Sunday, December 31, 2017

Movie; Guardians of the Galaxy; Volume 2 (2017) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Guardians of the Galaxy; Volume 2






Came out; 2017
Time; 2 Hour 16 Minutes
Watched on; Netflix



Rating; PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language and brief suggestive content



IMDB Rating; 7.8/10



Rotten Tomatoes Score;
Tomatoemeter: 83%
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 333
Fresh; 276
Rotten: 57
88% Liked it



Caution; Spoiler Alert

The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage



Staring;
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star Lord
Zoe Saldana as Gamora
Dave Bautista as Drax
Vin Diesel as Groot
Bradley Cooper as Rocket
Michael Rooker as Yondu
Karen Gillan as Nebula
Pom Klementieff as Mantis
Sylvester Stallone as Stakar Ogord
Jurt Russell as Ego
Chris Sullivan as Taserface


Storyline;
After saving Xander from Ronan's wrath, the Guardians are now recognized as heroes. Now the team must help their leader Star Lord uncover the truth behind his true heritage. Along the way, old foes turn into allies and betrayal is blooming. And the guardians find that they are up against a devastating new menace who is out to rule the galaxy.



Thoughts;
I have seen the first movie, mostly on TV, however I love the hilarity of it all. The story line is good, the characters are great and the acting is wonderful!



In the first movie, we watch them save the galaxy. In this one we watch them save both Star Lord and the galaxy. He was always searching for his father and wondering and thinking about his mother. In this movie we meet his father, who turns out to be a God.



It didn't feel like over 2 hours, there wasn't a million story lines like their sometimes is. I loved it and would watch it again!

Friday, December 29, 2017

Book; The Sinner

The Sinner; A Novel









Author; Petra Hammesfahr
Translated by; John Brownjohn
Came out; July 25, 2017
Read on; Nook App (Barnes and Noble)
Rating; Per Amazon 3.5/5



Caution; Spoiler Alert




Synopsis;
On a sunny summer afternoon by the lake, Cora Bender stabs a complete stranger to death. Why? What would cause this quiet, kind young mother to commut such a startling act of violence in front of her family and friends?
Thoughts;
I admit, I watched the min-series before I read the book. I wasn't aware of the book until the series. The series staring Jessica Biel was amazing, this book however was not.



The book was very hard to read. It jumped around and it was super hard to follow. It took me awhile to read it as it didn't peak my interest as the series had.



Cora Bender is depressed, she talks her husband into a day at the beach, mainly because she is suicidial and wants to walk into the water and never come out. She does decide to come out, for whatever reason and starts to feed her son an apple. There is another group next to them who is loud and playing music. All of a sudden something snaps and she stabs the man to death. Once arrested things start to come to light about her past with her crazy mother, father and invalid sister.



As both doctors and the police talk to her the real story starts to come out.

Movie; Critters (1986) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Critters



Came out; 1986
Time; 1 Hour 22 Minutes
Watched on; DVD

Rating; PG-13
IMDB Rating; 6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score;
Tomatoemeter: 53%
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh; 8
Rotten: 7
44% Liked it


Caution; Spoiler Alert
A group of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town


Staring;
Dee Wallace as Helen Brown
M. Emmet Walsh as Harv
Billy Green Bush as Jay Brown
Scott Grimes as Brad Brown
Nadine Van der Velde as April Brown
Don Keith Opper as Charlie McFadden
Billy Zane as Steve Elliot


Storyline;
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople
Thoughts;

I am a huge fan of horror movies. These old ones are classics and do show just how far we've come with special effects.

I had forgotten many of what happened in this movie, except for the critters themselves. My daughter and I watched this and agreed that it's a super fun movie!

A group of critters steal a spaceship and assend to Earth. They are followed by bounty hunters who's job is to kill them. They land in a small farming town and make havoic right away. They are meat eaters and they are hungry!

We also have a hero in these types of movies, that hero turns out to be Brad Brown. He helps save his family and many of the town folks!

For a good laugh, I suggest you check this movie out!

