Posted in Books, Food, Home, Life, Recipes, tagged Elizabeth Kostova, Rainy day, Sicilian Cooking, Sicilian Food, The Historian, Watermelon Granita on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
After a week of Vacation Bible School Becks and I skipped church this morning. Instead I made us grits for breakfast and she watched Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies on television while I continued to read The Historian. If I had known this book was about Dracula I probably would not have decided to read it [...]
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Posted in Books, Family, Food, Home, Jackson, Molly, Pets, Pregnancy, tagged Belly Laughs, Elizabeth Kostova, Jenny McCarthy, Lazy Saturday, Rainy day, The Historian on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Becks has been exhausted and asked me to let her sleep late. I woke up early this morning and quietly crept out of bed. I then grabbed both the mutts and with one under each arm slid out of the bedroom. I was able to close the door without it creaking and quietly made sure [...]
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This evening I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Again, I had seen the movie before reading the book so I had a general idea of how things unfolded. This was the fifth book in the Harry Potter series and in my opinion acted as a bridge between the prior four books [...]
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I just finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and I have to say that it was my favorite Harry Potter to date. I saw the movie before I read the book (unlike books I, II and III) and was curious to see how faithful the two were to one another. As usual, I enjoyed the [...]
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Posted in Books, Family, Life, Marriage, Movies, tagged Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Made of Honor, Thomasville, Thomasville Georgia on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
This morning Becks and I woke up and instead of getting up and cleaning the house we laid in bed and watched television. Eventually I got up and made coffee but instead of being productive, I decided to read few more chapters of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was a great way [...]
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I finished A Prayer for Owen Meany this morning at about 12:45 a.m. I loved this book and could not put it down as I tore through the final 170 pages. What made this book so special was the main character, Owen Meany. I was hooked by the tiny squeaky voiced [...]
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Last night I sat on the couch with my book, a glass of bourbon and read for 2 ½ hours while listening to jazz. It was a great night. I started reading A Prayer for Owen Meany on Sunday and have tore threw the first third of the book. I never read anything by John [...]
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