Go check out my review of The Silver Compass at Enduring Romance. It's a fantastic book. ;) And I had an ARC, so it made reading it all the more fun!
In other news... Kristy Lee Cook's time was finally up. She seemed like a cool person, but it's a travesty that Michael Johns went first. A TRAVESTY! If I type it enough can I undo the past? I wonder.... at least Brooke was safe. Whew.
I like to keep you all up to date on Starbucks news, as it is near and dear to my heart -and part of my daily existence and sustenance. So, right now, if you go buy a Starbucks card and register it. You get these three perks:
1) Milk choice and syrups for free. Yes! That's right! For free!!!! This saves me like a buck on each drink.
2) Free brewed coffee refills. Hello. I can go sit at Starbucks and drink coffee allll day now! Except, of course, for the minor matter of small children. Still, it's tempting.
3) Free tall beverage with whole bean purchase. I can live on tall beverages.
So you see, this is quite momentous.
Enjoy a drink for me. ;) A London Fog perhaps?
First, off the tragedy that is Michael Johns being kicked off American Idol. I wonder if the American people have lost their minds. I realize that now I don't get to see Michael sing next week. I am aghast that KRISTY LEE COOK outlasted Johns. Oh. So. Sad. Have we forgotten Bohemian Rhapsody of Hollywood week? Or Kristy suddenly adopting a country accent, people? She's from Oregon! I know Oregon. They don't have southern accents there!
Wow, long time no blog. I'll just say that I'm surprised at how little time I get to think and compose my thoughts with the current age spread of the kids - let alone type them! But I have some thoughts to share. They are random and in no particular order:
1. Sour Cream is a super food. Not in that it's super good for you, but it seems to have both limitless uses and the superpower of making everything it touches better. Salsa too hot? Just add sour cream. Need a dip for those strawberries - sugar and sour cream! Does the sauteed chicken in the pan look waaaayyyy to healthy and boring? Yep, you guessed it, sour cream to the rescue! Just thought I'd share my new favorite fridge item.
2. A conversation between my 7 year old red head and hubby:
Hubby: So, I hear you have some questions about marriage?
Red Head: Yeah, it's just that... well, you'd better sit down.
Thus progressed a G rated version of the birds and the bees. The first of many of these conversations, I'm sure.
3. Me and the red head:
Me: I don't know which Barbie your sister claimed, do you care if you get Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty?
RH: Oh no. I mean, I prefer Cinderella, but I don't really like the story.
Me: You don't like the story of Cinderella?
RH: (wistfully) No. It's just so heartbreaking if your in a romantic stage.
Me: But she gets the prince at the end... it's a happy ending...
RH: But that middle part'll just get ya!
4. The two year old, not to be outdone by her older sister's romantic streak followed her daddy to the door tonight when the 14 year old was selling candy so he could go snowboarding (or something to that affect... after school program or some such thing). She stood there during the entire transaction, shirtless, and covered in Cheetos and then after the door shut ran to my arms, her entire face turned upside down in a famous Mystery Family pout, tears filling her enormous grey eyes... and said... "the boy didn't talk to me!"
Me: What?
Her: I wanted him to talk to me!
Me: I'm sorry honey, I didn't know that.
Her: I was trying to get to him!
Me: Let's talk about trying to get to strange men...
sigh...
Stay tuned for more updates as I'm able to access the keyboard without little monkeys diving over my shoulders to get to Neopets.
Thanks for the kind comments - little mystery man is back on his feet, so to speak. I'm not getting the uber pout all day and he only cries when I try to put him down or give him to someone else which is par for the course.
In other news... I've decided that my work in progress works better as a young adult novel, so I've been throwing myself into young adult literature.
Here are somethings I've learned:
There are a LOT of books told from the first person POV of a young girl in high school. I do enjoy these, even though I didn't really enjoy being a young girl in high school. Go figure! Also, each one of these builds it's world a bit, just like a fantasy novel might. Typically we see the girl deal with boys, alcohol, her parents, and school, and each book sets a "danger zone" differently. For instance, I read one where the girls were deeply traumatized by doing more with the opposite sex than they felt good about. Then, I pick up the next one and the girl gets a date with the basketball star and she's making out with him and I get nervous for her, but nope, in this book, she's totally fine. It's her stepmom that's the problem. I just think it's interesting how the walls shift based on the author's perspective and the character in question. And it's a good reason to talk to your girls about this stuff early, because if they try to figure it out from books, they're going to get really confused!
I also find that YA is a really broad field. I've read some historical fiction, some fantasy (both urban and traditional) and I like the straightforward way the story is told. Anyway, here's hoping that it's the right medium for the story I'm trying to tell. I think it is. I just don't have the stomach for the gritty noir that I was trying to write. I kept finding that I didn't want to let my mind go there, and it really does need to be able to live in the story world for a while.
Also - I just saw the opening for Top Chef season four. Ah, I've missed Tom and Padma!
My favorite guy right now is probably Andrew for sheer entertainment value. He's no Sam, but he'll be fun to watch for entirely different reasons!
My little mystery man had his shots today. He is miserable. I am therefore miserable. I've never seen him this sad, and I only llet them give him half hat he's due for (we space them out). So, so sad. :(
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