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Movie; The Kingsman; The Golden Circle (2017) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Kingsman; The Golden Circle

Kingsman: The Golden Circle Poster




Came out; 2017
Time; 2 Hour 21 Minutes
Watched on; Demand



Rating; Rated R for sequences of strong violence, drug content, language throughout and some sexual material



IMDB Rating; 7.0/10



Rotten Tomatoes Score;
Tomatoemeter: 51%
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 242
Fresh; 124
Rotten: 118
67% Liked it



Caution; Spoiler Alert




When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman's journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US. These two elite secret organizations must band together to defeat a common enemy.



Staring;
Taron Egerton as Eggsy
Edward Holcroft as Charlie
Mark Strong as Merlin
Hanna Alstrom as Princess Tilde
Julianne Moore as Poppy
Keith Allen as Charles
Colin Firth as Harry Hart
Sophie Cookson as Roxy
Channing Tatum as Tequila
Halle Berry as Ginger
Elton John as himself
Jeff Bridges as Champ
Pedro Pascal as Whiskey
Poppy Delevingne as Clara


Storyline;
After the Kingsman headquarters are blown up by a psychotic criminal named Poppy Adams, the surviving agents find their way to an allied secret organization based in Kentucky, named Statesman. The two agencies must now work together in order to save the world and take down the so-called “Golden Circle”



Thoughts;
This movie was rather long, however it was pretty action packed and very funny in parts. I really liked how they tied this one to the first one. The one thing that I hate is when they make a part 2 and it doesn't tie in with the first.



I loved Poppy and Elton John. These two played their parts perfectly!



So Poppy is a drug dealer who has made herself a whole “Poppy” village in a remote location. She is crazy and has kidnapped Elton John. It also turns out that she is the villian behind the bombs that killed the other Kingsman. She also has poisoned her drugs and tries to make a deal with the president for the antiodote.



The remaining Kingsman meet the US version of themselves and find Harry. They now have to work together to find Poppy and save the world.



I would say this movie was pretty good. It started strong and stayed strong.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Wax; She Loves Cake; November Pre-Order

Vendor; She Loves Cake
Order; Star Wars & Holiday Scents

Owner; Cheri Castle


YouTube Reveal;


What I ordered;
Skeleton Pre-Order & Star Wars Box

What I received;
Skeleton in the scent “Christmas Cookie Exchange”
Skeleton in the scent “Cookie Party Under the Christmas Tree”

Star Wars Box
A giant Star Wars Candy Cane
Tons of stickers
All bags of tarts in various Star Wars shapes (some with battle scars)
-Black Cherry Butter Cookies
-Gooey Mallow Cake Pops
-Candy Cane Mocha
-Pineapple Whip Coconut Cookies
-Cotton Candy Lemon Squares
-Black Licorice Pound Cake
-Campfire Rice Krispe S'Mores
-Patchouli Honey Gingerbread
-Leather and Coffee Cake

Extra “Love” received; Fluffernutter Cookies and Traditional Mallow Christmas


Thoughts;
This is truly not what I expected, it was so much better. This themed box with the unicorn all dressed up!

Everything smells amazing! I love all of it.

The web site is super easy to use and is super cute! Her labels are awesome and she dresses up the unicorn! This vendor has amazing scents, however they are all bakery all the time so if it's not your thing this may not be the vendor for you


Scent Descriptions;

Patchouli Honey Gingerbread; A hint of earth patchouli and sweet honey gingerbread

Black Licorice Pound Cake; dark black licorice and vanilla pound cake

Cotton Candy Lemon Squares; fresh cotton candy and homemade lemon squares

Gooey Mallow Cake Pops; gooey vanilla mallow and confetti cake

Leather and Coffee Cake; rich leather and cinnamon spiced coffee cake

Campfire Rice Krispe S'Mores; rice krispe treats, mallow, chocolate and a campfire

Pineapple Whip Coconut Cookies; crunchy coconut cookies and Dole pineapple whip

Candy Cane Mocha; chocolate and coffee and candy canes

Black Cherry Butter Cookies; sweet juicy cherries and crisp butter cookies

Cookie Party under the Christmas Tree; all the cookies and a decorated Christmas tree

Christmas Cookie Exchange; all the cookies! Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, sugar and butter

