Thursday, April 29, 2010

Rebecca's Return by Jerry Eicher

I liked this book a lot more then the first in the series. It dragged for me a bit in the middle where it was just about how upset they were about John. And I was sure that something more would go on with Emma but I guess that will be saved for the third book. I gave this book three stars cause I liked it! :) I started this book on 04/22/10 and I finished it on 04/29/10.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. I love her writing and the stories she tells. One of her other books, My Sister's Keeper, is by far my favorite book ever. I also liked her book The Pact. This book was a little different but I liked this book okay. It wasn't my favorite of her's but it definitely wasn't my least favorite either. And it kind of dragged for a little bit in the middle. I knew from the get go about Kurt but I would have never guessed about Grace. I gave this book 3 stars. I started reading it on 04/02/10 and I finished it on 04/22/10.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Friday Fill-Ins #172

And...here we go!

1. I'd like to the beach...To be specific I'd like to go to Topsail Island.
2. One of my most favorite romantic memories is when my husband asked me to marry him, it was wonderful!
3. Last night, I had Subway for dinner.
4. Sorry for the lack of posting lately, just been a little busy.
5. Can we have the weekend now?
6. One of my worst temptations is chocolate; but books are hard to resist too!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning a little and doing homework, tomorrow my plans include finishing cleaning, homework and doing laundry and Sunday, I want to go to church and spend time with family like always!

Friday, April 02, 2010

Saturday 9: Hurts so Good

1. Tell us about the last time you really got hurt. Hum...I guess it was like getting hurt. I'm allergic to latex and it's only around my mouth. That was found out by the dentist using latex. My lips blew up and it was bad. But it hurt so does that count?

2. What's your oldest possession? At my parents house I have a Cabbage Patch Kid that I had from being very little, his name is Brian. But here at my house my oldest possession is probably panda blanket that my aunt Susie gave me or the green cups that were my mom and dad's. You are probably thinking the green cups are like china or something but they are actually just plastic cups. Nothing taste as good in anything else! haha

3. Do you have any phobias? Spiders and drinking or eating anything that's bad. I've always been scared of spiders but the drinking and eating anything that's bad has just surfaced in the past year. I smell milk before I drink it every time I get ready to drink it!

4. What values did your parents instill in you? To trust in God no matter what, to treat people how I wanted to be treated, to be honest all the time, and they love me!

5. What are your plans for Easter? Sonrise service tomorrow morning then back for regular services and then a cook-out at my mom's!

6. I like sun more than snow. That is a FALSE statement. I LOVE snow!

7. Tell us about 3 fads from your teenage years. I don't know about my teenage years but as a child the fads were side ponytails, leggings, and big hair.

8. Tell us what is the most important attribute in a lover. That they be more concerned with making sure the other person is happy.

9. What new piece of technology have you resisted buying and what would it take for you to change your mind? A smart phone, and it would take the prices dropping majorly!

Hidden Places by Lynn Austin

** spoiler alert ** I really liked this book until it got to Eliza's story and the whole circus bit just doesn't appeal to me I guess. But I loved Aunt Batty and Gabe. I could also tell from the get go that Eliza would fall in love with Gabe and Aunt Batty would fall in love with Walter but I wanted to find out how it all happened. It was an amazing story with the exception of Eliza's circus bit. With that I kept waiting for something major to happen to her for her to have hid it from everyone for so long. And it w...more I really liked this book until it got to Eliza's story and the whole circus bit just doesn't appeal to me I guess. But I loved Aunt Batty and Gabe. I could also tell from the get go that Eliza would fall in love with Gabe and Aunt Batty would fall in love with Walter but I wanted to find out how it all happened. It was an amazing story with the exception of Eliza's circus bit. With that I kept waiting for something major to happen to her for her to have hid it from everyone for so long. And it was nothing. But all that being said I can't wait for the next Lynn Austin book I'll read.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Monday Mayhem

Welcome to Monday Mayhem.

Today's Meme is the Annoying meme
For each of the prompts, name what annoys you....
Have fun.

Join Us for Monday Mayhem

What annoys you about people that you spend time with outside your home (coworkers etc)? People talking about me but when you say something to them about the problem that they were speaking of nobody has a problem with it.

