Some Harry Potter Pimpin'

Hello All!
I almost missed my April post here.  I also see that I did make a March post, only because I entered a book giveaway contest.  I need to step my game up over here!  In my 101 in 1001 my goal is to make at least one post a month here, I am totes doing the bare minimum.  If I could just keep my ass off Twitter and Pinterest maybe I would have more time. Ill try to make an effort. Maybe.We shall see.

 Lets see...what to write about today. DING, I got it.  Today is my friend's birthday, she turned 35 25.  She might kill me for writing this. But then again I don't think she knows of my blogging.  Well she will today. So any who, my friend.... lets call her HotMama,.... (I know but my wit and clever meter is low today, it is Monday I just can't think of anything more catchy than that.) I'm rambling......
So It was brought to my attention that HotMama didn't know a motherfecking thing about Harry Potter. Nothing.  At.  All.  I mean I know I myself is considered a "new" fan by just reading the books in 2009, but holy shit balls at least I knew Harry was a Wizard, and he had 2 best friends that fought bad guys.  Yes that was my extent. But HotMama here knows nothing and I was like OH Hold Up Here!  I mean I know she is not the only one of my friends who are uneducated in the Harry Potter world, but I guess she was just in the right place at the right time.  Now she & I usually do not exchange gifts on our birthdays (my b-day is just 6 days before her) we usually just enjoy our awesomeness that is having a birthday in April 6 days apart. But that day was a lucky one for HotMamma! I was bored at work, my mind going off in its little world of cray as it often does and I thought: "I'm going to send HotMama some Harry Potter books for her birthday."  Then I thought: "Well she might just use the books as scrap paper, I must write her a letter to go along with it."  Thinking that, that may not be enough I thought: "Well I think i need to compose a persuasive writing piece, to make her not be able to resist reading these books." So that is what I set off to do.  I wrote her a nice persuasive piece on why she needs to read Harry Potter. I also included some history on the books and JKR.  I typed it up, wrapped up a nice package, with a beautiful Birthday Card greeting for her.  Even though she only lives 15 minutes from me I sent this package through the mail, because it would get to her before I would be able to.  In the package there were strict instructions to follow. Because I didn't want her to open the gift and roll her eyes at the Harry Potter pushing I was inflictioing on her.  Each book was wrapped and I took it back to middle school (in the 90s) and folded her persuasive letter in "that way we use to fold notes back in the day" with the word "pull" on it and all.
I sent HotMama a text warning  heads up that "a package was on its way". 
She responded with "I'm scared"
I said: "you will encounter the most Nerdiest thing ever in your life. Don't be scared. Just follow the directions. LOL"
She said with: "Ha! OK! I like nerds."
(at this point I was thinking yessssss she just may read these books)
The day HM received her package I get this text: "I just received and opened my birthday package. I laughed out loud, you are fecking hilarious"
Me: Do you love it? Did I persuade you?
HM: I loved it. U might have persuaded me...key word...might.
Ill take it.  I also decided to keep this Harry Potter letter on hand for my next victim, clueless Harry Potter, friend who needs to know about this Harry Potter business. 

 Below you can take a look at the particular letter that I wrote to my dear friend.  

Happy Birthday My Darling!

I decided to send you this gift in hope that you will enjoy it as much as I did.
Ok go ahead and open the first package.
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Did you roll your eyes? Laugh, shake your head? Well whatever you did hear me out.
After we played Draw Something and you didn’t know who Harry Potter was, I was thinking this is just blasphemy! Everyone knows at least a teeny tiny little bit of something of Harry Potter, even if they have not read the books or watched the movie. I mean at least people know he is a Wizard for fecks sake! LOL You are such a Muggle.
Yeah Yeah I’ve lost my marbles….keep hearing me out….
If you are an avid reader or not, if you think that Harry Potter is for children, or if Harry Potter is not your type of book, or if you just don’t give a damn….once you start reading you will enjoy the story. I promise.
Enclosed I have provided you with your own set of Harry Potter books…Books 1 -3. If you would just read these 3 books, just to appease me, I will be the happiest nerd in town.
Now if after you’ve completed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (aka the third book) and you are not intrigued to move to the fourth book, I will be proven wrong and won’t force feed you the Harry Potter books anymore! But if you want to know what happens in the next four books, please read on. I mean I am providing you with the books, so there will be no excuse not to read on. Unless you find them uninteresting & unreadable then fine, I’ll back the eff up, and move on to something else.
(I am baggin myself up here, I feel like a JW at the front door on a Saturday morning, but with Harry Potter)
In conclusion, I have provided some information about the author (I think you will appreciate) and some info on each book before you start reading (if you decide to do) this feels so formal don’t it! Haa haa, I’m totally going to give this letter and books to other people after you, why? because I am a big NERD! But I wouldn’t do it if what I was asking you to read was not pure brilliance. It’s an amazing story! I thought was strictly for children, and yes it starts out as an easy child’s read, but builds into an amazing journey and story!
So just read the fecking books! Text, FB, Tweet, email, call, come visit me while you read, with comments, questions, and pronunciations (ill try my best there) and don’t be a cheating cheater who cheats & just watch the movies…because I will know! You could each book then watch its movie. It’s a good way to get a good visual. But the books are more amazing than the movies. Just saying. (I could totes bring the movie over and we could watch and have wine)
So happy birthday boo boo! Hopefully you can say I fell in love with the Harry Potter books at age 35! :o)
Xoxo
Love your neardiest friend ever,
Plumcrazyyy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOTMAMA!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!! APRIL BIRTHDAYS ARE BOSS!!!