Traditional Mallow Christmas; spiced citrus, oranges, vanilla and fluffy marshmallow

Flutternutter Cookies; crunchy peanut butter cookies with fluffy mallow filling














Friday, December 8, 2017

Wax; Sweet Sensations Wax Melts & More; Christmas Package

Vendor; Sweet Sensations Wax Melts & More
Order; Christmas Basket

Website; None
Owner; Katie Gingrich


YouTube Reveal;


What I ordered;
Holiday Basket

What I received;
Photo Box
Personalized Elf
Ball of Chocolates
Tumbler Cup with Straw
Red Plug in Warmer
Lip Smackers
Bag of Folgers Coffee
Vanilla Bean Noel Body Butter
Wax;
Bag of Winter Candle Apple
Bag of Holiday Sparkle
Snowman Tart in Caramel Swirl Cheesecake


Thoughts;
This was packaged super cute!

Everything was put perfectly into the photo box and was perfect! I couldn't get over how cute this is!

Super happy with everything that I received. The option was there on these to either get a wine slushie or coffee, I choose coffee and she picked my favorite! I do wish I could have maybe exchanged the tumbler cup for more wax since we have so many of these already.

Friday, December 1, 2017

Wax; November 2017 Empties

YouTube;


I have started putting wax in all my warmers! I generally change out all the upstairs one every other day and the downstairs one daily. It’s still a little hard for me to keep track of what’s melting BUT this is a challenge for me so I’m all over it.

Here's what we've got!
A purple glade warmer in my son's room.
A green glade warmer in my kitchen.
A blue glade warmer in my office
A purple glade warmer in my family room
A Stardust Scentsy warmer in my bedroom.
A scentsy warmer in my living room
My daughters each have scentsy warmers


Candles;
I generally only burn candles in my living room and office, but I seem to go through them!


Living Room;

Vendor; Mels Candles
Scent; French Vanilla. This was such a nice, creamy strong french vanilla! The candle burned wonderfully and clean

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Scent; Elderberry Wine. This was a nice wine scent. These little candles burn forever!

Scent; Freedom. This was a red white and blue candle and it smelled amazing!

Vendor; Whispering Meadows

Scent; Skittles, VBN & Raspberry Cotton Candy. This candle had a few issues at first but once they straighten themselves out it burned great and smelled amazing

Melting;


Vendor; Beutalli

Scent; Snickerdoodle. This was a creamy cinnamon type scent. It was super good and the best Snickerdoodle I've smelled

Scent; Vermont Honey Apple. I love this! I used ½ at a time and put some into a tea-light warmer and it was so strong and wonderful! It preformed great

Scent; Coconut Lime Verbena. Ok, so this was a sample that I had received in my order, this isn't a scent that I normally would like, however when I put this into my living room the coconut was dominant and the lime was there, but not too strong, this was perfect!



Vendor; RoseGirls

Scent; Sugar Plumb Fairy Punch. Description; fruity punchy blend that will make you want to lick the air. It certainly did, this was amazing! There were two muffins and it took some time to chunk it all up and use it

Scent; Blue Sugar Ice Cream Scoop Bread French Vanilla. Yum Yum and Yum. This blend was so good. The blue sugar was dominant which was totally fine

Scent; Slurp (Cereal Killer Rice Krispie Treats and Sugar Milk). This was so rich and sweet and had a “crunchy” smell to it. I don't think that even makes sense, but it's the only way I can describe it! It was so good!

Scent; Yoshi, The Red Nosed Dino (Raspberry Sauce, Pistachio Marshmallow Fluff). This wasn't my favorite, it smelled differently on cold than it did on warm.

Scent; Strawberry Brulee Baked Zucchini Bread. My son loves Zucchini scents so he melted it in his room. On cold the Zucchini was stronger but melting the strawberry was, even with it having Zucchini in it, I'd have to say that this was not bad

Scent; Boo's Spooky Castle (Booberry, Vanilla Crunch Donuts and Monster Cookie) This was good. The Booberry & Monster Cookie were the dominant scent but you could almost smell the crunchy in this blend

Scent; Waluigi's Wonderous Birthday Cake (Wildberry Mousse, Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies & Birthday Cake). This was such an awesome blend! The BJBC and Bday Cake was truly dominant and it was such a good creamy mix

Scent; Americana Smoothie (Blackberry Jam, Monster Cookie & Smoothie). This was one I didn't want to end, I saved this one until the very end of this stash. This was so good, I could mostly smell the blackberry and Cookie but I was totally fine with that!

