Y In The Middle Of The Lane

So, it's December the first. I don't really have anything to say, but that. NaNoWriMo came to an end, and I made it a little over half of 50,000. At least I tried, right? Anyhow, hope you enjoyed holiday cheer, and Merry Christmas! Oh, and my library is opening on the 20th, big yay there. I'm going to be helping with the grand opening as one of Santa's helpers.

Well, I've seen, hear, and will now tell. And no spoilers here. I do like it, I do. Yes, there is inaccuracies, but 500 pages in 2 hours isn't going to happen. The important thing is, the story, the main plot is the same. The character's behaved like they should, and I think the actors did a fair job of bringing them to life. My mom's friend that we webt with didn't like who they picked for Bella, but I thought Kristen Stewart did her job well, and I'm not picky so I applaud her performance. Edward . . . hmm, I don't know. You see, I am fine with Rob, as i said, I'm not picky. He did good with his American accent, I think I only heard him slip once. But I've always been a little meh about Edward. Sure he's a nice guy, sure he cares for Bella gallantly, but beyond that I don't have dreams of meeting him and kiss his picture before I go to bed. He's just a nice guy to me, sorry Eddie. Let's just be friends. Bella, he's a

I have added a Yahoo!Messenger "Pingbox" to my blog. So I guess you just drop a line it you want to. :)

I thought this was cool when I got onto my blog and saw that it said 7 days & hours and 7 mins. I showed it to my brothers and they had me push the print screen button when it said 7 secs. Now it is preserved for posterity.

If you live in California, you're probably familiar with this prop. You've probably heard of it in other places too. It has caused quite a lot of controversy. But nothing excuses violence and down right mean-ness against one group of people from another. This is Wrong: This is Wrong: The late local news showed scenes of several Hispanic females in tears outside the temple trying to remove the signs desecrating the walls and fences surrounding the temple. As these individuals – who according to a temple spokesperson were not church members – removed the hate-filled signs, the mob exploded and began beating the individuals to the ground. (Source: Meridian Magazine ) I'm not disallowing free speech, but going up and arms and attacking your fellowmen for them disagreeing with you is not right, whither you are Christian or not. It wasn't right when mobs ran us out of New York, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois. It wasn't right when Missourians tared and feathered our l

NaNoWriMo: 4,052

The world of NANOWRIMO is about to unfold. It will be my second try, and hopefully I'll do better then I did in 2007. Here is my potential story I'm going to work on. Summary: A friend with a passion for science has developed an unheard of feat, a time machine. That's right, H. G. Wells for reals. Nadie volunteers for the job of a lifetime. The first person to travel through time. Numbered among other great explorers such as Lewis and Clark. With Regency Era England as her destination, will Nadie keep suspicion from the curious eyes? And . . . when a realization comes, will she be able to make the right choice?

rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh my, this book was lovely. Syrie James does her very hardest to convince you that this is Jane Austen's very words written down on paper, and she did a wonderful job. She must have read Jane's books many times, because she had the Regency language down to an art. I really came to know and love Jane Austen more, even though a lot of it was only probable. I really wanted this story to be real, I loved the characters . . . especially Mr Ashford. I would advice people who have not read Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice should read them before devouring this book, as it gives away some of the plot, since Jane is working on them through most of the story. I hope others enjoy this book as much as I did. Except for the ending, which was historically accurate and made me wish history had been different, I still thought this book was great, and I'm glad my mother found it while we were perusing a bookstore on my birthday. View all my reviews.

Well he didn't make this, I did. ;) It's called Focaccia Bread, and I found the recipe while flipping through our Betty Crocker cookbook. I had a sudden urge to stir something and there you go. I used herbs from our herb pot on the porch. That is a big spatula by the way.

Here's a meme where your opinion gets to be heard! Here are the rules: Copy and paste the blank form into your blog twice, only fill in one. Fill in the blanks with whatever you think is the appropriate answer, bold your answer if you wish. and they don't exactly have to make sense. Add one more item to the meme. Tag 4 people and comment on their blogs. I think it should be mandatory for each household to have____. I think the President should name August 22nd __________day. I think stop signs should be a different colour, I think they should be_____. I think that _____is/are wasting America's time, I think they should be. I think that fashionable clothing is a_____ I think writing essays is_____ I would never_____ If I had power to _____ I would _______ . ----------------------------- I think it should be mandatory for each household to have their own library . I think the President should name August 22nd Imagination day. I think stop signs should be a different colou

