tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15797469959890680202024-03-04T23:11:13.444-08:00Random Thoughts of a Blessed Mommy...Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-38101411841552466472010-01-14T18:32:00.000-08:002010-01-14T18:32:04.410-08:00Neglegent Blogger...Well, I must ask all 2 of you that occasionally read my blog to forgive me for my absence for a bit... I have been fighting off illness since before Christmas... finally went to an ear/nose/throat specialist today... found out I have eustachian tube dysfunction.... always exciting... and so you don't have to google it, my eustachian tubes in my ears don't "POP".... meaning they don't release the pressure in my ears... ever.... ugh... but it explains why I feel like I have fluid in my ears CONSTANTLY... so I'm not crazy after all..... ok ok... I might still be crazy... just this time I wasn't imagining the problem!!!! Also, I am having to take more meds for the sinus infections that keep recurring and then afterward, I have to have a CT scan of my sinuses, etc.... and if it's not gone, discuss "other options" (code for sinus surgery....) So again, I promise to be a better blogger in the very near future... meaning tomorrow... *HUGS*... JackiBrady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-69488340993164951612010-01-04T19:33:00.000-08:002010-01-04T19:33:41.909-08:00My First Blog Award!!!I received my very first blog award this week!!! I am so very excited.... and it came from a most wonderful person... In 2009, I discovered the wonderful site that is paperbackswap.com... but more than all the wonderful books I have found there, I have found some beautiful friends... a couple of which happen to live in Georgia, so hopefully in the not too distant future, they will become even more special to me!!! One of these lovely ladies is Lori S. (sugarandgrits for those of you that might know her as such...) You can visit her beautiful blog at http://sugarandgrits.blogspot.com/... I highly recommend it, as she introduced me to the wonderful world that is blogging... and it is from her that I received my first lovely blog award... very fitting I think....<br />
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</div>It means the world to me to know that at least a few people are viewing my thoughts!!!Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-39052628480445339902010-01-03T11:23:00.000-08:002010-01-03T11:23:10.165-08:00A Review of 2009 Reading.....I have decided that I want to tally up all the reading I have done this year... and post it here on my blog!!! Before 2009, I had not done very much "leisure" reading.... I read mostly non-fiction, and it wasn't on a regular basis... I must say that getting a large Amazon.com gift card for Christmas in 2008 from my mothers-in-law really changed that... I decided to order some fiction books... just some simple cutesy stuff... Books 1-3 of The Princess Diaries Series and then Twilight since I had just heard so much of the hype.... well that turned my world upside down as I quickly became addicted once again to the world of reading I LOVED as a child and teen... <br />
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2009 Statistics...<br />
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Total Books Read: 86<br />
Books Started but not finished: 2 (Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica)<br />
Total Number of Pages Read: 28,089<br />
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Of course none of this takes into account the pages read to Brady Kyan and the number of books read to him!!! Nor does it count time spent reading The Bible which I am proud to say I did more this year than in a long while, along with other books to help understand various parts of The Bible... I also hope to increase this time spent reading The Bible in 2010...<br />
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One of my Christmas gifts from Jason was a book journal which I plan to fill this year!!! <br />
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Happy Reading in 2010... and feel free to post your 2009 stats in your comment!!!Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-25597125386494513262010-01-01T07:55:00.000-08:002010-01-01T07:55:19.674-08:00<img alt="fridayfillin.gif" height="31" src="http://www.fondofsnape.com/archives/fridayfillin.gif" width="88" /><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Courtesy of Janet at Friday Fill Ins...</span><br />
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1. Last night <strong><span style="color: #351c75;">I had a lovely dinner out with Jason at The Melting Pot</span></strong>. <br />
2. <strong style="color: #38761d;">I want another baby</strong> this year. <br />
3. The funniest thing <span style="color: #cc0000;">last night was watching the Vols get a beat down from VA TECH</span>.<br />
4. <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">2010</span></strong>...so where do we go from here?<br />
5. He said <strong style="color: #674ea7;">I love you</strong>; she said <strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I love you, too</span></strong>.<br />
