I'm just home from uni and have read dad's blog. Craig is trying to find out when he can get time off work for the holiday next year. So we have not quite finalised when we will go to Tenerife. So thanks for the offer of booking flights in advance, but we will need to hold off until he can get it organised.

So, to movie reviews. 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' I thought was ok. Not amazing, but watchable. Russell Brand plays himself and is amusing in doing so. All the rest of the characters I thought were less entertaining. I particularly thought the end was crap. The girl who lives in Hawaii (in a job that is not supposed to be matching her potential) goes back to mainland USA to finish 'school'. Err... is she stupid or what? Stay in Hawaii. Stick at the job. You live in paradise.

The other movie we rented was the Brad Pitt movie about Jesse James. However, when we put it on, we realised they had given us the wrong DVD and it was a movie called 'Made of Honour' instead (that's how they spell it in the movie).

Has anyone seen it? If not, don't rush out and get it. It's a cheesy American rom com about a female and male who are best friends (both are secretly in love with one another but have never confessed it.... can you see already what is going to happen....?). She goes from New York to a work placement in..... Scotland! and falls in love with a ginger stereotype. The movie is about how her american best friend eventually confesses his love to her, she ditches 'ginge', and they all live happily ever after. Except on the way they pull out every Scottish stereotype going.

The actor who plays the Scottish love is not Scottish.... (why they couldn't employ a Scot, I don't know) but they get this guy to try his best at the accent. You can almost hear the dialect coach whispering in his ear.... 'just speak really quickly and unintelligbly and rrrrrrroll... every R you pronounce!'

He lives.... yes, you guessed it, in a CASTLE. Yes, as we all do. And has staff who are all wearing... yes! you guessed it TARTAN! and they eat..... (well need I go on..?).

Anyway, but there were some factual inaccuracies as well as stereotypes... the 'Scottish' guy says that in Scotland we've never heard of basketball... During a game of basketball he says 'no we don't have this game in Scotland, I've never seen it before. I think we would call this netball and only girls play that....! Er, what?!

As this is the first time we've rented movies from this shop in our village, Craig and I were getting a bit paranoid that they had given us the 'Scottish movie' for a reason... I had to watch the ending in case there was some hidden message from the shop keeper to us. But I couldn't decipher one. Unless he thought 'them jocks will like this'. So I have concluded that it's probably just a mistake/ coincidence...!!!!

We've arranged to go to our friends in Penzance for Christmas Day this year. Kirsten is going to do lunch and I'm on pudding. I was just planning to do a trifle as per expectations. But I was thumbing through a magazine this weekend and came across a Jamie Oliver recipe for... butternut squash cheesecake.. I think it sounds good, so I have emailed our hosts and asked for their vote. Apparently it is very good with Christmas Margheritas..! Let me know if you want the recipes.

Ok, so I'm going to go and light the fire... this will be my first time...!






Useless fact that I read this weekend: A cat's hearing is so sensitive that they can detect a mouse's footsteps.......