Harry Potter

I love love love Harry Potter.
So much so that I haven't seen the last two movies and only watched half of the Half Blood Prince.
You might say to yourself, "it doesn't seem like she loves it that much if she hasn't even watched the movies yet." I have also only read the last two books once a piece.
There is a very good reason.
I don't want the series to be over.  After I finished the 7th book I had a hole in my heart like I lost a friend!  I am very worried that that is going to happen again if I watch the movies.
I also feel very judged by people who know how much I love Harry Potter, but I won't even watch the movies.  It's only the last two.  Relax.
Phew.
I feel better now.

Also, I am anxiously waiting for this to be open to the public.

And... I am going here on vacation this year... and we just bought the plane tickets!!!!

Lazyness. Pure lazyness.

Yes I realize that is has been almost a month since I have last posted.
For shame.
I have so much to update you all on... but alas... I don't want to take the time to right now.
Get over it.
I will give you, dear Bleaders (that's blog readers), a synopsis of what has been going on, and hopefully what I will be able to update you with soon.  Like this weekend.  But it all depends.
I had a birthday.  But not much happened... so I don't really have any pictures.  At all.
I went to the Omaha zoo with my friend... but we both forgot our cameras... so no pictures... except ones that I took with my phone, but I can't figure out how to get them on here... and we are going on Monday for the September birthdays... so get over it.
I went to The Band Perry concert at the fair.  It. Was. Amazing.  I do actually have pictures!!! But they are still on my camera and I haven't taken the time to take them off.
Oh, did I mention that all I have been doing is working?
Yeah.
All I have been doing is working.
Lame.
I work six days this week... I have done two... four more to go...
Also I decided that September is going to be alcohol free.  Dang it.  Now that I have told it to my Bleaders, I better keep it up.
Since it is going to be alcohol free... It's 0923 and I am finishing a bottle of wine.  Keep in mind that I have been up since yesterday... so yes.  I'm not an alcoholic.  Believe me, if I was, my mom would be all over that nonsense.
Mostly my reasoning for cutting out alcohol is I need to lose 25-50 lbs.  I don't really want to... I really am happy with the way I am.  Buuutttt at my yearly checkup with the doc, he nicely hinted that I wouldn't have so many acid reflux problems if I were to lose weight.  Dang it.
So... I am cutting out ETOH first. For those of you not in the medical field, that's alcohol.
I also have lab orders for the celiacs test... yet again.  They did the blood test last year and it was negative, but my mom is CONVINCED that I have it.  She has it, my sister does, my aunt and my grandma all do as well.  So the good doctor is looking into it, to see if that is culprit of my stomach problems.
But, really.  If the test was negative last year... what are the chances it will be positive this year???
Meh.
I could do GF if I have to.
So I have written WAY more than I planned to... so there you have it.
Most of the events of august.
Oh, there was one more thing... but I really don't want to go into it right now.
Maybe next month.

Dear creator of Pinterest,

Thank you so much for the amazing-ness that is Pinterest.
I do want to ask you if you know how much time is being wasted there...  Not that I am admitting to anything.
I just about peed my pants when I found a app for my iPod this morning.  Again... I'm not admitting to spending inordinate amounts of time on there or anything... just saying...
It's pretty cool.

Sincerely,
Carrie

One is one to many...

One more is never enough...

Wedding madness

Yup.  My baby brother got married this weekend.  

I really like Autumn... I think she is quite good for him :)

 The  whole fam... minus Emma who "overslept" for the wedding... but that's a whole other story.

 The parents of the couple stood up for them.... it was all very casual.  

My Grandma is a pastor and she officiated the ceremony.

 At the park for the reception... Their colors were blue, lime green and fuchsia...

The bride let me do some of the decor... That made me happy :)

It was very beautiful.

my favorite

My favorite days are when I just smile and nod.

The people around me clearly don't know what is going on,

So I just smile and nod.

Its been one of those days.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

I love love loved this book.  

The premise is the author, Ransom Riggs, had all these vintage photographs that were a little off.  So the story is centered around the photos.  

The story is a boy, Jacob, grew up hearing about an island that his grandfather grew up on.  He would tell him fantastical stories about the children that lived there, some could fly, one was invisible, and so on.  He eventually grew out of the stories, and dismissed them as just stories.  

When his grandfather dies, he has one last thing to tell Jacob, and it is a rather cryptic sentence.

His last words leads Jacob to search for the people in the photo's and finds an amazing adventure.

I know the cover looks a bit creepy.  I would agree with you wholeheartedly.  Some of the pictures in the book are creepy.  But there is nothing that is scary.

I am HUGE wimp.  Like sleep with the lights on wimpy.  

This was not scary.  It. was. amazing.

I want to read it again... but my sister has already claimed it.  

Bummer.  And I have a list of people that are waiting to borrow it from me.  

This was the authors first book, and I am super impressed.  It was written as a young adult book, but it was so well written that all ages could enjoy it.  

I loved the voice of the author... he was clearly very smart, but doesn't "talk down" to the reader.

I can't even explain how much I LOVED this!

There is a video of an explanation of the book, but I like this one way more that Ransom also recorded.  It's different abandoned houses in Europe.  I love watching ones like that, things were left like the owners were coming back, but never did.

Now go read it!