CRANFORD...My dream town...

Cranford. Cranford. Cranford. Ok so I admit it sounds weird, but it is my current obsession. It is a TV Mini Series based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It is all about this town called Cranford (obviously) in the 1840's. I love the funny things that happen, the romances and how much you grow to love the characters. There is a good balance of humor and drama. There are also many actors and actresses that I recognize from other movies, which is always fun. It just makes me so happy...true it is long but definitely worth it! I really would live there, is it because of the attractive doctor? I can't be sure...

"There's a flap underneath."

"My sister does not care for the expression...suck."

"Let us eat our fruit in solitude."

"Women are not equal to men...they are SUPERIOR!"

"I dreamed of a boat turned upside down on dry land. Why did I dream that?" "Because you are not going anywhere."

"She will not allow me to reapply the black ink, she has a great big gray streak running down the middle."

BA-kini's in Lake Powell

Last week, my family was invited by two other families to go to Lake Powell. We stayed on a house boat in a beautiful cove area.  I had so much fun! There was so much to do and so many funny things that happened. Once again I will just make a list (it goes so much faster that way!):

-I finished Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

-Movies under the stars (Penelope and The Count of Monte Cristo)

-Haven's chip tantrums

-Tom breaking a chair

-Swimming and washing my hair in the lake

-Learn to Surf behind the boat

-I discovered my dislike for wake boarding

-Hiking in the beautiful Arizona desert

-Haven's BA-kini's

-1,000 Mile Celebration

-Lake Powell mixes 1,2 AND 3

-Alan's grilling skills

-Helen singing "Let My Love Open the Door" and eating bugs

-Sleeping on the top deck

-Ryan and Tom's special friendship (hehehe!)

-The sisters who swim

-Baby Porter

-Getting some sun

-"Take like 10 pictures of everyone else and then like 30 of me"

-Sipio

My Phobias!

For the record I want to say that I know that my phobias are very strange and irrational but isn't that what phobia's are supposed to be? I am constantly telling people about my phobias so I decided to make a list for reference.

1. Birds (Except for penguins)

2. Sharks

3. Squirrels

4. Jelly Fish

5. Roller Coasters

6. Venus Fly Traps

7. Vacuum Cleaners

8. Slow Elevators

9. The Open Ocean

10. Public Restrooms

11. Navy Blue Cars (hehehe, just kidding!)

12. Driving a Car

13. Scuba Diving

14. Hippos

15. Heights

16. Disease

17. Wake Boarding/Water skiing

18. Walmart

19. Going anywhere alone

20. Choking/ Drowning

21. The Big Freezer at the Lion House

22. Crossing Streets

23. Sanjaya from American Idol

24. Robots

25. Fish

 

The End...I think...

MMMM....Cake

One of my favorite shows on the Food Network is the Food Network Challenge show, especially the cake challenges. While flipping through the channels the other day my mom came across a cake challenge with Elvis Presley cakes. I was so excited, two of my favorite things in one: cake AND Elvis. It couldn't get any better then this. I couldn't believe I had never seen that episode before! Here is a picture of the winning cake, which also happened to be my favorite:

....And it looks delicious too....

Choking on the Grapes of Wrath...

For Honors English next year, we are required to read "The Grapes of Wrath" this summer. I know it is a classic and that you shouldn't dis the classics but I really really REALLY REALLY did not enjoy it at all. At first it was slow and boring and then I got very excited because it started to speed up. However, the speeding up thing did not last long. Steinbeck is an amazing writer and I love how he writes but I need more of a story line in an 619 pages of book. I was also really disappointed by the end or in this case lack of ending. Maybe it's just me but I think I will stick to my Jane Austen and Harry Potter.

The one good thing is I only have one more required book to read this summer "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" by Anne Tyler. I hope it will be good. Really I am just looking forward to being able to read the books I want to. I have a pile I still want to read by the end of the summer!

Penelope

One of my favorite movies right now is Penelope. If you haven't seen it, go rent it! It is an awesome movie! It has an amazing cast including my personal favorite James McAvoy. Penelope has a little bit of everything comedy, drama and romance! It is a fun movie with a good message which is so rare these days! It makes me happy inside :D! 

Favorite Quotes from Penelope:

"It's not the power of the curse, it's the power you give the curse."

"Ok come with me. I gotta pee and I can't leave you alone with the phones."

"Edward don't lick Max"

"You know, you inspired me, doing what you did going off on your own like that."

"Of course they run, when you FLING yourself at them like that"

"Think pig." "So she's a fat girl?"

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