In my church (and I think I've mentioned this before on my blog) has a Conference twice a year, where we gather in homes and churches across the globe to hear messages from the prophets and apostles of the our day. As well as other authorities in our church. Scripture is a documented account of prophets, and so I am going share a big from our current prophet, President Thomas S. Monson. From his talk entitled: " Finding Joy in the Journey " given Sunday 5th, 2008: I am what my wife, Frances, calls a “show-a-holic.” I thoroughly enjoy many musicals, and one of my favorites was written by the American composer Meredith Willson and is entitled The Music Man. Professor Harold Hill, one of the principal characters in the show, voices a caution that I share with you. Says he, “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays.” My brothers and sisters, there is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today . . . . . . Let

Today I've been trying a new look on my travel website. I've work on it all day, just want some feedback. http://travelmunk.bravehost.com/

So I was reading here: http://www.littleredreadinghood.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3723 I ended up making a rather lengthy explanation instead and decided to put it here. On Goodreads my "books-i-own" shelve says I have fifty, but a bunch of those are books my whole family owns, so I probably personally own less then fifty. Mostly because I've always used the library for my book needs, I don't have an allowance or ever had an allowance in my entire life, (er, okay so my there was a wink of time where I got quarters for chores, but still) So the only money I've ever got is Birthday and Christmas money. For a while I got babysitting money. But I feel like I should be saving my money so I don't often by books unless I know they are good. Only recently have I been buying books, since I don't have a library anymore, but I still enjoy the library because I can check out fifty books without paying a very wealthy sum.

I meant to do this yesterday, but never got around to it. Doctrine and Covenants 25: 12 For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.

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Today and yesterday it has been raining. It's the first real rain we've had in a while. Yesterday there was a little bit of sun, but today it's all cold and gloomy. Yesterday the rain seemed beautiful, it smelled good. But today it feels all bleak and cold. It surely is falling into Autumn here. I hope it starts getting happy again.

The ideal meme, tagged by Cuileann Rules: if you're tagged, make sure to add one more ideal "thing" to the list, besides the items that are already there. Be as descriptive and random and silly as you want. My ideal... Snack: Gourmet crackers, juice, and chex mix. Nummy. Is that descriptive enough for yeah? Day: one where I enjoy myself. Book: Takes me away from mundane life to a place where the unbelievable happens. Friend: understand me and doesn't make me feel dumb. Has a sense of humor. Weather: A warm windy day that plays with my hair and makes me feel like I'm in a movie. Adventure: I agree that an adventure should be spontaneous, and it should send you off somewhere exciting. Music: An additively melancholy song. I tag Enna Isilee

12! It's much better then last year where I only read five books.

I have decided to leave a verse of scripture on my blog every Sunday. I hope you are not offend, but understand that this is my blog, and I am a Christian. Today some birds decided to feast at my bird feeder. It's about time, I got it about a year or two ago. :) Matthew 13: 31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the a birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

I'm not in the mood to right a long review. So I'll simple say this. I liked this book a lot, it was a good story. The characters were interesting, and I want to read the next three. The writing wasn't brilliant, and sometimes the phrasing was weird to me. But the author is Australian, so that would be why, no offense to her, I like Aussies, I'm just not familiar with how they speak. If you should be able to get your hands on this book. I urge you to do so If you would like to learn more about this author and her books, you can visit this website. http://www.booksofpellinor.com/

Today we passed a car show in a shopping center parking lot and stopped to take a look. And look what I found. Bella's truck! Bella's truck's brother! Bella's truck's cousin? (The one on the right, not the model t) A ford Bella truck And last but not least, Luke's truck from Gilmore Girls.

I am today's Vanna White for Enna Isilee’s ( squeakybooks.blogspot.com ) big birthday contest. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Where did Doucette’s mother hide her swan-skin? That’s all you have to do! E-mail Enna Isilee your answer at Books@Squeakybooks.com . You get 2 entries for answering the question and 5 entries if you get it right. So you could get two entries just by e-mailing! These entries go towards the weekly prizes and the grand prize. This week’s prize winners will be announced on Monday morning, and the grand prize winner will be announced on Enna Isilee’s birthday, September 22nd (the same Monday, just later in the day).

