The Week-End Wrap & Review: I'm Going on Vacation Edition

Well, it's been a while since I have posted, so here it is the Vacation Edition of the Week-End Wrap & Review for Christmas week!

What I Saw: I have actually had the time (in between the hours long baking sessions and cooking sessions) to watch a few things this week! Yay for me! First, I got to watch Waitress, which was plain and simply delightful! Keri Russell is fantastic and it was just a fun movie. I have also been watching Dexter, Season 2, which is just as wickedly delicious as the first season! I also watched Georgia Rule which was not the Gary Marshall movie I was expecting. Instead it is a heavy movie! Lots of drama and difficult situations.

What I Heard: More Alicia Keys, even though the new Josh Groban Christmas CD Noel made it in the CD player quite a bit. Besides that, some Carrie Underwood, but nothing new.

What I Read: So I finally finished The Book of Lost Things. Review to come in a seperate post shortly! All in all, I enjoyed it a lot and will now begin to read other John Connolly works. Does that ever happen to you, you read a book by an author you have never heard of and liked it so much you HAVE to read their other books? I also read the first book in the Spiderwick Chronicles series. It is an easy read and plan to read the other five books while on vacation!

Anyways, I will add links to all these references shortly, but for now, you can google anything that interests you!

I will be on vacation for a week starting tomorrow, so I will try to update, but cannot promise anything.

To everyone out in the blogging world:

Happy New Year!
May your 2008 be filled with
good health, good love, and good living.

Merry Christmas to All...

Just wanted to send out Seasons Greetings to all those out in the blogosphere! So, on this the 25th day of December:

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

The Week-End Wrap & Review: Constructions Almost Over Edition

Well, the construction in my room is almost finished! It looks like it will be done by tomorrow, and since I have work tomorrow my own little fantasy world has decided that it will be done by the time I get home from work so I can essentially continue to work by moving back into the room! I am really excited about this! In other news, the interview I had a few weeks ago went really well. I have been asked back for a second interview, however Downtown, may have screwed up my chances for the job, but only time will tell with that!

Anyways, here it is everyone, the Week End Wrap & Review!

What I Heard: Still been listening to the new Alicia Keys album, but now added some Christmas music into the mix! Mostly it's been James Taylor At Christmas or Wynonna's A Classic Christmas. The only new CD I have been listening to is Blake Lewis's album, Audio Day Dream. He is the runner up from this past season of American Idol (the beat boxer) who actually does NO beat boxing on this album. So far it reminds me of Jason Mraz and Maroon 5! So it is fairly surprising! I am guessing he is actually going to do better than the winner!

What I Saw: I have not watched any movies this week, but next week might be full of them! I am planning on going to go and see The Golden Compass. And then the week after that, I want to see Sweeney Todd! I still have movies at home to watch, maybe when I'm back in my room with my new TV mounted on the wall! Then I will get into movie mode!

What I Read: Well, still reading The Book of Lost Things...will get farther into it tomorrow at work, since Saturday's tend to be slow days! I have decided on the next couple of books I think I am going to read, one of them being The Four Agreements! Any comments on this book, please let me know!

Well, thats about all that is going on here at the Scribbler's Nook!

You Like Me...You Really Like Me

So, have you ever gotten a chain mail and thought pahshaw and just deleted it...well this is better! I recieved my very first Blogging Award! It came from Troyboy over at Pheasantly Fascinating, so thank you Troyboy for this nice honor...as I said in the title of this post, You Like Me...You Really Like Me! So without further ado I present to you:


Now comes the part where I have to present this award to five other bloggers who I deem interesting to read.

Here's the fine print as found over at The Mind Wobbles (Those people given this award to are encouraged to post it on their own blogs; list three things they believe are necessary for good, powerful writing; and then pass the award on to the five blogs they want to honor, who in turn pass it on to five others, etc., etc. Let's send a roar through the blogsphere! The image at the top right can be [apparently] copied and pasted onto other blogs. Also, a small size of the award for sidebars can be found over at the writing circle site.)

