Le Sigh

Oh, boredom and a computer that isn't working at the moment. I don't know what's wrong with this thing, it's just freezing up on me and I can't seem to make it quit. Well, to be fair to my lovely little laptop...it's actually blogger that's messing up, not my computer.

Oh well, since I'm bored at the moment I thought I'd give you a quick tour of my room!

I know, I know, no one really cares what my room looks. Though I love to see how people design their rooms and living spaces--you get so many new and creative ideas! I've seen a lot of really awesome rooms and I just wanted to share mine. It's not perfect--but I like it! It's my style and it took me over a year to do! Also, I just finished giving my room a well deserved clean! :D But I just thought I' share a few pics, especially since I just got new lanterns for my bed! ^ Kudos to my awesome mom who got those for me! Thanks mommy!

This is my Christmas tree, it's kinda old now but I still use it. It looks a lot better in person though. Also, as you can see, I've got some presents under there! :D Happy to say that most of my shopping is done--I just have three peeps left to get stuff for. :)

This is my "star"! Yep, Hunger Games fan here!

 

My little tree is now sitting where my floor lamp usually goes. It's been relocated between my book shelf and dresser. I'm still in love with my dressing table! Sooo pretty and feminine! *Sigh* Just LOVE IT!

The other side of my room with a mini tree. It's not too Christmasy but I don't have that many decorations anymore. Maybe it's time to get some new ones! Hmmm...

This is my dresser, see--there's the floor lamp to the left! It has two snow men on it, one's a statue and the other holds Christmas cards! Still keep the ones from the Munchkin Farm Kiddies...how I miss them!

But yes, in case you were wondering...I do love England!

This is my bookshelf, I've added a whole lot of new books and movies to it! SO happy! And I spot my much used copy of The Hobbit and Sherlock Holmes!! :D

This is my top shelf where I keep some of my all time favs. Notice LOTR and HG and HP have made it to the top. The Hobbit used to be at the top until I ran out of room and it was accidentally moved to the bottom. Oh well...

This is my second shelf where I keep books that either aren't my favorites or aren't in good enough condition to be at the top. The Hobbit is the notable exception here.

 Part of my DVD shelf. I've got WAY too many movies, I really should get rid of some of them.

This is one of the pics that sits up on my bookshelf. Behold little derp me! :D This was taken when I was about six or so. Ahhh...so much fun. I had such a wonderful childhood! But ugh...my hair really needed washing!

And me now with my bored face on. My eyes look green/brown now...not sure how that happened. I just got a haircut yesterday. Got about two whole inches chopped off...trust me, it really needed it! It was still all messy from that 'short hair phase' I went through last year! Not sure why I wanted it short...oh well, it was an okay experiment I guess.

But that's my room! I hope I didn't bore y'all with my boring ramblings! :D I've got a lot of really nice posts planned--I just have to find time to write them! :D

But this has been your happy blogger,

Rebecca

Truck YEAH!!!

 

Let the world shake in fear--for I am now MOBILE!

 

Yep, you heard it here first! That thing above ^ is the truck my father is letting me use as my first vehicle!! :D YAY!!

 

At last, after several long months of looking my father managed to acquire a Dodge Dakota for me to drive! YAY FOR MY DAD!! :D

 

My dad surprised me with it yesterday when my brother drove up in it! :D Couldn't believe it! I drove it around the house a few times and then down the driveway--I'd gotten about half way down when our friends Jacob, James and Mrs. Rita drove up! I honked the horn and was like,

 

"LOOK! TRUCK!!!"

 

They couldn't believe it either! :D

 

The truck is really nice! I LOVES IT! It's so big! The bed's a short bed but the cab is a true four door! The backseat is HUGE!! SO much leg room! :D

 

My mom tested it out today when we drove to our Christmas brunch with Mrs. Amy, Mrs. Stacie, and my friends Hannah and Jessie! So I got to show them the truck! Plus, we dropped Jackson off with AJ so he too got to take a look at it! :D

 

Hannah, Jessie and I spent a lot of our visit sitting in the truck talking and listening to the radio. Hannah really liked how big the back seat is! She was sprawled out in it like it was a couch! :D Jessie and I set some of my presets! Just so you know...several of them are country stations! Yea....addiction. :)

 

We drove it home and it handled great--but I managed to hair spray myself. Let me explain...

