Hello!!!

So, it has been awhile has it not.  I do not even know where to begin.  we had a really nice end to the summer, my sis Beth returned from her trip to the south, a little more wear and tear on her, but she needed it because now she is back to being her old self rather than the idk what she was she has been for the last year.  it is nice to have her back with us though, it was definately a lonely summer without her. 

since she came home we decided to take a trip up to Payson to visit with the cousins who live up there.  And also to go to the Tonto Natural Bridge.  Both were great, we really got to know Sara, Danny and the girls better than we had before, and we had a really nice pleasant time.  You need to check on the pics on facebook, I should be getting them up in the next few hours.

we also stopped bt the Phoenix museum for the youth, it was our second trip, this one was anime, the last one was music, any of you who know us well, know we LOVE anime, but the museum was so crowded this time, that we found it very unpleasant, the first time we went was fun and we really enjoyed it, this time not so much.  what we learned, do NOT go in the first sunday of the month because while you get free admission, you also get like a million and one people. 

I finally got around to watching Eclipse, it was ok, not really any better or worse than any of the other Twilight movies, the books are better, the movies ruin the books, but hey that is only my opinion.  another set of shows that ruin the books they are based on is trueblood.  Loved the books, the show is just way, and I mean way out there. 


The baby turned 1 in July, we had a really really wonderful party, special thanks to Jessie and Jon, and to T and Scott, you guys are all family, and we love you.

Ok, I guess it tis time for me to go, I want to get a paper done today, and I have a lot of housework still to go.  Laters all

Wow, so there is a lot of nothing going on here, ans yet a lot of other weird stuff.  My sis in law has wandered away to South Carolina, where she is intending on staying for an unknown amount of time.  My mom in law has still not gotten a new car so we are continuing to drive her to and from work and wherever else 6 days a week.  This week is the VFW Convention, so Phoenix and hot hot weather is life atm, sad. I am missing a ASUAS meeting and possibly a Cubscouts meeting because of it.  Not sure about the scouts one yet, we may make it, I guess we will just have to wait and see.  And I am still looking for a job, hopefully i will find one soon.

on the yay side of things, i am planning a trip to vegas in september, i have the hotel reserved, and am now deciding what to do, there is just so much, there are two things i am definitely doing, the sky jump off the stratasphere, and getting a new tat, other than those i just do not know, definitely am going to have to safe up the cash for this trip, because everything is so very very expensive.

oh wells, enough for now. 

Webcomics

ok, so when i get bored, with life in general, or maybe with what i a reading atm i always fall back to webcomics.  they are funny interesting, and best of all free.  so i thought i would share a few of my favorites.  the first ne i read is call Two Lumps, and it is about some really awesome cats who love to eat goshy food, it can be found at http://www.twolumps.net/ and was introduced to me by my beloved Iri.  the next one i read is The Devils Panties (http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/)by Jennie Brennen, I actually read two of hers, the other one being Geebas on Parade(http://geebasonparade.keenspot.com/).  Now i found these comics from one of my fave authors, you'll remember her, LKH, in her book Flirt, she shares a comic by

Jennie that has her and her husband and some of their friends as stars.  Ok, the next comic I read religiously is Something Positive, this one I just randomly ran across, it's linked to the two lumps page, and his characters once did a spot In the devil's panties, so they sorta link together a little.  but anyways this one is sorta dark and crazy and fun.  the characters are cruel and hilarious all at the same time.  i wish they were my friends. http://www.somethingpositive.net/  Lastly is one that i have just started reading, it is called The Order of the Stick and is about rpging it is at http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html.  so these are my boredom relievers, maybe you read some of them and maybe you don't, but either way i hope you may enjoy them like i do.  laters.

Trying it out

So as many of you know, any of you who have read my previous posts at least, there are alot of times which I share info about books, a lot on the Anita Blake series.  Search Amazon.com for anita blake series.  and now, I can add this for books that I am reading or at least those I am writing about.  I think it is really cool, and it may bring in a bit of extra cash as well, which is so not a bad thing.  So we will give it a try and see where it takes us.

Now onto what I am currently reading.  It is the Night Angel Series, which was recommended to me by my lovely wifey and close friend Iridani, it is a trilogy made up ofThe Way Shadows, Shadow's Edge, and Beyond the Shadows.  And let me tell you what, I love them.  I have finished the first and am just starting the second, but I could not put the first one down.  I read until I fell asleep for three nights which is what it took me to finish it.  So needless to say, I have gotten all of like 2 or 3 hours of sleep a night since I picked them up.  The best part being that I would not have it any other way.  They are just so good, and I am actually considering putting off reading the new Anita book that comes out on June first, Bullet until I am done with these.  which by the way for me is crazy because I so love my vampire books.  they are just so fun to read.  and Anita has been one of my faves for a few years now. 

