I Heart Books!!!

WWW Wednesdays are hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three questions…… **What are you currently reading? **What did you recently finish reading? **What do you think you will read next? **************************************** My Answers: What are you currently reading?:  Queen of Your Own Life by Kathy Kinney & Cindy Ratzlaff What did you recently finish reading?:  Citizen Dick by  Richard Arneson What do you think you will read next?: The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon

It's that time again.  Leave me a link if you steal this, so I can read your answers!! 1. How far away is the last person you kissed?   Downstairs. 2. Has someone ever told you they would be with you forever?   Yes 3. Last person you were in a car with?    Everyone 4. Any plans for tomorrow?   Spanish test 5. How long does it take for you to take a shower?   10-15 minutes. 6. Best friend or close friends? Close friends. 7. Is tomorrow going to be a good day?   As long as I do well on my Spanish test. 8. Did you kiss anyone friday?   Yes 9. Ever thrown up in public?   Only when I am pregnant. 10. What's on your mind RIGHT NOW?   DJ- Get you lazy ass out of bed!!!! 11. Who was the last person you talked to?   On the phone...Sara 12. What is the WORST subject they teach at school?    CHEMISTRY!!! 13. Have you seen anyone lately that you don't get along with?   The neighbors 14. What is...

I am participating in Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop. Here is what you must do: *Choose a prompt that inspires you most. *Write. *Come back this Thursday and paste the URL from your actual post (do this by clicking the title of your post after you hit publish, an extended URL will come up in the address bar. That’s the URL you want to use) into the Mister Linky that will be up…this way anyone can click on your name and head over to your place to see what you wrote. Feel free to write on more than one prompt if you so desire. Mama Kat does it all the time, but it’s her game…and she doesn’t know how to shut-up…so it should be expected. And remember the more comment love you give, the more comment love you get so comment comment away. ********************************************************** Here is the writing prompt I chose this week. 3.) I Wanna Be MADE! You remember the MTV series where nerdy high school kids are made to be popular and what not? If you could be MADE in...

"Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky--fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. She also knows she is tired. Always. Using stories and insights from her own life, she provides a lexicon for the half-insane working mom. Anyone who has left a meeting to race to the Halloween parade immediately understands van Ogtrop's definition of "Kill the messenger" as "The action you must take in order to forget about the office for a time--that is, to remove your Blackberry/Treo/iPhone/whatever from your person and store it as far away as your neurotic self will allow." Filled with essays, lists, and resonant observations, JUST LET ME LIE DOWN establishes van Ogtrop as the Erma Bombeck of the new millennium."   This was a hilarious book that every Mom can relate to.  It is a quick, comical look at life as a Mom.  Trying to juggle life, kids, work, volunteering, and personal time ...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 1. Grab your current read. 2. Open to a random page. 3. Share two (or three or four, if you're me) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 4. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! ********************************************************** Currently Reading:  Citizen Dick by Richard Arneson.  "Dick shared his first day with 3 other newly hired employees and Herm, a young, round manager in HR whose tic caused his head to jerk to the left every 15 seconds.  His primary responsibility at CommGlobalTeleVista was to press "play," "stop," and "pause" on the VCR."  Page 177

The Sun and the Moon is a great book for kids of all ages.  "This is a story about you and me, but for the protection of us..."  The sun and the moon get in a big fight and both decide they are tired and through.  So even though they both know it will be harmful to the Earth, they leave.  The Earth starts to freeze and animals and insects are frozen too.  What I like is that in the middle of the story, instead of just making a general point that fighting is bad, the author address why humans fight.  People fight because of fear.  Fear causes problems everyday. After lots of fighting, Sun and Moon realize that they are both in the wrong and that they should be friends.  They also realize that they are connected not only to each other but to you and me as well.  When they realized their connection, they both went back to "work" and Earth defrosted.  The author then restatrs the story to show how the Sun and the Moon should have handl...

In today's dire economic conditions, Popes and Bankers looks at how we got here. It starts in ancient times and discusses how in Dante's Inferno, money lenders and murders share the same circle of hell. It then goes through history discussing the public and political, and occasionally religious views on money lending. I'll admit it...At first I was kind of scared of a book about the history of credit and debt. I know nothing about finance (except that I like money!) and was worried that with the author's finance writing background, the book would be hard to understand and not very relevant to me. However, I found the opposite to be true! Not only is it very easy to understand but it is more of a humorous history text than one about finance. If you have an interest in finance, history, or religion than you should read this book.  I gave this book a 4 out of 5 stars. 5 is a must read and 1 is a book I couldn't finish reading. *I received a review copy of this boo...

