May 15, 2013

  • Mayan Pyramid Bulldozed

    A Mayan Pyramid in Belize that has stood for 2,300 years, has recently been bulldozed. Why you might ask? Well, to make fill for the roads. 
    Yes, something that is very old, part of history and not to mention, part of a culture, is now fill for the roads. You can read more about it here.
    Isn't that just horrible? Things like this shouldn't happen. This ancient Mayan Pyramid shouldn't have been bulldozed. It should be able to stay where it was, undisturbed for the people of now and future generations to see. It just makes me sad when things like this happen.
    What do you think of the Mayan Pyramid being bulldozed?  

May 14, 2013

  • Update On The Plants

    I promised you all an update on the plants. So, here is one and I took some pictures.

    This is one of the tomato plants, but it is the bigger of the two and growing really well.
    And these are the strawberries. Still small, but they are growing.
    I had planted Sunflowers inside in a small pot, but ended up dying. So, some are planted outside now and beginning to grow. I'll eventually take pictures of these to share as well.
    That is the update for now.

May 13, 2013

  • Monday. . .

    Well, it's Monday now. The weekend went fast and I honestly can't think of anything to blog about. I haven't had time yet to take pictures of the books I bought at last week's library book sale. 

    I have been making crafts though. I've been finding places to list my store online and even created an account on LinkedIn. 
    I'm still going through more stuff and preparing for this weekend's yard sale. Like I mentioned in another post, Xangans from Pennsylvania are welcome to come to yard sale. If you're not too far away from me, that is. 
    Yesterday I went to Wal-mart and was looking at their laptops, as I still want to buy one to use just for writing. I found one, it's $298 and it is an HP. Here is a picture of it:
    That's the one I'd like to get, but I still don't have enough money for it. Hopefully I'll get enough money soon to get it.
    Not much else has been going on with me. Just making crafts, writing, reading and trying to get my business out there more.
    Did everyone have a nice weekend? Did you do anything?

May 12, 2013

May 11, 2013

  • Cleaning, Writing And Other Stuff

    Well, I have a post I was going to write today, but I got busy and forgot what I was going to write.

    I cleaned one of my hamster's cages, went through some stuff and was throwing some stuff away. I'm preparing for the next yard sale, which is the 18th of this month. My mom called and put an ad in the news paper. It will go in online Monday and put in the print paper Tuesday, which is what I deliver. The woman told her that many of the yard sale people go online to their paper for the upcoming yard sales to make their list for the weekend. That was good to hear. I hope we get lots of people coming on the 18th. 
    I did put up an ad at the Middletown library when I went on Monday. I went to their book sale and got some great books. I haven't taken pictures yet because I've still been busy. But I will try to take pictures soon and share what I got with you all.
    With all that I've been doing, I've still found time for reading. From my last post you can see I've joined a book challenge. It's been fun so far. 
    And I even wrote a short story a few days ago. Sorry I can't post it on here, but soon I want to start looking for a place to submit it. Hopefully this weekend I'll have some more time for writing. It was so nice to write that short story.
    Well, that's pretty much all that's been going on with me.
    What has everyone else been up to?

May 10, 2013

  • 50 States Book Challenge

    On Goodreads one of my groups started a challenge called the 50 States Book Challenge. The challenge is to read 50 books, each one has to be set in one of the 50 states. And all the books have to be young adult. They can't be adult, nonfiction or biography. All the books have to be young adult and set in each of the 50 states.

    I joined the challenge and have finished 4 books so far. @adamswomanback asked if I had posted about the challenge yet and since she said something, I figured I would. It's a challenge on goodreads, but if anyone of you want to join and just do your updates about on Xanga, that would be great. Or if you're on goodreads and want to know what group is doing the challenge, I can tell you so you can join the challenge.

    So, this is my list of books. Ones I've found so far to read. The ones I've read already are marked as "Read".

    Alaska: My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
    Alabama: The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
    Arizona: The Kachina Doll Mystery by Carolyn Keene
    Arkansas:
    California: Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison
    Colorado: Finding My Place by Traci L. Jones - Read
    Connecticut: Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson - Read
    Delaware:
    Florida:
    Georgia: The Awakening by Marley Gibson - Read
    Hawaii:
    Idaho: Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
    Illinois: On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming
    Indiana: Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
    Iowa: Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
    Kansas:
    Kentucky: Underground by Jean Ferris
    Louisiana: Locked in Time by Lois Duncan
    Maine: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
    Maryland: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
    Massachusetts: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi
    Michigan: Return to the Island by Gloria Whelan
    Minnesota: Land of Dreams by Joan Lowery Nixon
    Mississippi:
    Missouri: Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
    Montana:
    Nebraska:
    Nevada:
    New Hampshire:
    New Jersey: Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney
    New Mexico:
    New York: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn - Read
    North Carolina: Keeper of the Light by Jan O'Donnell Klaveness
    North Dakota:
    Ohio: The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee
    Oklahoma:
    Oregon:
    Pennsylvania: Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
    Rhode Island: The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
    South Carolina:
    South Dakota:
    Tennessee:
    Texas: Shadowmaker by Joan Lowery Nixon
    Utah:
    Vermont:
    Virginia: A Month of Sundays by Ruth White
    Washington: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
    West Virginia: Snow in Summer by Jane Yolen
    Wisconsin:
    Wyoming:

