Movie: Wreck It Ralph

It's a Disney movie, it's necessary viewing for me - isn't it? And it's about video games - another of my favourite things!

I really enjoyed it, but it was a bit of a shame that the only time convenient for us to watch was the 3D showing because we would normally go for the regular version. I think that 3D glasses over our normal glasses really isn't ideal, but we really had to see this movie before it stopped playing.

The funniest thing about this movie is how I felt afterwards - all those sweets and cakes in the movie really made me hungry!

Movie: Lincoln

As soon as I saw that this movie was coming out I knew I had to see it. I never studied American history in school, it's not something we did pre-GCSE at all, so my knowledge of those times comes from TV documentaries, movies and things I've read. I feel like I need to consume as much as possible about history in any part of the world, I find it fascinating. I do have a deep appreciation from British and European history but there's just something about American history I can't help but be drawn into and I want to learn as much as I can about it. That's why I wanted to see Lincoln, and that's why I'll probably - if given the change - watch that movie again. I thought it was great, so easy to forget it was acting and believe you were really watching history.

Movie: Beautiful Boy

I didn't intend to watch a movie today, it wasn't even 9am when I put this one. James was still in bed and there wasn't anything on TV - I didn't want to watch anything we'd recorded because it was all stuff we watch together so I found myself browsing Sky On Demand for something. I sometimes find it hard to sit and watch a movie as I'm distracted with other things and my attention span isn't great, but sometimes to mood is just there and I was in the mood for a movie. I didn't exactly pick the most lighthearted story for early on a Sunday morning, but it looked quite an interesting story to watch. 'Beautiful Boy' starring Michael Sheen told the story of about a college shooting from the perspective of the shooters parents. It's not a true story but it is something that is easy to relate to true-to-life situations and the difficulties for the shooters family in the aftermath. Because I don't really watch a lot of movies it's kind of hard to know what type of movies I like to watch but I can say that I do actually enjoy a thought-provoking drama as well as Disney fluff!

Framing Instagram Prints

I knew that end of my Project 365 I wanted to do something with the pictures and not just keep them online, I actually wanted to print them out and frame them as a reminder of all the wonderful things we saw and did during 2012.

I chose to print my pictures via Printstagram and highly recommend the service - excellent quality prints, packaged brilliantly and delivered so quickly! They now offer ready framed prints, but I wanted to frame them myself and after finding the perfect size frame at BHS, I was ready to go.

Working out the best way to start was tricky, but how do you tile a kitchen/bathroom floor? You start from the middle and work out, so that's what I did. I ended up with a few wonky bits but once altogether the effect of the mosaic hides those tiny imperfections - plus the imperfections actually make the project truly personal and I love it.

The finished frame is now hung in my office where I can gaze lovingly at it every day, I also have another set of prints and an empty frame to work on this weekend - I had printed a bunch of makeup, nail polish and manicure snaps to make up something for my dressing room. I'll probably capture a bit of a framing tutorial on how I do it and write about that on my other blog, What Cheryl Did.

Movie: Les Miserables

Another visit to London, another movie. We can watch movies in Norwich, it's actually cheaper but doing it in London just makes it more special..... We did intend to see 'Les Mis' in the Leicester Square Odeon, but the movie times didn't figure out too good when it came to getting a train back to Norwich. We ended up watching the movie at the Vue in Westfield Stratford City, the same place we saw 'The Hobbit' in December. James and I had seen the West End show of 'Les Mis' back in July when we were in London for the Olympics, it was a long show and very heavy for an audience who have no idea what the story is! So, watching the story again on the big screen meant we had a bit of an easier time enjoying the songs and really understanding the story. If you don't mind a spoiler, I really think that reading about the story or seeing the movie before the West End show is a good idea, I recommend the show so much but the movie is just as brilliant.

I have been crying to the songs ever since and definitely want to watch this again!

Book: 'Insurgent' by Veronica Roth

I started reading this book in November, probably because I had a couple of London train journies coming up that month and in December as well. I find I read a lot more when travelling, I don't tend to read at home unless I'm completely engrossed in a book - this doesn't happen often. By my standards to finish this book in January is me reading very fast, although I did have some breaks that were weeks long before picking it up again.

All that aside I am so glad I got back into this and read half of the book in less than two weeks because I had to finish it, I had to find out what was going to happen to Tris! I sped through 'Divergent' and probably would've done the same with 'Insurgent' if it weren't for my bad reading habits. Just like 'The Hunger Games' the story is something that could come true in the future of the human race, that just makes it so fascinating! The movie for 'Divergent' is out next year and book three to his trilogy is out in the autumn of 2013 - I can't wait!