Best Pictures in the History of Oscar

Inspired by this post from my friend Katie Sue's blog, I thought this would be a fun mission and I think I will join her in her quest to see all the winners for Best Picture of the Year for the entire history of The Oscars. I have put an "x" next to the movies I have already seen and will blog about my progress...I have A LOT of movies to watch :)

[ ] No Country for Old Men (2007)
[x] The Departed (2006)
[x] Crash (2005)
[ ] Million Dollar Baby (2004)
[ ] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
[x] Chicago (2002)
[ ] A Beautiful Mind (2001)
[ ] Gladiator (2000)
[x] American Beauty(1999)
[ ] Shakespeare in Love (1998)
[x] Titanic (1997)
[ ] The English Patient (1996)
[x] Braveheart (1995)
[x] Forrest Gump (1994)
[ ] Schindler's List (1993)
[ ] Unforgiven (1992)
[x] The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
[x] Dances With Wolves (1990)
[x] Driving Miss Daisy(1989)
[x] Rain Man (1988)
[ ] The Last Emperor (1987)
[x] Platoon (1986)
[ ] Out of Africa (1985)
[ ] Amadeus (1984)
[ ] Terms of Endearment (1983)
[ ] Gandhi (1982)
[ ] Chariots of Fire (1981)
[ ] Ordinary People (1980)
[ ] Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
[ ] The Deer Hunter (1978)
[ ] Annie Hall (1977)
[x] Rocky(1976)
[x] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
[x] The Godfather, Part II (1974)
[ ] The Sting (1973)
[x] The Godfather (1972)
[ ] The French Connection (1971)
[ ] Patton (1970)
[ ] Midnight Cowboy (1969)
[x] Oliver! (1968)
[ ] In the Heat of the Night (1967)
[ ] A Man for All Seasons (1966)
[x] The Sound of Music (1965)
[x] My Fair Lady (1964)
[ ] Tom Jones (1963)
[ ] Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
[x] West Side Story (1961)
[ ] The Apartment (1960)
[ ] Ben-Hur (1959)
[ ] Gigi (1958)
[ ] The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
[ ] Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
[ ] Marty (1955)
[ ] On the Waterfront (1954)
[ ] From Here to Eternity (1953)
[ ] The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
[ ] An American in Paris (1951)
[ ] All About Eve (1950)
[ ] All the King's Men (1949)
[ ] Hamlet (1948)
[ ] Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
[ ] The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
[ ] The Lost Weekend (1945)
[ ] Going My Way (1944)
[ ] Casablanca (1943)
[ ] Mrs. Miniver(1942)
[ ] How Green Was My Valley (1941)
[ ] Rebecca (1940)
[x] Gone with the Wind (1939)
[ ] You Can't Take It With You (1938)
[ ] The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
[ ] The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
[ ] Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
[ ] It Happened One Night (1934)
[ ] Cavalcade(1933)
[ ] Grand Hotel (1932)
[ ] Cimarron (1931)
[ x] All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
[ ] The Broadway Melody (1929)
[ ] Wings (1928)

Candidate Calculator

a friend sent this to me via email..an interesting tool. its so hard to keep track of who supports what and who doesnt, i tend to read about issues that are most important to me and vote based on that but it was interesting to see what this little tool said. although it chose Clinton as "my candidate" with a 78.57% match. i dont know that i agree but it was interesting none the less. give it a try!

http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html

50th Daytona 500

Congratulations to Ryan Newman for winning the 50th Daytona 500!! I am SO happy it wasnt a Hendrick car WOOHOO! Kasey finished 7th and even led for a little while which is always exciting for me! The race was overall BORING until the last 30 laps..i hope this isnt a preview of whats to come all season with these new (ugly) cars! :)

2 Months!

2 months from today, we will be in the bahamas saying I DO!!! i am SO excited to be marrying my best friend. 2 months to go and LOTS to do! WOOHOO! let the wedding madness really begin!

Doggie Snow Fun

its a beautiful day here in PA...it snowed all day yesterday so we had a bit of cabin fever. joe is on stand-by for work so we really cant go anywhere so we let the pups out for some playtime in the snow. i think its pretty safe to say they had a great time!

i love this one...they are waiting so patiently for joe to throw the ball

dixie is on defense...

because remy is coming for her!!

buddies