So, yes, this is just a shameless entry bragging about my children.
Miss Pixie has had a busy month between honors choir, her part in her class' performance of Macbeth and poms.
Mr. Caveboy turned 16 this month and has designed a website for the National History Day competition. He will be competing in Madison. Please view it and leave lots of comment love!
http://84890520.nhd.weebly.com/index.html (This is just the partial product. He is still working on the final product)
Thanks for listening!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
I Love: Discovering a new Author.
Sometimes it is a recommendation from a friend, sometimes a review you read somewhere, sometimes an ad online catches your eye. You think, now that looks or sounds interesting. You pick up the book and next thing you know, you have another author to love.
For me, it started innocently, with Twitter. Or Facebook, as the case may be. An author I already "liked" on facebook, was cross promoting a fellow author with a "like this person and be entered to win..." So I liked, and entered. In this case one author was Teresa Medeiros. Then she started posting about a book coming out. Goodnight Tweetheart. The whole premise of a couple meeting and falling in love on twitter caught my attention. Of course I bought and loved it. Then I was on Twitter for a "twitter chat" about the book, when I began interacting with one of her other followers.
We seemed to have a similar thought process and long story short we ended up following each other. That's when I realized she was also an author. Hope Welsh. So I checked out her website and her blog. Even longer story short, I ended up reading her latest book Linked.
I LOVED this book. It was a classic "written in the stars" romance with a little paranormal shape shifting thrown in. The book started off with a bang and kept my interest though out! Though my mind kept telling me it was too soon for the couple to fall in love, I couldn't maintain the skepticism because the story just felt right. I have always been a huge fan of romantic mystery. Its only recently that I have become interested in paranormal and urban fantasy. This book managed to have it all for me. All in all for my first read by this author, I was very pleased and plan on reading more.
So, you can buy Linked on Amazon or here on Barnes & Noble.
Go forth and read....and Enjoy!
For me, it started innocently, with Twitter. Or Facebook, as the case may be. An author I already "liked" on facebook, was cross promoting a fellow author with a "like this person and be entered to win..." So I liked, and entered. In this case one author was Teresa Medeiros. Then she started posting about a book coming out. Goodnight Tweetheart. The whole premise of a couple meeting and falling in love on twitter caught my attention. Of course I bought and loved it. Then I was on Twitter for a "twitter chat" about the book, when I began interacting with one of her other followers.
We seemed to have a similar thought process and long story short we ended up following each other. That's when I realized she was also an author. Hope Welsh. So I checked out her website and her blog. Even longer story short, I ended up reading her latest book Linked.
I LOVED this book. It was a classic "written in the stars" romance with a little paranormal shape shifting thrown in. The book started off with a bang and kept my interest though out! Though my mind kept telling me it was too soon for the couple to fall in love, I couldn't maintain the skepticism because the story just felt right. I have always been a huge fan of romantic mystery. Its only recently that I have become interested in paranormal and urban fantasy. This book managed to have it all for me. All in all for my first read by this author, I was very pleased and plan on reading more.
So, you can buy Linked on Amazon or here on Barnes & Noble.
Go forth and read....and Enjoy!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
I "DO NOT" Love Fed Ex!
Fed Ex is officially on my SHIT LIST! FAIL on customer service! Way to deliver an already slit open, thus EMPTY package that was supposed to contain an American Girl Gift card for my little girl for Christmas! HOW DO YOU NOT NOTICE IT IS OPENED AND EMPTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Recap: FEDEX GETS AN "F" FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
To Recap: FEDEX GETS AN "F" FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I Love A Good Book
And even more, finding a new author! Then I just totally immerse myself in everything that person has written. Course, with the speed of my reading, I catch up quick and then I am reduced to waiting for the latest release.
Since buying my Nook (a whole other post) I have discovered many new authors. (I spend hours scouring the B&N website and when I can afford it, buying books. My wishlist, dollar wise, is in the triple digits. Well, thats why they call it a wish list.) So just to name a few, this is what I spent my summer reading.
