111 of My Favorite Movies

This is a list (not complete in any way) of some of my most favorite movies. You know the ones. You will watch them every time they are on TV and you never get sick of watching them again. As I first mentioned, this is not a complete list. In fact, I may find myself adding to this list as I think of more great movies. There are many movies I have seen and liked, but these ones stand out for me. Some are Oscar winning/nominated films, others may have received two thumbs down from critics, if they were even noticed at all, but they entertain me and I enjoy watching them. Hope you enjoy reading my list.

Air America (1990)
Air Force One (1997)
Airplane! (1980)
American Grafitti (1973)
The American President (1995)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Back to the Future (1985)
Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Bettlejuice (1988)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Big Daddy (1999)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Blast from the Past (1999)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Bring It On (2000)
Broken Arrow (1996)
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Cocktail (1988)
Con Air (1997)
Dante's Peak (1997)
Die Another Day (2002)
Die Hard (1988)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Disclosure (1994)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
E.T. (1982)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
50 First Dates (2004)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Footloose (1984)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Ghost (1990)
Golden Eye (1997)
Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Grease (1978)
Guarding Tess (1994)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Hope Floats (1998)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Independence Day (1996)
The Italian Job (2003)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Michael (1996)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Murphy's Romance (1985)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
National Treasure (2004)
The Net (1995)
No Way Out (1987)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Panic Room (2002)
Pirates of the Carribean Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Presidio (1988)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Rain Man (1988)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Real Genius (1985)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Risky Business (1983)
Rear Window (1954)
Road House (1989)
Sahara (2005)
The Saint (1997)
The Secret of My Success (1987)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Stripes (1981)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Swordfish (2001)
Ten Things I Hate About You (1999)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Tin Cup (1996)
Top Gun (1986)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Under Siege (1992)
Walking Tall (2004)
The Wedding Planner (2001)
West Side Story (1961)
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
When Harry Met Sally (1981)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Wild Hogs (2007)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Working Girl (1988)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

Shanty Town page

This is a layout I worked on over the weekend. I used the Cricut Printing Press cartridge for the title and other lettering. For this Jaycee project we camped out overnight in a mock shanty town to collect donations of food and clothing for the local area. We built our "headquarters" from wooden pallets that were lined with cardboard. This was done the weekend of Thanksgiving and it was actually pretty chilly out, despite the lack of snow...probably in the 30's.

Laff Olympics

This is a two-page spread I did for an event back in 2000. Teams did various relays and races. It was a cool September morning, but it was a fun time!

The title was made using Cricut's All Mixed Up cartridge

Weekend Accomplishments

Here are a few pages I finished over the weekend. This is another big book project I have started to highlight my 13+ years as a Jaycee. The organization has been a great influence in my life and I strongly encourage any men & women ages 18-40 to join their local chapter. If you don't have a chapter one can be started in your area with enough interest. The people in this organization are like my second family, and the skills I have learned have made me a better person.

For the first layout, "#1 Chapter, I used my Cricut and the Mini Monograms cartridge for the scalloped layers, Street Signs for #1 and the sub-title "in Minnesota", and I used Stone Script for the word "Chapter" and "2006".

The second layout used Going Places cartridge for the arrow and couple, and Alphalicious for the title. I like the way both of these turned out.

Minnesota Jaycees 2005 Scrapbook

I was asked to make a scrapbook for the 2005 State President to highlight his year in office. I spend many hours working on this throughout the year as events took place and photos were sent to me to include. Some of the photos are not the greatest since I wasn't planning to post them when I took the pictures three years ago, but at least you can see the layouts.

Family History Title Page

This is a title page I made for a family history book. I used my Cricut machine to cut the letters and tags. I used Opposites Attract cartridge for "Thommes" and "Family". I also used some satin ribbon and brads inbetween the two layers of paper. I think it turned out very pretty.

This is a project I wanted to start a long time ago but never got to until the middle of 2008. I still have some pages to do, but have a large chunk of it done now.

I hope to show you more of my family history pages in the future. Hope you enjoy looking at them!

Vintage Photo Layout

This is a layout I did showing my Grandfather leaving with two brothers to catch a freight train from Minnesota to Washington to look for work in about 1940. It is one of my favorites. I really like the way it turned out. I had some ribbon that looked like burlap I used across the top along with some jute to tie/hang the photo from. It really mimics the photo as the men had bags wrapped in rope with their bedding, etc. for traveling.