6. <span style="color: #38761d;">Love is real</span> and it's up to us to find it.<br />
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to <span style="color: #351c75;">The Sugar Bowl (Go Gators!!!)</span>, tomorrow my plans include <span style="color: #a64d79;">Northlake Mall</span> and Sunday, I want to <strong style="color: #990000;">get the house organized again</strong>!Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-2730395179685830382009-12-30T12:06:00.000-08:002009-12-30T12:06:58.112-08:00Waiting On Wednesday...<div style="color: #351c75; text-align: left;">(Compliments of Jill @ <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/2009/10/waiting-on-wednesday-arcadia-falls.html">Breaking the Spine</a>)<br />
</div><span style="color: #351c75;">It allows bloggers to feature pre-publication</span><br style="color: #351c75;" /> <span style="color: #351c75;"> books that they are eagerly anticipating!</span><br />
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This weeks selection is a book I have personally been waiting on for QUITE a long time... but I really enjoy books that are told from multiple different characters points of view!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Release Date: April 27, 2010<br />
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</div><div class="productDescriptionWrapper"> It's saturday night in Santa Barbara and school is done for the year. Everyone is headed to the same party. Or at least it seems that way. The place is packed. The beer is flowing. Simple, right? But for 11 different people the motives are way more complicated. As each character takes a turn and tells his or her story, the eleven individuals intersect, and reconnect, collide, and combine in ways that none of them ever saw coming. <div class="emptyClear"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br />
</div>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-43542690164292811282009-12-29T11:22:00.000-08:002009-12-29T11:22:42.569-08:00Teaser Tuesdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgdv5rZollDiqpkRH9B2uF2VyBylMiBMZZFjvwDbJsHwwGWg5Rv4okfhzvQ1vxDqQbWrLGYuSpEUBHS-lY8w8pzG2FIO9eT9AR1VKYlNbonrQMFlocNjfDQjl9R4P06CBvwv8TFsMbA/s1600/TeaserTuesdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgdv5rZollDiqpkRH9B2uF2VyBylMiBMZZFjvwDbJsHwwGWg5Rv4okfhzvQ1vxDqQbWrLGYuSpEUBHS-lY8w8pzG2FIO9eT9AR1VKYlNbonrQMFlocNjfDQjl9R4P06CBvwv8TFsMbA/s320/TeaserTuesdays.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">(Compliments of MizB @ <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #006600; text-decoration: underline;">Should Be Reading</span></a>)<br />
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</div><ol><li style="color: blue;">Grab your current read...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Let the book fall open to a random page...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share two teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share the title of the book that the “teaser” comes from ~ so people can find the book if they like the teaser...</li>
</ol><span style="color: blue;">And remember – </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;">AVOID SPOILERS<span style="color: blue;">!!! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">Here's Mine:</span></span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">The moment a cleric rises for a sermon is, for me, a time for the body to ease in, as if the good listening is about to start. I had always done this with the Reb, and, out of habit, I slid down in the wooden pew as the organist held the last chords of "Amazing Grace."</span></span></span><br />
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</div>Mailbox Mondays are courtesy of Marcia @ The Printed Page... Feel free to share a link to yours in your comment!!!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This week a large portion of my books came from buddy swaps on Paperbackswap.com... And a couple came from the local B&N, I'm not gonna lie... I broke down and purchased a couple myself....</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">(Compliments of MizB @ <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #006600; text-decoration: underline;">Should Be Reading</span></a>)<br />
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<div style="color: blue;">Here's what you're asked to do: <br />
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<li style="color: blue;">Let the book fall open to a random page...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share two teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share the title of the book that the “teaser” comes from ~ so people can find the book if they like the teaser...</li>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Trollop? Who uses that word for real? Laughter dribbles from my mouth.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Tricks</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">by Ellen Hopkins</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Young Adult</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Margaret K. McElderry</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Copyright: August 25, 2009</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">ISBN: </span>978-1416950073<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pages: 640 <br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Be sure to comment and leave a link to your Mailbox Monday post,</span><br />