 Yeah thats how I roll.
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Me

Booky Wook

Do you snack while you read? Yes
If so, favorite reading snack? anything non greasy, don't want to mess up my book pages
Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? ewww, writing in books horrify me
How do you keep your place while reading a book? Book mark, or use the book's dust cover
Bookmark? yes, anything I can find Dog-ears? Nooo! don't bend the pages Laying the book flat open? if its a soft cover
Fiction, Non-fiction, or both? Both, and some Fan Fiction
Hard copy or audio books? Hard Copy, If I have read the book ans love it I will do an audio book
Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point? Depending where I am in a book, I can usually put it down, but never in the middle of a good part!
If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away? No I use the context clues, if that does not help I'll look it up later
What are you currently reading? Shiver
What is the last book you bought? Shiver
Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can you read more than one at a time? I usually read one at a time, but I have been know to read up to 3 at a time, not to mention the multiple Fan fiction stories I have going
Do you have a favorite time of day and/or place to read? Anytime any place
Do you prefer series books or stand alone books? Both, I only read a series if it is complete (I try) I love a series when I love the character, I like to spend as much time with them as possible (Hello Edward Cullen, or Harry Potter & Co.)
Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over? Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, Jessica Darling Series, Marcus Zusack
How do you organize your books? (By genre, title, author’s last name, etc.?) Me organize? pffftttt I just try to keep them in one place lol

It's been a while

Yeah Yeah it's been a while since I made an update. Oops my bad, but since I am really bad at keeping up with things I start, this is as to be expected. I haven't been working on my list, actually the things that I completed in the past few months I did with out realizing that they were on my list. So where have I been, what have I been up too? Well I have been stuck up New Moon's ass. I completed a reread to prepare myself for the movie, went to the movie a few times (what? I cannot say no to friends/kids/nieces that want to see it with me), I have been doing the holiday thing, even though I am not in the mood, and fan fiction has sucked me in completely, I cannot stop reading it, it's kind of getting out of control, seeing how I haven't really read a "real" book in a while. But I WILL meet my goal, sirree, I will. I got a new phone, have have entered the Crackberry world. I love this phone, I see carpel tunnel in my future in the wrists and my neck (can you get that in your neck?) but I am always on that bastard, I cant help it. And I traveled to Boston for a fun quick trip. Ok on to my list of things that I have completed:

12: De Clutter Office. Well I didn't personally do it myself, I would have, someday but my sister did it for me. And since its done I don't have to do it, so I can mark it off the list.

18. New TV Stand We got this new stand about 3 months ago, its just what I wanted and I love it, now we are not breaking our necks to watch TV, and everything has a spot.

51. Make a real batch of cookies Yes I did it, and they came out good enough to eat. The girls, B and I all worked together and made chocolate chip, ans sugar cookies form scratch. I didn't even burn any. When making these I realize that I am a very messy baker, there was flour and shit everywhere...all well no one said I was a good baker, one thing at a time people.

62. Visit sister T's house. I forgot I put this on my list. I put it on there because I realize I don't spend enough time with sister T. We had our reasons, but we decided to say fuck it and hang out more, allot more, I am getting to know my nephew better and she is getting to know her nieces better. T is also coming to my house as well and I thought her how to cook baked ziti. We also trade books with each other. I'm glad we hooked up with each other again.

