end of the month so I am massively busy.  Along with my work commitments I am also having a small procedure carried out in hospital on Wednesday but hopefully I won't need any time off work after this.  All in all, I have a lot going on so I need to be careful not to over extend myself.