Weekend Plans

Well this next week the kids are off school and its Valentine's day on Sunday

Just got back from K's IEP for this coming year. I have some mixed emotions from that meeting.

Dentist appointments
MOPS


The big event this coming up week is Our anniversary -12

Book reviews/giveways coming

Thats all thats happening here.

THe HOST-- BWB review

Hi. My name is Wanderer and I live in Melanie. Melanie is the host. I have lived in 8 other worlds til now. We have taken over the world and now humans are in hiding.




I keep hearing Melanie and she just won't shut up. I also keep seeing these images of Uncle Jeb, Jamie, and Jared. Melanie hopes that they found Uncle Jeb and are safe and now she wants to find them.


I don't like my seeker , she is annoying. We decide to leave the city and try to find Uncle Jeb. We walk for days. We finally find the cabin.





They take us hostage and are very violent to us. They want to kill us. Jared and Kyle go off to get supplies ..we are finally able to help in the community and slowly making friends. I also tell stories of the places where I used to live . They have so many questions. They call me Wanda now.



Jared and Kyle come back are are quite upset. I go hide in the storage room with the Cheetos and feel like a prisoner again. Ian tries to find me . I can't lie at all.

I'm over thousands over years old but I'm also like a child too.

Kyle is tries to kill me but I save him. I found out that Walter is dying and asking for me. I'm there to help and help him deal with the pain. He sometimes calls me Gladdie( His wife who died already). There is a tribunal over Kyle and what he did to me. Kyle is able to stay.

There is soccer game and I keep score. Both Ian and Jared are both talking with me more often.

Jaime gets injured and I see the Doc cutting up my family and I need to mourn their loss for 3 days. Jaime has an infection and I lost Melanie. I ask Ian to kiss me and then nothing , so then he gets Jared to kiss me ..I have 2 different reactions when they kiss me. I'm finally able to hear Melanie again... I want to get some medicine to save Jaime infection.I hurt myself to save Jaime.

I start going on raids with kyle, Ian, Jared ..Its great to be helping out. I make a plan to give the information to Doc to transfer the hosts and what they need to transported safely. I want Melanie to have a chance to have her own body. Once Ian gets wind of the plan, he wants a tribunal over me and my choices. They vote to keep me here and around. Ian and I profess our love to each other. I'm finally put under. I woke up in a new body and its so very different from being in Melanie. I'm so happy that they decided to keep me around and I'm still with Ian.

We meet another band of people and they have someone else who has gone Native like me.

I have read this book about 4 times ...The first time it took me while to get into it. It didn't start to get good until the chapter 13. When I first read this book...I thought that this book took away from Breaking Dawn. I have since read it and I like it better than Twilight.

This book doesn't have much action but there is alot of internal struggles with Melanie and Wanda. I did enjoy their conversations. This book was much more Violent in nature because of what they did to Wanda when she first got the camp in someone body. Who are the Monsters ? or the Aliens.

I liked this book because it showed many types of love : Between brothers, family members, people coming together for a cause, romantic , even love between Melanie/Wanda. The ending was okay but it was the easy way out and wanda reminded me alot like Bella --self sacrificing her self.

Yes I would her next book to see what happens with this series-- If it ever comes out.

Book Review = 4

BWB=3

I have bought this book and this is my Honest review

Princess for Hire -- Book review

For Desi Bascomb who has been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life , the choice is C) -- that is once she can stop pinching herself.As her new agent, Meredith , explains Desi has a rare magical ability :when she applies the ancient Egyptian formula "Royal Rouge," she can transform temporarily into the exact look alike of any princess who needs her subbing services. Dream come true , right ?? ( Back of the Book)



I think I'm the wrong demographic for this book. My daughter would love to read this book.



Desi works at a animal store and she is wearing a ground hog costume when we meet her. She has a crush on Hayden.



Desi gets to experience being a Princess in 2 different worlds and then a Level 1 experience. I liked that she was herself and got to know as much as she could about the people she was subbing for while they were away.

Desi lives in a small town in Idaho and is a individual with her t-shirts. Her mom used to be a beauty queen and her dad is a lawyer.



I think my favorite part of the story was when she was being Elsa and having that romance with Karl.



Its a cute story and reminded me a Meg Cabot. There is going to be a 2nd book and would let my daughter read this story.


Book Review=3

This book comes out in March 2010.

Thanks to aroundtheworld tours for the book and this is my honest review.

The Bride Collector -- Book Review

FBI special agent Brad Raines is facing his most complex case yet. A Denver serial killer has murdered a string of beautiful young woman , leaving a bridal veil at each scene, and he picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help to a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Well Being and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill people who are extraordinary gifted.


Its there he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessed her father murder her family and barley escaped his hand. Diagnosed with schizophrenia , Paradise may also have an extra sensory gift: the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life when she touches the dead body. ( Back of the book)


I did read his previous book of The Boneman's Daughter and it was okay.


New book and new characters.

Brad-- FBI

Paradise- girl at institution

Quinton-- bad guy



It was okay story but there was alot mentioning of God's will and love. I think the romance between happened too fast between Brad and Paradise. I did like that Brad thought out of the box to solve a crime that was very weird. Brad was also attracted to Nicki too.

Quinton takes Nicki captive and has always been in love with Paradise. Paradise has to rescue Brad from the Bride Collector. Paradise also has a bipolar agoraphobia

I did like the cover. There were times I didn't want to finish it but there was a part of me that wanted to find out what happens.



Book Review=3



Thanks to Center Street for the book and this is my Honest Review.

Rant--School District

Dear School District--

I have been in this school district for 7 years. I have been able to get services for kids for speech for 3 of my kids. My kids have been in the preschool for 3 years. I do understand that things change and are different. That's been my experience so far and I 4 kids in the school district.

I have been pretty happy with teachers , schools and overall process of things. I even understand why Thursdays are the short days and dealt with this for 4 years.

But this year I have actually had reason to complain on 2 issues.

The new computer grading system..it doesn't have the IEP/Speech or English language learners on the form. Which if you are going to look at the child's grades and not see that IMPORTANT information regarding if they are getting services is wrong. I was surprised that I had to complain because I feel that its important part of the report card and it was on there with previous kids report cards.

The next issue is with the Centralized Registration Department. The information being give to me as Parent isn't very clear. I feel that moving all the Registration to one central location means that you will be able to see the flow of children at a school and have cause to close schools. I understand the reasoning behind this and I know that you are losing students to Homeschooling, other districts. I'm glad that someone called me to change a appointment because YOU overbooked at that time , not me. But I find it interesting that I made 3 calls within 1 week and never got a call back. I had to 3 visits to the Central Office just to get all the information, which could have been easily taken care with 1 phone call back. YOU need better PR. I feel the needs of being a parent are being slowly taken away, and that the only time you listen, is when we complain.

This used to be a Great district. I'm not too sure what your plans are for my children's school. I'm happy with the Staff and being able to communicate with them about anything regarding my children.

Sincerely

a mom

Free Museum day -- WW

Since I got rained out to work at Fairytale town -- I took my kids to Crocker Art Museum. They got hit up by the Crocker Art Museum for their pictures.Then we went to lunch at Rubio's and then I went food shopping.

It was great to spend some one on one time with them both.

THis week

doctor visit
Scouts
Helping in A's class
K IEP
MLM at Arden Fair Mall
work on church lesson
read/review books
Have another giveaway
pay Bills

That's all I have going on..what are you doing this week ???