Passing of Life

My life has been one of passing, my children's childhood passing before me, helpless, and hopeless to stop it, while they slip through my grasp, and grow before my eyes. A life of passing, as time flows through the proverbial hourglass, my youth, my health, and my life passes on into a dark abyss never to be the same again. Next July my eldest turns 25, next month my second turns 13, a teenager in every sense of the word. My third just turned 10, and is already becoming surrounded by the worries of life's responsibilities. My fourth, at 8, is following close behind, though his levity is a balm to my soul. My hopes for my children grow every day, and my amazement of them is only eclipsed by the awe I feel for who they are. Funny, inteligent, couragous, thoughtful, loving, caring, with a heart of gold, my boys are my reason for remaining in this life, and yet I fear I am not worthy to raise these gifts. They are, you know, pure gifts from GOD, and as angry as I am with him, even I have to admit, he has made each one perfect. I can only hope I do not do more harm than good.

Julia Sheer - You Will Never Be

50 shades of gray

Funny how information comes from the most unlikely sources. I was wanting to increase my internet speed, so I called Timewarner Cable. The lady I spoke with was VERY patient with me as I asked her question after question about my plan, and how I might go about getting the most for my $. As we were working on a solution, we began to discus cell phones, our teenage kids, and soon the conversation touched upon books. Her very enthusiastic recomendation for reading material was a book titled '50 Shades Of Gray' she said she saw discussed on 'The View'. After concluding our converstion, I left her with a request to drop me an email of any other books she likes. I then searched my Kindle for this highly recomended publication, and was surprised at the $30.00 price for the trilogy. Granted, it is in the top 10 list for Amazon, but we are talking about an EBOOK, for crying out loud! I am not the only one complaining either. I then discovered it was being offered cheeper on paperback! Now, that really ruffled my feathers. So, ladies, I did what any self respecting consumer would do, and searched online for the cheapest price. I have not finished my search as of yet, but I did come across the video I have published on my blog. I just couldn't help but share it. I thought it was so hilarious, and so many of us can totally identify, not quite to that extreme, but it was such a clever way to advertise, I have to give it up to the company who pulled this off... well done! If I purchase this book I'll let you know all about it, but so the price is too steep, we'll see if I cave in and buy it, or not.

SNL 50 shades of grey skit (good quality)

Dark Earth by Jason Halstead

Mr. Halstead,
    I really loved the world you created in Dark Earth.The characters were believable and the story-line was great. I can't wait until my next payday to get the sequel! You've just gained a new fan! This book was easy to read, youth appropriate, but I wouldn't have minded an adult version either.I am excited to see how the story plays out.This is not another copycat kid's book, this is all new, creative, with depth to the story, and three-dimensional characters you can understand. I'll be reading more books by Jason Halstead! Yes, Jason, your nefarious plan worked.You have another one hooked.
                       :•)

Doodles

BOOK REVIEW:
"HUNGER SERIES"
By Merisa Chenery

How can I put this series in simple terms...Egyptian GOD, and his six perfect chiseled bodied 3000 year old EGYPTIAN WARRIORS looking for their destined mates.Sounds fairly simple...right?
Only things are never simple where love is concerned. This is a double blinded date,and if that's not bad enough they have fangs, drink blood and must tell their mates soon after they meet them or things don't go well for our warriors.This is a good series, but each successive book gets just too predictable. Though each mate's story is different, the nuances are just more of the same.The books are way too expensive for ebooks.Don't get suckered in with the initial free book in the series or you'll probably do what I did, which is continually purchase each book in the series just to find out the ending.Like I said...too expensive!