So the three things I think makes a blog work well:

(1) Entertainment - What is written has to be somewhat entertaining, however, at the same time everything is entertaining to someone, somewhere!

(2) Honesty & Sincerity - Just like in real life, these blog friendships and loyalty are based on the reader believing what the writer is saying, and by portraying Sincerity you build honest and a re pore with the reader.

(3) Just have fun! If the writer is having fun, the reader will have fun!

So here it goes, my five blogs to give this award to...in no particular order:

• The Naptime Blogger - One of my best friends sister, who just writes impeccably well and very entertainingly!

• Observations of a Librarian - A great place that I go to when looking for the next book to read! Great reviews and fun little additives!

• The Geek Inside - A fun place to visit and read about the going ons of a Mom and her kids and Mr. Geek...of course!

• The Area 1 Blog - A local Toastmasters blog that I go to to get all my information from!

• Rocks In My Dryer - This is a blog I picked up Troyboy, but it is just a lot of fun to visit and read about the various goings on! Very entertaining!

The Monday Morning Mix-Up: The Wednesday Evening Edition

Sorry for the delay everybody, construction has been hectic on the schedule...but it is almost over! We are confident that everything should be done by Friday (minus the Shower Door, only because every Home Depot in Dade County is out of stock!)

Anyways, here it is, The Wednesday Evening Edition of the Monday Morning Mix-Up:

• LeAnn Rimes - The Trouble With Good-Bye: A good LeAnn song, only it was during her "pop" phase. A fun upbeat song though!
  
• Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All: A very pretty song (sung much better by Alison Krauss) but this version is also quite nice! It was featured in the movie Notting Hill!
  
• Jill Scott - Exclusively: What a fun song and a great voice! One soulful up and coming!
  
• Gloria Estefan - Reach: Ehhh....so iTunes has it's moments of falter. I love Gloria...I do not love this song. In fact, the only reason I tolerate it is that it reminds me of the 96 Olympics, and I just love the Olympics!
  
• David Bowie - Changes: Ahh! A much better choice! A great Bowie classic....for all times!
  
• Queen Latifah - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl: Again the Queen has done it! From her second CD of standards, this is just a gorgeous voice singing a cute song!
  
• Third Eye Blind - Jumper: A great 90's rock song that is sad when you listen to the lyrics, but just a fun song.
  
• Eric Clapton - Sunshine Of Your Love: A classic guitar inro! One of those songs you hear and instantly love!
  
• The Beatles - Lady Madonna: A classic! And just in time for the bra's 100 birthday! (Had to get some Madonna reference in there)
  
• Kelly Clarkson - My Grown Up Christmas List: Possibly one of my all time favorite contemporary Christmas songs. It just seems to go so well with the way of the world and how everything around seems to be in constant disaray!

Anyways, thats the list! Please feel free to comment, etc.!

The Week-End Wrap & Review : Monday Morning Edition

Well, it has definately been one busy, crazy, displaced week! I am still out of my room (crossing my fingers to move in in the next couple of days!). I worked Friday-Saturday-Sunday, which is why this has become the Monday Edition for this week. Anyways, here's the run down for last week:

What I Saw: Well, not too many movies were played this week over here at the Scribbler's Nook. I did watch Hairspray, which is just a fun and entertaining movie. All of the cast seem to fit their part nicely (even John Travolta). Right now at home I have waiting to be watched: Skin Walkers, Waitress, and Live Free or Die Hard, so look in next weeks Wrap Up to hear about those!

What I Heard: Two words...Alicia Keys! I have been listening to her new album, As I Am, for days now and it is fantastic! She never stops evolving and creating something new and better! This time around she still has her R&B and Soul roots, but adds rock into it, and the result is just amazing! I have also been listening to some Christmas music around the house and in the car, mostly Jo Dee Messina's A Joyful Noise.

What I Read: Well, I am still reading The Book of Lost Things. Being displaced temporarily from room has not given me a good reading area, so it got put on the back burner, but I got to read some of it while I was at work over the weekend! So far, it is a great book.