Random Thoughts:

 

So I thought I would just write a post about some random things going on around our house….

• As I posted here, Hunter just lost another tooth which makes this the 5th or 6th one he has lost.
  
• Rachel’s birthday is coming up, so I am debating whether to make a Barbie cake like  THIS, or a carriage cake like THIS? Getting to expensive buying them, so I am moving on to making them.. Wish me luck! Which one do you like better??
  
• My Anniversary is next Tuesday…Been 8 yrs, can’t afford to really do much, so we are thinking a movie and dinner, or something like that.
  
• Halloween is fast approaching…we have our costumes, just not sure what we are doing yet. A church thing, or our neighborhood.
  
• Campouts of Cub Scouts coming up
  
• Fundraisers going on everywhere right now!
  
• And to leave you with something funny today… I went to BJ’s yesterday to stock up and I had bought a 5lb tub of butter.. as most of you know they don’t bag things, so I stuck everything in my car. When we got home and unloaded it never dawned on me we didn’t put it away until today when we went looking for it. It had rolled under my center console between the two front seats and Sage and I missed it when bringing things in. After being in 90 to 115 degree weather all afternoon, evening, and this morning it was liquid form. So lesson learned, don’t forget to bring in the butter! Everyone is having a good laugh though, and I will probably never live this down!
  

Hope you all have a great weekend. For most it must be a long weekend.. Got any plans??

What happens when your kids horse around on the bus…..

My daughter gets off the bus with a grin yesterday…. and so we immediately knew something was up. We asked her and her response was “ I knocked Hunter’s tooth out”. Of course we had to laugh because…come on that is funny!  Mind you this was all an accident I guess they were playing in the seat and Rachel swung her arm, and BAM right into his mouth. His tooth has been loose for awhile, but has been stubborn coming out..guess this did the trick. He wasn’t to upset about it, cause he wanted to get a visit from the tooth fairy anyway…He is saving up money to buy a new Wii game and is only $4 dollars short.  NOTE:  The tooth fairy only gave him $2 so he is close.

 
Sorry for the bad quality..took it with my cell. Will replace with a better pictures soon.

Five for Fighting Cd Review

I was beyond excited when One2One Network asked me to Review their newest CD. I love their music..and my son is a huge fan of their “Superman” song. We listen to it often. This CD was again just as good. It has the same kind of tune, and is wonderful for that just sitting back reading a book,and relaxing music. I downloaded it into my MP3 player immediately, so I could listen to it while doing housework and writing blogs. Then when my kids came home, my son asked if we had received it yet, so he could listen to it. We are a big music family. Our favorite song was “Chances”. Great buy for the music lover in your family, or yourself.

This New CD comes out OCT 13th, you can preorder it now at Amazon.com and if you would like to get a preview of one of the songs you can go HERE to see the “Chances” video.

Album Track List:

1. Slice
2. Note To The Unknown Soldier
3. Tuesday
4. Chances
5. This Dance
6. Above the Timberline
7. Transfer
8. Hope
9. Story Of Your Life
10. Love Can’t Change The Weather
11. Augie Nieto

John Ondrasik the singer/ song writer of Five for Fighting has been working the last decade on songs that include special messages, and human spirit and make an emotional connection. He has 5 albums currently… In 2001 they were Grammy Nominated for the song “Superman". From the beginning this song was climbing the charts, after 9/11 it became a song of healing for the nation. They even preformed the song at the post 9/11 fundraiser The Concert for New York which paid tribute to all the firefighters, police officers, and paramedic's affected by the events of that day. Then in 2004 they had another album release “The Battle For Everything” with the song “100 Years”.

John is a married man with two children. His children have actually been in a few of his videos. They reside in Los Angeles, CA.

In his spare time he launched in Feb of 2007 a charity driven website you can see HERE. He also penned a regular hockey column for SportsIllustrated.com from 2005-2007, and some other freelance for various publications.

Five for Fighting is now on tour and if you would like to see a show, or see where they are going to be visiting… you can go HERE.

John will also be making some appearances on TV here is the schedule.
CBS Saturday Morning 10/10
The View 10/14
The Today Show 10/16

I would like to thank One2One Network for the ability to review this CD. I was not paid for this review, it is my own opinion.

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks Book Review:

 

 

Author Bio:

Nicholas Sparks is the author of 14 books. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and children. You can visit the author's website to learn more about him.

