The Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction

Ever feel lost in finding a good book to read. I have bookcases full but nothing is appealing to me. I still have Songs for the Missing to finish, but I have no want to read it. i tried to read during my week of being taken over by the flu, but that was a no go. I couldn't focus. Maybe I'll get my read on on Tuesday. Gotta love election day and that our schools are used for voting. I can head over to Sbucks for a nice Pumpkin Spice Latte and soak up some words.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. I know I did, even though I'm still recouping from the flu. Now on to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I feel like Thanksgiving is the forgotten holiday. Everyone jumps from Halloween straight to Christmas, but what about the Turkeys!

So I just completed reading The Wizard of Oz, I absolutely loved it. The movie is almost completely different from it, and that is ok. Both are so well done that there is no need to compare. Although, now I'm just going to get little things confused thanks to the book, the movie and Wicked. But its all so worth it. I wish I had read this at an earlier age, and I can't wait for Alex to be able to read it.

I love the message that the story has, which is conveyed better in the book. What ever you are looking for is already within you. Although I must say when the Wizard gave the Lion liquid courage it did make me laugh quite a bit. And "There is no place like home" is a much better chant than "Take me home to Aunt Em". I found that Glinda was the witch of the South, not the North like I previously thought. And did you know that the witch of the South was a munchkin, who know? The little details, such as Dorothy's gigam dress representing the munchkins and good witches, were fascinating to me. And yet all this new info that I learned will not effect my love for the movie. And it is fun to see what components of the book and of the movie were put into Wicked.

So with me being done with The Wizard of Oz I am moving on to a new book called Songs of the Missing. It is a mystery I picked up one day when I ransacked Borders. Ok maybe not ransacked, but I bought way too many books that weren't even on my wanted list. And to make it even more interesting when I opened it, this is what I read:

Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the clouds are far
behing me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
away above the chimney tops
that's where you'll find me

What a coincidence! Now on with the reading...

So awhile back I lent Courtney my Shopgirl book and dvd. Well when she was done I received the movie back but no the book, she swore she didn't have it. But then yesterday when I was out bargain book shopping with mom I found a perfect copy for $3, so naturally I bought it. It's nice to have it back in my mini library. I do greatly enjoy Steve Martin's writing and hope that there is more to come from him.

Hi! My name is Chrissy and I am a bookaholic. It has been 8 hours since I bought my last book because I broke down when I bought a friends present at Borders and bought 5 books for myself. I was doing so well!! I had gone well over a month since the last book I bought. Two of the books were recommended The Wizard of Oz and Hell. The other three I saw and picked up; Songs for the Missing, Shattered Silence and The Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I know it's bad I do, I swear, but I did use coupons! Although the guy who rang me out was a bit inept so I'm sure I could have gotten to use more of my coupons. So to continue my voyage through classics I just began The Wizard of Oz, I'm excited. Although whenever Dorothy speaks it sounds like Judy Garland in me head. So I'm going to go back to Dorothy's tale while, according to facebook, everyone else is watching the VMAs.

So I finally finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I absolutely hated it. See I have a brain for imagination and fun, but this book is just a bunch of blubber. I couldn't even make sense of it, which I'm sure is half it's purpose but having never done drugs in my life I don't know how this is pleasurable or interesting. And don't even get me started on how it flows because there is no flow. It's like Carroll just wrote it down as it came to him and didn't even bother to edit it or to maybe even read it over. I was very disappointed considering this is a 'classic'. I think a nice mystery will do me good for my next read.

Sunflower mazes...the greatest thing ever created! Absolutely loved it and I want to go back again. Kenny and I had a fantastic time, even if I did spend a lot of time with my camera on.

My birthday was also fantastic. I had a great little gathering of close friends with a Mad Hatter Tea Party theme. I had lanterns and balls and flowers hanging and a table that had an array of food and tea. After a lovely time over tea and food we cleared the table for a game of Therapy which was hilarious. But not as much fun as our game of What's Yours Like? around the fire. I couldn't have asked for a better evening or better friends.