Here are the rules: I am going to list three categories of books. 3 MUST Read Books, 3 Keep Your Eyes on These, and 3 Look For These Soon. Keeping with the theme, I am going to tag at least 3 bloggers. They should put these same lists on their blog but SUBTRACT one book from each list and ADD one of their own. Then they should tag at least 3 more bloggers. It will be fun to see how the lists change as they go around the blogosphere. Please come back to this post and leave a comment so I can see how the lists are changing. Since this is Book Buzz…please keep your lists to titles released in 2007-2009. So, here goes…[asterisks are next to my additions] MUST read books: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale* Keep your eyes on these: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison Look for these soon:

Yahoo!News Weather (powered by the weather channel) says: Tonight: Scattered showers or thunderstorms, especially during the evening. Storms will have lightning and gusty winds, but little rain. Low near 55F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. So I looked outside at the sky . . . Yeah, looks like a storm to me too. Oregon is notorious for sudden weather changes, but this doesn't look like a stormy day. It's really hot outside, too. If a storm happens, you will see a follow up picture.

The wonderful thing about Tiggers Is Tiggers are wonderful things Their tops are made out of rubber Their bottoms are made out of springs They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN! But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers Is I'm the only one HowManyOfMe.com There are 1 or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

So I have just been changing the look of my Zazzle shop called " Book Nerd Clothing " and now I'm making this post to promote it. Because lets be honest here, why make a shop if no one's going to by anything. So if you like my products, or just like me. Feel free to spread the word about my let internet shop. Also, if should interest you, I have a cafepress shop for my photography. I have stickers, mugs, pillows, and framed artwork there. If you want to check it out, click on the cafepress banner ad on the right side column that's hanging out with the blinking MOLD banner. Thank you for your help and have a good day. :)

Advertisement: Firstly, I'd like to direct your attention to " Squeaky Books ", a blog run by the beautiful, or so she is in my head, Enna Isilee. She is celebrating her birthday with a grand contest that will last until Sept 22. For more info, please see her site for details. The meat: I've recently read on Shannon Hale's blog (authoress), and read some really good points on reading and writing. Unfortunately, others have been less then thrilled about it, but I am not going to go there. In one of Shannon's post she wrote: You're like the director of the movie, taking the raw words of a script and blowing them up into full color on the screen. To a large extent, a movie viewer is merely a witness to the story, but a reader is a participant in the story. This is what makes reading such a profoundly intimate experience, so unique reader-to-reader, and also so powerful. Today, I thought of something, and I'm going to use an example to illustrate it.

I made a playlist for one of my stories. It's in no particular order and is subject to change. It's my modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Note: The song called "Home" is the "Beast" character's song.

So, have you ever heard of Gilmore Girls? Or watched it? This is my favorite TV show ever. And this weekend I had a sudden hankering for it, so I found a (possibly questionable) way to watch in on the internet for free. I watched some of the best ones and now I'm starting from the beginning. Right now I'm on episode 11 in season one. The quirkiness and quick delivery of comebacks are fabulous, Lorelai and Rory are awesome. And I love Luke, he falls in with Mr Darcy and Finn for me. Got to love a scruffy guy in plaid. Anyways, that's what I've been doing with my time recently, I've also decided to rewrite a story of mine in a notebook. I got a blank notebook from the stack my mom has from the great back to school deals she finds. So that's something else I'm doing, it's a lot different to write with a pen instead of WordPerfect with a delete button. I hope to get use to it and be able to get my ideas out. Well, thanks for listening.

*mystic voice* You are now entering a spoiler free zone. Violators will be deleted. *fade out* Okay, so you could put "Breaking Dawn reviews" into a search engine and probably a billion results would pop up. So I guess this won't be a very original post, but I must share my heart about this book. So deal. First off all, I have to tell you I've been spending my days feverishly reading this book, way into the later (some say squeaky) hours of the night. I have dreamed about this book, I would wake up thinking about this book. I got a sticker from the release party saying "I got Bitten my Breaking Dawn" I should say "I've been bitten by the Twilight Saga all summer." (I read Twilight for the first in April/May of this year, the rest will fall in line) These books have always had a certain hold on me. Even when I didn't always agree with the characters. I liked Breaking Dawn so much more then the other three combined. I finally found a

My review rating: 3 of 5 stars Two brothers who are as different as sugar and flour, a golf complex owned by a grandfather who is a little bit crazy at times, and one summer. At the start of this book, these two brothers introduce their story, but mostly is the one brother, Jock, who narrates. This is a first person account about a summer of change and refocus. I thought it was a book more for middle school kids, but there were a few references that I wouldn't feel comfortable letting my ten year old brother read. Their grandpa is a little over-obsessed with getting money, which to him is everything. Jock's younger brother Egon, who in Jock's words is a little devil, is caught up in his money obsession. Here's where I mention that Jock and Egon are dyed in the wool hippies and proud of it. Which is the reason for the odd names and other odd things. Anyways, Jock soon sees that his grandfather doesn't realize what a good life he has, as he's too focused on t

I have recently joined MOLD4EVR, with BB and the other peeps. I've donated my services as a banner maker, and will attempt to make banners with links to the site. Then I encourage you to stick them on your blogs, to help promote this newly formed blog. I'll be posting my creations on MOLD once I have work out the bugs and such. So stay tuned, and if you would like to visit this site, and haven't before, click on the title of this post.

