How did I get hooked into this?

OMG, I've totally been sucked into the Webkinz Craze. I began when I needed to research how it works for the store. Yes, it all began with the Black Cat Webkinz. I thought, "Ok, I'm doing this so I can answer any questions these kids may have..." 6 Webkinz later with more waiting to get logged in. I have been totally sucked into webkinz world.

not only are they CUTE, but they're fun to play with online. I even play it more than Gaia. Although, I have been doing more on gaia since it's not like an icebox in the garage.

And I'm as bad as the kids, everytime there is a new one, I want them!! Next one I have to have is the Zingoz!! LOL

Yes, I'm a big kid. I admit it! LOL

February Webkinz Event

These are some photos from our webkinz event this past saturday. It was SO much fun!! We had some crafts for the kids to do.

Phil made a Wheel of Wow for us. It was a big hit!! Not a bad wheel. The kids just loved that they could actually spin the wheel like on the site.

And here is a shot of them doing all the different things at the event. I loved it cause it gets bigger each time. The kids have such a good time. And we do too. I was a bit more tired this time, cause it was a lot more work. But it pays off when you see the kids all happy cause they have activities to do!

Possum

Here is another of our wildlife neighbors. We have so many different animals coming through our yard. This is the first time I have been able to catch it close enough for me to take a picture. And it didn't even run when the flash flashed.

That teaches me...

So, have you ever thought to yourself, "You know, I'm only going to be gone for a second, and my phone needs charging, so I'll leave it home?"

That was my thought yesterday, and it taught me to never EVER leave without a phone. LOL

I went to get a newspaper at the liquor store near the house. And I figured, I'll be back in a second, so I'll just leave my phone at home. WRONG!

After picking up the paper, I got back into my truck, and when I turned the ignition...NOTHING. Just that ominous click click noise. No lights, no music, no starter turning over. Just that darn click noise. You know, the one that tells you that either you have no juice going to your starter, or you have no starter.

So, my next thought was: "CRAP, I have no phone."
Then, where the heck is a payphone. Now, if you thought there would be a payphone everywhere, you're just wrong. Welcome to the world where everyone has a cell phone. Well, everyone but the dorky girl who left hers at home.

So, I walk the strip mall, and of course, they haven't installed payphones since they remodled cause again, everyone has a cell phone. So, I walk to the gas station. Nope, the part where you put the coin in is jammed. GREEEAAAATTT. Then I'm thinking, "OH! I have a calling card!"

Did you know they cancelled the calling card program for AT&T a couple of years ago?? Again, probably cause everyone HAS a cell phone.

So, I go to the payphone across the street, and it starts to rain. Um, remember that I was only going to be gone for a second...no jacket. LOL

So, I finally call Phil, and he'll be by to save me in a few minutes. Thank goodness I went somewhere close.

So back I go to the truck. Sit in silence, watch cars go in and out and hoping and praying someone close to my truck leaves their spot so that Phil can park close enough to jump the truck.

Someone finally leaves, Phil pulls up, the truck starts up right away. Turns out it was a faulty connection from my wires to my battery terminal. Thank goodness it didn't fall off while I was driving.

Moral of the story....

ALWAYS take your cellphone with you. Don't leave home without it, even if you're going to be gone for a second!

Where you are in your life...

My cousin and I were talking about where we were in life, and what we wanted to do when we grew up. LOL Yes, when we grow up. :)

Now, I don't know what I want to do in the future. My life has taken twists and turns that I had never expected them too. I've been so lucky to have experienced what I have experienced in life. And lucky to have met the people I have met in life. I know for good and bad, that I wouldn't be who I am if I hadn't learned life lessons.

One of the big things we talked about is how the store has played a part in my life, and how it's changed it. I truly believe that things are happening the way they are supposed to happen. And the store stumbled into my life to teach me how to be more open, more talkative, and to meet new people.

I was terribly shy when I was growing up. And it's taken a long time for me to come out of my shell. And I think the store was the last step that i've needed to overcome that. I mean I became a drafter to not have to deal with the public. But now I really do enjoy talking to people. Well, most people. LOL And I am having a ball with the kids! OMG, they are the funniest people!

She tells me that I'm one to just go with the flow. And she's right. I don't know where life will take me in the months to come. I guess I should start figuring it out soon. And lucky you, you all will be along for the ride! ROFL. :)

Beautiful Day today

Today was a beautiful day in our end of the world. The sun was shining, it was warm, so of course it is allergy time. IcK. The time when I wished my nose was like a Ms. Potato Head nose, just pop that sucker off and put on one that actually will work. LOL Have you ever felt that way?

Got nothing done that I wanted to get done. Went to Borders to look at books. Not like I need more books or magazines, but I just LOVE bookstores. Found the Shojo Beat magazine that I needed to have. Only cause one of my favorite mangas in there: Absolute Boyfriend, is coming to an end, so I wanted to read what I could. I love it too cause it has a lot of articles on Japanese culture and there was an article on Jpop that was really interesting.

Then found a Manga that I started reading. Good thing cause it's the last one in the series of 2. LOL

Then I found out that a book series that I read oh too many years ago, the Dragonlance Series, has a new series of books out with the same characters...YAY! I love Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman books. Which reminds me that I need to look and see if I've missed anything in between. I thought I read all the sequels, but I want to double check.

