Now Reading: Princess In Pink
I am so in love with Cynthia Schmidt's art, I may just have to feature a particular picture every week. She's also nice as all get out on top of it. I can't say enough how much I like her stuff; it makes me laugh and think of fairytales, and neither of those two things is bad. :)
It's so hot here during the day that I swear, even thinking is hard, and it takes hours for the house to finally cool down after the sun sets, and about the time it finally gets comfortable, the sun is up again. Luckily, the man of the house today hit on the idea of setting the fans *outside* the doors and windows and blowing the already cool air in, instead of trying to draw it in. The new method works so much better that it's shocking, and the house is cooling down a lot more rapidly. I may even get some stuff done tonight. That's a really good thing, because I have images to take, but running 3 very bright lights is very unhappy work when your house is still 93 degrees inside at 11pm. :( Today I just left the house altogether to go sit inside a fast food place to have a coke and read a book in the a/c.
The book in question was Meg Cabot's Princess In Pink, Book 5 of the Princess Diaries series, which I really love. I have to say, I think this may very well be my favorite book of the series so far. If this series had been around when I was a kid, I would have wanted to be Princess Mia in a way I only ever wanted to be Trixie Belden, my other teen lit hero. Heck, I still identify with Mia, just, um, somewhat older. ;) When I was 13, I wanted to be 13 forever, because that's how old Trixie was; if Mia had been around, I would have been happy to hold at 15, which is how old Mia turns in Book 5. :) Meg Cabot really has a handle on how geeky young adolescent girls feel, and I'm guessing she was a bit of a geek herself. :) I wish I were as fond of her other heroines as I am of Princess Mia, but I just can't get into the other books, so far. I hope she never stops writing Princess books, because they're seriously some of my favorites.
Periodically, I like to look through the books for young adults and see what's there. I still love reading those books. They're always either adorable and fun or deal with positive life lessons. Either way, they're a good read. :)
And next on my reading list are Books 2 and 3 of the Dresden Files, Fool Moon and Grave Peril, respectively. That Harry Dresden gets under your skin; especially if you have James Marsters in your head while you're reading them. ;)
I'm really happy to be going to the Santa Monica bead show and torturing myself this weekend, since I can't go to the mecca of beads, the LA Gift Show. And, I get to go with my cool pal KJ, whose latest blog entry reminds me I have to do my taxes. Which is good and bad. Good because now I (hopefully) won't forget, and since I am the Queen of Procrastination, there's a very good chance I will, and bad because I really don't want to do them. Actually, the reason I am going to the show is so I can hang out and have lunch with Kelly Jo. The torturing myself looking at all the beads I have no money to buy right now is a much less attractive part of the deal. :(
I have started a diet, which was going really well for the first 5 days. Now...not so much. ::sigh:: Why must diets suck so much? They all make you cut out my favorite food combo of all time, chocolate and potato chips. Potato chips lightly dipped in milk chocolate? Heaven. As well, why is exercise hot and sweaty, two things I really hate?
Oh well. Check ya later.
J
It's so hot here during the day that I swear, even thinking is hard, and it takes hours for the house to finally cool down after the sun sets, and about the time it finally gets comfortable, the sun is up again. Luckily, the man of the house today hit on the idea of setting the fans *outside* the doors and windows and blowing the already cool air in, instead of trying to draw it in. The new method works so much better that it's shocking, and the house is cooling down a lot more rapidly. I may even get some stuff done tonight. That's a really good thing, because I have images to take, but running 3 very bright lights is very unhappy work when your house is still 93 degrees inside at 11pm. :( Today I just left the house altogether to go sit inside a fast food place to have a coke and read a book in the a/c.
The book in question was Meg Cabot's Princess In Pink, Book 5 of the Princess Diaries series, which I really love. I have to say, I think this may very well be my favorite book of the series so far. If this series had been around when I was a kid, I would have wanted to be Princess Mia in a way I only ever wanted to be Trixie Belden, my other teen lit hero. Heck, I still identify with Mia, just, um, somewhat older. ;) When I was 13, I wanted to be 13 forever, because that's how old Trixie was; if Mia had been around, I would have been happy to hold at 15, which is how old Mia turns in Book 5. :) Meg Cabot really has a handle on how geeky young adolescent girls feel, and I'm guessing she was a bit of a geek herself. :) I wish I were as fond of her other heroines as I am of Princess Mia, but I just can't get into the other books, so far. I hope she never stops writing Princess books, because they're seriously some of my favorites.
Periodically, I like to look through the books for young adults and see what's there. I still love reading those books. They're always either adorable and fun or deal with positive life lessons. Either way, they're a good read. :)
And next on my reading list are Books 2 and 3 of the Dresden Files, Fool Moon and Grave Peril, respectively. That Harry Dresden gets under your skin; especially if you have James Marsters in your head while you're reading them. ;)
I'm really happy to be going to the Santa Monica bead show and torturing myself this weekend, since I can't go to the mecca of beads, the LA Gift Show. And, I get to go with my cool pal KJ, whose latest blog entry reminds me I have to do my taxes. Which is good and bad. Good because now I (hopefully) won't forget, and since I am the Queen of Procrastination, there's a very good chance I will, and bad because I really don't want to do them. Actually, the reason I am going to the show is so I can hang out and have lunch with Kelly Jo. The torturing myself looking at all the beads I have no money to buy right now is a much less attractive part of the deal. :(
I have started a diet, which was going really well for the first 5 days. Now...not so much. ::sigh:: Why must diets suck so much? They all make you cut out my favorite food combo of all time, chocolate and potato chips. Potato chips lightly dipped in milk chocolate? Heaven. As well, why is exercise hot and sweaty, two things I really hate?
Oh well. Check ya later.
J
posted by Jenie at 8:50 PM
5 Comments:
Hey, don't forget about Nancy Drew ;-) My fave as a kid. And yeah, I don't have much $ to spend at the show either - mostly going to pick up something for one customer. But, if I remember, you said you'd only been to the gift shows and not to any of the other bead shows (unless I'm wrong?) so maybe it'll be worthwhile just to look around and check it out and see how it compares on price and quality, etc.
Oh and btw...it's Kelly JEAN (but it's okay because I think I figured out you pronounce yours as "jeeny" and I've been saying "jenny" so we're even LOL)
D'you know any cool places to go have lunch in Santa Monica?
KJ
Nancy Drew was my sleuth of choice until I discovered Trixie. :) I still enjoy ND mysteries. :) I am totally happy to be going to check out what the show is like, that is true. I should focus on that and not that I have no money; thanks for the positive heads up. :) And I am glad you invited me. :) DOH! on the last name. I do not know why I thought it was Kelly Jo. Sorry! I will fix that in my entry. :) I know a coupla places in SM, yes. I don't know how near the bead show they are, since they are almost all on the 3rd St. Promenade. I'll scope it out. :)
Cool. I'm so excited - I think this will be fun! And I don't have much $ to spend either so we'll just have to really really really enjoy lunch ;-)
KJ
Cynthia Schmidt! Oh my, what a fun site. Bear Lake, Fairy Dreams and those Cranky Kitties!!
Thanks for the link!
You are certainly welcome. :)
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