Yesterday I got up irritated. I worked out and did all the usual things, but the irritatiuon refused to go away. I couldn’t concentrate at all, so I went to run errands with Gordon. We sent some stuff overseas to Mods of Doom and mailed ON THE EDGE out to Brooke. Then we went to town, where we ate at Red Lobster and I broke my rule – I usually order water – and ordered a Long Island Iced Tea.
(Jeaniene, stop laughing.)
So after downing it, I wasn’t so irritated anymore. We went to BN, where I said hi to our books and bought TENTH GRADE BLEEDS by Heather Brewer. Kid 1 does NOT like vampire books. In fact, she doesn’t care for most UF/Horror/Romance… She doesn’t like to read that much, unlike Kid 2 who reads continuously. Don’t get me wrong, Kid 1 will read things like ALICE IN WONDERLAND 50 million times and Dickens and she did read TWILIGHT out of peer pressure. (Not only she did not like it, she would quote the parts she especially did not like to me. Kid 2 enjoyed TWILIGHT, so go figure.) She reads manga nonstop. But UF? Not so much. Especially because we write it and being parents, we’re uncool by definition.
But! Kid 1 loves Heather Brewer’s books. I think Heather could probably write a phone book and Kid 1 will read it and love it and it will be her precious. She truly writes excellent books.
Kid 1 also has a friend, who is very much into TWILIGHT, so much so, that this young lady believes TRUE BLOOD to be “an insult to Edward,” which just makes Kid 1 crazy. On Thursday she came home outraged. Apparently, her friend “got the third Vlad book before me! And she asked me if I would like to borrow it!” Sputter-sputter-more outrage.
So I knew I had better come out with the third Vlad book out of that BN or I would die a gruesome death.
I also bought EVIL GENIUS by Catherine Jinks for Kid 2. Purely on the strength of the title. I think Kid 2 is an evil genius. Will let you know what she thinks.
Gordon attempted to purchase another Scottish romance for me, but I thwarted his scheme. I will typically read a wide variety of books but faux Scottish burr is my cryptonite. As soon as I see “Och!”, I run the other way. Lord Panda, of course, thinks it’s hilarious and tries to buy them for me at every turn. Because once he buys it, I will read it, since he purchased it for me as a present.
BN done, we hit Pet Smart and bought new pillows for stinky dogs. There was a beautiful calico cat for adoption at Pet Smart. Her name is Delilah and I really, really wanted to adopt her. She was so sweet. But we already have three cats and at some point, you have to say no to yourself.
Then we went to Target to shoe shop for Gordon. By the end I was too tired. We stopped at MacDonald’s to get takeout for the kids (bribe!) and we also stopped to get a couple of bottles of wine. (We finally depleted our bottle bought two months ago, heh.) When we got home, there was a huge package full of Austrian chocolate on the doorstep. I can’t express how awesome that chocolate is. Thank you, Bea!
Wrote nothing. Bleah.
Started a new pair of socks. I finished the sorbet ones. I made them without toes just for fun.
PS. My blog stat thingie tells me what people search for to get to the site. Apparently people search for Alpha Menz. A lot. Heh.
I’m with you on the Scottish accent in books *shudders*.
I like hearing the real deal…but reading it — not so much.
Speaking of search terms, recently, the phrase that brought searchers to my site: “what does curran say to kate to convince her to be his mate”
Ummm….
- “Please?”
- “We have an excellent health care.”
- Nothing. She runs off with Doolittle instead.
I could go on…
Hahahaha!
Plan. Health Care Plan. Stoopid telephone calls.
sounds like you ended up having a great day out; good for you!
So… any chance we’ll be seeing more Alpha Menz? Maybe at B&N?
And my Kid 1 (7th grade) is a Buffy fan who started to read Twilight but couldn’t get into it. She took issue with all her classmates wearing “I like men who sparkle” T-shirts. So she enlisted me to make her a T-shirt that said “I like men who spontaneously combust”.
It makes her feel better to wear it, but most people don’t get it.
Or you could get her the tee shirt that says, “And then Buffy staked Edward. The end.”
I wear it all over town. I get unhappy looks, but mostly I receive thumbs up followed by a rant about sparkly vampires. Sparkly or no, vamps are toast in my opinion. Even Angel, though I would cry as I staked him because he’s a hunk. Which is why I love Ilona and Gordon’s vamps. Nothing to cuddle there. Stake ‘em all and sweep up the ashes.
Thanks! I feel a Christmas present coming on.
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hey ilona and gordon!
haha, you got the chocolate!!! wohooooooo! hope you like it *hops up and down*. let me know, will you?
hope nothing melted or broke
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now I’m all jealous. can’t eat chocolate at the moment
Bea,
The chocolate is fantastic. Nothing seemed melted or broken. Kid 2 and I love the c.d.s most of all. Oh also the wafers are outstanding. If it is not prying too much may I ask why can you not eat chocolate? Ilona loves the marzipan, it is her favorite.
Thank you so much,
Gordon
hi gordon,
you’re most welcome!
yeah, the cd-look is awesome, huh?
and I know ilona loves marzipan, that’s why I put in two
I can’t eat chocolate at the moment, because I got a wisdom tooth out on wednesday… though the pain is mostly gone, I still can’t eat much beside pudding, joghurt and cold soup. but I can have chocolate pudding
see, that’s the nice thing about chocolate: it melts! no chewing required.
=A
yeah, but it’s too sticky. I tried and it didn’t work so well. it’s not a problem
I can live without chocolate for a few days.
wednesday the stitches come out!!!
Hi Ilona
Thank you for sharing. Your children sound great and I’m glad Gordon took you out.
Love & Best Wishes to you & yours,
RKCharron
xoxo
And see I love the brogue represented in *most* books. My two favorite examples of awesome Scottish brogue writers are KMM (Karen Marie Moning) = kilt porn and Kresley Cole’s 1st IAD, “A Hunger Like No Other” .. . I will have seconds of that brogue please . . . LOL
Oh and might I add, I love your Alpha Menz too! I’m always hopeful you will post a chapter or snippet of Alpha Menz again at some point when your life slows down a bit. . .or when you need a break in your book writing and need to write something a bit darker. Not pushing, just always hopeful
every now and then, you need have days like that, though. really.
Alpha menz, huh? One hit that lands people on my blog a lot is ‘swooping breasts.’ followed closely by ‘kinky medical stories’. And the nurse in me SHUDDERS IN HORROR at that second one.
I’m not surprised that people search for Alpha Menz. We were begging for more even before this site came to life.
Enjoy the chocolate!
I find it funny that it took you a couple of months to get through one bottle of wine! More like two nights for my parents and older sister, ha! They’re not alcoholics, just two teachers and one very stressed carpenter.
Lol about Twilight. That book divides us all…
I totally understand the Alpha Menz search, that is a freaking good story.
Lol. I knew your day was gonna get better when you mentioned long island iced tea! Yxx
Twilight. Heh. Used to like it, but I think I fell in love with the whole UF genre and I think it looks kinda pale in comparison.
T’was fun reading this post. Glad you enjoyed your day. =)
Sorry, can’t controll my librarian side: You should try “Unwind” by Neil Shusterman for Kid 1. Very good SF/thinking book.
I’d humbly like to suggest LEVIATHAN (Scott Westerfeld). It’s a most excellent teen adventure with steampunk and alt. history elements. The book is gorgeous and includes illustrations.