Scent: Jelly Donuts Peeps Cake. This was so yummy! I loved it and need more

Vendor; Creative Enchantment

Scent; Pumpkin Pie. Not my scent, my son melted it in his room, it was a very real pumpkin pie scent!

Scent; Black Raspberry Vanilla. This is a scent that I love, it was a little lighter than most CE scents, but it was still amazing!

Scent; Apple & Clove. This isn't a scent that I would have normally picked but it wasn't bad. It came in my rock box

Scent; Honey Amber. This scent was awesome! It was super strong and lasted all day in my family room

Scent; Ivory Woods. At first this scent seemed like it would be a little too “manly” for my taste, however once it started to get warm it was amazing! It was a woodsy type scent



Vendor; Frankie's Scents

Scent; Juicy Fruit Gum. I hate chewing gum, but I will melt it and this smelled just like the real thing!

Scent; Blue Hawaiian. This was a normal Blue Hawaiian scent, it preformed beautifully!

Scent; Fresh Linen. This was a sample that had come with my order. I like these types of scents but normally don't buy them because they remind me of laundry, and with 4 kids, I do tons of laundry LOL, but this was a super nice scent

Vendor; Blended With Love

Scent; Blue Raspberry Slushie and Pink Sugar. Yum Yum. This was a beautiful piece of pie that I chunked up and melted a little at a time. It preformed amazingly and smelled so beautiful!

Vendor; Mimi's Tarts

Scent; Sugar Cookie. This was an actually cookie tart, it smelled very true. I melted in my kitchen and it was actually pretty strong!

Scent; Caribbean Escape. I thought this would be more perfume, but it wasn't. It was a very soothing scent

Scent; Wildberry Smoothie Birthday Cake. Ok, I need more of this! This was amazing and I loved it! It was such a great blend

Scent; Pink Sugar Fruit Loops. This was one that smelled great on cold but I was worried about the warm scent, the pink sugar was definitely dominant but the sweetness of the fruit loops came through and it was so nice!

Vendor; Chloe and Me

Scent; Fizzy Pop Jelly Beans. This was so good and fizzy! It smelled like those fizzy candies you used to be able to get!

Scent; Cherry Bomb Fizz. This was also super strong and fizzy! It smelled so good

Scent: Lollipop. I love this scent from Chloe N Me.

Scent: Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies VBN this was such a yummy mix. It was so good
Scent; Watermelon Lollipop. Ugg Yum. I need more! This preformed very well

Vendor; Wicked Wax of the East

Scent; Carrot Cake. This is a scent that I actually very much like. It's not one that I would normally think of as a good scent, but it really is! This of course preformed amazing!

Scent; Pearamel. This wasn't the strongest scent, but the caramel over poured the pear

Vendor; She Loves Cake

Scent; Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. This was a sample that I Received with my order, this scent typically isn't a strong scent, it's about a medium, however this was amazing!

Vendor; Front Porch

Scent; Pineapple Pistachio Fluff. This was super nice, the pineapple and pistachio blended very nicely

Vendor; Fire it up Candles

Scent; Cider Lane. My son loved this, we melted it in his room and it was super strong!

Scent; Lemon Bars. My son melted this and it was super strong and surgery! I actually liked it


Vendor; Midnight Magic Designs

Scent; A.L.F. Which is Rock Candy, Citrus Vanilla and Marshmallow. The citrus was dominant to me, it preformed well

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Scent; Maple Pretzel Pumpkin Brulee. I was pleasantly surprised that I liked this scent, I generally don't care for pretzel, but the maple in this was dominant and so very good!

Scent; Serene Waters. This was so calming and relaxing. It was great

Vendor; Whispering Meadows

Scent: Last Unicorn (Cotton Candy Mint Buttercream) This was super good, It preformed great! I hate mint scents but the cotton candy and buttercream was dominant!