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1. No, we will NOT <strong><span style="color: magenta;">be opening Christmas presents early</span></strong>. <br />
2. <strong><span style="color: magenta;">I remember eating dinner</span></strong> at the old kitchen table. <br />
3. I watched the steam rising from the hot cup of coffee (or tea) and thought: <strong style="color: magenta;">I was right... I knew I didn't like hot beverages</strong>.<br />
4. <strong style="color: magenta;">No matter what happens... I'm</strong> going to be okay.<br />
5. I'll take <strong style="color: magenta;">Robert Pattinson... you can have Taylor Lautner</strong>.<br />
6. <strong style="color: magenta;">It looks like snow...</strong> at least from my point of view.<br />
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to <strong style="color: magenta;">watching TV and reading</strong>, tomorrow my plans include <strong style="color: magenta;">wrapping Christmas presents</strong> and Sunday, I want to <strong style="color: magenta;">finish it all up</strong>!Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-82859769280525361762009-12-16T09:10:00.000-08:002009-12-16T09:11:18.076-08:00Waiting on Wednesday...<div style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">(Compliments of Jill @ <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/2009/10/waiting-on-wednesday-arcadia-falls.html">Breaking the Spine</a>)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; text-align: left;">A kinder, gentler Damon, a heart-torn Elena, and a roadtrip that leads--literally--into Hell. What more could you want on vacation with your best friends? The catch: even to get in you have to wear a dog-collar and be considered the slave of the vampire that brings you. Suddenly Damon learns what it's like to have three wives at once. Meanwhile Stefan is languishing in prison, dependent on Elena's dreams to keep him from dying. Plus, quite a twisty ending, if I do say so myself.<br />
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</span>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-41716215645136613212009-12-15T07:17:00.000-08:002009-12-15T07:17:45.935-08:00Loved Ones Lost in 2009<div style="color: #cc0000;">Well, I am going to make this post hoping with all my heart that we are able to successfully make it to 2010 without losing anyone else...<br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">This post is to serve as a tribute to all those loved ones that have gone on to bigger and better things in 2009... my family has suffered a lot of loss this year... so much love to those now smiling down on us from Heaven... and if you have lost a loved one, please feel free to share in your comment... and share this post with others you know that might want to add lost loved ones... and it doesn't have to just be people... if you lost a beloved pet, feel free to share that as well....<br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">James Leonard Lockhart (great-uncle...)<br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">Lillie Mae Layne Lockhart (great-grandmother)<br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">Shawn Martin Holdaway (brother)<br />
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</div>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-74508600378726157172009-12-09T10:10:00.000-08:002009-12-09T10:10:54.715-08:00Waiting on Wednesday<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://bradyandmommy.blogspot.com/2009/11/waiting-on-wednesday.html"></a> </h3><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">(Compliments of Jill @ <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/2009/10/waiting-on-wednesday-arcadia-falls.html">Breaking the Spine</a>)<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This week's selection is going to keep me waiting for quite a bit, but I'm hoping it will be well worth the wait... </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Michelle Dominguez Greene</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Release Date: March 9, 2010</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Young Adult</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #f6b26b;">ISBN-13:</b><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> 978-1416986812</span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">From Amazon:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="productDescriptionWrapper"> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Alva Jane has never questioned her parents, never questioned her faith, never questioned her future. She is content with the strict rules that define her life in Pineridge, the walled community where she lives with her father, his seven wives, and her twenty-eight siblings. This is the only world Alva has ever known, and she has never thought to challenge it. </span><div style="color: #3d85c6;">But everything changes when Alva is caught giving her long-time crush an innocent first kiss. Beaten, scorned, and now facing a forced marriage to a violent, fifty-year old man, Alva suddenly realizes how much she has to lose--and how impossible it will be to escape. <br />
