Friday Fun: The Muppets Movie

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Oh my goodness. Have you seen The Muppets yet? We saw it Thanksgiving Eve and fell in love! It is so, so, so delightful. I smiled the whole way through. The songs are great (some are a little strange, but then again they were cowritten by Bret from Flight of the Concords so I think that's to be expected!), the story is wonderful, the humor is on-target, and the whole film is sprinkled with nostalgia and vintage Muppet goodness. Some of the Muppet made-for-tv movies have been disappointing lately, but don't let that stop you from seeing The Muppets. It's everything a Muppet movie should be!!

Here's a snippet from one of my favorite songs, "Life's A Happy Song." Jason Segel is so great in this! I am always surprised by his versatility!


You can listen to the whole song and some of the soundtrack on Spotify!

If you don't like spoilers, don't watch the clip below. It was one of my FAVORITE scenes - I was giggling so much!


The cameos are so great - look for Emily Blunt as Miss Piggie's assistant at Paris Vogue - what a great reference to "The Devil Wears Prada!" I was also delighted to see Jack Black, Zach Galifinakis, Rashida Jones, and so many more great stars!

We can't wait to see it again, probably this weekend! (I am so happy I married a HUUUUUUGE Muppet fan!)

Below, you can watch Jason Segel's Saturday Night Live endearing opening monologue, featuring the Muppets! (It's definitely worth sitting through the Hulu commercials at the beginning to see!)


Before The Muppets, my favorite Muppet movie was Muppets Take Manhattan. That will always hold a special place in my heart, but I am totally enamored with The Muppets and I think it has moved to #1 on my list!! What about you? What did you think of The Muppets or what's your favorite Muppet movie?

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School Days

School seems to be starting earlier and earlier each year! We were in Target a few weeks ago and I was drawn to the school supplies aisle...I just couldn't help myself! I haven't been in any form of school for 7 years now but I still love school supplies! There's just something so exciting about a fresh start - freshly sharpened pencils, crisp notebooks, empty planners and agendas. (I'm starting to sound a little like You've Got Mail, aren't I? "I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address." Love that movie!)

my first day of kindergarten

I was reminiscing about school and decided to ask my mom about some of her "first day of school" memories. She shares one of her least favorite memories below (although it has become a funny story among us these days):

Before I started 6th grade, I wanted this hot pink tent dress with giant white polkadots. It had white straps (no sleeves) and it was very full. My mom had not registered me properly for my new school, and I sat in the office most of my first day of 6th grade. The office was a funny shape, it sort of sat in the middle of the school, and it had glass windows on 3 sides. I felt like I was a spectacle sitting there as everyone walked by. I was a little fish in a very big sea, scared and embarrassed.

I bet the dress was really amazing but my shy 6th grader of a mom felt too uncomfortable to really appreciate it! I can totally relate to stepping out of my comfort zone and then being unsure of my choice!! I wish we had a photo of that dress!

I also asked her about my first day of school...

The day you started pre-kindergarten was a sad day for me. You just skipped in the room, and said "Bye Mom!" I walked down the hall bawling because I couldn't believe my baby girl was so big. I remember when you were in pre-k, you were a "porch kid", meaning you only spent the morning at the center and I picked you up from the center's porch each day. After you went home, the other kids went to daycare (where they had lunch, napped, etc). You always whined because you wanted to stay. I suppose you thought you were missing out on something. One time, I arranged for you to stay, and you never asked to do it again. :)

my first day of pre-k

After I started elementary school, my mom ended up teaching for 19 years at the center where I went to preschool and kindergarten! The center closed and she began building, creating, and letting her imagination run wild with power tools! If you're not familiar with her work, please check out MyRepurposedLife.net!

*photos are from a scrapbook my mom put together of my first 18 years! you can click to see them larger if you'd like to see all my awkwardness in full glory! :)

I have a really horrible memory so I have trouble remembering my specific first days of school... is your memory better than mine? Share your favorite first day of school stories in the comments!!

Vintage gone wrong?

For most of us who loooove vintage, it's hard to imagine that the items we covet today may not have been that popular in their time!

I would look at the below photos of my mom and think, "Wow! What a cool outfit! She looks super sassy and cute! Look at her cute poses - she looks totally confident and cool!"


She looks at that photo, however, and remembers how much she hates paisley! (Gasp! Hard to believe that someone back then could hate paisley, right? It seems like it was all the rage!)

She says...

The paisley nehru jacket is something my mom made for me. I never really liked paisley, and I hated my hair. To get my hair to look like that, I had to tape it down with pink "hair tape," otherwise my naturally curly hair would kink up and be too wavy. I generally wore my knee socks over my knees because I had a wart on my knee, and I tried to hide it.

You would never imagine that someone in cute kneesocks would be wearing them out of self-consciousness! They're so adorable!

Hair tape?? I can't even imagine - that seems really tricky and painful!

There are so many things us 20 and 30somethings don't know about "vintage living." My mom told me the other day that when she traveled to visit family, she would let her family back home know she arrived safely by calling collect. Her mom would receive a collect call from her, not accept it, and know that she was safe and sound at her destination. How things have changed!!

I'm going to have to find out more about hair tape... that is just crazy! :)