Guys Are Strange

My friend Karen and I are creatures of habit. We usually go to lunch several times a week. There are 2 places that we go and no where else. We like to play the touchscreen game that they have on the bar top. The bartender at one of the places  always talks to us when we go in there. One of the first times I went in, he told me to buy him a set of golf clubs (yeah dude like i’m going to buy you golf clubs when I haven’t bought myself the Kindle Fire that I want… psshh) … after that, everytime I would go in to eat he would look at me and look behind me and say “where are the clubs? are they back ordered?”. This has been going on for about 2 months.

The other day, I said “I don’t think I even know your name” he said “UGHHHH it’s Bob*, I’ve told you already”. When he gave me my check he had put a heart around his name. HAHAHAHA. 

Karen and I went there to eat yesterday. There was an older man sitting 2 seats away from me.  Bob* said to the older man, “She’s going to buy me some golf clubs, it’s going to be my engagment present from her”. I said “Excuse me?” he said “Don’t act like it’s not true”. HAHAHA.  Then he looked at me said “You look very nice today”.  As we were leaving he says “Come back to see me!!! SOON!!!!”.  We might need to find a new place to go to lunch.

*Names have been changed to protect the crazies.

Casey is in HIGHSCHOOL?!?!

I can not believe today is Casey’s last day of Jr High. He will be in HIGH SCHOOL in the fall. EEEEK!!!!! He is now 14, I was his age when he was born. We are buds.      In 2 years he will be driving, dating etc. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I am not ok with that! 

 

 

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Look Again

So I said the next book was going to be True Colors but….I lied.

Lastnight I read :

 

 

 

When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a “Have You Seen This Child?” flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys, because she knows her adoption was lawful. But she’s a journalist and won’t be able to stop thinking about the photo until she figures out the truth. And she can’t shake the question: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up? She investigates, uncovering clues no one was meant to discover, and when she digs too deep, she risks losing her own life—and that of the son she loves.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I read it lastnight. I started it around 8:30pm and finished it at 2am. It’s almost 400 pages.  I could NOT put it down. This is not the normal kind of book I would pick up. I don’t normally like thrillers/suspense,  I don’t even know what made me get it from the library but I’m glad I did!  There I was, sitting on the steps of my apartment with tears streaming down my face, and now here I sit with bags under my eyes from staying up so late reading! I’m going to check out some of her other books that she has written and see if I like them as well.

I recently went to the library and checked out several books but I’m just now getting around to reading them.

I started Distant Shores lastnight and ended up reading 225 pages! I finally had to put it down because I could no longer keep my eyes open. I’ve said it before but, Kristin Hannah is one of my FAVORITE authors! If you haven’t read any of her books you are missing out!

From www.amazon.com

Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family. From a distance, their lives look picture perfect. But after the girls leave home, Jack and Elizabeth quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job, Elizabeth puts her own needs aside to follow him across the country. Then tragedy turns Elizabeth’s world upside down. In the aftermath, she questions everything about her life—her choices, her marriage, even her long-forgotten dreams. In a daring move that shocks her husband, friends, and daughters, she lets go of the woman she has become—and reaches out for the woman she wants to be.

 

 

I joined the Goodreads 2012 Reading Challange and said I’d read 50 books in the year of 2012. I have read 14. I’m 4 books behind. According to Goodreads, I read 16 books for the entired YEAR of 2011. What’s up with that?!

After Distant Shores I will be reading another Kristin Hannah book.

 

The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years ago. Their stern, unyielding father gave them almost no attention. Winona, the oldest, needs her father’s approval most of all. An overweight dreamer, she never felt at home on the sprawling horse ranch that had been in her family for three generations. Aurora, the middle, is the peacemaker. Vivi Ann, the youngest, is the undisputed star of the family. Everything comes easily to Vivi Ann, her father’s love most of all. But when Vivi Ann makes a fateful decision to follow her heart, rather than take the route of a dutiful daughter, events are set in motion that will test the love and loyalties of the Grey sisters. They will be pitted against each other in ways none could have imagined. Secrets will be revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both the family and their beloved town. With breathtaking pace and penetrating insight, Kristin Hannah’s True Colors is a novel about sisters, vengeance, jealousy, betrayal—and ultimately, what it truly means to be a family.

More Family time

Saturday I took Kelbey to Bahama Bucks. “Single Ladies” came on the radio and she was dancing and singing to it. So cute!