 

We were on the way home and I was riding shot gun when I felt something cold on my leg. I thought I was just sitting funny so I didn't do anything. But when I moved I noticed that the feeling was still there. So, when I reached my hand down to my leg I felt something WET! Yes...it was HAIRSPRAY! Ugh....the cap was off it and I sprayed myself! Ugh....bad day! :( It was all over my leg, the seat and my pants! A WHOLE CAN OF HAIRSPRAY LEAKED OUT ONTO ME!! :( But on the plus side...the awesome Hobbit calender my friend Hannah gave me as a present was in my lap and safe from the hair care blitz!

 

I should have posted a pic of it...but I didn't think about it. Oh well. But yea, I've got a Hobbit calender now for 2013! YAY! :D I really love it! YAY TO HANNAH FOR GIVING ME SUCH AN AWESOME CHRISTMAS GIFT! :D :D

 

 

 

But yea, I just wanted to share my awesome news with my bloggers! :D I'M SO HAPPY! I can hardly believe that I'm mobile! EEEKKKK!!!! :D

 

But I've got to go, seven days till Christmas and we're SO busy! 0_0 Still can't believe it's almost Christmas! WOWZA!! It's going to be over before I know it's even here! :(

 

But anyway, I've really got to go now! So, until next time...

 

This has been your busy and mobile blogger,

Rebecca

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Victoria Soto.

 

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She was killed after she hid her first graders in closets and cabinets and told the shooter they were in the gym. He killed her and not one of her children were harmed.

 

She was found huddled over her students.

 

 

 

The sad thing is...the White House will use this as political gain. They will use this to further restrict guns--even for self defence. Thereby causing more tragedies and deaths.

 

 

God have mercy on our nation.

 

 

Twas Thirteen Days Before Christmas...

 

WOW! These past two weeks have been a real doozy for us here in Mayberry! With Christmas, photo shoots, birthdays, spend the nights and so on it's been nearly impossible for me to get  post in edge wise! So much has happened! :D But I, despite my excitement--will try to break it down for you! :D

 

Well, first off I guess I should address the strange weather we've been having.

 

Yea, mid December (can it be MID December already?!) and it feels like FALL! Oh yea, some of the trees still have their autumn leaves! 0_0 However, yesterday it was ridiculously cold! It finally felt like winter! But today it's warmed back up and the sun's come out. :(

 

I don't like cold weather at all--I got that little trait from my father--but when it's Christmas time I want it to feel like winter...not fall! Oh well, maybe it'll cool down again.

 

Speaking of Christmas...it's THIRTEEN DAYS TILL PEOPLE! I can't believe it! 0_0 But, I just don't feel like it's Christmas!!! I know...stupid...but for some reason I just can't get in the Christmas spirit. Huh, maybe I need to listen to more Christmas music--and STOP worrying about college!

 

College starts the second week of January. So I've got about a month. But my books still need to be ordered and I'm still nervous. However, the more I talk to people who are going to my new college the less scared I get.

 

I'm not so scared about flunking out--though that is a BIG fear too--I'm only taking three classes this year (due to this being my first full time semester and my first time on a campus) but I'm still worried. :( Pray for me!

 

I've also been trying to grow in my faith. This past year I've really slipped in that area. I haven't done anything 'bad'--but I just feel I've strayed from God. I haven't been paying attention to him as I should have. My relationships have really been showing this. I haven't been the sister, daughter and friend I should have been. But I want to do better--I really do. So forgive me family and friends for all the crap I've put you through! I must have been so awful! God's working on me and I'm trying my best to work with him! :) It's so wonderful to have such an amazing God! :D

 

I'm still working on my books. I'm doing a fourth rewrite of Book One and I hope to have it ready for publishing by 12/21/14--let's hope it does well! :D

 

I've been watching a lot of the Andy Griffith show lately. It's a really wonderful show (for those who didn't know) and I love it! However, it's so sad to see how far our country's focus has shifted. It makes me sick to see a portion of the ideals of the sixties and then compare it to the ideals of today. Ugh...depressing.