My thoughts:

First I must start by saying how excited I was to review this book. I LOVE Nicholas Sparks books. I own many of them, and collecting the ones I don’t have slowly. I love to go back and reread them when I have no other books. This book was just like the others, wonderful and met my expectations. It was a bit different for him, but i thought he pulled it off nicely. It reminded me a bit of how I was as a teenager, and was able to relate to Ronnie’s character a few times. In the end I would have to say that Ronnie was my favorite character for many reasons. This was an amazing book, and I look forward to rereading it again in the near future. If you love a good love story you will not be disappointed. I will be anxiously awaiting his next novel.

 

Summary:

#1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.

Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.

The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

You can buy the book HERE.

I want to thank Hachette Book Group for the opportunity to review this book.
Disclaimer: I was not paid to read this book. I was given a book in exchange for my review.

Simple Women’s Daybook:

 

 

 

For Today October 5th , 2009

Outside my window.... its 85 degree’s and breezy…not a bad day. Liking the cooler nights, and almost perfect days.

I am thinking.... Wow, October snuck up on me, so much to do… Birthday’s, Christmas shopping, camping trips, Thanksgiving!

From my imagination

....stuff for Sage to do for school. Since we were not able to get her into Pre-school here… I’m teaching her Pre-K or she will be going into school next year behind.

I am thankful for.... My ability to stay home with my kids and be the mom I always dreamed of being, even during our ruff times…

From the kitchen

.... Spaghetti tonight… Cleaning out the freezer, getting ready to restock. :)

I am wearing..... Shorts, a tank top, and my Croc’s!

I am reading....  Nothing right now…just finished the new Nicholas Sparks book… Trying to figure out what I want to tackle next!

I am hoping.....that this month is as much fun as I hope it will be… Life is really starting to look up.

I am creating... nothing right now…figuring out what kind of things we want to do for Halloween!  

I am hearing.... Sage sing to me.. she is to cute sometimes! 

One of my favorite things....finally getting that Mommy time I need to help keep me SANE!

A few plans for the rest of the week

:   not much… dance, Cub scouts tomorrow, library, and relaxing the rest of the week. .

A picture I am Sharing.…  Another picture of Hunter I really like… just wish the sun wasn’t in his face!

Four Foods Friday #89

 

 

This week was just one question….

What four foods do you never tire of? What foods would you eat every day if you could?

My answers are:

1. Pizza (mostly any kind)
2. Ice Cream
3. Salad
4. Cottage Cheese

This was a hard one… mostly cause their are quite a few things I could eat all the time. What could you eat everyday?

To join in on Four Foods Friday drop by Val’s!

Book Review: Tell me something true by Leila Cobo

 

 

About the Author:

Renowned journalist and former concert pianist, Leila Cobo is a native of Cali, Colombia. The Executive Director of Latin Content & Programming for Billboard, she is a frequent contributor to NPR and has written liner notes for acts such as Ricky Martin, Shakira and Chayanne. She is also the host of the television show Estudio Billboard, which features in-depth interviews with top Latin acts. Leila is a Fulbright scholar with a graduate degree from the Annenberg School of Communications at USC and holds dual degrees in journalism, from Bogota's Universidad Javeriana, and in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

My thoughts:

Something about the cover really caught my eye on this book. That is really why I wanted to read it… Does a cover ever just call out to you??
This book had me laughing, crying, and just intrigued from the moment I picked it up. It only took me a day to read, because I simply couldn’t put it down. I really like the character of Gabriella. How she took things and explained them like you were standing right there next to her. You could almost feel the air of Columbia on your skin as she explained it. The way she thirst for life, and her own version of it. Not what someone wanted her to be, and her courage to go against all odds. This book did have some foul language in it. I would recommend this book to any of my friends.

Summary:

Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the successful movie producer husband, and possibly, her only daughter. When Gabriella discovers a journal--a book that begins as a new mother's letters to her baby girl, but becomes a secret diary--the final entry leaves one question unanswered: the night her mother died, was she returning to Colombia to end an affair, or was she abandoning her family for good?

You can buy the book Here!
To learn more about the Author Leila Cobo you can go to her website…

 

I want to thank Hachette Book Group for the opportunity to review this book. Disclaimer: I’m not paid to read these books. I just get a copy of the book in exchange for my opinion.