On another note, I started Pre-K last week. The kids are great but boy is it a long 6 hours. I help 2 classes, an am class and a pm class. I come home exhausted, but I don't think I would trade it in for any thing. Although coming home with preschool songs stuck in my head is a little annoying.

And back to the point of this blog, books. So I've been reading Alice's Adventure in Wonderland and you know what, I still hate it. Alice is a pain in ass and a dumb ass. And I probably haven't picked up the book in a week. But since Kenny is reading I figured maybe I should do a bit too. Especially since once I'm finished I can move on!

Yea... I can't let it go, what are you going to do sue me?


Sometimes I think even the most educated people get the two mixed up. So we shall ask Mr.Webster what the true definitions are.

Ambition- 1 a : an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power b : desire to achieve a particular end

Motivation- 2 : a motivating force, stimulus, or influence : incentive, drive


So by me wanting to eventually be the head of Special Education, I have the desire to achieve a particular end as well as the desire for power. This classifies me as ambitious. If I wanted to do nothing with my life and just peddle along on a slighlty above minimum wage job with no dreams or aspirations, then I would be considered low to no ambition.

As for motivation, we all have our moments of great motivation and moments of no motivation. It even happens to the most ambitious of us. Such as I have the drive to become a special education teacher, but I am taking my time, getting the education I need and the experience I need before I take the leap. But after 5 and a half years of undergrad I may take off a year before grad school so I don't burn out.

So when deciding whether someone is ambitious or not, remember the difference between being ambitious and being motivated.

My lovely Boss gave me her teapot for my tea party. It makes the teapot party collection complete. Sunflowers! How me!

But in other news. I finished Deliverance Dane, and I won't lie, I totally skipped that last interlude in the book. At that point the interludes were pointless, well at least they were to me. Ok so she's a witch, she was tried, she is going to be hanged. What I really cared about was what Connie would do to help her love Sam by using the physick book, aka shadow book, aka almanac. And then when it all happened it was like Howe was in a rush from her publishers to get the book out to print. It was rushed, it lacked true suspense that should have been used. But still it was a good read. Nice mix of fiction and history. Yea you read that right, history! But it was my kind of history, Salem witch trials.

Now onto Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Now I know it's a children's book but I can already tell you that I don't like the way it is written. When I read a book and it sounds like I wrote it, yet a bit more obnoxious with the side-notes, I'm not a fan. But we shall see, my feelings may change. Plus I'm only reading it as research from my party!! Which is 2 weeks away! Hmm, maybe I should notify people other than my Mikey and my Kenny. I have so far discovered that I have to make "Drink Me" tags to put on bottles, and those will be items that I will look for at Ikea Wednesday. The bottle represents the liquid Alice drinks when she first gets to the bottom of the rabbit hole.

ps. It's been 3 days since my Kenny went on vacation and I'm doing ok...haha. It's all the reading! The next step will probably be cleaning...yay! I have a kitchen pantry and a child's room that needs to be organized!

So I have been reading Deliverance Dane for about a month now and I'm only half way through. It really makes me sad that I get less reading done in the summer than I do during the school year. And frankly it doesn't make much sense. I went to the beach yesterday with the intention of reading but only got to read a page or two. Which is ok because we did have fun. I'm babysitting my Alex today and hoping that I will get some off time to read. And it looks like the opportunity has arisen so I will take it. But I must say I love the way Howe intertwines History and fiction and throws in a little love story.

I want to have a Mad Hatter Tea Party for my birthday next month. Do you know how hard that is to plan?? Unless you happen to have a bunch of teapots and tea cups and paper lanterns laying around, it can get pretty expensive. But with a little help from Mikey I have been able to keep a pretty low budget. I bought 2 adorable tea pots at Marshall's the other day.

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I also was able to find some awesome decorations with Mikey. The colors are awesome and I can't wait for my Birthday. Now I just have to decide if I'm buying the paper lanterns that I LOVE or the ones at Party City....Hm.

