Hello.

Well. Here I am (again) trying to dust of my little old blog (again). Instead of doing a recap of the past...too many years...Let me just kick of this blog reboot with an updated introduction.

Hello. I'm Corina, and I am....

a wife of almost 4 months to this guy. This is our first married selfie. It was taken in the groom's room right after we got married. We were waiting for our grand entrance to our reception. We may have already had a cocktail each. HAHA.

a homeowner of over a year to this house. We bought and moved into this house in December 2014. While this is technically our second Christmas in this house, we are treating it as our first Christmas. Last year at this time we were still unpacking boxes. I couldn't find my socks let alone all the Christmas decorations. This year we did it right. We put up the tree, lights, and other holiday decorations. It continues to be an exciting adventure making this house into our home. We have had our house dramas, and it has made us house-poor, but we love being in our "Wheelhouse"

an avid movie watcher. We go to the picture show at least once a week, twice on holiday weeks or if we get awesome free preview tickets. My mister and I have a passion for movies (him especially) and we try to see as many Oscar nominated films before the awards show. We have movies recording like crazy on our DVR and have amassed a huge Blu-Ray collection - most of which is still wrapped in shrink wrap (don't judge). Here we are checking out one of the new VIP theaters with recliners and way too small servings of food brought directly to your seat...

a human mama to this furbaby, Bubba. He's grumpy and cuddly at the same time.

a new plannergirl. Sometime in July, in the middle of wedding planning, house remodeling, busy season at work, and life, I had a melt down. There was just too much and I felt like I was drowning. I found the Purposeful Planner and the Simplicity Project and started making changes and having fun buying pretties for my planners - yes I have more than one. haha. 

an engineer. I am not quite the work-a-holic that I was, but I still work a lot, at the same company as I have the past 12+ years. It's not my life's passion, but it keeps me busy and keeps food on the table and a place to keep said food and table. ;) I hope one day to parlay my mad engineering/organizing skills to something a bit more fun, but until then this is my life:

a Short-Hair-Don't-Care-Girl. I grew my hair out for my wedding. It was so long that I could almost sit on it. Two months after the wedding, I had it chopped all off. It was something I was thinking about doing for a long time and I'm so glad that I did. Its so much easier to take care of and style and for some reason it makes me feel more spunky and free.

There is definitely much more to me than this, and hopefully I will be able to stop by more often to share it with you. 2015 is coming to a close and boy was it one crazy good year. I can't wait to see what 2016 holds for us!

52 Lists - Week 5

I really like this week's list. Its always good to list what you're grateful for on a regular basis. It someone makes the no to great part seem really trivial, and even makes some of the other dramas more comical.

WEEK 5 // LIST WHAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR

• The Boyfriend, his love, and his support
• Best Friends, their love, and their support
• Creative Outlets, even though I don't get to create as much as I like, its nice to be able to escape in it whenever I can
• The Apartment, this little place has become our home
• The Cat and his silliness
• Traditions and Keepsakes
• My Job, it keeps the bills paid and gives me health insurance
• Living in Southern California, the sun, the culture, the beach, the diversity
• Health, it wouldn't hurt me one bit to loose weight, but I've lost enough that I've been my healthiest in my adult life
• Coffee, it makes me less grumpy in the mornings

** The 52 Lists Project is by Moorea Seal 

Found: Silver

The Boyfriend and I have really gotten into thrifting and antiques. While I absolutely love antiques and visiting antique stores and malls, the prices are often on the high side. It's not often that you find a good deal in California, but every now and then you can come across some really good steals at Goodwill or Salvation Army.

We can across two very tarnished pieces on our last trip to the Salvation Army. After looking up the markings on the bottom, we confirmed that the bowl is 100% silver ($15.00) and the plate is silver plated ($6.00). With it being a 40% off day, the items were a only $9 for the bowl and $3.60 for the plate.

Even though both pieces are very tarnished, they were both still shiny with a nice patina. The plate had a few visible scratches, but for $3.60 we took at chance.

I looked up a homemade cleaning solution online that uses foil, baking soda, salt, and boiling water. I didn't really measure anything (like it said I was supposed to) and I ended up using one of those foil baking dishes (like it said not to - I know, I'm a rebel). In the end we ended up with this:

I absolutely love what we found underneath. I can't wait to go back again and unearth more treasures like this!

Monthly Movie Recap - January

The Boyfriend* and I are big movie watchers. HUGE movie watchers. We go to the movies at least once a week and we watch Netflix movies or something from our personal collection at least twice a week. Now that we have HBO, there is a whole other source for us to watch movies. These are the movies that we've watched in the month of January:

In the Theater
Inside Llewyn Davis
Her
August: Osage County
Wolf of Wall Street
The Past 
Frozen

Netflix
My Sassy Girl (US Remake)
20 Feet from Stardom
Broken Circle Breakdown
The Croods
Singing in the Rain

HBO
Hurricane
LA Confidential
Despicable Me 2

Personal DVD/BluRay Collection
There Will Be Blood
Steel Magnolias (1989)

Just call me a linkamapotomus. hehe. My Favorites of January include: Her, August: Osage County, Wolf of Wall Street, 20 Feet from Stardom, Broken Circle Breakdown, and Steel Magnolias. Despicable Me was cute, but I prefer the first one over the second one.

*I've decided that even though we are now engaged, the Boyfriend will continue to be called The Boyfriend on this blog until he officially becomes The Husband. :)

2014 Oscar Nominees

Last year was the first year that The Boyfriend and I decided to watch all the Oscar Nominated Films, make our own predictions, and then watch the Oscars live to see how well we do. The 2014 Oscar Nominees were announced last Thursday, and this year we actually have seen most of the films. A full list of the nominees can be found on the Official Site. Here are the nominees in the categories we are considering:

Best Picture

American Hustle (Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, Producers) 
Captain Phillips (Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers) 
Dallas Buyers Club (Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers) 
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers) 
Her (Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers) 
Nebraska (Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers) 
Philomena (Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers) 
12 Years a Slave (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers) 
The Wolf of Wall Street (Nominees to be determined)

Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale American Hustle 

Bruce Dern Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams American Hustle  

Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock Gravity
Judi Dench Philomena
Meryl Streep August: Osage County

Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper American Hustle 
Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill The Wolf of Wall Street 
Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins Blue Jasmine 
Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle 
Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave 
Julia Roberts August: Osage County 
June Squibb Nebraska

Directing

American Hustle David O. Russell 
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón 
Nebraska Alexander Payne 
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen 
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese

Writing - Adapted Screenplay 

Before Midnight  (Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)  

Captain Phillips (Screenplay by Billy Ray) 
Philomena (Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope)

12 Years a Slave (Screenplay by John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Screenplay by Terence Winter)

Writing - Original Screenplay

American Hustle (Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell)
Blue Jasmine (Written by Woody Allen)
Dallas Buyers Club (Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack)
Her (Written by Spike Jonze)
Nebraska (Written by Bob Nelson)

 

We have seen everything on this list already. In fact, when the nominations were released, the only one he had not seen at the time was Wolf of Wall Street. We are probably going to add the animated, foreign, and documentary categories to the above list, however I'm pretty sure that I will not be getting through those categories.