Holy Crap - This One's Got Me Pegged

Found this fun little quiz from Rachel, Following in My Shoes, and Lori , The Charming Lamb:

What Your Height Says About You

You are a very vulnerable and spiritual person. Your emotions run deep. You have a philosophical and poetic soul. You think things through and are a bit of a skeptic. You tend to be very opinionated. You are a perfectionist with high standards. You prefer to work alone. You work hard, and you don't like interruptions. You are about as tall as the average Japanese woman.

What Does Your Height Say About You?

Alice Cullen is In The House

Okay, I may be reaching here, but it was still fun. :)

Remember me telling you about how I was experimenting with my hair? Not until after I flipped it out did I realize how similar it was to Alice's do.

And since everyone keeps telling me how much I'm like her, I can't help but dub this photo, "Alice Cullen, Filipina Style." lol - oh yeah, I was undecided, but now?

I am SO dressing up for the midnight showing. My 14 year old has talked me into it. :D

Emmett as Eye Candy

Okay. I'm turning into one of Emmett's rabid fans - lol. A fellow TwilightMOM sent this pic to me and I seriously couldn't help myself from sharing. ;)

Twilight Extravaganza

No doubt you've heard about this phenomenon called "Twilight." Our girl Toni, A Daily Dose of Toni, is hosting a Twilight Extravaganza starting this Friday. Head on over to join us for the countdown.

If you're looking for a fix while we wait for the eve of November 21st, here are a couple of my personal faves:

~Official Trailer in HD
~EIGHT minutes of Twilight from the Rome Film Festival
~Personal correspondence from Stephenie Meyer herself at Twilight Lexicon
~TwilightMOMS (and DADS!) forum for the fans that are NOT in their teens

Just TWO more weeks before the Cullens hit the big screen! :D

Taking It Off Together Tuesday #17

Whoa. Just got back from Vegas yesterday and I've been bombarded with work and budgets. But I wanted to get this post up quickly - seeing as I've been MIA for a while. I didn't even get a chance to post a BAM entry last Friday! :(

Bad news is that I gained a half pound over the last week, good news is - it could've been more - since I tend to give in to the munchies much more when I'm traveling.

Hope everyone had a great weekend - I know I had WAY too much fun, and it wasn't even my birthday. ;) Hubz turned the big 4-0. :D

Check out the girls:

This week our contest is sponsored by Christy! She is offering an Earth Theraputics Foot Care set for the prize for this week! If you'd like to sponser a prize, let me know! We are currently out of prizes!

The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is Tammy!

Congrats to Christy for being this week's biggest loser of 3 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!

Chris - 1 GAIN
Tammy - 1.0 LOSS
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - No Report
Grace - 1.1 LOSS
Leigh - 0.5 LOSS
Clara - 2.0 GAIN
Dette - 0.5 GAIN
Julie - 1.4 GAIN
Cheryl - No Report
Audrey - 0.8 LOSS
Christy - 3.0 LOSS
Tina - No Report
Danielle - 2.0 LOSS
Jessie - No Report
Steph - No Report
CYN - No Change

This week's total - 3.5 LOSS!

Taking It Off Together Tuesday #16

Here's me:

All Time High: 153.5
Last Week's Weigh-In: 150.5
This Week's Weigh-In: 150.0
Variance: 0.5 LOSS
Overall Loss: 3.5
Pounds to go: 25.0


This week our contest is sponsored by Julie! She is offering a copy of the Biggest Loser Cookbook as a prize this week! If you'd like to sponser a prize, let me know! We are currently out of prizes!

The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is Grace!

Congrats to Clara for being this week's biggest loser of 2 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!

Chris - 3.5 GAIN
Tammy - 0.5 GAIN
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 1.0 LOSS
Grace - 0.2 LOSS
Leigh - 0.5 LOSS
Clara - 2.0 LOSS
Dette - 0.5 LOSS
Julie - 1.0 LOSS
Cheryl - No Change
Audrey - 0.8 GAIN
Christy - 0.6 GAIN
Tina - no report
Danielle - 1.0 LOSS
Jessie - No Change
Steph - no report
CYN - no report

This week's total - 0.8 LOSS!

Snow Flower & The Secret Fan

When we chose this book by Lisa See for one of our book club picks, I wasn't actually very excited. But the ancient secret code - "nu shu" - invented and used by Chinese women caught my interest. It reminded me of Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent." And I loved that book.

This novel takes place in 19th century China, and tells the story of two girls paired as "old sames" - an emotional match to last them throughout their lives. The two women speak of their footbinding experiences, arranged marriages, the joys and tragedies of motherhood... and more....

Until a huge misunderstanding threatens the very core of their friendship.

***

Not a thick book by any means, I expected to breeze through it. But I was mistaken... there were so many emotions to process... so many trials and tribulations... You can't read it too quickly because you find yourself asking yourself, "What would I have done?"

Definitely a recommended read.


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