House of Cards is an incredible show. It's a political drama so you would think you've seen it all before, but in reality House of Cards just does it so much better then everyone else. We started watching House of Cards right after the recent Golden Globes when we knew that the hype must be real and we were ready to jump in. Plus its free on Netflix so thats a win win. 

Right before we started watching Thor: The Dark World on Friday night (March 7th) Jenn told me a few times how lame the movie looked. Granted not all super hero movies are Oscar contenders (well none of them are actually) they usually make for an entertaining couple of hours. The original Thor movie is right alongside the best of the individual Marvel super hero movies. The classic "I'll have another" line is still something I say all the time. Unfortunately Thor: The Dark World lived up to all the bombs Jenn was throwing at it. 

We've lived in Orange County now for five years and as hard as we try to break out of routines we tend to stick to our favorite areas. However this weekend we finally branched out a little. This weekend being a three day weekend (thank you Presidents day) we took full advantage of the great weather and time to enjoy our beautiful home.

Its been a couple of years since Jenn and I actually went out to eat on Valentines day. We love to go out to eat but getting a reservation to somewhere decent is almost impossible so we have stayed in the last couple of years. This year Valentines day fell on a Friday which meant we both had to work. My original plan was to get home by 4:30 and cook a surprise dinner, but that didn't happen. Instead I got home at 5:30 due to horrific traffic and had to make a change on the fly.

I remember when Dexter was released in 2006 and thinking that's a show I'll never watch. The premise is downright revolting, a TV show about a serial killer. Not necessarily Jenn or my cup of tea. I even watched the first episode when Dexter was first on Netflix and remember thinking wow this show really isn't for me. 

I've been wanting to see The Kings of Summer since I first saw the trailer almost a year ago. Finally now that its out for rental, we picked it up at Redbox and got to watch it. The basic movie premise has three high school age teenagers who are fed up with life at home embark on an adventure into the woods to start lives on their own.