 

But anyway, shifting back to happy mode, my favorite character would HAVE to be Gomer Pyle! He's just so precious and sweet! :D AAAAWWWW! And he can REALLY sing!

 

 

That's really Jim Nabors voice! 0_0 WOWZA!! :D

 

 

But anway, onto my busy week.

 

Our week started out pretty busy--with my brother's good friend AJ coming over to spend the night.

Yep, the weekend was spent guzzling down Doctor Pepper, Pizza and chocolate--which was a HORRIBLE temptation for my newly started diet! (I've gained about ten pounds and I want to loose it before the holidays!)

 

But the boys had so much fun! However, I'm afraid they were both REALLY worn out by the end of it! They stayed up until THREE playing Call of Duty! YIKES! 0_0

 

 

Sunday we took AJ home--but not before stopping at a local tree farm to get our Chrima tree! Yep! We FINALLY got a tree! But, when we got there it was nearly dark--so we sorta got one and ran! Poor AJ--he didn't know he was going to be put to work!

 

That's my mom--hurrying away from the camera. Love ya, mom! :D

 

 

But long story short--we got a tree! It's a really nice tree and we are all happy with it! :D

 

There was a mom's meeting Monday--so my awesome friend's Hannah and Jessie got to come over! :D Sadly--poor Hannah couldn't stay :'(. Jessie and I really missed you Hannah!

 

 Jessie and I had a lot of fun with my brother though! We watched this show called Oddities and--to be frank--made fun of it. I mean....AAAHHHHH! That show freaked Jessie and me out SO bad--but at the same time had us on the floor laughing!

 

But all kidding aside...that show is pretty creepy sometimes. I'm not sure what's scarier--the merchandice in the store or the mental house escapees that wander into it!

 

 

 Also, Hannah has introduced me to this game called Sims Freeplay! It's a great game...in fact I'm in addicted to it! Yea...major time waster there! I've spent hours playing that game instead of working on my book! I hate you now Hannah!

 

I'm sure the fasination phase will wear off soon though--as it usually does with me and new games. Let's hope!

 

 

 

The next thing on our agenda was our friend's Jacob and James's birthday! Their birthdays are both in December so Mrs. Rita just has their party on the same day. Makes sense in my opinion! :)

 

This year they had a big birthday bash at a local restaurant (same place I had my grad party! Need to post pics of that!). It was great! We got a chance to meet some of their family that we hadn't met before and, best of all, we got to hang out with our amazing friends! :D

 

 

Everything was really well put together (congrats to Mrs. Rita!) and the boys seemed to be really enjoying themselves! :D I can hardly believe that the boys are 18 and 16! WOW!!!!!!! 0_0 You are both growing up SO fast! *Sniff* :(

 

 

Well, the day after the birthday (yesterday!) I had a photo shoot! Yep, I've been averaging about one to two of these a week now! :D I'm so happy! :D I love hanging out with Mrs. Johnnie and Mr. King! :D They are both such amazing and sweet people! And Mr. King gives us chocolate! Also NOT good for my diet! LOL!

 

So far I've had three shoots this month. One at my future college, one at a local air field (my pic from that at the top ^) and finally Callaway Gardens!

 

OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!! *Screams and runs around the room* I LOVE Callway! :D I hadn't been there in years! Last time I went was with some old friends back when I was thirteen or twelve. Ahhh, happy memories! :D

 

But anyway, yesterday I got to go back with Mrs. Johnnie and Mr. King! We didn't get to go to ALL of Callway--but we went to some of the choice places! My fav was the Chapel! I LOVE that place! I've even considered getting married there--should I ever get married! :D

 

We also stopped at the horticulture center so we could all get some flower pictures! :D I have loads of pics I'd love to show you--but I doubt you'd want to scroll through hundreds of pics. So I just picked out a few favs!