I bought three more books yesterday. That's a total of eleven over the last few months and I have barely gotten through one. I really need to set aside more reading time. Or like today when it's rainy and all I want to do is read, but all I can do is work, just plain annoying. I also have to put all of them into my bookcases which takes some time and ambition (haha). But really all I need is a few minutes to my self and it will get done. Well that's all for my little rant. I have to finidh getting ready for work. I'm the movie bringer today, gotta love rainy days of camp.

Hmm maybe that's what I could write, a book about life doing a TR camp. Oh the stories!

Finally! I am done with My Lobotomy!!! Now on to The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, yay! It's a book that I thought looked cool so I bought it. And now when I went to pick a book it was the one I chose. It better be a good one, and it better not take me the rest of the summer to read!

I really need to finish My Lobotomy I have been reading it for about 2 months, and I don't know why it has taken me this long. And it's at the point of being perpetually boring. I really want to start one of my new books. Hopefully that will happen after a little reading out in the sun today :)

So it's been a while since I posted. And since that last post I have finished the school year off at SDMS, went to Brad Paisley, started camp, had a Tex Mex night at Mikey's, couldn't go to Rascal Flatts due to a tornado and a random trip to Boston. It has been fun filled and not so fun filled.

It was nice to finish the school year off finding out that I have a position at SDMS again next year. I really love the staff there. Plus I don't know if I would be able to deal with Rachel and High School.

Brad Paisley was AMAZING!! Absolutely love him! Got hit on my one of Pat's friends. It was funny.

The first three days of camp were fantastic. On the first day we had only one and then none for the other two. But we made up for it when we met Aldin and Cameron. Cam is too cute for words and laughs all the time and Aldin just makes me and Alex angry lol. He's a puncher, kicker, thrower.

Tex Mex night was fun. Mikey makes the BEST margaritas and fajitas. We really need to do that more often!

Our town was hit with a F1 tornado last Friday. It was frightening. Mom was stuck on a street which we later found out is where it started. The town green is destroyed and all the other destruction is ridiculously devastating. There are now intersections that long time residents have to look at street signs so they know where they are. And ever since then we have had a thunderstorm every day with no where for the rain to go so I'm pretty sure Wethersfield will float away at any moment.

And due to this tornado Stacy and I didn't go to Rascal Flatts. We are still a little hurt from it. But in the end we made an adult decision that kept us out of harms way, well at least that's what our parents are telling us so we don't feel so bad about missing out. But to make up for it we took a random trip to Boston with the boys Saturday evening till Sunday. It was a very interesting experience. We had fun, but here is a tip to everyone, NEVER drive 2 hours with 3 23 year old boys in your backseat...hahaha.

Court and I had a girls night a couple nights ago. We made amazing enchiladas and had amazing wine, 3 bottles in fact. We need to do that more often!

And now I'm just trying to enjoy my 3 day weekend. Unfortunatley I can't do what I really want to do beacuse I have more important things to do. But a kegger at Court's should be fun tomorrow and then Kenny's lakehouse Sunday :) Hopefully I can get a tan before Part Two of Amy and Patrick's wedding next weekend.

Well I think that's the majority of what's been going on in the best few weeks.

I haven't written in awhile so here's the summary. My computer died yet again. I had ridiculous strept throat that antibiotics couldn't get rid of so my doctor had the put me on a z-pack of prednisone. HP decided that it was best to junk-out my computer. I had Special Olympics this past weekend which were ridiculously fun. And last night I went and got my new computer. So yea pretty much the past few weeks have been insane.

I have to get my Brad Paisley ticket today :) Saturday is going to be a blast!! That is except for the Praxis II exam I am taking in the morning.

