Review: Green tape

I splurged on the green turtle tape forour bedroom painting.


This is how it did.

NOT impressed with the edge barrier. :(

It did seem to excel in keeping windows free from paint, though. Maybe it is more discerning about the surface?

I had quite a bit of touching up to do. Then trim painting.


I have NO IDEA how I ended up with so much white trim paint in my hair. Seriously. I've never had this much paint on my head. Ever. I looked like I had white hairs, and some of the paint stuck around 3-5 days. Sheesh.

Movie — Babies

When we're off, Erik and I are admittedly couch potatoes. We like to decompress and just vege (sp?) out.

Last year, I remember seeing some chatter about the movie "Babies" and thought it sounded like an interesting flick (see trailer below):



We watched it Sunday night, and while it was not exactly what I expected, it was pretty cute.

It wasn't what I "expected" because other documentary type movies I've seen have had commentaries or voice over. Some narrator weaving things together. With this, there wasn't any of that. Nope. Nada. Zip. Just the babies, some music and ambient noise. Which wasn't bad, just not what I expected.

There were some times where I really wish they would have explained what was going on. For example:

Karen: "I wonder what's going on. Is this a family ritual? A birthday party?"
Erik: "I wonder if that kid is chewing on a Wheat Thin or Triscuit?" (I'm not making this line up)

Anyhow, it was pretty cute. Babies are universal.

There was one scene where the baby in Africa was falling asleep sitting up and kept waking himself up because he was falling over in an attempt to fall asleep. Pretty cute.

One note, though: obviously this is about babies and there are a bunch of rural scenes, so there's plenty of nudity (but not distasteful or anything) ... just so you know before you bust this out with small kids or anything.