 

 

 

They had a poinsettia tree! :) How pretty! :D

This was where the orcids were! It was really warm in there! We didn't complain though...it was really nice to be warm after treking around in the cold air!

 

 

I have a better pic of this flower but it wouldn't load. Hum...bad computer!

 

 

Look! A bear! :D They had a polar bear and three penguins ice skating at the entrance! HOW CUTE!! :D

 

 

Callaway wasn't our only stop yesterday! We managed to stop by and old bank that was REALLY cool for a quick photo op and a really pretty church! Also, Mr. King treated us to lunch at this very nice cafe`! The food was excellent (I was good, I only had a salad!) and the bread bakery (they had a bakery/cafe`) smelled even better! :D Mr. King bought a loaf of--I believe--Cranberry bread while Mrs. Johnnie took some pictures of the town and I talked to a very nice young man who worked there! ;D

 

But as a whole the day was awesome! I was so grateful to Mrs. Johnnie for letting me model for her! I just LOVE it! :D I hope we can go again really soon! :D

 

But this has been our first "slow" day all week long! Mr. Don (a family friend) is coming over for dinner tonight and--given all that we've been doing this week--means that this has been a slow day. :) Tomorrow, however, won't be slow!

 

Tomorrow I'm supposed to get my hair trimmed and re-layered and my sister is going to go to her first piano recital! :D

 

My little sister, Joannna, has given up dance to start piano and she's doing SO good! She's so much better than I ever was! *Hugs* for Jo Jo! :D 

Tomorrow she will be playing 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'! She's really got the song down pack and I'm SO proud of her! I just hope she doesn't get nervous! Please pray that she'll do really well and feel confident about her new found ability! :D

 

Also, tomorrow is the offical release date for The Hobbit! :D

 

 

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!! I can hardly believe it! This time last year we were freaking out over the trailer for this movie--but now it's finally here! :D I can't wait to see it! I just hope it can live up to Lord of the Rings! :D We will see.

I'm going to see this movie several times. I've got a lot of peeps who want to go see it. But I'm not complaining! The more Hobbit the better ! :D

 

 

 

But I guess that's all for now! Mr. Don will be here in about an hour and I'll have to help get ready! Thanks so much for letting me spill my guts! It's been fun! So until next time!

 

This has been your busy and happy blogger,

 

Rebecca

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, James! :D

 

Hi!

 

Well, as you may have seen from the title--today is my dear friend James's birthday! I can hardly believe it! Can you believe he's turning 18 today?! WHOA!! I mean, I remember back when we were little kids! Hard to believe it's been TEN WHOLE YEARS!! WOW! :D

 

James and I met back when we were eight and I was new to the home school group. Our mom's had been friends when they were younger so they decided to get James, Jacob, Jackson and me together to hang out one day.

 

Needless to say, we got along perfectly and have been friends ever since! :D  

 

James and I have been through a lot together! So buddy, on your special day, I hope you know what an awesome friend you are!

 

Over these past 10 years I've enjoyed your company and the many adventures that we've shared! You've always been an amazing friend and I hope you know that! :D You've been there for my sunny days and my rough patches! You've helped my expand and grow my interests and have encouraged me to just be myself! :D I enjoy spending time with you, and you are one of the few people in this world that I can really be myself around! :D You are just like a brother to me and I hope that never changes! :D Thank you so much for being such and amazing friend and I hope you have a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :D

 

 

Your dear friend,

 

Rebecca

Book Tag!

Okay, that right there pretty much describes my 'Creative Process' perfectly. Sad really...but there you have it.

 

Well, anyway, I know you guys are probably SICK of me talking about my books...but I just found this really amazing book tag and I would like to share it! :)

 

Okay...here goes...

 

What is the working title of your book?

 

Crisis...that's the third one's anyhow.

 

Where did the idea for the book come from?

 

Oooh, that's a tricky one. Well, I guess I would have to say that the idea for this book came last spring--while I was surfing the web. I was in the middle of writing another book when this idea hit me like a bolt of lightening. I couldn't get it out of my head! I wasn't exactly in love with it at first...but slowly the idea started to grow and before long I had the whole story plotted out!