What annoys you about people in your home? Hum...noises...haha...kind of like if your car rattles and it drives you crazy! haha

What annoys you about talking on the phone? I can't stand to talk on the phone...Weird I may be but I just don't like to do it. I would rather drive to see someone to talk to them instead of talking on the phone. It annoys me that you don't know when or what to say hanging up.

What annoys you about the over-used terms that people use? I don't know...Don't really have anything for this one.

What annoys you about restaurant foods? Well, my husband being a chef I, expect a LOT out of restaurant foods. It annoys me when I go to a restaurant and it is not as good as it should be.

What annoys you about restaurant servers? When they don't keep check on your table, or they act like you are crazy when you ask for certain stuff.

What annoys you about reading other blogs? Don't really know. I guess when a blog has so much stuff on it that it takes forever to load the page. If this is ever my page please inform me!

What annoys you about memes? How sometimes they get to where they are repeating themselves from week to week. Or maybe it's just that you feel they are repeating.

What annoys you about commenting on blogs? Nothing...Wait, I don't like when the comment box is in a popup.

What annoys you about people who chew gum? When they chew with their mouth open.

What annoys you about driving on the highway? People who drive slow when getting onto the interstate or people driving in the left lane slowly.

What annoys you about shopping at Walmart? OH WOW. Our Walmart is packed at all times of the day except at about midnight. People being packed into a shop annoys me.

What annoys you about kids? When their parents don't control them in public. Like when you are out at the restaurant and the kids are running around crawling under the tables and stuff. I am a firm believer in spankings! If you don't like that then don't watch me when I have children raise my children how I feel they should be raised.

What annoys you about your gender? Cattyness. Women are so catty sometimes. Granted I'm catty to at times.

What annoys you about the opposite sex? They don't have to go through childbirth! HA

What annoys you about shoes? When they don't feel comfortable on my feet.

What annoys you about shopping for clothes? When they don't fit like the should. Or I pick up a size that should fit but for some reason has been shrunk down and won't!

What annoys you about music? Degrading music. Just don't care to be degraded.

What annoys you about drinking alcohol? How some people get stupid and get behind the wheel and drive.

What annoys you about pizza? When it is so greasy that you stick a napkin on it and the napking gets soaked YUCK!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Saturday 9: Just One Look

Saturday 9: Just One Look

1. How vein are you about how you look? I don't go out the house looking trashing but by no means am I one of those women that have to have make-up on everytime I go out. As a matter of fact, I hardly ever wear make-up!

2. When you were little what was your favorite TV show? Hum...Fraggle Rock, Zoobalu, Alex Mac, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Clarrisa, Step By Step, Boy Meets World just to name a few...

3. If someone was going to make a movie or TV show about your life, who would play you and why? Hum...I'm not sure...Do ya'll have any ideas?

4. Who is your favorite Major League Baseball team? How about your favorite player? I hardly ever watch any type of sport much less baseball and have a favorite player...

5. What is your favorite baseball-related movie? The Sandlot, loved that move as a child.

6. What is one lesson you have learned in the past year? You don't have to answer to people, you only have to answer to God. So let people talk about you cause they are just giving someone else a break!

7. Tell us about one of your childhood memories. Going over to my mawmaw's while my mom and dad were at work. I would make mud pies. Mawmaw would paint nomes and pawpaw would be working in the garden.

8. How do you handle sticky situations? Do you have a method? If so, what is it? Hum...Wash your hands if they are sticky! haha

9. Do you think people talk about you behind your back? Of course...And first they are giving someone else a break and second if someone is talking about you that must mean you are important enough to them that they want to talk about you! Just saying.....

Six Word Saturday



Loving this weather, but dreading summer!!

I love spring other then the sinus problems it causes but I can NOT stand summer. It's hot and humid and you can only take off so many clothes and you are still going to be hot. Just saying......

Rebecca's Promise by Jerry S. Eicher

I had posted before that I was going to stop posting my reviews of books. I'm rethinking this for a few reasons. First, books are a HUGE part of my life. You will hardly ever catch me without a book. (I take a book to church and leave it in the car!!). Second, I love to read reviews from other people on books because it helps me add titles to my TBR list that is ever growing. And third, I know you really wanna read what I read! haha. So, here it is......

This book was pretty good. There needed to be more trial in it though. I liked the story of Rebecca and Atlee and I'm so glad she got to see him one more time to ease her mind. It was a short and sweet story. I'll read the next book whenever my library gets it. I gave this book a 3 out of 5 stars for just liking it.

