WOW!

Well I am now a level 30 warlock as Gracie! woo hoo!
Also, dropping your laptop down the stairs is BAD. I'm sure most small children could fall down the stairs with less damage that is for sure!
New COOL magazine I found: "Bookmarks" - it reviews the newest books coming out. Very neat addition to my "Mental Floss" magazine which is the best magazine ever.

Easter Egg Hunt is going to happen.... We ordered so late I was not sure. But it is on March 15th. Easter just HAD to come early this year. And it has been a coooold year.

Mental note: children that had more patience and waited for more candy instead of instantly gratifying themselves with a little candy had higher SAT scores!

"the internet saves time"

I might have once bought this idea.... But now I think I had much more time to clean, work on hobbies, etc. without the internet. Too much distraction - but I know we can't get rid of it. And once we get a large TV I won't be able to keep hubby from getting cable. MTV and VH1 and all those nasty channels come with it. We get Fox movie channel and even that has some shows I don't want to be flipping through. These things are on at like 9pm at night. A lot of teenagers and pre-teens are up at that time.

Made Yummies

So I was craving IHOP pancakes and I knew I had the stuff at home - so why spend $5 on pancakes that cost $2 per box? Put some pecans in the batter, layered bananas and syrup on top - super YUMMY.

To answer my last posting, Huckabee IS for a flat tax. So he's my front runner now.

No current books - only waiting for my reserved books to come in.

Finished "Code to Zero"

It was an okay book. If you like fiction you would probably enjoy it. The characters were really interesting. Ken Follett always does good with characters I think.

Doing the taxes now and just realizing how much of my money Uncle Sam is really taking. Not a pretty picture. If anyone proposes the flat tax - you have my vote.

Currently reading "Code to Zero"

Okay well the last two postings were um... a little bitter (and you are thinking "a LITTLE??") LOL. Well back to keeping track of my books instead of ranting on random website about somethings I think little about anyway :-)

Ken Follett's "Code to Zero" I will be reading his books until I can get a hold of "World without End" which is the sequel to "Pillars of the Earth". His suspense novels are also quite good. The female characters of at least the last two books have unusual names: Elspeth (Code) and Aliena (Pillars). I have yet to find Aliena on the baby names list and not even quite sure how to pronounce it. Elspeth is actually quite interesting - a name you'd remember.

Fireplaces

Well I missed the fireplace clearance at the Hardware stores and William is happy about that. Dad said that he got his fireplace for 50% off when he went there! I COULD have gotten one, but noooooooo. That would actually make that area of the house look nice. Which no one but ME cares about because Maddox is too little to care, and since the area doesn't have a computer or toilet is of no use to William. UGH. It is much cheaper than ADDING a fireplace that is for sure. And they are all sold out online as well. So I have to wait an entire year again.

PF Chang's

Well, I ventured off to PK Chang's for the first time Friday night. Greeted by a hostess, cloth napkins and a lighting decor that rivals some museums - I assumed I was in for a real treat of the palate. Unfortunately, except for perhaps a couple dishes (lettuce wraps and calamari which are actually appetizers), everything there seemed like it was take-out Chinese food on a nice, white contemporary plate. I paid $22 for a couple of eggs rolls and a orange peel shrimp dish that the $4 First Wok joint could rival.

Conquest of Cold

Finished "Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold" - VERY interesting!!! Cold does some pretty nifty stuff!
Funny how most of the "Great" scientists were hermits kept in bed as children because of some illness or deformity.
Did you know?
-we list temperature in degrees because one of the original scales was divided up by 360?
-C' was centigrade until like 1944 or 1955 when they changed it to Celsius to honor him, but some people argue that others beat him or came up with it at the same time
-many metals become good conductors the colder they get - but gold doesn't

Read a 900 page book!

Finally finished "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett - if you skip the rape and sex scenes it is a REALLY good book. Except for one scene that has something to do with the plot, the rest seem to be just fluff. Or maybe Ken isn't getting any at home and has to write about it.

Currently reading "Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold" by Tom Shachtman. Very good non-fiction read to follow the NOVA episode of the same title. The things people didn't know back then!! But then again, maybe they will be saying that about us in 200 years.

Of importance, Maddox is now walking quite well. Right on time.