65. Gather kid's baby clothes for quilt. So my grandmother is an awesome quilt maker. I have a few from her that i love. I don't know where the idea came from, but I read or saw some there that those little baby clothes that you save, instead of throwing them in a box, into the back of the closet you can make them into something, like a quilt. I brought this idea up to Grand mom and she thought it was the best idea. So I gathered all the little cute outfits that I saved, even the girl's dresses that they wore in our wedding (yeah our own kids were in our wedding) I will be sure to post a photo when I get it.

79. Take a Bath Sounds like an easy enough thing to do right? Wrong. I can't remember the last time I took an actual bath. My daughter asked my why I was in the bath, because moms do not takes baths, they take showers!

85. Go to the Movies with Sam (3/5) We went to the movies again, to see New Moon. No I did not have to drag him kicking & screaming, he went willingly so when I talk about it, he will somewhat know what I am talking about. We left the movie and he tells me he is a Werewolf since he is always hot, and I am a Vampire since I am cold. Umm ok, lol. He still wants to bitch slap Bella, not for her blinking and stuttering this time, he says she is a dirty whore for playing those 2 boys. hee hee

95. Buy Harry Potter Book Set (5/7) Sam surprised me with the first 5 hardback Harry Potter Books, he picked them up at a book fair! Now I just have to get the last 2 books and I will have all 7 of those wonderful books!

Read 50 books in a year. I reached my goal by the skin of my teeth. I will post that in a seperate entry, I do not have my list with me.

More, More

So I have noticed that my blog looks like shadoobie. The fonts are all jammed up, different sizes, light dark, it drives me nuts. But I am a first time blogger so I need to work on & prefect it, please be patient with me. I am slow. However, I have more to report:

This is my favorite task to complete: #33 Read 50 books in 2009 (35/50)


Book # 35: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Yes this is a re-read. But it's a big fat book and I took my time reading it again, so I am totes counting it, again. Hey it's my list! I am glad that I reread this book again. I don't know what I was smokin' the first time I read it but I forgot allot of little things. I can honesty say that this is the best book that I have ever read, ever. This is the final book in the series, and it pieces together all of the things from the first book bringing a whole new list of things for you to ponder. This was the best ending to a series that I have ever read, leaving me happy and satisfied with the characters that I fell in love with, even with the ones that i disliked. There are many surprises, twists and turns but wow, I could not read fast enough. My heart would pound when I was nervous for the characters, I was nervous, happy, sad..I have never went through a roller coaster of emotions like I did while reading a dang book! So I'll say it one more time..if you haven't all ready, read the Harry Potter Series dammit! :o)

I know, I have been slacking on my posts!

It's been a weird few weeks: C starting a new daycare, my work was super-de-duper busy for June, trying to get away from home to go to the beach, and S losing his job of 13 years due to the douchebaggery of Jiffy Lube, (which we have now banned & you should too), it has been quite weird. Oh and R's asthma decided it wanted to make an appearance after a year hiatus, hey asthma suck it! go away so we can enjoy the rest of the summer!

Ok back to the list, I have completed a couple of things:

# 33 Read 50 books in 2009 (33/50)

It has been a slow 2 weeks for reading for me. I started a book and *gasp* had to quit it because it sucked, big time. I am not a book quitter usually, but this book was horrid, so don't bother reading Prep, it was entirely boring. So instead I decided to pick up Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (6th year) for a re-read. Since the movie is coming out next week, I wanted to read the book again to freshen up, and boy am I glad I did, I forgot 1/2 of the stuff, since I read it so fast the 1st time. I also checked out the audio book from the library, and let me tell you the narrator of the Audio is the shiznet! I even listened to it in the car to much to C's chagrin! It's an excellent book. For those of you that have not experienced reading HP yet, run, don't walk and start, you don't know what you are missing.. srsly!

# 97 Don't watch Twilight for a week

When I added this to my list to begin with, I thought it was going to be hard, seeing how I watched the movie a least once a week. But now, that I have shoved it down every ones throat that I know, I have not watched it in the past 2 weeks. I currently have Harry Potter to distract me. But Mark, yeah you, I have not forgot about our Twilight date that I have promised you, don't worry you will get your chance to see this beautiful disaster of a movie with me! lol

# 78 Wear Shorts outside of the house (on the beach don't count)

Ok I am not a fan of shorts. I don't think I ever was, I decided that capris were my friend, that that's all I have warn for years. The only time you would see me rocking a pair of shorts would be in my house or on the beach over my bathing suit. I have never liked to wear them due to the fact that I am a whitey. A pasty white-whitey that burns and hardly tans. But since pale is the new tan, I decided to embrace my inner Cullen and just wear the effing shorts. I was sale shopping in American Eagle and found some cute ones this past weekend bought them and totally wore them all day long. And since they are cute I may just wear them again. Hey maybe my legs will catch a teeny tiny wee lil tan?