So we all know that a) I'm a bit crazy and b) I believe in the paranormal. Well I have also said recently that I have been hearing weird noises around my house. A couple weeks ago Stacy and I both heard what sounded like someone coming in the front door and when I went to look there was no one there and no one else home. Not to meantion I checked before we even confirmed we heard teh same thing. Well today while I am home on my break I sat down for part of this weekd SVU and some breakfast before going outside to sun and clean my car ( I love killing 2 birds with one stone).Anywhoo, while sitting on the couch admiring Detective Stabler, the training potty that we have for Morgan and Ericca went off. It's a singing potty so that it encourages teh girls to use it, it's very cute. But the only way for it to sing is if liquid hits the sensors, therefor it cant just go off on its own. Very weird. Then as I was about to go outside I heard something fall in Tom"s room, as if here was in there. But of course he left with Guy this morning at 6:30. Very strange. Oh well, it will just give me a reason to have Jay, Grant and Steve come to my house haha.

In other news, I lost a pound! Haha. Now you may be thinking, whats a freaking pound. Well considereing I just started Yaz a few months ago it means a lot. This is because you normally gaine like five pounds or so when you first start birth control.

I'm sitting outside and it is sooo freaking hot and its barely 10:30. Love it!

I want to write but I don't really know what to write about. While I think here are some cute pictures of my girls that I took last weekend. I think I have to have them blown up because I love them so much.

Brought on by my seeing of the Killers last night, I have decided to make a list of all the concerts (artists) I've seen.

We shall start with technically my first concert in 1996 which was Hanson.
Then follows (in no particular order, and some may have been the same concert)

The Killers
*N Sync (3 times)
Britney Spears (2 times)
John Mayer (5 times)
Keith Urban (2 times)
LFO
Maroon 5 (2 times, once as John Mayers opener)
Counting Crows (with John Mayer)
Jason Mraz
All-American Rejects
Gym Class Heros (2 times, once at spring fling)
Straylight Run
The Format
Enrique Iglesias
Marc Anthony
Jordan Knight (opening for *N Sync)
Ben Folds (opening for John Mayer)
Rob Thomas
Brad Paisley (and again this summer)
Rascal Flatts(and again this summer)
Taylor Swift (opening for Rascal Flatts)
Michael Buble

I think that's it but probably not. I'll add more if I think of any.

So let me take a moment and vent how FUCKING stupid people can be. And I only say that with all the love in my heart because if I didn''t love her I wouldn't be this angry.

My dear and wonderful, non-biological sister, is a dumb ass and angers me beyond belief. The idiot that she is allowed her ex-boyfriend's best friend to convince her to go with him to check on her piece of shit ex-boyfriend because he didn't show up for work and wasn't answering his phone or his door. Well as it turns out he apparently tried, tried being the key word here, to commit suicide. Now I'm sorry but if you are going to do it, do it. Don't do it just for attention which he obviously got because she's and idiot. And maybe this world would be better with one less asshole in it. Now of course I do not condone suicide, it is a horrible thing if someone feels so poorly that they must take their own life to stop whatever pain they are going through. But to be a little bitch and attempt to do so to get your ex-girlfriends attention is just disgusting. And the fact that she gave him the attention is even worse. I am beyond angry with her. And I couldn't even tell her that yesterday because as she was telling me I was at Park and Rec golf practice so I could not use the choice words I wanted to use. All I could muster up was " You shouldn't have gone", "Why did you go?", "You shouldn't have gone!" I love her to pieces but if she is going to be this self destructive after months of me trying to get her away from it and helping her realize she doesn't need his fucking ass, I really don't know if I can deal with her anymore. I guess I 'understand' why she would want to go, and that's a very loose 'I guess'. But he treated her SO poorly when they were together and she supposedly hasn't spoken to him in months. Which I am now thinking is a lie if the best friend called and asked if Asshole was with her.

UGH! I'm going to go channel this anger to either wii fit or pilates. Haven't decided yet. Oh yes because I don't have to work today but I'm still up ass early. And if the sun ever decides to stay out for more than 5 minutes I might go sit out in it later.

