Finished The Shadow Club Rising by Neal Shusterman.
This takes place after the events of The Shadow Club. Not surprisingly, nobody at their school trusts the members of the (now-disbanded) Shadow Club. And when a new student (the incredibly obnoxious and unfortunately named Alec Smartz) starts getting hideous pranks played on him, everyone (students, teachers, the principal) believes it's because of The Shadow Club in general and Jared in particular.
So Jared has to prove his innocence. I preferred this to the first book but still like Unwind most of all. :)
Thank goodness, I picked the smallest room in the house to use this color of red in because it took 4 coats! I honestly thought it would never turn out. This is a 1/2 bath for guests to use. We will have a white chair rail between the colors.
This is a view of the dining room from the kitchen. There will also be a white chair rail in here. The top has a gold metallic glaze over it. It's the first time I've ever done a faux painting technique and I was very nervous but am really pleased with how it turned out. I'll have to try another picture with the lights off since they reflect off it.
This is the dining room from the foyer. I'm just in love with the lights.
That's the conclusion of the upstairs being painted. I've finished Jace's room downstairs and am about to start on the den.
Finished Hunger by Michael Grant (the sequel to Gone).
This is more of the same (kids surviving in a world without parents) but there are more bad things thrown in in this one. (No, I'm not getting more specific; if you're curious, read them.) :)
I think I prefer Susan Beth Pfeffer's books, but these are good, too.
(And am happy about it!) The folks at Artbeads.com came across my creativity blog and offered me free stuff if I’d blog about their products. So I agreed, why the heck not?! They suggested I choose $35 worth of supplies so I did. (Score!!) They sent them and I opened them and LOVED them! I didn’t get around to doing anything with them for a while but then sat down one day a while back to make some earrings.
I’ve made two pairs of ultra sparkling earrings now and worn them both to compliments, thank you very much! Today they sent me a card with a $20 gift certificate in it as a way of saying thanks for the blogging… which reminded me to uh... blog something. (Check out the blog post I wrote here) Plus, there is a little coupon code worth 10% off your purchase if you should decide to pick up a few beads at Artbeads.com. The code is: “SCF10P-ARTBEADS-0424” and it is good through 12/31/09… so pop on over and pick up a few things for your Christmas projects.
Today, I'm going with Daisy's pick of: Lizards! There are quite a few lizards that live in Florida, which is where Daisy and Harley live. You can learn about what lizards live in Florida here.
I hope Daisy doesn't mind (let me know if you do, Daisy), but I'm going to use a few of her posts about lizards to help talk about them. We won't mention the alligators that live near her, though, so as not to scare anybody!.
If you read about lizards and decide you want to get a more personal experience, you can try capturing one. Here is Daisy (with a special appearance by her sister Pixie, who is, sadly, no longer with us) to give you some tips and hints. Once you catch a lizard, and maybe name him George, or even Snack, you can set up your own little observation station to do all sorts of scientific-y watching and stuff. Here are some of the surprising things you may learn.
To finish off today's post about lizards, I will leave you with a PSA from Daisy and Harley about being careful what you wish for when it comes to lizards.
Thanks again, Professor Daisy!
p.s to all Daisy and Harley fans - they are now selling a 2010 calendar!
hungry by Crystal Renn-good book, she talks about everyone's body have its natural weight balance and I believe that's true.
When I was a teenager I didn't know alot about hair styles or make up. I had the permed look for the 80s and very little make up. Probably just foundation and mascara. I really don't know where people learned more in the 80s... maybe magazines? I looked at magazines but mainly for the clothes that were not available in Beaufort SC. But I could dream...
I know more now about hair products, make up, hair styles, and how to use them all. There are so many ways to find out ...
There are books... like the eye makeup book I checked out from my library....
And I have found a lot of tips on you tube.... Some of my favorites (because they are my daughter's favorites)
And this cute girl also does makeup tutorials as well...
There are lots and lots of them out there and I am glad there is a way for me to find out how to do something if I find the need.
Just when I needed it! LOL!
Why Men Don't Write Advice Columns....
"Dear John
I hope you can help me. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching TV.
My
car started stalling and then it broke down about a mile down the road
and I had to walk back to get my husband's help. When I got home, I
couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor's
daughter!
I am 32, my husband is 34, and the neighbor's daughter is 19. We have been married for ten years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted that they had been having an affair for the past six months. He won't go to counseling and I'm afraid I am a wreck and need advice urgently. Can you please help?
Sincerely, Sheila
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Dear Sheila:
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps,
John
My first day back at work went just fine. My foot and leg got tired...but that was all. No pain....it was like falling off a bike....you never forget how.
Then I had an appointment with foot doc. All is perfect. Yay.
NOW I am waiting for some dewd to come clean my furnace. I hate having strangers in the house and I hate waiting for them to show up. Oh well....at least the furnace will be clean after tonight. Gaaaaah. The dogs are going insane.
Ok, Hubby is home now, so he can feed the dogs and I can deal with furnace cleaner.
It's been really dark all day...warm...but I never got outside so all I saw was gray and dark. Blah!
I am super grumpy, my jeans are too tight.
I think I should go to bed ASAP tonight! :)