Scent; Raspberry Lollipop. It's no secret that I love Lollipop scents. This was so nice and strong!

Vendor' Wicky Wicky Wax

Scent: Pink Sugar, Cotton Candy Sugar Cookie. The Pink Sugar was dominant but these scents went to together wonderfully. This preformed well

Vendor; The Shonk's Candle Shop

Scent; Pink Champagne. This was interesting. It wasn't real strong but it was a super nice scent



Vendor List and how to order;

Vendor; Beutalli
Web; None
Facebook; None
Owner; Sara Katherine


Vendor; RoseGirls
Retail Store; 420 N Main St, Oshkosh WI 54901
Owner; Jenny Oaks

Vendor; Creative Enchantment
Owner; Anna Williams

Vendor; Frankie's Scents
Web; None
Owner; Holly Perry

Vendor; Blended With Love
Owner; Ashley Conner

Vendor; Mels Candles
Owner; Unsure

Vendor; Mimi's Tarts
Owner; Carmine Unger

Vendor; Chloe and Me
Owner; Staci Culp

Vendor; Wicked Wax of the East
Owner; Randi Cox

Vendor; She Loves Cake
Owner; Cheri Castle

Vendor; Front Porch
Owner; Unsure

Vendor; Fire it up Candles
Owner Judi Cox

Vendor; Midnight Magic Designs
Web; None
Owner; Gwen Vasquez

Vendor; Kushner Kreations
Owner; April Kushner

Vendor; Whispering Meadows
Owner; Erin Sahlberg

Vendor: Wicky Wicky Wax
Facebook: Unsure
Owner; Cricket Cincaid

Vendor; The Shonk Shop
Owner; Kelsey Blair

Wax; Kushner Kreations; Whoville Advent



Vendor; Kushner Kreations
Whoville Advent Calender

Owner; April Kushner

This came packaged in a red box

Day 1; Whoville Cocoa
  • This is an awesome hot cocoa scent

Day 2; Officer Wholihan

  • This was such a good scent, it had a smokey pine hint that was amazing
Day 3; Mt. Crumpit
  • This had a pine peppermint scent to it also and it was actually great!
Day 4; Roast Beast
  • Ok first, this was a chicken wing. I don't really know what it is, had a strange note to it, but I melted it anyway
Day 5; Betty Lou Who
  • Not really sure what this scent was, it was almost a minty scent

Day 6: Grinch Heart Bath Bomb
  • Super cute and different
Day 7; Drew Lou Who
  • Not sure what the scent description is, but it seems to be another minty type scent
Day 8; Cindy Lou Who
  • This was a tart that had a charm in it. The scent had a peppermint undertone
Day 9; Lou Lou Who
  • This was a tart that had an interesting scent to it
Day 10; Grinch Snot Pillow Spray
  • How fun is this! I love it
Day 11; Stu Lou Who
  • This was amazing! I love it
Day 12; Miss Rue Who
  • Not sure what I feel about this scent. 
Day 13; The Mayor
  • This wasn't my scent, but I melted it anyway!
Day 14; Martha May
  • I'm still on the fence about this scent, not sure how I feel about it
Day 15; Whobris
  • This was a cinnamon scent, it did not agree with me
Day 16; Max. Strawberry Sorbet Lip Balm

Day 17; Foot Pole
  • This was a dark deep type scent
Day 18; Whobilation
  • This was almost Chocolate Pudding, but I'm not sure. It was interesting
Day 19; Who Breakfast
  • This was most definitely a food scent
Day 20; Kabobbled Goat's Milk Soap
  • This snowflake soap is so pretty!
Day 21: Who Hash
  • I want to know if anyone else thinks their who hash tart actually smells like hash! :)
Day 22; Fruglehorse
  • Love these fun names and scents!
Day 23; Grinchy Clause
  • This smelled wonderful
Day 24; Book of Who
  • This one was really good too.
Day 25; The Grinch
  • This was a prize tart, in the shape of the Grinch. It smells amazing, Pistachio Pudding Cake and had a beautiful necklace in it