I sit here on this gloomy Thursday during my break from work. Sweeney Todd is on demand so I decided to put it on, even though I obviously own it. And the only thing that is pushing me to go back to work at 11:30 for an hour is the fact that my check will be waiting in my mailbox haha. Oh and did I mention I am writing all of this on my mother's computer.

So of course, as luck would have it my lights in my room are now fixed but my computer is fucked. Something corrupted Vista and I don't have an operating system. Tom is trying to do what he can. If he can get my files off but can't get it to work I'm bringing it to David's Best Buy in hopes that he can help me. This is ridiculous. Can I have everything all in working order just for a little while.

In other news, I thankfully looked at my e-mails from Praxis and I had the dates totally switched and I will not have to take any days off from camp this summer! Both tests are on Saturdays.

Kenny and I have been talking, practically since we started dating, that we wanted to go to Disney World. So after he handed me $3.75 in quarters for no particular reason, except that they some how showed up in his shoe, we decided to start a Disney Fund. I said we should get a Disney Fund jar, but as he pointed out, that would cost more than what we had so far haha. So when I got home that night I remembered I had a Disney Store box and made this:

So far we have about $8 in change. It's not much but it's a start. And as Stacy said, we'll save enough by the time we go on our honeymoon haha. Too bad we already agreed on Hawaii for our honeymoon.

I don't think my nieces could get any cuter!

My life is back in order! All my books are nicely placed in their alphabetized places. Although I my Great Gatsby is missing. I have no clue where it went, if anything maybe Courtney has it but Alex doesn't. But she does have my Breakfast on Pluto. Now the converter for my track light has to come in the mail and my room will be as good as new.

Here's a funny story. I was leaving at approximately 1pm yesterday afternoon to pick up my lovely Parks & Recreation check. As I do so the creeper plumber finally shows up. He pulls up next to my car because my window was open and the following conversation occurs.

Me: Hi. how are you?
Creeper plumber: Good. You?
Me:Good.
CP: Jose stopped by my house last night.
Me:I don't know Jose.
CP: Jose Cuervo, that's why I'm late.

REALLY?!?!? How unprofessional is that! And I don't care what alcohol persona stopped by your house last night you should be at work on time. I had wine Wednesday night after 2 days off thanks to the Swine Flu and I still went to work on Friday.

Oh well I had a wonderful day today with my girls and doing gymnastics. And now for some grub with my baby and ice cream at the cove :)

So the creeper plumber (that's the name I have given to him) is supposed to be in my room today putting in the new thermostat which happens to be behind my lovely 7ft tall Ikea bookcase. This meant that last night I had to remove all of my 140 some odd books. They are all piled up on my desk, some being in a wash basket. The disorganization of them hurts me. I just have the need to put them back in their wonderful alphabetical order. It's like cruel and unusual punishment. And it doesn't help that creeper plumber blocked my car in so I can't even leave yet. Although he did ask if I would need to get out and I said yes (because I have a hair appt at 12) and he got annoyed. REALLY!?!? He has an hour to do whatever he needs to do and he has another guy with him. It also isn't my fault that he takes up our driveway like he owns the place. Oh and did I mention I am home because we had another Swine Flu day.

So let's get back to the fact that he will be in my room, Hi uncomfortable feeling. I'm not a fan of strangers in my room, especially ones I find creepy. For the past 2 weeks I wasn't comfortable with him in the house never mind my room.

Sooooooooooooooooo I don't have work tomorrow thanks to the wonderful teacher at SDMS who may be infected with the Swine Flu.... WHAT?!!? It's almost a week and a half since we got back from vacation and NOW we have someone who may be infected...craziness.

And now I am watching SVU and they are talking about vaccines and unimmunized children. Although I know that it is believed that vaccines MAY cause autism, they are still important for the safety of the child and every one else. And what I don't get is that people who themselves have their immunizations choose to not her their children immunized. CRAZY!

So I have recently realized something, and don't think I'm crazy. Cause I'm not. And please don't let Courtney be the only person to not think I'm crazy after this.