When I post a book I always rate it with stars. I get these stars from http://www.goodreads.com/ where I post all of my books. It's an awesome site you should check it out! Anyhow, here are the ratings...
1 star - didn't like it
2 stars - it was okay
3 stars - liked it
4 stars - really liked it
5 stars - it was amazing!

I'm picky with my 4 and 5 stars for the simple fact that if a book gets a 5 star it better blow me away and I can think of nothing else for days. To get a 4 star then a book has to be a book that I can't put down but that after it's done I don't think about it. Does my thinking make sense? haha. Anyhow, happy reading!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Your thoughts please...

http://www.stylelist.com/2010/03/10/how-long-can-you-go-without-washing-your-hair/

So I came across that article last night and thought that I couldn't go that long without washing my hair. It's hard for me to go without washing it on Saturday's. But during the week it is a must that I wash everyday. If I didn't you'd be able to have oil for your car just from my hair. haha. That was a stretch but seriously if I go one day without washing my hair then it'll be oily and nasty. So my question for you is how often do you wash your hair?

I wash and condition my hair everyday. I wash it just so it won't be oily and then I condition it because otherwise I wouldn't be able to pull a comb through it after washing it.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

My thoughts....

So I haven't posted here lately because I haven't had much to say...Anyhow, here's my thoughts...

I have baby fever and it is crazy. I know that God will give me a child whenever He sees fit not when I see fit and for that I'm thankful. So when Jamie and I get pregnant it'll be awesome, until then try will be fun! haha

I am one of the crazy people that want to have more snow. And we have a saying here where I live that if it thunders in the winter then it'll snow in 7 days. Well, it thundered last night so we shall see if that saying is true or not! BUT I so want it to be true. Just one more snow before it gets to that yucky hot weather outside!

Jamie's brother is getting married and I'm so excited to be getting a sister-in-law. They are getting married in July :)

I usually say that I'm going to spend my Saturday's cleaning and then end up not doing a thing except for the laundry. Today has been different though. I've washed the dishes and put them up, made the bed, cleaned the bathroom all up, and I'm finishing up laundry now! :) Feels good to accomplished something on my day off, I'll try this more often.

I'm an avid reader and it gets on my nerves whenever I can't read as much as I want to. But I'm enjoying reading more this year since I don't have a set goal. I want to read all of the Jodi Picoult books and I only have two more books left! :)

That's enough for now...Hope you have a great night...

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Friday Fill-Ins: 165

1. A cup of tea is good if it's a cup of sweet tea with lots of ice!
2. Love and family makes a place feel like home.
3. Everything has its beauty because God created it and God don't make ugly stuff.
4. Chocolate or the taste of strawberries?
5. Art makes me happy, depending on the art.
6. LOL I just noticed I forgot, forgetting is never usually LOL.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning some, tomorrow my plans include laundry, homework and babysitting and Sunday, I want to spend time with family!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Sunday Stealing: The Clown's Meme 1

Sunday Stealing: The Clown's Meme 1

1. How old will you be in five years? 32...OH WOW that's scary...And it'll fly by I know...

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today? I will spend at least two hours with my husband, Jamie :)

3. How tall are you? 5'6

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? Nothing much.

5. What’s the last movie you saw? I don't remember what was the last movie I saw at the movies...Hum...Gonna have to change that and go to the movies! Although now that i'mt hinking about it I'm going to have to guess that Twilight was the last movie I saw at the movies.

6. Who was the last person you called? My Grandma Kay.

7. Who was the last person to call you? My Grandma Kay.

8. What was the last text message you received? From my husband last night asking me to open the door when he got home.

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? My Grandma Kay!

10. Do you prefer to call or text? Oh texting for sure! I'm not a phone talker at all!

11. What were you doing at 12am last night? Playing on the computer, watching House with my husband and eating.

12. Are your parentks married/separated/divorced? Married :)

13. When is the last time you saw your mom? Thursday night

14. What color are your eyes? Brown, can be green if I don't feel good.

15. What time did you wake up today? 11am.

16. What are you wearing right now? PJ's but about to get dressed to go to the library to do homework.

17. What is your favorite christmas song? I Wanna Hippo For Christmas or Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time.