After Bahama Bucks we went to the Mall. She helped me pick out a Mother’s Day gift for mom. We had fun hanging out together

Sunday we all went to Mom and Dad’s for Mother’s Day. I don’t have any pictures of Casey, he wasn’t feeling very good

We played outside most of the day.

                                                                           He loves pushing Quinton! He’s such a big help

I figured I’d have more pictures to share but the rest of the family weren’t in a picture mood.

I will leave you with this final picture….. have a good week!

Saturdays with the family

On Saturdays, my family hangs out together. I LOVE it. We go eat then go shopping or just walk around stores. HAHA. People think we are weird because we are so close, but I think they are weird because their families aren’t.  I’m trying to take more pictures because there for awhile I was only mainly taking pictures of Jude and I can’t post those on here! Haha.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being a kid is tiring

I like this picture of Kayla so I had to do a little editing

 

I get so sad when it’s my Saturday to work and the family hangs out without me!!! 

This Sunday is Mother’s Day so I’m sure I will have more pictures to share!

 

 

April 2012

I said I was going to get better at this and as you can see…I lied. Whoopsies.  It’s been since February since I updated??? That’s crazy talk.

Shonda moved to New York the first of April. It’s still weird without her here in the same town. 2 Sundays I almost asked my mom where Shonda was and why she wasn’t at mom & dad’s for Sunday lunch. WAHHH!!!!! I love seeing her pictures on Instagram. I wish Lubbock was as cool as New York. Lubbock sucks.

 

Here are some pictures from Easter

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Books books and more books!

I am obsessed with books right now. I go through phases.

Last week I read 2 books Still Alice & Morning Comes Softly

From www.amazon.com

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what’s it’s like to literally lose your mind…

 

 

A shy Louisiana librarian, Mary Warner fears she’ll always be alone—so she answers a personals ad from a rancher in Montana. Never before has she done anything so reckless, casting the only life she knows aside to travel to a strange place and marry a man she’s never met. But something about this man calls to her—and she knows this may be her very last chance at happiness.

Tragedy made Travis Thompson the guardian of three orphaned children—and determination leads him to do whatever it takes to keep the kids out of foster homes. When he decides to take a long shot on a personals ad, the results are surprising, and before he knows it, he has agreed to marry a mysterious Southern woman sight unseen.

It could be the mistake of a lifetime. But Mary Warner may be exactly what this broken family needs. And with a little faith, a little trust, and a lot of love, two lonely hearts might just discover the true meaning of miracles.

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I really like www.goodreads.com    I can keep track of books I’ve read, want to read etc. I have a separate bookshelf for books I’ve read in 2012. I’m also doing the 2012 Reading Challenge. My goal is to read 52 books this year. I’m 4 books behind so far. I better get to reading!!!

Home Front – Books I’ve read in 2012

I hadn’t really read much lately but I was really excited to start Kristin Hannah’s newest book Home Front.  Kristin Hannah is one of my favorite authors and I’ve talked about her before in previous posts. I layed in bed ALL day on Sunday reading it, I could not put it down! I love books that just suck me right in from the beginning. 

This is from Amazon.com

Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life—children, careers, bills, chores—even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then an unexpected deployment sends Jolene deep into harm’s way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a battle of his own—for everything that matters to his family.

At once a profoundly honest look at modern marriage and a dramatic exploration of the toll war takes on an ordinary American family, Home Front is a story of love, loss, heroism, honor, and ultimately, hope. 

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If you haven’t read a book by Kristin Hannah, then you don’t know what you’re missing out on. She’s an amazing writer!!! I think everyone should read this book!!!

 

 

 

 

Checkpoints

 I found this app for the iphone that I really like. http://www.checkpoints.com/  It’s kind of like a treasure hunt. Ha! You scan the things on the lists and get points and coins for them. You use the coins to either play a slot machine or a scratch off ticket. You win points on the games. You can redeem your points for all sorts of prizes. Just recently I redeemed 3,200 points for a $10 gift card to Amazon. I will buy ebooks with that $10.  If you’re really lucky you can win 150,000 points on one of the games. I’ve seen several people online win that. You redeem the 150,000 points for an ipad2. How awesome would that be? I need want an ipad.  If you decide to try out checkpoints make sure you put in my name AuntB319 to get some start up points!

I haven’t done a random photo of the day in awhile so here’s one.