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</span>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-37724989308120490012009-12-08T11:37:00.000-08:002009-12-08T11:37:16.922-08:00Teaser Tuesdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgdv5rZollDiqpkRH9B2uF2VyBylMiBMZZFjvwDbJsHwwGWg5Rv4okfhzvQ1vxDqQbWrLGYuSpEUBHS-lY8w8pzG2FIO9eT9AR1VKYlNbonrQMFlocNjfDQjl9R4P06CBvwv8TFsMbA/s1600/TeaserTuesdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgdv5rZollDiqpkRH9B2uF2VyBylMiBMZZFjvwDbJsHwwGWg5Rv4okfhzvQ1vxDqQbWrLGYuSpEUBHS-lY8w8pzG2FIO9eT9AR1VKYlNbonrQMFlocNjfDQjl9R4P06CBvwv8TFsMbA/s320/TeaserTuesdays.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">(Compliments of MizB @ <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #006600; text-decoration: underline;">Should Be Reading</span></a>)<br />
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<div style="color: blue;">Here's what you're asked to do: <br />
</div><ol><li style="color: blue;">Grab your current read...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Let the book fall open to a random page...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share two teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share the title of the book that the “teaser” comes from ~ so people can find the book if they like the teaser...</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">And remember – </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;">AVOID SPOILERS<span style="color: blue;">!!!</span></span></span><span style="background-color: black;"></span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="color: magenta;">I'm sitting in the bathroom. The teachers' bathroom, even.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Love You Hate You Miss You</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">ISBN: 978-0-06-112283-5</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Pages: 276 </span> <br />
</div>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-71485890963140210042009-12-07T07:28:00.000-08:002009-12-07T07:29:31.748-08:00Mailbox Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLVuOprOF1jpsBLAxHXWBCl4Cj0GsG9hBERc1kMukHVw3K8Kx2JXprfEfJvpiWkG8ULYs4lbdTaabIguhYUOBxwRrqQoy1kGqHYyjGXWKFJqaeGa4JCqanfu5oG4QtOIjnURFu8thDYQ/s1600-h/mailbox6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLVuOprOF1jpsBLAxHXWBCl4Cj0GsG9hBERc1kMukHVw3K8Kx2JXprfEfJvpiWkG8ULYs4lbdTaabIguhYUOBxwRrqQoy1kGqHYyjGXWKFJqaeGa4JCqanfu5oG4QtOIjnURFu8thDYQ/s320/mailbox6.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Thanks to Marcia @ </span><a href="http://printedpage.us/" style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Printed Page</a><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">, we get a chance to share</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Be sure to comment and leave a link to your Mailbox Monday post,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">or just post your list in your comment.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">The mailman was QUITE good to me this week.... I'm sure he didn't love it, but I did!!!!! Several books came this week..... </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">From Amazon.com Marketplace Sellers....</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"> As for the rest of the week... tonight I have an Eastern Star meeting... tomorrow night is the NASCAR Awards Banquet.... Saturday night is the Director's Staff Christmas Party at the Mecklenburg Shrine Club... and then Sunday is the Shriners Children's Christmas Party with Santa for Brady!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">I promise to get back on track after all of this!!! *HUGS*</span>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-68426147962536129942009-11-30T09:02:00.000-08:002009-11-30T09:07:42.684-08:00Random Excitement: An email from Julie Linker!!!<div style="color: magenta;">So last week I read Crowned by Julie Linker.... I finished it on Thanksgiving... I needed a good cozy light read, and this book REALLY fit the bill... after the past week I had, I just wanted something I KNEW would make me smile... so after I finished it, I wanted to see if Julie had anymore works in progress, so I visited her website... (http://julielinker.com/ be sure to check it out) while there I left her a message telling her that even though I'm a 30 year old Mommy, I just adored Crowned... if you haven't read it, and are a fan of YA, you really should!!! Well, today, to my surprise, I received an email back from Julie!!!!!!!! And not only is she a great author of YA books, she is SUPER NICE and seemed truly thrilled to receive my message... which I shall now share with all of my wonderful followers... (all 7 of you).....<br />