    If anyone of you decide to do this challenge, let me know. I'd like to watch your progress :)

May 9, 2013

  • Iron Man 3

    Yesterday Marc and I went to see Iron Man 3 in the theater. When the second one was released, we had saw that in the theater too. It was really good and so I was looking forward to the third one.
    Iron Man 3 didn't disappoint. It was a very good movie. Action-packed, funny and serious when it was needed. But besides saying that I really liked it, I'm not saying really anything else about the movie. I don't want to spoil it for others. But if you like the other two movies as I did, I'm sure you'll enjoy the newest one too.
    Have you seen Iron Man 3 yet? Are you going to see it while it's in the movie theater?

May 8, 2013

  • Positivity

    Just giving you all some positivity for today. Laugh, love, live and enjoy life!

    I hope everyone has a great day :)

May 7, 2013

  • Book Recommendations: Lost In Foreign Passions

    Lost in Foreign Passions: Love & betrayal, passion & loss in the heart of an alien land
    Book: Lost in Foreign Passions: Love & betrayal, passion & loss in the heart of an alien land
    Author: Debra Kamza

    Publication Date: January 17, 2013
    Pages: 428
    Debra was a Christian and at age 18, while in college, met Reza who was Iranian man and a Muslim. He was different, extreme in his beliefs, but he was also charming. They fell in love and eventually married. Debra hoped for mother to accept her marriage, but it didn't happen and she hurt, feeling she had to choose between her mother and her husband.
    Soon Debra became pregnant and eventually, went to Iran with her husband. And it all soon turned into a nightmare.
    This is Debra's true story of her time in Iran, being married to Iranian man, life in Iran and as a Muslim. Also about her son who was taken from her.
    I'm honestly having trouble finding the words to express how I feel about this book. I have wanted to read it for a number of years now and I'm happy to finally have read it. It was very well-written and often I felt as if I was there, experiencing what the author herself had experienced. There were a lot of different emotions in this book and I felt all of them: the happiness, the love, sadness, anger and betrayal.
    From this book I learned more about Iran and how women are treated there. I knew some of it already, but it's always hard to read. I believe everyone should have freedom, but of course, those in power always have different opinions on such matters.
    The book has left me with a lot to think about and be thankful for. One thing is that I live in America and while maybe women aren't seen as completely equal here, it is definitely not like it is in Iran.
    This book can be very sad at times, sometimes even frightening because of some of the things she went through, but people need to read this and knows things like this really happen. 
    I personally think the author is an amazing woman and I'm happy she shared her story. Hopefully someone will read this book who is in a similar situation and maybe it will help them to try and break free of their prison as well. 
    I most definitely recommend this book to everyone.

May 6, 2013

  • Yard Sale

    Sorry for not writing a post yesterday. After the yard sale on Saturday, I was just so tired and just kind of relaxed all day Sunday. 

    The yard sale was a lot of work. It took time to go through my stuff, plus help my mom and we haven't finished going through everything yet, but we already had quite a bit to put out for the yard sale. Then, we had to get everything set up. The yard sale started at 7am.
    A few weeks ago our neighbor called and said they were having a yard sale. They asked if we wanted to join and sell some of our stuff. So we did and had a double yard sale. But the thing was, our neighbor didn't advertise the yard sale. On the day of the yard sale, they put a sign up across the yard from our houses. So we didn't get many people stopping or many buyers. The neighbors had more buyers, but not very many. In total, I made $2 and my mom made $5. 
    So, on May 18, which is a Saturday, we're having another yard sale. We talked to our neighbor and they want to do a yard sale again too. This time, it is going in the newspaper. We are making ads to put on the community board at the library and other places in town as well. Today I'm going to the library book sale in Middletown and I plan on putting an ad up on their board also. I hope we all the advertising we do this time, we will have a lot of buyers. 
    My mom and the neighbors are trying to make some quick money to pay bills. So, they were really hoping to sell a lot on Saturday, but it didn't happen. We were all disappointed. 
    I know some of you on here live in Pennsylvania. I'm not sure if any of you are close to me, but I live in Elizabethtown. If you live in Elizabethtown, or close by, I welcome you to our yard sale on the 18th. If you want to come, send me a message and I will tell you where you can find our double yard sale in my town. Me, my mom and our neighbors would appreciate your visit and if you buy anything. 
    How was everyone's weekend?