BOOK REVIEW FOR:
Always Midnight
By Tiffany Foster
Purchased at Kindle

If only all of it contained the same original thought that I viewed glimpses of, it might actually be a decent mini-novel.Oh, but shame.There was so much of Twilight's material in this book that it was borderline plagiarism.There was, toward the middle to end, enough good material to let me know the author has some potential writing talent.So use that wonderful imagination I know GOD gave you, and write your own novel, but always proof-read your work before you publish it! ;*)

Kindle, Moon-Reader, Nook

          I just have to tell you about the cell phone app Kindle. They have this new gadget {technical term ;•) }, at least I think it's new, I haven't discovered it before anyway. With ebook readers if you click on a word, some of them, not all, will take you to another site, and give you the definition of that word, then you must press the 'go-back' button to go back to the page you were reading.This is not too much of an inconvenience, if you don't mind losing your train of thought, or waiting for the page to load.This is where I get to my point, and yes, I did have one. The kindle app's dictionary really rocks! I simply point to the word on my cell phone's touch screen, and there it is, a little box with my definition right there on the page I'm reading! Most of the time that is enough, but if I want more information all I need do is press the 'more' button in the magical box, and I am looking at the dictionary page for that alphabetically arranged group of words. Which, also, gives me the option to flip pages in the dictionary, just in case there is the occasionally misspelled word. When I'm ready to go back to reading I simply press the 'go back' button & I am back to the page I was reading.Great gadget!
          OK, so it doesn't take alot to get me excited. If you're like I am though, you will want a good dictionary at your fingertips for when you find yourself reading out of you intelligence range.   :•p  This small thing can mean the difference between ereaders you choose. Of course, I can't be happy with just one store to shop in, so I have an independent  ereader called Moon-Reader which I use for the pdf ebooks I download off the internet.Mostly I download off of Smashwords for independent authors. You would not believe the treasures I get there, it is superb! Not all are free, but alot are. Check back here with me and I will give you reviews on the ebooks I read. I try to get free ebooks most of the time due to my fixed income, multiple medications, and four growing kids with growing appetites. Many of the ebooks have no, or few reviews, so I'm willing to waste my time, so you don't have to.      ;•)  I don't mind, anyway, I enjoy reading.
          Back to the ebook reader Moon-Reader.The reason I like that one, even though it does NOT have a dictionary, is for the various options I have like font shape, color, size,and background choices. I read at night alot, and I don't always want to read with a black screen and bright white letters, so now I can have a green screen and blue letters if I want, and it's free! Just take a look at it, you probably will like it too.
          Like I said, I shop more places than one. Barnes and Noble's Nook I use as well for the freebies mostly, though I do buy some books, the price at Amazon is usually the cheapest so I have to use Kindle for those. Maybe one day I'll get to write-up the pros and cons to all the stores, apps, and ereaders for ebooks that are out there, but I think that would take a long time.Until then, don't stop reading however, wherever, and with whatever you can!

A Reluctant Vampire by Carla Krae

A Reluctant Vampire by Carla Krae

This was just a short story,but a very good short story.A nice twist on the vampire scene.I was really

getting into it when it ended.Major bummer!I would like to see it continued,but unfortunately Carla has
the worst kind of writers block...her arm is temporarily out of commission.So,while we are wishing for her
a speedy recovery I will tell you a little bit about her teaser.

It all begins with innocence meets evil,like most good vampire stories.In Carla's world though,the

players are not quite the typical leading characters.The damsel in distress is a dude,and he's blind,but
not totally inept,and the evil villain is a fatal female with some definite domination issues she wishes to

work out on our poor innocent.Not long after their initial encounter the story ends,but it is a great

beginning for a knock out novel.The great writing skills of our author Carla Krae, and her fantastic
imagination can only inspire us...get better soon so you can get to writing,we can't wait to find out what

happens next!!!

Isn't technology wonderful!

Isn't it grand.....to use technology with no one holding your hand.......isn't it lovely....with no teenager above me.....I can post to my blog......when my kid's a computer hog......just type in my phone......now I don't feel so alone......someone else can hear... me.......when there's no one near... me.........I can talk about my books, complain about my looks, even post pictures I took.......thanks to tech.no.lo.gy.........

Just singing & checking to see if I can post to my blog from my phone now.    ;•)