Birthday Blessings.

Today was amazing! Tanya came over first thing this morning & she'd made me a carrot cake. Yum. Her, Dad & I then went to Jose Peppers (my favorite restaurant) to have lunch then it was off to the movies to see New Moon. We had a blast just hanging out and goofing around. They're my two favorite people in the world & they made my day amazing. Tanya got me a copy of WOZ & a candle. Then Dad got me Snow White on DVD. I couldn't have asked for a better day.

Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

I finally finished this book yesterday. I've had this cold for almost 2 weeks and it's made reading difficult. Plus I'm in a reading slump you could say where I just didn't want to read for about 2 weeks before I got the cold. Anyways onto the book!

This is book #4 in the Vampire Academy series, here's the synopsis.
"Rose Hathaway's life will never be the same.

The recent attack on St. Vladimir's Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose's neck, a mark that says she's killed far too many Strigoi to count. But only one victim matters . . . Dimitri Belikov. Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honoring her life's vow to protect Lissa—her best friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess—or, dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own and hunt down the man she loves. She'll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved?

Now, with everything at stake—and worlds away from St. Vladimir's and her unguarded, vulnerable, and newly rebellious best friend—can Rose find the strength to destroy Dimitri? Or, will she sacrifice herself for a chance at eternal love?"

Rose is bound to Lissa, her best friend and in this book they're separated which made this book difficult. It was slow at the beginning because of them being separated and it took about 50-60 pages before I was really into the book. I saw the ending coming with Dimitri and that wasn't a surprise to me. However, the Avery/Simon/Reed trio was a huge surprise, but a good one. The plot progressed well & overall I enjoyed the book but this was not a favorite of mine in the series. I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars. Next I'll be reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.

QoTD

I've made mistakes in my life. I've let people take advantage of me, & I accepted way less than I deserve. But, I've learned from my bad choices & even though there are some things I can never get back & people who will never be sorry, I'll know better next time & I won't settle for anything less than I deserve.

This is bezerko Bella.

Remember when I said before that Bella gets extremely mad/fired up really quickly? Well watch the proof of this below.

The leaves continue to fall

It's officially fall and I'm drinking some amazing mint cocoa. I love the fall, the leaves, the smell, the fun, but I hate the cold. It's 50* here today and burr! We had to fix the basement window from where the lightning shattered the glass. We've been lazy and ignored it, but the temperatures have made it where we needed to fix it today or else. So we went out to the local hardware store, got some glass and put it in. Unfortunately I don't know how I did it, but the glass cut the bejeebers out of my finger. It hurts, to say the least.

I need to get some pictures, but the other day I forgot to take my camera with me on my walk. Figure right? I usually do that. Other than that I've just been busy planning for story times at work & working. I'm trying to catch up on my reading but I've just not been motivated to do so. I need to get busy because some of the books are coming due in a few days....

Fave children's book?

I have a question so be sure to leave comments galore! I want to know what your favorite children's book is? What did you read as child? What are you children reading now? Lemme know.

Traffic light camera

Let me tell you a story of a girl and her father who were driving down the highway and went to go through the traffic light that has a newly installed camera on it. If you pass through the intersection while the light is red it takes a picture of your vehicle and mails you a ticket. So she diligently made sure she didn't even come close to driving through the light whenever it's red. Today the girl went to go through the light & it turned yellow so she hit the brakes. Hard. The anti lock breaks promptly kicked in which scared the bejeebers out of said girl. The break pedal sunk to the floor which freaked her out even more and somehow she managed to hit the horn with her elbow. After returning home from the trip she realized she'd somehow managed to hurt her back in the process of making a fool out of herself. Now she's in pain.

Say hello to the girl...