The Oscar nominations were released today and “No Country for Old Men” and “There will be Blood” came out with the most. I have not seen either movie as usually is the case with the Oscar nominees. “Juno” was one of the nominations for best picture and as William mentioned, we did see that over the holidays. It will be interesting to see if there will be an awards ceremony this year due to the writer’s strike. I am really starting to wonder how long it will last and what type of programming will remain beyond the strike.

So… b/c it is so cold in Denver, I doubt William and I have many outdoor activities planned. A few movies may be planned. Any recommendations for movies either on video or theaters? Anyone have a favorite movie that they feel EVERYONE should see?

Work has been busy with month end and year end reports and gearing up for 2008.  Combined with trying to fit in my Turbo Kickboxing classes again, I am not getting a chance to sit down and relax until at least 9pm.  So that means all I really want to do at that point is veg out in front of the tv.  While doing that a couple days ago, I watched the pilot episode and then a few days later, the second episode of the new ABC show, Cashmere Mafia.   This show is from the same producers as Sex and the City and is somewhat reminiscent of the show, but with a different spin.  It is about four best friends who went to business school together and now live and work in NYC as high female execs.  It tries to answer the question, “can women have it all” and shows them on their journey to do that (with the obvious embellishments for mass audience appeal).  One of my favorite scenes was when the “stay at home mom” takes one of the main characters kids on a playdate to a Build-a-Bear and create surprise her with a “working mommy bear”.  The bear was even equipped with a cell phone and blue tooth headset and when you pushed her hand, the bear said “I can’t talk right now.  I’m on a conference call”.  The “working mom” thought it was a horrible gift, but I actually liked it.  I am sure William would say my bear would have two cell phones and would say “I’m on-call again”.  I sometimes wonder whether having a demanding career will affect my ability to be the mother I hope to be, but William reassures me that our kids will think that whatever happens in our house is “normal”.  I know that we will do everything possible to make sure our kids know that they are our priority.  Since we each come from households with working mothers and turning out as wonderfully as we did, I think we both realize that we will be just fine.