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Happy Birthday sweet girl!

My little niece turns one today! I can't believe a year ago she was making her grand entrance into the world! Karis is so precious and I can't wait to watch her grow up and see her personality shine. I'm so sad that we don't get to see her as often as we like but I know that we are going to be buds - I can tell. She has grown and changed so much over the last year and I know that she is going to grow and change so much over this next year with more talking and walking. It's crazy! So- Happy Birthday Karis! Uncle Jason and Aunt Elizabeth love you!

What I've been reading

My parents gave me lots of books for Christmas that were on my long wish list of books. I had the week off after Christmas and although I had my niece here, I was able to read at night and stay up late to read. I have finished 3 books and I'm on book four already. I may or may not be staying up late to read even when I have to work in the morning. So here is a review of the books that I have finished:

This was about a little girl with osteogenia imperfecta (brittle bone disease) who breaks bones by just running into things. Her mother decides to sue her Ob-gyn for a wrongful birth suit to get money for her daughter. Jodi Piccoult always seems to find controversial issues to write about it and the ones that I have read all seem to have a court case. Overall, I liked this book and it gave a greater picture of what these people have to go through, but like all the Piccoult books I've read - it's not a happily ever after ending.

This author has written many historical fiction novels. She wrote the Other Boleyn girl that was turned into a movie. I loved this book! It's the story of the War of the Roses before King Henry VIII and the war for the throne. It's also the story of the two princes that were kept in the tower and no one to this day is for sure what happened to them. I am big fan of historical fiction because although I know not everything in the book is true, I always end up researching the characters after I finish reading the book.

This was book was weird. Good but weird. There were some things I didn't care for - graphic details of things I don't want to read and the way it would jump from character to character third person without warning. I'm now reading The Time Traveler's Wife which is written by the same author and have come to realize I think it's this lady's style of writing overall. The verdict is still out.

The Bachelor

So you may have read this post where I talked about Wes and the ridicoulousness of ABC to make up crap for ratings. Well...they are at it again. This time by ruining a girl's reputation and saying she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. I feel so bad for Rozlyn. Why does ABC think its necessary to get ratings by throwing somebody under the bus and making her look like a hoe? I am totally appalled at the producers and at Chris Harrison who are so willing to lie for the sake of the show! I can't believe they call this reality t.v! I am now more than a believer that this is all staged and how silly it is.

However, I still am going to watch this season because of the blogs that I read about it and to make fun of it. I swear I don't know where they get some of these girls but Michelle (crazy cuckoo Michelle) I think might just be the closest one I've seen that needs to be placed in a mental hospital. I mean, wow......

And the cheesiest award last night goes to the "On the wings of Love" clip while Ali and Jake are in the plane - was that really necessary? I think not.

Anyways, if anyone is looking for a good laugh please read www.ihategreenbeans.com. Lincee, the girl who writes the blog, does a recap of the bachelor every Tuesday and gives a comical side to it. I have almost spewed whatever I was drinking because of one of her comments.

P.S. If anyone is into finding out spoilers like me, then head on over to Reality Steve. He's got some good ones. He knows who Jake chooses and knows the real story behind the "scandal" that came out in last night's episode. You won't believe who he chooses in the end. And I know that you could say, well he may be wrong, but he also said who was going to get roses on the dates and what the group dates were for several of the episodes and right now -he's 100% accurate.

I'm so embarrassed that I used to think that this show was real. It's as real as the "two girls" that every girl seems to want to flaunt this season - which means - fake as the oakleys that you buy in Mexico.

Guess what?...

..I had waiting for me in the mail this evening when I came home from work? My Nikon D40 that I bid and won on Ebay. I was so happy - I did my own little dance. I'm so excited to learn how to use this camera and I'm hoping it won't just magically break like my old camera did 3 weeks ago. Maybe I'll even take a photography class...but I'm getting ahead of myself. For now, I will leave you with this:

It's ok to drool....I won't tell anyone =).

Niece TIME!!

Since I was off from work this week, my niece, Kaydence,came back with us on Sunday and stayed until New Year's Eve. It was so much fun to spend time with just her because usually I have to share my time between her and her brother. We did lots of fun things and I spoiled her. We went to the movies, had a play date with some friends of mine, went to Chic-Fil-A, put on make up, and played and played. I even introduced her to the movie Sleeping Beauty. She loved it and wanted to bring it back home with her. I think I might have to get it for her birthday. (Sshh!) I can't wait til she can come visit again and I am already planning all the fun things we can do next time - the zoo, the pool, etc.

She wanted pancakes for dinner and so she got pancakes!! She helped Jason flip the pancakes - she's actually really good!!

She colored a Snow White picture for me. Lucye loved Kaydence by the way and pretty much followed her wherever she went. So cute.

At the movies to see the Princess and the Frog. What a cute movie! She got excited because they talked about gumbo in the movie and she had had it a couple of days before when Uncle Jason cooked it for the family.

Making cookies!! I may or may not have let her lick the beaters when we were through with them =).

We made princess jewelry!!

I was so sad to say good-bye to her on Thursday although I do enjoy my quiet time now =). Can't wait til next time!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I can not believe that it is already 2010! I feel like it was yesterday that we were ringing in the year 2000 with its Y2K scare and all. People keep telling me that is what happens when you get older - that time seems to go by so much more quickly - and I think they may be right. Except I don't want to get older =). Oh well.

Jason and I rang in the New Year with some friends of ours. It was very low key but was so much fun. We played Balderdash and ate a whole bunch of yummy food. Jason had a hard time staying up until midnight but he did - probably because I kept bugging him =) I had to have my New Year's kiss.=) Later that day, we had New Year's lunch with Jason's aunt and uncle. We had the traditional food of pork, cabbage, and black eyed peas so we can have health, wealth, and prosperity (if you believe in that kind of stuff =P) Does anybody else have the traditional meal? I'm thinking that it must be a southern thing because I have a friend that grew up in the north and had never heard of this tradition.

I haven't decided if I am going to make New Year's resolution this year. Last year, I made resolutions and to motivate me I wrote a list, printed it out and placed it on my refrigerator. Well....I didn't keep any of my resolutions last year even though I saw them every time I went in to the kitchen. I don't know if I can take that kind of disappointment again. Maybe I can just make a resolution that I will have a great 2010! That shouldn't be too hard, right?? Did anyone else make resolutions for the New Year? Or do you think that they are silly?

Here's to a very happy and wonderful 2010!