The Story of My Life

My DVR cut off so I missed this ending and found it online this morning...... All I have to say is that I am really glad David Cook won American Idol. Althought I also have to say, as I watched the last performances, I was, for the first time, impressed and enjoying david's performances and was a little scared that he had not out-shined Cook in the end. When he performed with One Republic last night, he did show some non-theme park star quality in small glimmers. He is a nice kid and do wish him well- but really wanted my rocker David to win!!! Last night's Finale was exciting and I also, like my friend Leigh, was teary-eyed in the end. It started when George Michael performed Praying for Time- such a timly song- and ended when David Cook was so gracious and thrilled. My baby girl kept saying all night long that she was for David Cook. When he won, SHE cried as well, because apparently, she thought the other david was David Cook and was an Archie fan the whole time and I didn...

Once again, my blogging is making me happier. I am getting a Mother's Day present from my friends at Hachette Books !!! I got an email from Valerie that said: On behalf of Hachette Book Group USA, I would like wish to you a glorious Mother’s Day. In honor of your ongoing dedication to our books and this very special day, we’ve put together an exclusive & exciting medley of our newest titles especially for Mother’s Day, which I’d like to send to you as a gift. Our Mother’s Day Book Package includes: Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet (ISBN 031601477X) Your Best Life Now For Moms by Joel Osteen (ISBN 0446581003) How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger by Charla Krupp (ISBN 0446581143) Bobbi Brown Living Beauty by Bobbi Brown (ISBN 0821258346) Kim Cattrall Sexual Intelligence by Kim Cattrall (ISBN 031600541X) Sew U Home Stretch: The Built by Wendy Guide to Sewing Knit Fabrics by Wendy Mullin & Eviana Har...

Have I said that I loved Blogging? I get great personal satisfaction form rekindling my love of writing from blogging. I have made great friends and have gotten lots of good stuff in my short 3 months in the blogosphere. I got an email from a book rep,(Valerie M. Russo Hachette Book Group USA) the publisher of this book- Free Food for Millionaires - by Min Jin Lee. - It won many awards last year when it came out in Hardcover. The email asked if I would like to receive advance copies of books to review for my site. I replied, of course- I am a semi-retired librarian and I love to write....so it was an easy answer. This book comes out in paperback April 2008 and I got an advanced copy of it via UPS today to read! So exciting. The paperback version has a different cover than the hardcover, which is shown at the bottom of post. . The author has a book event scheduled on April 22nd at the Alabama Booksmith at 6:00pm. (I believe the rep found my blog after I went to the Mary Kay Andrews s...

My daughter and I ventured on a field trip today. As I wrote earlier, my current favorite author is Mary Kay Andrews . She was having a signing of her new book at the Little Professor's Bookstore in Homewood . Though the weather was yucky, I am terrible with directions and Ally does not like to ride in her car seat any longer, I could not resist meeting the author and getting an autographed copy of Deep Dish , the newest tale by Andrews. So we set forth. I printed directions and we were out the door by 10- knowing my penchant for being late, we left extra early. As we approached the exit from the Interstate, I looked down at my glorious Yahoo map directions and realized it printed directions the the center of the ZIP CODE for Homewood and not my destination. I had looked the address up earlier and did think for half a second that this map was not correct or at least not like the prior one I pulled up to the destination...., but thought for sure it was just a short cut! My husband...

I recently finished reading all the books by Mary Kay Andrews . If you have never read these entertaining stories, you are missing out. I know, I am obsessive compulsive and once I started on these, I couldn't stop, but you won't be able to either, OCD or not. A Southern writer with a background in journalism, Andrews, tells tales of women in Georgia and other southern settings- in all kinds of predicaments, and they are hilarious. Her eye for detail and decor make the stories sing with personality and ambiance. Little Bitty Lies was my first experience with Andrews' books. I bought it one Saturday morning at the bookstore when we all went to browse. By Saturday night, I was done. ( I sat outside with my children as they played with my head in the book.....) It was that enthralling. It is laugh out loud funny. It is so typically what we all fantasize about- plotting revenge against a cheating man with our Best friend ...Just kidding.....of course- who would fantasize abou...