</div><blockquote style="color: lime;"><div>Jacki,<br />
</div><div> A real, live adult!! I'm printing this email out and putting it in my scrapbook. You are the first grown up person to ever contact me (although who knows--some of the 13 year old "girls" who write may actually be creepy guys in prison, lol). I'm so glad you liked Crowned! That makes me feel really good because I wanted to slit my wrists when I was writing it (not really, but you know what I mean). I love Geek Girls Guide too! Plus, I met Charity (one of the co-authors) at a conference and we've e-mailed some and she's really nice so that made me like it that much more. Sometimes I meet other authors who, um, aren't exactly as nice as they could be and then I just can't like their books, no matter how good they are.<br />
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</div><div>Also, Charity and Darcy (the other Geek Girl co-author) and I have the same editor, which is probably why the books reminded you of each other. :)<br />
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</div><div>Thank you again for writing--it made my day!<br />
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<div style="color: magenta;">I hope you will all check out Julie's website and also her awesome books!!! She really made my day!!!<br />
</div>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-52485208192148295052009-11-27T07:32:00.000-08:002009-11-27T07:32:46.994-08:00Friday Fill-ins....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWRxHUhBoXZ4ShsyPvMvXgFFbl9UwkQPjv5Z08VDacjDLPX3yUsQ2S7rfiho2sGs896HJq_L9t4aAP6DYCmPnJTTrZBTUNUbynWMCbwnKOYkhQgXRoBgCL6YJKV2Y5D3MGeHBsX3gAN8/s1600/Friday+Fill+in.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWRxHUhBoXZ4ShsyPvMvXgFFbl9UwkQPjv5Z08VDacjDLPX3yUsQ2S7rfiho2sGs896HJq_L9t4aAP6DYCmPnJTTrZBTUNUbynWMCbwnKOYkhQgXRoBgCL6YJKV2Y5D3MGeHBsX3gAN8/s320/Friday+Fill+in.png" /></a><br />
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1. Wait! Wait, don't forget <span style="color: magenta;">to take out the trash</span>.<br />
2. <span style="color: magenta;">Tylenol</span> followed at once by <span style="color: magenta;">a Raspberry Margarita from Margaritaville is the perfect cure for a headache</span>.<br />
3. The trouble is <span style="color: magenta;">that my best friend lives in another state, so that makes things difficult</span>.<br />
4. <span style="color: magenta;">Las Vegas is too</span> many miles away.<br />
5. With a faint pop<span style="color: magenta;">, I realize I may have thrown out my back</span>.<br />
6. <span style="color: magenta;">Sometimes the future seems</span> shadowy and ominous.<br />
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to <span style="color: magenta;">starting my Christmas wrapping,</span> tomorrow my plans include <span style="color: magenta;">watching the Florida/Florida State game,</span> and Sunday, I want to <span style="color: magenta;">do something, I'm sure, but I haven't thought that far in advance</span>!Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-25082005351949452009-11-25T11:55:00.000-08:002009-11-25T11:55:26.116-08:00Waiting on Wednesday<div style="text-align: left;">(Compliments of Jill @ <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/2009/10/waiting-on-wednesday-arcadia-falls.html"><span style="color: #339999;">Breaking the Spine</span></a>)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> Of All the Stupid Things</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Author: Alexandra Diaz</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Release Date: 12/22/2009</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Young Adult</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="productDescriptionWrapper"> <span style="color: #274e13;">When a rumor starts circulating that Tara's boyfriend Brent has been sleeping with one of the guy cheerleaders, the innuendo doesn't just hurt Tara. It marks the beginning of the end for an inseparable trio of friends. Tara's training for a marathon, but also running from her fear of abandonment after being deserted by her father. Whitney Blaire seems to have everything, but an empty mansion and absentee parents leave this beauty to look for meaning in all the wrong places. And Pinkie has a compulsive need to mother everyone to make up for the mom she's never stopped missing. This friendship that promised to last forever is starting to break under the pressure of the girls' differences. </span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">And then new-girl Riley arrives in school with her long black hair, athletic body, and her blasé attitude, and suddenly Tara starts to feel things she's never felt before for a girl--and to reassess her feelings about Brent and what he may/may not have done. Is Tara gay--or does she just love Riley? And can her deepest friendships survive when all of the rules have changed? </span></div><div class="productDescriptionWrapper"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></div><div class="productDescriptionWrapper"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;">This is the first novel from Alexandra Diaz... I definitely look forward to reading it!!!</span> <br />
