There are two seasons where you can usually count on seeing a good movie or two – the Summer blockbusters and the Christmas blockbusters. This Christmas season has provided me with two good movie outings. Both of them made me skeptical at first, but in the end, both delivered solid entertainment. First up was Avatar [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Chris Cast – 12309 – New Year message on top of Old Baldy
December 30th, 2009 
Chris Doelle Maddi, Dawn and I climbed Old Badly this afternoon after a quick meal at Mima’s. It was a lot of fun and the weather combined with the view from the top made it well worth the climb.
Posted in Environment, Friends & Family, Health & Fitness, Video 
Tags: chris, chris cast, dawn, explore, maddi, old baldy, photos, video cast 
No Comments »Family pictures
December 29th, 2009 Chris Doelle We got some family photos taken shortly before Christmas and I just realized that I haven’t shared them on here. An excellent photographer and good friend, Beth Rasmussen, took the shots for us and Dawn organized the outfits etc. I think they turned out great. This first one was one of the toughest to get [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Environment, Friends & Family, Photography, Travel & Entertainment Tags: christmas, family, family photos, gruene, holiday, Photography, river, texas No Comments »Chris-isms
December 23rd, 2009 Chris Doelle “Stop trying to BUY your dream and start focusing on LIVING your reality”
Posted in Friends & Family, Health & Fitness, Quotes Tags: chris-ism, living, quote, spending No Comments »Wedding Playlist
December 22nd, 2009 Chris Doelle A couple of people asked what music we played at our wedding and I have to say that it was a pretty good playlist. Dawn and I both chose the selections and then weeded through some 100 tracks to find the ones that seemed to fit best. (It’s amazing how many songs you think you [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Friends & Family, Music Tags: alanis morrisette, ben e king, beyonce, brad paisley, bryan adams, colbie caillat, dean martin, elton john, england dan & john ford coley, faith hill, frank sinatra, george strait, harry connick jr., huey lewis & the news, ingrid michaelson, james taylor, jason mraz, jim croce, john michael montgomery, keith urban, kenny chesney, love songs, marc cohn, ohio express, paul mccartney, peter searcy, plain white t's, playlist, queen, rascal flatts, reception, savage garden, songs, stevie wonder, the proclaimers, tim mcgraw, uncle kracker, wedding 1 Comment »That’s right…. I’m MARRIED!!!
December 19th, 2009 Chris Doelle Who would have thunk it? This is me – the guy that spent years saying that “all women are crazy” and “you have to be nuts to get married” has gotten hitched! What gives? Did I lose my mind and drink the kool-aid? Well, it is way too long to get into here, but rest [...]
Chris Cast 120809 – Lombardi Awards and wedding gifts
December 8th, 2009 Chris Doelle 1:07 Shooting from Houston at the site of the annual Rotary Lombardi Awards
Posted in Business & Money, Entertainment, Football, Video Tags: chris cast, production, Rotary Lombardi Awards, Video, video cast, videography, wedding No Comments »Charmed or Cursed? It’s all in how you look at it.
December 4th, 2009 Chris Doelle Today is a perfect example of what I mean when I say I lead a charmed life. You would think that a day that featured freezing weather in Texas, a flat tire in the car, a dead motor in the backup vehicle AFTER I was a few miles away from the house, and being stranded [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Weather Tags: auto trouble, charmed life, cold, cursed, dead car, discount tire, flat tire, towing, wrecker 2 Comments »This one may sneak up on you.
December 2nd, 2009 Chris Doelle There are a few things that put a guy instantly on guard when it comes to choosing a film to watch. First and foremost – is Sandra Bullock playing the lead? This is usually a sure sign that you are in for a romantic comedy complete with sappy love story and comic pratfalls. From the [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Movie Reviews & TV Tags: movie, movie review, sandra bullock, the blind side, tim mcgraw 1 Comment »Snow again?
December 2nd, 2009 Chris Doelle It looks like it is going to drop down to around 27 degrees the next night or two – that combined with precipitation means we could actually get some snow. That would be cool! Don’t worry – if that happens, there will be video and photos.
