Yes that's an Elf quote and you know what that means! It;s Christmas!! :D I don't have time for a whole long post, but I wanted to let you guys know there's a Christmas themed photo contest running over at Fountain of Mercy! I hope you'll head on over and enter! :) Here's my entry:
My favorite book series is the River of Time by Lisa T. Bergren.
It's about two girls who go back in time to the 14th century and essentially fall in love with the handsome knights and lords there. One of the guys is already taken, and that creates a lot of disagreement. Of course, the team we're rooting for is also up against a team of their mortal enemies and face many dangers from that. I'm not going to give away the ending, so that you'll still want to read it, but the gist of it is that they face a lot of trials and try to somehow find love at the same time.
I love it because it's the perfect mix of everything I love in a book (or in this case books) -- action, romance, a little bit of mystery, and of course, comedy. As well as sci-fi, the whole series involves so many real life circumstances that we can relate to, it draws you in. Even when cast into another time, the heroine -- Gabi -- stays very real-life. I hope you decide to read this series, because you're seriously missing out if you don't! It's just seriously the best thing ever. But you won't know that until you read it. ;)
I have a lot of favorite movies, but I guess I'll share one of my recent favorites that is a perfect movie to watch with your family during the Christmas season. :) It's called the Twelve Dates of Christmas.
It's about a young woman named Kate who is doomed to repeat the same day over and over -- twelve times to be exact -- until she learns to forget about her ex-boyfriend, care about other people more than herself, and get things right with her blind date twelve times over.
My whole family loved this movie. It's nice because it doesn't have all of the bad scenes to fast forward, the violence, and the profanity of a lot of movies now. There is some language, but it is definitely on a smaller scale than most movies. It is really good because it is not only about falling in love, it involves comedy and learning to care about others from a random guy who helps you up at the mall to your neighbor. I really enjoyed this movie, and I hope you will, too. :)
Chavonne's favourite book:
One of my favourite books by far would be, "The Vow"
This is a true story, about true love, loyalty and trust in God.
I have not seen the movie yet, but its on my "movie list". (Its probably not as good as the book however :P)
The book starts off as a young woman and man (both single) and how they start their courtship and soon fall in love. Not 2 months after they marry however they crash and the wife is seriously hurt so bad, that she does not remember her husband and starts going through angry phases.
Now i'm not going to tell you about the ENTIRE book because that would ruin it for anyone who wants to read it later. I will tell you however, that it is a really good read, and encourages other people to trust God no matter what.
Psalm 46"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging."
Psalm 16:11
"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right hand, there are pleasures forevermore."
For the writing post today I decided to show you guys an excerpt from my nanowrimo novel. Here it is: As I’m walking outside into the gorgeous sunshine and fresh air, I notice a boy standing by the bike rack and fiddling with the chains. Trying to unlock his, I guess. His dark brown hair is pushed up off of his forehead, and he has twinkling blue eyes, making one think he is laughing even when the rest of his face is completely serious. Now his brows are knit in consternation as he works at the padlock. When he finally gets it, a huge grin breaks out on his face, and I think he’s someone I would like to know.
Then I realize I have been standing there watching him for more than five minutes and I probably look like some creeper. I laugh at the thought, and he looks up at the sound of my laughter. Our eyes meet and his grin at me, although his mouth has straightened out into a line. I don’t know why, but I blush, and turn away, walking quickly back towards the house. I can feel his eyes following me down the sidewalk, and I suddenly want to break out in a run. I withstrain myself, however, and maintain a brisk walk down the white sidewalk.
Its always right about this time that people start bringing out the coffee and tea for the cold weather, so i thought it only proper to put some photos up of a chine tea cup.
(Maybe i'll do a photo-shoot of some coffee =)...)
i was going to post these yesterday but i got a migraine at the last minute so couldn't.
This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things. He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available. George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all." Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
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