18. Where is your favorite place to be? Home. I'm a Hermit!

19. Where is your least favorite place to be? Hum...I'd have to say at a restuarant waiting on food. You know when you are waiting on food and you are really hungry then it always seems like it takes longer!

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Somewhere cold with alot of snow and my husband would be with me!

21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years? Have a few children, maybe 3, with my husband being a successful chef in a successful restuarant.

22. Do you tan or burn? Oh there's no question here...I burn really really bad!

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Hum...I don't remember but my mom has always said I didn't like stories with wolves in them (Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Etc.)

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? A status I read on Status Shuffle on Facebook that said....I was looking for a knight in shining amour and all I found was a retard in tin foil! haha...

25. How many TVs do you have in your house? We have two but hardly ever watch the second one.

26. How big is your bed? Queen

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? We have two desktops and one laptop but only use the laptop.

29. What color are your sheets? Green, I've never been a person who likes green but I love me some green sheets!

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? One, now my husband has 3!

31. What is your favorite season? Winter

32. What do you like about Autumn? The pretty leaves changing colors

33. What do you like about winter? Snow and the fact that you can always put more clothes on to get warm or cuddle with someone. (During the summer you can only take so much off and you are still going to be hot!)

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Saturday 9: It's a Beautiful Morning

Saturday 9: It's a Beautiful Morning

1. Are you a morning person? No way! Unless the morning starts after 10am. haha. But no I'm not a morning person at all.

2. Tell us of a news story that truly shocked you. When the bridge fell in Turkey and a man was walking across it...If you watch in the upper left hand corner you can see he's walking across it when he sees the truck about to hit the bridge and he stops. Then the truck hits it and it falls. They say he made it though. Check it out...

http://www.news-public.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=137&video_id=598


3. What was your very first job? A cashier at Galaxy Foods. Loved it!

4. What characteristics do you despise? Untrustworthy, Rude, Disrespectful, Unthankful and People who think they are all that

5. To where would you retire? Somewhere cold and that has a lot of snow...

6. Are you named after anyone? My middle name came from one of my mom's friends - Diane

7. How do you release anger? Crying most of the time.

8. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Oh yes. haha...

9. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? My chin and me being fat! But I'm working on it.

Six Word Saturday




Sometimes being a girl is tough!!

Friday Fill-Ins #163

And...here we go!

1. Pickles; Zaxby's has fried pickles now (I wanna try them!).
2. I love being at home.
3. The snow is wonderful, I know A LOT of people hate the snow but I absolutely love it. It's so pretty!
4. Bugs should stay in nature.
5. It's 5:16 PM; that means it's almost time to go home if it's a weekday, only 15 more minutes!
6. Money is hard to find (if you find some let me know).
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to well, I had planned on coming home and doing homework but the snow changed it. I ended up going to Jamie's work to trade cars, tomorrow my plans include doing absolutely nothing and being lazy - would have been doing homework if it hadn't of snowed and Sunday, I want to change to HAVE to do my homework!


Saturday, February 06, 2010

Six Word Saturday



Wish we had some more snow!

I just love snow, I know people who are reading this are like she's crazy but it's true, I love snow! :)

Friday, February 05, 2010

Friday Fill-Ins: #162

1. I know that everything will work out and everything happens at the right time, God's time.
2. July is the longest month. (cause it's hot)
3. You can't help but love me!
4. Winter weather; bring it on!
5. Where have you looked for it?
6. Rain, rain and more rain is now available.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to getting all my laundry done so I don't have to do it tomorrow and homework, tomorrow my plans include reading alot and Sunday, I want to go to church and spend time with my family!


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Six Word Saturday


Loving this snow and my husband! :)

We've gotten about 9 inches so far and since we got so much and it's icy out there my husband got the call that the resturant (which is actually in a country club) wouldn't be open today! :) It's rare that I get Saturday's with my hubby and I'm loving it!

Friday, January 29, 2010

Friday Fill-Ins: #161

1. Wouldn't it be easy to just be able to read all day.
2. It's gonna be better than ever!
3. I love the taste of Simply Leomande but the raspberry kind. YUM!
4. Relax in the living room.
5. The first thing we're going to do is eat breakfast!
6. Do you hear the drip, drip, drip; well, do you?
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching it snow, tomorrow my plans include laundry and watching it snow some more hopefully and Sunday, I want to spend time with family but it all depends on the snow!