Let's see, what else have I purchased or read in the last few weeks.  *thinking.......*  lets see, Gena Showalter's Atlantis series, I have read the first three, and just for the record, I did not use to read romances, they just sorta fall into my hands when I want something light.  Anyways, I just bought The Vampire's Bride.  So I will share about that later.  And before I got the Night Angel Trilogy I had read all of Lara Adrians Midnight Breed novels, more vampires, hot vampires at that, which is of course even better.  Here's the first one to that. 

I think that will probably do it for now, there are quite a few new books coming out this summer, that I cannot wait for, and of course there are movies as well.  Like Alice in Wonderland, which is less that a week away, I cannot wait to own that movie. 

I am rather sad though, I have to drive out to Tucson on that day, the day that both my movie and one of the books I have been counting down for is released.  so no buying ubtil after i get home around noon or later.  I hate that.  oh well, i guess that i have shared enough, and don't forget to look at all the pretty books i have linked, and buy some so that i can get paid.  j/k j/k.  well sorta.  luv to you all

Help ME!!!

So who knows what boredom is, we all do right, at least we probably should. and who here has stared at the computer, with all its glorious access to the internets and still been bored. yeah yeah, all of us better raise our hands, because at least once, even if we are not willing to admit to more than that we have all been there and done that. its such a pain in the ass, being bored, and knowing that you have spent god knows how many hours being bored. sorry, sorry, i am rambling i know. but what can i say, i am BORED!!!

i have read a new series, i have checked out my daily web comics, which keep increasing by the way. hell i have sat down and tried to draw my own web comic, but i do not really draw all that well, so it was a pointless thing in actuality. i have sat down and completed like half of a book, read one of my professors dissertation, and even sat down to try and start on mine, all to no avail. nothing is really keeping me not bored, i want to get out and do something, but i can't.

i have no money, and i have no time, why you might ask, well, because my MIL needs rides to and from work, i am stuck in the god awful boring town because my MIL needs a flippin ride, it is frustrating and annoying, and i refuse to spend my summer in this situation, pretty soon i am going to go and do what i want to do regardless because i do not want to be someones taxi, i have already had to change plans for her, and i do not want to do it again, so i will not.

who am i joking, i probably will, but ARRRR i do not want to have to. annoying, very annoying.

so i will plan something to do this summer, like that trip to St. Louis I want to do, and she will just have to deal, i am not ruining or changing to much for my kid either, i just can't do that to him.

oh well, done with the venting, for now at least. laters all.

Immigration

Ok, so I live in Az, I know what it is like to live both in a city that is affected by Illegal Immigration, as well as on a Ranch right on the border. And I am more than happy to keep my tongue during this whole debate, but I am tired of people telling me that what I know, what I have experienced are wrong. Or that I have to understand because my house sits all of 8 miles from the border. I have sort of a duel view to this law. Yes, I want the illegals stopped from crossing the border, I do not want druggies or gangsters or child molesters etc. coming into my city and being anywhere near my children. who does? but i also understand that not everyone who crosses the border is a horrible criminal, there are also those who are out looking for a better job, for a way to bring something back for their family. i have no problem with this latter group, i think that if they want to come and work here in our fields, or anywhere else then they should be able to, what i do not get is why they do not come over here legally, i mean is it really so difficult to get a piece of paper. it seems so. i know that for generations families have crossed between the two countries, i know that closing the border will upset a lot of families, many that were here before us. but i also understand that why people here want the border closed. why people do not feel safe. unless you have been in a house that someone with a gun was trying to break into, unless you have run across that group of drug smugglers while you were out hiking, or unless you have lost someone in this war that most of the US public refuses to acknowledge exists, then you wouldn't understand. So all I ask, is that unless you have lived here, and can actually back up what you are saying with personal experience good or bad, then keep your opinions to yourself and stay out of this fight, you shouldn't be in it anyways.

Happy Mother's Day

I know it should be, but I am just stressed and slightly down in the dumps today. I want to do nothing but sit back with a new book and read, however the only thing that i get to do is homework. I have three assignments due over the next three days, not counting a doctor's appointment in Tucson for my you gungest and jury duty. The n my husband needs to have access to the computer as well because he procrastinated his heart out on one of his classes and needs to catch up. I do not know how we are going to get it all done today. Yeah, actually i do, we aren't and i will be the one to just give in because i do not want to be doing this anyways. all i want to do is curl up in a ball and read a book to escape. it is not my ideal escape, that would be just getting in the car and drivin until i ran out of gas, but i cannot do that, so a book it is i guess. its really sad when you just need some time to yourself and cannot get it. oh well. i guess i have whined enough, i hope you all are having a better mothers day than i am. laters