Well, I've been trying to figure out why I'm so happy for Twilight. I mean, yeah, I like the series, or why would I care? Even when I don't know that I would be best friend with Bella, maybe just good friends, because I don't hate her. Not at all, I just don't share her same philosophy or views. That's okay, and I know I'm talking about a character like she's a real person, but deal with it. ;) I was think about something else as well. Maybe it's another story that makes me excited. The story of a woman who went from average housewife to a New York Times Bestseller with a movie on the way. I think this would count as a Cinderella story. I mean, doesn't that give out hope for the rest of you writers out there? And I'm happy and excited for Stephenie Meyer, and how a simple thing like writing down a dream could change her life forever. I think I read somewhere, maybe it was the EW interview, but anyways she said she was only hoping to

Click to view: Twilight Teaser trailer #2 Doesn't that make you excited? It sure did something for me. The more I see stuff about the movie, the more it seems really to me. And you want to know something else? I was listening to clips of audiobooks on this one download site. I listened to the clip of New Moon and it was an excerpt from the dream Bella has in the very beginning. And when the reader read about Edward . . . I almost swooned. Almost being the keyword. I guess it's all about delivery for me. ;) In other news, last week I went to girl's camp as a leader, I will now display some pictures I'm comfortable posting on my blog.

So the organization that's working to get our library open again has started a children's book exchange program for the summer. There using an open space donated to them in a shopping plaza. They hope to add a adult book exchange as well. :D Me, my mom, and my brothers went to take a look today, because they just started doing it today. There was a good start of books, picture books and easy chapter books and so on. It was almost going to a library again. I'm excited, and this might grow to become the new library. *dances*

I made a new t-shirt shop with Cafepress. I decided to try it, because my mom said a friend of hers was making money with it. I've decided I don't like it as much as Zazzle. You don't have as much say on your designs, it decides how big the picture can be, and I just don't like it. But I'm keeping this site up because it took too much of my time just to delete it all. So if you click this link, you can see my merchandice: http://www.cafepress.com/nphotogenic

Rant Alert! I will now release my stress on my blog. Things that are going wrong this week, starting Saturday. The clothes washer broke. The power in my computer went out while I was vacuuming. (Obvisiously I got it turned back on) And last week our Jetta broke. And my dad is basically going to loose his job, because of a stupid boss. Which we found out a while ago. Why. Now? I know we get our trials so we can grow from them, but it's getting to be a hefty list with me. Blah.

I've decided to make a website . . . and I should got to bed, brain is slowly kicking the bucket.

Day 1 Basically, we traveled for an hour and a half to the campground. We set up camp, ate dinner, said hi to the friends we were camping with, then part of my family went to see the ocean, and then went to bed. My feet froze. Day 2 I woke up after a cold, uncomfortable, sleep deprived night. It was seven or eight in the morning, I don't remember. We roasted bagel over the campfire and ate them with cream cheese. Yum. Then me, my dad, and two of my brothers walked down to the Smith River to take a look. When we got back from the river . . . I can't remember exactly what we did after that, but soon after we got in the car and drove about fifteen miles to the beach. You'll see some photographs of the river and beach here . We went to two different beaches, had lunch, saw crabs, squirrels and birds , then went back to camp. Mom made this really awesome dutch oven dinner, then we visited with our friends until late. We went to bed. I wore socks this time. My feet still

My family is going coming to day, when my dad is done with work. Its going to be camping in the Redwoods and going to the beach. I charged the battery on my camera and an going to empty my card. I'm going to take lots of pictures. :D We'll be getting back Wednesday afternoon.

I made this: I started it at the beginning of the month and have finished it today. Its finished to me anyways. There's detail work that is suppose to be done, but I think it looks fine for now. I decided to do it for a project to keep me busy-ish and keep me off the computer a little more. It didn't work very well, but I still finished it and that's what counts. :)

So, I've decided to ask my small audience to help me with put stuff back on my blog. I'm going to ask you a few questions. Which features did you enjoy and want to see back? What did you think was unnecessary and should be left out this time? Any other feedback is also welcome.

