And oh, please do watch out for my first TCP giveaway. I have a surprise cooked up for all my Couchers so do watch out for it! Will post the details soon!
Welcome to the January 26th edition of Tuesday Couch Potatoes where we post about a movie each week. This week's theme is Order in the Court. If courtroom dramas and legal jargon amaze you, if you are IN for the truth and the righteous, and simply enjoy seeing people in coats and ties, rushing about their cases, then this is your theme!
BUT, as always, here's our theme for last week: Girl Powermovies. Eickcaj of Living Life to the Fullest featured Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love, a Filipino film starring Sharon Cuneta. Find out why she thinks this is a Girl Power movie.
And now for my pick this week: Legally Blonde. Don't get me wrong, I have always loved courtroom drama movies but they are just all too serious. I know other Couchers will post about them so I have chosen this 2001 comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon instead. When I first watched this movie, I thought it would be just another chick flick but there was more to it. It was funny and Elle Woods has proven to herself and to the world that there is more to her than just shopping, fashion and blonde hair. She realized that getting herself into law school was the best thing she ever did. She managed to win a case for a fellow sorority sister, a friend, and a real man for a boyfriend. If you want to find out more about the movie, watch it! Hehe!
Anyway, here's a trailer taken from YouTube.com:
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Thank you for joining us this week! Next week is LOVE Month and to be in tune with the Valentine spirit, we will feature movies about LOVE for the entire month of February. For February 2nd, we will feature our Favorite Love Story Movie. Happy TCP everyone! I hope to see you all again next week! Hugs!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.
It always is fun to learn about new things, especially when done in a very interactive way. Take the How Wheat Works program for instance, an online multi-media program that takes wheat to the next level. In this program, each participant can virtually grown their own wheat field and teaches them the farm-to-fork cycle of one of the most nutritious crops available today: wheat. The program has four phases, which the participants complete in just four days and in just a few minutes per day: growth, harvest, milling/baking, and grocer's aisle. There are various options within each phase too, like you can choose what type of wheat you want to grow, and how you want it milled, making it an educational experience as well.
Did you know that when you participate in the program, you are also able to help Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization that helps the needy U.S. troops and their families? Yes, for each participant, two pounds of flour, up to 90,000 pounds, is donated to Operation Homefront.
I think that Wheat Foods Council's belief in helping today's generation understand how whole or enriched grain came to be will help them in making wise food choices. Because one understands the nutritional value of the food that he is eating, it allows him to be conscious of what he is eating.
Now that is helping and learning at the same time.
Yesterday was my first time to really drive a manual car, and I was without a driver's license! I was a total wreck! You know how it is when you get behind the wheel for the very first time and you are responsible for everything while you drive. But wait, did I really say driving without license? Yup, you heard me right. I was driving without a license. How is that possible?
The Solitude Ring Starthouse
Here in Germany, aspiring new drivers aged 16 years old and above can learn how to drive with the guidance of a family member or friend who has a valid driver's license at the ADAC Verkehrübungsplatz, a traffic training area in Leonberg, near Stuttgart. Here, traffic beginners and driving license applicants can practice driving at low speeds (maximum 30 kph), attack curves and hills, and park without fear of motorists blowing their horns because you are causing traffic.
Entrance to the ADAC Verkehrsübungsplatz in Solitude Ring in Leonberg. Photos: Larry Cooper
Hubby has been encouraging me to learn how to drive and I mustered enough courage to go for it yesterday. The training area opens at 4:00pm and because we arrived early, we were the third in line. While waiting, he taught me some basics and how the car works. At 4:00 PM, the gate opened and we drove our way inside. It was a slow drive because the entire area has a speed limit of 30kph. It was slower when I went behind the wheel. I was driving the entire hour between 10 kph-20 kph! Hehe!
It was cold out and was even starting to snow but I was all sweat and cold hands. And because I am small, it took all my might just to reach the clutch, the brake and the gas. I cannot control my feet yet so that I released the clutch too early or too abrupt that the engine would die out on me. Or I steered too much to the right or to the left each time I tackle a curve. It was THAT difficult! I "begged" husband that we stay only for an hour because my legs were beginning to ache and my shoulder muscles were already stiff. And he obliged. And for my first day, it wasn't all that bad. And the €10.00 that it cost us was certainly worth it. I am glad I have a patient teacher.
Thanks Hanhan for the lesson! I can't wait for the next one. It may be difficult but I am learning!
P.S. If you are living in the area and want to have some knowledge in driving before enrolling for a Driving School, this might be helpful:
ADAC Verkehrsübungsplatz
Leonberger Straße 63
71229 Leonberg, Germany
07152 48192 Fees: €7.00 for the first hour, €3.00 for the next succeeding hours. Please see their website at www.adac.de/wuerttemberg for schedules (only in German)