</span><div class="emptyClear"> </div></div>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-73648310627248229022009-11-24T06:50:00.000-08:002009-11-27T08:22:56.045-08:00Teaser Tuesdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgdv5rZollDiqpkRH9B2uF2VyBylMiBMZZFjvwDbJsHwwGWg5Rv4okfhzvQ1vxDqQbWrLGYuSpEUBHS-lY8w8pzG2FIO9eT9AR1VKYlNbonrQMFlocNjfDQjl9R4P06CBvwv8TFsMbA/s1600/TeaserTuesdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgdv5rZollDiqpkRH9B2uF2VyBylMiBMZZFjvwDbJsHwwGWg5Rv4okfhzvQ1vxDqQbWrLGYuSpEUBHS-lY8w8pzG2FIO9eT9AR1VKYlNbonrQMFlocNjfDQjl9R4P06CBvwv8TFsMbA/s320/TeaserTuesdays.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">(Compliments of MizB @ <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #006600; text-decoration: underline;">Should Be Reading</span></a>)<br />
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<div style="color: blue;">Here's what you're asked to do: <br />
</div><ol><li style="color: blue;">Grab your current read...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Let the book fall open to a random page...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share two teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12...</li>
<li style="color: blue;">Share the title of the book that the “teaser” comes from ~ so people can find the book if they like the teaser...</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">And remember – </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;">AVOID SPOILERS</span></span><span style="background-color: blue;">!!!</span> <br />
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<div style="color: blue;">Here's Mine:<br />
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</div><blockquote style="color: blue;">"Play Nintendo," he breathed out. "I won't always be here to keep you safe from Sega."<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: purple;"></span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;">Nightlight: A Parody</span></span></i><br />
</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"> by The Harvard Lampoon<br />
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</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Fiction/Young Adult<br />
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</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Vintage Publishing<br />
</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Copyright November 3, 2009<br />
</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;">Pages: 160<br />
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</div><div style="color: blue;">I would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus, and the entire 48 Lowe's Chevrolet team on their FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! I would just like to say that I have cheered from Jimmie since the beginning... he is one of the nicest celebrities I have ever met... and I just LOOOOOVE him!!!! It takes a LOT of hard work and dedication to do what he and Chad have done.... so much that no one in the history of NASCAR has ever done it!!! So I would like to make this Sunday Sports Tribute to Jimmie and Chad!!!! Much Love!!!<br />
</div>Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579746995989068020.post-54672255211936842272009-11-21T18:05:00.000-08:002009-11-21T18:19:35.453-08:00Lost... one brother.... but was he ever really found???It seems sad to make my first ever blog post a depressing one, but it is what has to be.... My stepbrother, Shawn Martin Holdaway, was found dead at his residence in Florida this past Wednesday night... he was only 34 years old... I had the longest conversation I had ever had with him back in October when I was visiting my Dad... he and I never had a lot of contact/interaction... I found out from my stepsister a while back that he thought I thought I was better than him... he saw me as a "goody two shoes"... he obviously didn't know the REAL me... I think he would have liked the "real" me.... Shawn lead what I would consider to be a "troubled" life... I'm not sure he ever really knew what he wanted from life or for his future... but I do know that he was the happiest I had ever known him to be when I spoke to him that night.... he was so proud to tell me about his job... and that he was living right on the ocean... that he could walk out his door and be at the water's edge in just a moment's time... and he told me about watching the boat races... we talked for almost an hour... I call him my stepbrother, but I'm not sure if he ever really was... ya know??? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to think right now... all I know is that I hope he has found peace... and that he's still able to walk along the water's edge... I think it might have been his personal Heaven... I will most assuredly miss the brother I never really knew... Rest In Peace... You are Loved...Brady's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342552161767288457noreply@blogger.com2