Then I went to Michaels just cause I wanted to see what they had. Found some great prizes for the next event at the store. I hope the kids will like them. And they were only $1 each! LOL And finally some cool boy prizes. :)

Not much else after that. I kinda lazed around too long in the am to do much else. Got home and read. Cause I haven't done that in way too long. Didn't get anything else I wanted to do done, but I gave myself some time to reenergize.

Pride and Prejudice

I know, being a big Jane Austen fan, you would have thought I had seen the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth already. But nope. Just saw the first part of it today on Masterpiece theatre. Good thing I didn't see it before I saw the Movie with Keira Knightly. I might not have liked that version as well as I do this one.

There are many differences in both movies. And I like that. I think it's amazing that you can have a book, and have many interpretations on it. I mean you'd think that they would be the same, but nope.

I love that the BBC version is longer, so we see different scenes in it that they didn't do in the movie. And I just love Colin Firth. :) Yes, he was SO made to play Mr. Darcy. I mean I love the guy that was in the movie, but I love Colin so much more!!

It's funny, Phil finally connected that they called Colin Mr. Darcy in Briget Jones movies because he played Mr. Darcy in this. LOL He still doesn't understand why I love this movie so much. LOL But I'm glad that he didn't get all huffy while I was watching it in the livingroom. I mean come on, you can only watch so much Law and Order. LOL

And he didn't realize that during that time period, women didn't inherit anything when their fathers died. I'm so glad times have changed!! ;) And he noticed that people gossiped a lot during that time.

Do you think that if Lizzy would have went to Mr. Darcy and asked him outright what had happened, would her opinion have changed? Or do you think she was still so upset with his comment about her that it just clouded her opinion of him? I mean during that time period, I guess it wouldn't be ladylike to go up to a man and ask him what happened. That's why there was so much miscommunication. But it sure would have stopped some of the problems. LOL

Chinese Horoscope

Well, tomorrow is the beginning of the Year of the Rat. I hope that this year will be a good one for everyone!!

Do you know your Zodiac?

I'm a Dragon. Phil's a Monkey. And looking up our horoscopes, the monkey is one of the most compatible with the Dragon. How cool is that??

And according to this site I am a Dragon, but a Dog internally, and a Tiger secretively with my fixed element as Metal and my season as Autumn. Hmm, I've always loved autumn the best! LOL I'll have to investigate this further.

And that means Phil is a Monkey, but a Rabbit internally, and a Rat secretively. His fixed element is Wood and his season is Spring. LOL I wonder what that all means?? LOL

New Bracelet

I'm working on a new bracelet. But I wasn't sure if I should put a ton of danglies on it, or leave it like this, cause it's so nice like this. What do you all think?

Jane Austen

I have been watching the Complete Jane Austen on Masterpiece theatre. I love period movies. Sometimes I think that was one of my previous lives. I just can't get enough of that time period. It's amazing to me to think that Miss Austen created such tremendous works of art, and wasn't paid very much for them. I mean if it was now, she'd be paid millions for her books, and she was poor back then.

They did a movie on one possibility of her life. And it was very interesting to watch. I love how independant she was in the movie. How she wanted to take care of her family with her writings. I wonder how true to her life that movie was.

I just love how proper everyone is during that time. It's so unlike now. Kids had respect for their parents, parents took care of their kids. And of course you took care of your parents when it was time to take care of them.

And yes, I love how they called on each other when they wanted to see each other. The romance of that time is just SO lost!! With all this technology, communication may be easier and faster, but I miss receiving written letters!! How romantic it was to receive a written letter from your intended. And then writing them back too, trying to write everything you are feeling to them in just a page or two of parchment.

Makes me want to keep a journal again!

Reading and books

Now, do you all love to read?? I always remember having a book with me. Well, my mom used to always read to me when I was young. I can remember being sick with some kind of eye thing, and she would actually come and read to me when my sisters were gone to school. How cool was that? LOL

And I always had a comic book, a scholastic reading book. Remember getting those book catalogs when you were in grade school? And then ordering books from them, and getting them later. I would devour those books. I read every single Little House on the Prairie book. And the Phantom Tollbooth was my absolute favorite. Must have read that a bajillion times. And Charlie and the chocolate factory? Charlie and the great glass elevator?? I wonder if those books are still in the basement. I would even read in the car. Can't do that now, but would totally do that when I was young.

OMG, I discovered Sci Fi/Fantasy books when I was in high school thanks to a classmate of mine. I still have my first sci/fi book: Dune. I read it so many times, the binding on it is scotched taped together cause I read it so much. Couldn't buy another copy, just kept scotch taping the one I had. LOL Really! The whole cover is scotched taped. LOL And read the 2 sequels: Dune Messiah and the Children of Dune. Stopped there though cause I wasn't into all the other ones after that. I fall in love with characters, and that's it. Can't go into their ancestors unless I like them a lot too.

Have you read the Dragonriders of Pern series? my favorite.

LOVE anything by David and Leigh Eddings.

And I wish Melanie Rawn would finish her series. I haven't started reading that one till I know all the books are out, cause I really don't like waiting for the last book. I mean it was so hard waiting for each Harry Potter Book to come out. OMG, I haven't been like that since I started reading David Eddings books.

And I won't even start on comic books. LOL