I am participating in 2 Friday Blog Hops.  Here is a link to Crazy for Books' post.  3/19 Blog Hop!!   And here is the link to Follow Me Friday  at Trendy TreeHouse!!  Thanks for checking out my blog.  Leave me a comment that you stopped by so I can visit your blog. Thanks!!

I got 2 new books in the mail today!  Look for the reviews on both in the next week or so!

I got this idea from Cute Stuff who got it from someone else and so on and so forth.  If you want to play leave me a comment with a link to your post so I can check out your Stealing Sunday answers! 1. What were doing 10 years ago?   10 years ago yesterday my husband and I had our first date!!  We went to Spaghetti Factory for dinner and then went and saw the movie Pitch Black. AWWW! 2. Five snacks that you enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world *Chocolate mousse   * BBQ chips  * My onion dip (made with carmelized onions and sour cream) * Dr Pepper  and   *Gelato  (BTW I eat all of these in the regular weight gaining world.) 3. Five things you would do if you were a billionaire: * Buy a house with enough rooms so that every kid would have their own room and play room (do you think that would end fighting?)  *Hire a maid to keep all 10 of those rooms clean.   * Hire a massuese to be on call 24/7....

I am participating in Follow Me Friday at Trendy Treehouse.  Thanks for checking out my blog.  Happy following.

I very pleased to announce that I Heart Books has recieved its first award!  The rules of having this reward; 1. Put this on your blog, whether as an entirely new post like I'm doing, or on your sidebar. 2. Choose 15 other newly discovered bloggers that you love, and award them with this. 3. Send them a message/comment to let them know. My favorite 15 blogs are: 1.  Sarah @ Blogger Chix Designs 2. Kimbo @ A Girl and A Glue Gun 3. Malinda @ A Gift Worth the Wait 4. Stephanie @ Dirt and Lace 5. Sarah @ Cars, Trucks, and Teething Rings 6.  Julie @ Busy Julie 7. Diane @ Created By Diane 8. Aunt Becky @ Mommy Wants Vodka 9.  Emilia @ My Little World 10. Christine @ Cute Stuff 11.  Mama Kat @ Mama's Losin' It 12. Meg @ In Which a Girl Reads 13. Tree @ Mother of Pearl It is 14. Kelly Jo @ Typing One Handed 15. The Girl @ The Girl Next Door Grows Up Go check out these awesome bloggers!!  And thanks again to Stacey at A Novel ...

I got this from Cute Stuff  who got it from someone else and so on and so forth. 1. Are you currently in a serious relationship?  Yes.  We have been married 10 years in December. 2. What was your dream growing up? To be a doctor. 3. What talent do you wish you had? I wish I was more "crafty"  Check out  A Girl and a Glue Gun for someone who is very crafty! 4. If I bought you a drink, what would it be? Dr. Pepper 5. What was the last book you read?  Full Tilt by janet Evenovich 6. What zodiac sign are you? Aquarious 7. Any tattoos and/or piercings? Explain where.  2 holes in each ear lobe, cartilage pierced in left ear, tongue pierced, Tatoo of 3 (needs to be updated to 5) stars representing each of my kids. 8. Worst habit?  Swearing like a "drunken sailor".  LOL 9. What is your favorite sport? Football 10. Do you have a pessimistic or optimistic attitude? Realistic- a little of both. 11. Worst thing to ...

The Introverted Reader  is giving away a 3 book prize pack.  Go check out her blog for all the details!!

In Which a Girl Reads  is giving away a free book since she reached over 400 followers.  Contest ends tomorrow at 11 pm (eastern). So hurry and enter!!

WWW Wednesdays are hosted by MizB at  Should Be Reading . To play along, just answer the following three questions…… **What are you currently reading? **What did you recently finish reading? **What do you think you will read next? Here are my answers: **What are you currently reading? The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins. Really an interesting book, I am reading it for an English project I'm working on. I am also reading Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner. **What did you recently finish reading? Since J.D. Salinger died recently I decided to reread The Catcher in the Rye. One of my favorite books but I hadn't read it in a few years. **What do you think you’ll read next? I am going to read House Rules by Jodi Picoult as soon as Doubeday Book Club sends it to me!! She is my favorite author and I have been looking foreward to this book for a while.

I decided to seperate my blogs.  You Have How Many Kids???  will stay about kids and family life.  And this one will be more about books, writing, and school.