Patricia Briggs. The Mercy Thompson series. It started with a friend (Kim) who also had a Nook. She got a bunch of new books on it that she didn't have the time to read so she asked me to read Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs via the Lend Me feature. (LOVE that feature.) Now I remember! There was a whole display of her books at the check out when I bought my Nook. Of course having spent so much money on my Nook, I wasn't buying any books that day. So I read it. In like 3 hours. And immediately did a search and bought and downloaded Blood Bound. Then fired off a text to Kim telling her she was going to love it and to get reading. Of course we both ended up reading all 5 books. And of course the Alpha & Omega spin off series is in my TBR pile.
Laurell K Hamilton. I actually found her late last year, with the Merry Books but I spent this year finding and reading the entire Anita Blake series. Of course Flirt and Bullet came out just in time to get them on my Nook. I do love my vampires and faeries.
Julie Kagawa. The Iron Fae series. Yes, you sense a theme here. It is a young adult series, but very interesting. I devoured both books and the novella out so far. Can't wait for the new book due out early 2011.
Vicki Pettersson. The Sign of the Zodiac books. Ok, this is where I give a big thumbs up to the Barnes & Noble free e-book of the week. Probably would not have picked up this book as a choice. I actually think the synopsis turned me off, but it was free and so I downloaded it and immediately forgot about it. Then one day I was bored, scanning through my books and there it was. By the time I was finished I was cursing myself for getting hooked on another series. By the end of the summer, I owned all 5 of her Zodiac books. And one of the Novellas. I still need to read Dark Matters and Shifting Star. Love this series.
Christine Feehan. My mom had given me a few books of hers before but they ended up in a TBR pile that I lost in the flood of 2008. Again, thanks to Kim, I am hooked on the Ghostwalker series. I am currently on book 6. (and now I find she has an entire Vampire series. Might have to start that next.) Suddenly I realize that I am seriously addicted to hard as steel, bad ass, highly trained,covert ops types. *sigh* (Case in point, Jason Statham in the movie, The Expendables. Oh, yes! PLEASE rescue me, Lee Christmas!)
Which brings me to...
Lora Leigh. And the Nauti Boy series. Yep. in my quest to find more books about take charge, highly trained and seriously hot, military types, I discovered this series. All I have to say is Yum. Of course I read them all. And then read them again. Did I mention Yum?
Gena Showalter. The Lords of the Underworld Series. I think this is what started my summer long craving for the aformentioned bad asses. These guys are all immortal warrior. I am loving the series and eagerly snapping up each book as it is released.
Julia London. I just discovered her via Facebook and am into my first book and eagerly awaiting the release of A Year of Living Scandalously. Also about to give Teresa Medeiros a try.
Also discovered Annmarie McKenna, R. G. Alexander, and Jennifer Cole. They write various Erotica titles.
Well, I guess thats about it. I am sure I forgot a bunch, but in addition to all these new authors/series, i discovered, i have also been reading the old favorite stand bys. Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux, Fern Micheals, Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz, Elizabeth Lowell...Just to name a few.
So...who have you been reading this summer? What are you looking forward to this fall?
Since buying my Nook (a whole other post) I have discovered many new authors. (I spend hours scouring the B&N website and when I can afford it, buying books. My wishlist, dollar wise, is in the triple digits. Well, thats why they call it a wish list.) So just to name a few, this is what I spent my summer reading.
Patricia Briggs. The Mercy Thompson series. It started with a friend (Kim) who also had a Nook. She got a bunch of new books on it that she didn't have the time to read so she asked me to read Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs via the Lend Me feature. (LOVE that feature.) Now I remember! There was a whole display of her books at the check out when I bought my Nook. Of course having spent so much money on my Nook, I wasn't buying any books that day. So I read it. In like 3 hours. And immediately did a search and bought and downloaded Blood Bound. Then fired off a text to Kim telling her she was going to love it and to get reading. Of course we both ended up reading all 5 books. And of course the Alpha & Omega spin off series is in my TBR pile.
Laurell K Hamilton. I actually found her late last year, with the Merry Books but I spent this year finding and reading the entire Anita Blake series. Of course Flirt and Bullet came out just in time to get them on my Nook. I do love my vampires and faeries.