 

What genre does your book fall under?

 

Yong Adult/Science Fiction

 

What actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

 

Hmmm....let me think. I don't have all the characters...just a few...

 

 

Benedict Cumberbach would be the PERFECT Alan! :)

 

Geoffrey Rush would be good as Dag.

 

 

Saoirse Ronan would make a good Linnet!

 

But other than that I don't know. I haven't given it too much thought. Oh well...

 

What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?

 

Oh crud monkeys....I'm not good at 'one sentence summaries'. Here goes....

 

Johanna's country is falling apart at the seems; with the war coming to a head...Johanna will be forced to choose between her cause and those she loves most.

 

So anyway, hope that sufficed.  

 

 Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

 

Interesting question...I haven't really figured that one out myself. I'd like to go with an agency...but I'm not sure how well that'd work out. Orginally this book was to be used as a stepping stone into self publishing. But now...now I'd like to have a crack at an agency. Maybe I'll send it in a few times and if that doesn't work out, I'll do self publishing. Either way, I'm praying that God will guide me in the right direction! :)

 

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

 

One month. Back in June I think it was.

 

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

 

I don't really know. I don't read much Science Fiction so I'm not sure. Also, I dont' like to base my books off of something else.

 

Who or what inspired you to write this book?

 

Hmmm....a lot of things! My first inspiration came when I was just randomly surfing the Internet. After that I just slowly started to build the story. (I'm not giving any big details right now...sorry)

 

My friend Hannah also inspired me.

Not only was she the one who started me reading Young Adult and Science Fiction novels, but the bare boned basics of my character Johanna were actually traits my dear friend has. Of course...I've added things to Johanna to make her her own unique person--but at her core, my friend Hannah was her inspiration! Thanks a HEAP Hannah! :)

 

Also, Jamie inspired me! She encouraged me to try NaNoWriMo which helped finish the trilogy! Thanks so much to my fellow writer! :D

 

What else about this book might pique the reader's interest?

 

Oh my...

 

This is the story of a girl whose loyalty to her cause and beliefs takes her to the ultimate limit. You'll rally for the characters as they push towards their goal of renouncing their cruel opponent! This is the story of war. And no one makes it out unscathed. But this is also a story of healing, and bravery. A story of countless men and women who are forced to make the ultimate choice.

How far will you go for your beliefs.

 

I wish I could give more...but I'm a very protective author. So no sneak peeks. But I hope that you allw will continue to follow my progress and will--maybe someday--pick up a copy of my book! :)

 

But now, ON TO THE TAGGING!

 

Let's see....I think I'll tag...

 

Solace

 

JT

 

Grace

 

And anyone else who wants to try it! :D

 

 

Well, it's time for me to go! Thanks so much for letting me pick your ear for a few minutes!

 

 

Your ever busy and happy blogger,

 

Rebecca 

 

 

 

 

Hey, I Won! :D

 

Hey, I was just going to pop in and say that I made it! I won! I flew in by the seat of my pants but I managed! WOOF! What a workout! 0_0

 

I can hardly believe that I manged to finish! I've been working around the clock for two weeks trying to get this puppy done and AHHH! SO MUCH WORK!

 

But...I made it!

 

My final word count was 53,376. *Sigh* I'm tired! The book ended up having seventy six chapters and fourteen of those I want to revise and or add to. So yea...the book's going to get longer.

 

But on a not so happy note...I've finished my trilogy. I know I should be happy (and I am) but I'm sad to finish this one. But I keep telling myself that this is in no way shape or form done. I've still got to revise the first book some more! So this series isn't over yet!

 

But before I do the revising...I think I will take a break. Maybe I'll work on another story--or maybe I'll just relax and enjoy the holidays! I don't know. Either way, I'll figure it out!

 

But I just wanted to let you know that I made it and to congratulate all those who won NaWrMo! You guys did awesome! I hope to see you all next year for the next NaWrMo!

 

But until then, this has been your happy and tired blogger,

Rebecca