But apparently it couldn't keeping all my widgets and things as well. So I'm going to be redoing it all shortly, and I think I'm going to make it cleaner. Less cluttered. A rhythm and a reason.

Tagged by Enna Isilee The rules are... • Link to the person that tagged you, post the rules somewhere in your meme, answer the questions, tag six people in your post, let the tagees know they’ve been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog, let the tagger know your entry is posted. Who’s you all-time favorite author and why? *sucks in breath* I think I'll have to say . . . Jane Austen. The best chick lit author of her time. Who was your first favorite author and why? Do you still consider him/her among your favorites? Possibly the person who wrote the Frog and Toad Together books. Or the Bearenstein(how ever you spell the name) Bear's authors. Who’s the most recent addition to your list of favorite authors, and why? Hmm, that might be Stephenie Meyer, but I've been rereading a book by a person named Elodia Strain. She has written one of the funniest chick lit books I've ever read. :D If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors wou

This guy stayed and let me get up close to him. I turned it black and white in Photoshop. Squirrel that came onto our porch, looking for nuts and seeds. This deer was a little wary of me, but let me get close enough to photograph her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Understatement of the Day! #2 (or yesterday really, but oh well) T. West:Um, well, I'm getting married. Me: Duh! Congrats, T. West. You've become Understatement #2

" . . . The Host should come with a warning label: it will grab you and keep you reading well into the wee hours of night . . ." ~ Ridley Pearson, Author of Killer Weekend There is no joke on this suggestion. The warning label should read: Prepare for possible, voluntary sleep deprivation and lack of willpower to put down book . I spent about half a week reading this book and going to sleep at two in the morning, regularly. The last night, it was three thirty. First of all I want to say, Wow! As Twilight goes, I liked the story and the characters are okay (if not annoying on a regular basis), but The Host is its own book entirely. I actually cared about Wanderer and Melanie, the two-part protaganist, they were so real to me, even the alien "soul" Wanderer. I could connect so much better then I could ever have connected with Bella. I found myself sharing the same feelings on violence and other issues it goes into in this book. You will become a close frie

Today I bought The Host by Stephenie Meyer . Me and my mom bought it together, it was 25% off at Fred Meyer. I'll be reading it soon, and I'll tell how I like it.

^I made this sign. :) A year from today, my public library closed down because of lack of funds. So we had a rally/funeral/memorial service for our library today. A group of people and kids march down our downtown area and up to the courthouse front steps. Reporters from the local news, radio and paper were there. The newspaper that was doing the story could send out a photographer, so I got to be the "photographer" I took pictures and I read a poem I wrote about the library closing. So I might appear on the local news, which is weird and cool at the same time. And here's the poem I wrote: Destruction of a Library World of Words, Their time is ending. On the shelves they sigh a bitter sigh. Why should people cry? Only words on paper Behind brick walls Why do I sigh, This humble cry? Why do the words mean so much to me? How can people not feel what I feel? About an old building that smells like old paste That binds together beautiful words In the arms of ancient paper Old

At long last, Oregon has decided it's time for summer. Or it at least thinks it should be warmer. Oregon has strange weather. Yesterday I went on a hike at a local trail and it was nice. There was a lot of bright flowers, and a beautiful waterfall. I'll post some pictures soon, along with some others I've taken recently. My photography class is officially over, and so I have nothing I can tell people so they don't think I'm some lazy bum. (Which is true, but people don't need to know that.) So that's all, I just thought I should make a post, I haven't done it in a while.

Tagged by Cuileann . The Rules: 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4.Post the next three sentences. 5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you've posted your three sentences I grabbed Countess Veronica off the shelf. Before, I had gotten a picture book, but then I realized it wasn't long enough for 123 pgs. "'How many moves can you see ahead?' Veronica was puzzled. 'Ahead?'" I'll tag Dr. Knowitol Y. and Bookbutterfly .

Thanks, Enilee, again for sharing a book you love for my birthday. You are awesome. :D I received this book as a birthday present from my friend, and I'm glad she let me read the book. It's a very interesting world. Interesting and frustrating. I stayed up late reading this book many nights in a row. Probably a bad idea for my brain, but oh well. This is a story about a girl trying to find herself. It's a little more complicated then that, but that's what it is in one sentence. I haven't read many Sci-Fi's, but this one is good. The future world of earth was more believable to me then the world of Uglies, which I still haven't finished reading. Not sure why but, that's not important here. A theme of this book is, what is humanity really? It's a question that hovers on every page. Are we human because of our choices, or because we have five finger and toes on each limb? There was also a lot environmental stuff in this, and it made me wonder if