So that is all for now. I solemnly swear to work harder on my list, even though I have 1001 days to complete it, there are many things on the list that I can complete with ease if I just focus on it. I need not read Oh No They Didn't a few nights and I can actually accomplish something meaningful!

# 33 Read 50 Books in 2009

I finished 2 more books this week, bringing my total to 31 for the year. I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak was a good read, I really enjoyed it. Ed a 19 year old ordinary guy going about his boring life, gets caught up in the middle of a bank robbery. After that day he received playing cards in the mail, instructing him to complete tasks. He needs to figure out what to do with each one of these tasks, ultimately changing peoples lives and his in the process. Even thought it is located in the YA section of the book store, this book was not written like a YA book. I give it 5 * I really really liked it will will pass it along.

The next book I read was Holly's Inbox by Holly Denham. This big brick of a book was pretty funny. Once you get use to the writing style of this book, it's hard to stop reading. It's written in the style of emails. All the correspondence this through email, so the story goes pretty fast. All of the emails are through Holly's inbox at the start of her new job as a receptionst and goes on form there. I can't really say to much w/o giving away what happens, but it was fun to read some one elses emails for once, they are always more interesting! lol I will give this book 4* for cuteness!

# 33 Read 50 books in a year (29/50)

This is the only item on my list that I previously started before the list was made. I have read to many books this year to start fresh. This is the first time that I have kept track of books that I read. For future entries I will post after each book I read. But for this I will just list what read so far.
*Didn't Like
**it was OK
***liked it
****really liked it
*****it was Amazing

1. Sunday at Tiffany's J. Patterson ***
2. Harry Potter Sorcer's Stone Book 1 JKR ****
3. Dead Until Dark Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) Book 1 C Harris ***
4. Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets Book 2 JKR ***
5. Twilight Book 1 S Meyer ***** (LOVE)
6. New Moon Book 2 S Meyer ***** (I had to read it twice to love it)
7. This Lullaby Sara Dessen **
8. Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban JKR ***** (This book got me hooked on the series)
9. Eclipse Book 3 S Meyer *****
10. Harry Potter Goblet of Fire Book 4 JKR *****
11. Thirteen Reasons Why Asher ****
12. Breaking Dawn Book 4 (aka WTF?) S Meyer ***
13. Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix Book 5 JKR ****
14. Harry Potter Half Blood Prince Book 6 (aka tissues) JKR*****
15. Harry Potter Deathly Hollows Book 7 JKR***********Most AMAZING book EVER
16. Lock & Key Sara Dessen ****
17. Red Carpet Suicide: A guide on keeping up with the Hiltons Perez Hilton ***
18. Firefly Lane Kristin Hannah ***
19. Winter Girls Laurie Halse Anderson ***
20. The Time Travelers Wife Niffenegger ****
21. City of Bones Book 1 (Mortal Instruments Series) C. Clare ****
22. Sloppy Firsts Book 1 (Jessica Darling Series) Megan McCafferty ****
23. Second Helpings Book 2 Megan McCafferty *****
24. Charmed Thirds Book 3 ****
25. Fourth Comings Book 4 ***
26. Perfect Fifths Book 5 ****
27. City of Ashes Book 2 (Mortal Instruments) ****
28. Pretty in Plaid Jen Lancaster **
29. City of Glass Book 3 (Mortal Instruments) ****
30. My sisters Keeper Jodi Picoult (currently reading)

Yup I have been a book worm the past 6 months!! I decided to try the Harry Potter Series after all these years because a friend told me that I MUST. And omg! I was so surprised with myself, I actually LOVED everything about it. It's not my usual genre, it took a little getting use to, but I am so glad I finally listened, I didn't know what I was missing. So I am telling you now, if you haven't read it GO READ it NOW. The last book, it probably the best book that I have ever read, ever! I am very much looking forward to the Harry Potter Movie coming out next month, I don't know how these HP fans put up with all the waiting for the books & movies over the past 10 years.

ok Muggles, that's all for now!