My realization is that since Kenny has been in my life I have had less to practically no 'experiences' of my dad. Now wait let me explain. Since my dad's passing whenever I would get upset, no matter what it was, I would get a tingling sensation on my cheek, sometimes right and sometimes left. Without fail when I would get sad or cry there he was. But since I have been with Kenny I can't recall any such happenings. And I would like to think that it's because now I have someone I can depend on and who can comfort me and loves me. And let me tell you, this realization is bittersweet. I'm happy that I have Kenny and that he can give me all that I need, but it's upsetting not having those moments, if you will, with my dad. I know you are thinking I'm crazy, but a) it takes one to know one and b) there is never anything wrong with faith.

So that is that for my crazy rant for this evening.

Basically my new summer wardrobe...I don't have all the pieces yet but I just ordered the tops, dress and flip flops and I already own the capris.

Summer Outfits by invinciblesmile featuring Old Navy clothing

You know, the title of my blog really couldn't be more true. The truth really is stranger than fiction. For example, my bestes friends skeezy, psycho ex who e-mails me that he wants me to help him win her heart back. WHAT?!?! Do I look crazy? Like really? I have quite a few select words for him which I will not send because frankly, he isn't worth my time. But I can't believe that he seriously thinks I would help him. Oh the wackos in this world.

We went on a fun adventure today to find the house that the Haunting in Connecticut is based on. It wasn't nearly as creepy looking as in the movie.

People always say how wonderful their boyfriend is because of what they bring them or buy them, well mine is wonderful for knowing things without me telling him. He acknowledged something that I wasn't sure if he knew or remembered Saturday night which sent me into being a blubbering idiot, which was ok because I had to get it out somehow. And for that, he is wonderful. And the fact that he's a smarty pants and apparently artistic. He also came over last night to cuddle with me because I wasn't feeling well. There is nothing like snuggling up to Garden State.

Sorry if I don't make much sense, I am conjested thanks to this lovely cold my parents gave me.

So I finished Driving With Dead People last week. I absolutely loved it. I really need to read more memoirs by every day people, they are much more entertaining than celebrity ones. So I ended up picking up Speak as my next book. I read it within 3 days and wasn't impressed with it at all. I don't know if it was because I had to read a 14 year olds point of view or what. It did have a good message in it, but I've read better. And so onto my most recent book, A Wrinkle in Time. I just started it this afternoon and have only gotten through a few pages so I can't really say much for it.

I had a lovely week and now it is vacation time. And by vacation time, I mean that I don't have to deal with middle schoolers but TR kids for 3 days instead. And this is a better deal. Today I ran around the world going to numerous stores and spending money. It was fun and now I am wiped out. Just made a few more beads at Kenny's, I can't wait to see how they come out.

Tomorrow Kenny and I are taking Alex and Ericca to see Monsters vs Aliens in 3-D. That is going to be soooo much fun, and the only event that got me through this week. It is also Ericca's birthday which just makes it super special. her birthday party is Saturday and at Chuck E Cheese's, which I absolutley hate. I have never liked the place where a kid can be a kid. It is also so loud and chaotic.

Well I'm going to sign off Kenny's computer and pick up my book which he makes some beads.

Have a wonderful Passover and a Happy Easter!

The impending date is among us. It isn't a day that I actively try to remember, but one that embedded into my every thought. Conscious or unconscious.

It's really amazing how fast time flies by and how only certain events can remind you of this passing. Soon I will have been without as long as I was with which is an odd idea to wrap ones mind around. I'm not trying to be a downer or have self pity. I think its more of a recognition of thoughts and feelings I don't usually make myself or others aware of. It is a part of me as much as I don't want it to be and I'm not sure people understand that. It has made me who I am and who I will be. It is what has decided the rest of my life and how I respond to situations and events.

A musical is no longer a musical but something that causes involuntary tears when the first note is played. An odd obsession with death and ghosts develops, but no need to actually encounters. Seeing a scary movie or watching Ghost Hunters is more than entertainment but a connection that I once had.