Julie Kagawa. The Iron Fae series. Yes, you sense a theme here. It is a young adult series, but very interesting. I devoured both books and the novella out so far. Can't wait for the new book due out early 2011.
Vicki Pettersson. The Sign of the Zodiac books. Ok, this is where I give a big thumbs up to the Barnes & Noble free e-book of the week. Probably would not have picked up this book as a choice. I actually think the synopsis turned me off, but it was free and so I downloaded it and immediately forgot about it. Then one day I was bored, scanning through my books and there it was. By the time I was finished I was cursing myself for getting hooked on another series. By the end of the summer, I owned all 5 of her Zodiac books. And one of the Novellas. I still need to read Dark Matters and Shifting Star. Love this series.
Christine Feehan. My mom had given me a few books of hers before but they ended up in a TBR pile that I lost in the flood of 2008. Again, thanks to Kim, I am hooked on the Ghostwalker series. I am currently on book 6. (and now I find she has an entire Vampire series. Might have to start that next.) Suddenly I realize that I am seriously addicted to hard as steel, bad ass, highly trained,covert ops types. *sigh* (Case in point, Jason Statham in the movie, The Expendables. Oh, yes! PLEASE rescue me, Lee Christmas!)
Which brings me to...
Lora Leigh. And the Nauti Boy series. Yep. in my quest to find more books about take charge, highly trained and seriously hot, military types, I discovered this series. All I have to say is Yum. Of course I read them all. And then read them again. Did I mention Yum?
Gena Showalter. The Lords of the Underworld Series. I think this is what started my summer long craving for the aformentioned bad asses. These guys are all immortal warrior. I am loving the series and eagerly snapping up each book as it is released.
Julia London. I just discovered her via Facebook and am into my first book and eagerly awaiting the release of A Year of Living Scandalously. Also about to give Teresa Medeiros a try.
Also discovered Annmarie McKenna, R. G. Alexander, and Jennifer Cole. They write various Erotica titles.
Well, I guess thats about it. I am sure I forgot a bunch, but in addition to all these new authors/series, i discovered, i have also been reading the old favorite stand bys. Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux, Fern Micheals, Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz, Elizabeth Lowell...Just to name a few.
So...who have you been reading this summer? What are you looking forward to this fall?
Thursday, October 16, 2008
I Love...?
Not sure I can find anything to love for today. Lets recap:
Have to have surgery.
On Nov. 11 I will be having a hysterectomy. I guess I will be off work for 2 months. Not loving this much. The only good thing is no more birth control and no more monthly woes.
Maverick losing his job.
So its official. GM will close as of Dec. 23. So that means Lear will also close along with 2 other companies. And i will still be off work at that time.
Pixie has a cracked tooth.
What that means is even though it is still a baby tooth she has to get a temporary crown which she will lose when she loses the tooth. This will be the second one she has. The girl is hard on her teeth.
Caveboy needs braces.
Yes better to find out now, while we still have insurance for a few months. But still one more round of expenses. Well over a thousand dollars we don't have.
So thats the status right now. I guess I will keep y'all updated.
Have to have surgery.
On Nov. 11 I will be having a hysterectomy. I guess I will be off work for 2 months. Not loving this much. The only good thing is no more birth control and no more monthly woes.
Maverick losing his job.
So its official. GM will close as of Dec. 23. So that means Lear will also close along with 2 other companies. And i will still be off work at that time.
Pixie has a cracked tooth.
What that means is even though it is still a baby tooth she has to get a temporary crown which she will lose when she loses the tooth. This will be the second one she has. The girl is hard on her teeth.
Caveboy needs braces.
Yes better to find out now, while we still have insurance for a few months. But still one more round of expenses. Well over a thousand dollars we don't have.
So thats the status right now. I guess I will keep y'all updated.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
I love medical problems requiring surgery...NOT!
Just found out I need surgery. Gonna be off work for 2 months, will have to be in the hospital 3 days. THIS SUCKS! I don't have a choice though. So It is looking like I will be having the urgery on Nov. 11th. Only 6 weeks from now. Oh Joy. Thats all I have to say for now.
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