I know I have been posting some seriously heavy posts lately and while I LOVE those types of posts, I feel I must take a break from them today. I actually have quite a few heavy posts I am working on, but with only one computer with four people blogging and working on it, I have not had any time to work on them. Much else do anything else!! So needless to say it is VERY hard to be able to get on the computer and work on anything. That is why you get this post without any meaning and why its been a week since I blogged. Since I couldn't work on any really great posts, I decided to give you a little peek into what has been going on lately.    

            One thing that is really exciting is Marmee has hired me as one of the Girlhood Home Companion graphic designers for the magazine and also for marketing. I really happy about this because both of these things are up my alley. Having this "job" requires me to get a new computer too. YAY!! Who doesn't love a new computer?? I do!! My "Tech Squad" have both been helping me find a computer that will suit my needs. 

While I was looking at computers I thought it would be fun to see, just see, if I could find a Superman one. hahaha yeah I know... keep dreaming. Anyway, I found a Superman laptop for $2,500, but no desktops. I also found a Superman keyboard and mouse set for about $25. I am really going to try and get it. It was really neat.

I am also really excited about getting "Dark Foundations" (book 3) by Chris Walley. Dad just ordered it, and I should have it by the end of the week, I hope.  I truly love this series. Mom got it a couple Christmases ago, and once I read it, I loved it. When I first started blogging I wrote up a horrible book report on " The Shadow At Evening" (book 1) but not "The Power Of The Night" (book 2). I hate writing book reports because I can never write enough without giving up the whole story. But take my word on it, this series is in the class of Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia. Once you get reading it, you won't want to put it down. Really. I have had to put myself on a 10 page a day limit so that I don't run out of the book before the next one comes. hahaha This is the second time I have read the series.
            The thing I love about these books is you have to take yourself out of our world and go into theirs. While that is not always a good thing when you are reading book, this time it is. I wish I could live in their world. It is the time of Jesus' 1,000 year reign. There is no sin whatsoever. NONE. It really puts alot of things into perspective, I think.
            Anyway you MUST read this series. I also really love to visit Mr. Walley's blog, "News from Farholme". Not only can you see some more in-depth stuff about the books, but Mr. Walley has some great insight on many things.  He is an author, so he is a great blogger. 

            Speaking of books and reading... the HSB Literary Club  has officially started reading "The Hedge of Thorns". The discussion starts TODAY!! We are reading chapters 1-3 this week. Mom has already done a super job on getting us in the time period for it as well as themes of the book and some discussion questions she made up. I actually just sat down and read my 3 chapters on Monday and yesterday we read it as a family. I must say it is a pretty powerful book already, but if you want to hear my discussion you will have to head over to HSB Lit Club to see it... So see you there!!

            I will soon be blogging at SuperAngelsblog.com. Now... I haven't decided whether I will be putting here on hsb or not. I will lose all of my hsb posts if I do, but will you all come over to SuperAngel's blog and comment... that is the question. I am really excited tho to have my own url. That had to be the best birthday present I got.

Thank you so much Paulie and Eric.

            Oh yes, you should check out the template that Chloe made for Sarah. It is really nice. Chloe is also going to start a template business soon. She has some pretty reasonable rates too.

The HSBA nominations are now over. Did you get your nominations in?? I sure hope so. They have all the nominations up now, so you can peruse them this weekend. Voting begins Dec. 3rd btw. There are some really great ones on there. More specifically.... The Daily Planet. hahaha
             I do have a request from all of you who actually care about the blog awards... if you are going to vote for me, please vote for me in the "Best Live What You Believe Homeschool Blog" category instead of the "Best Teen Gal Blog" category. The reason I ask that is because, if you vote for me in the "gal" one, then I am going up against Jocelyn and she was not nominated in another category. So if you are going to vote for me on Dec. 3rd, please do so in the "Best Live What You Believe Homeschool Blog" category. Also THE Raspberry Pixie Muffin was nominated for best new blog, so if you love Lucy, then vote for her too!!
            Be sure to check over there for the latest on all the award stuff and other stuff too. The ladies there are doing a really great job on keeping the site up and getting people interested in many things. This coming Saturday, I am doing the "Saturday Poetry and Literature". So come over on Saturday and see me.

            Speaking of Lucy...her blog has been updated. Well kinda. Mom has pulled some old posts that pertain to Lucy off her blog and put them on Lucy's. So if you haven't read everything about Lucy, I think we got it up there.

            We have seen some really awesome movies lately. One I really love is "The Ultimate Gift". If you haven't seen it, you must. That movie is just something else. Shows what's really important in life. We also saw "Amazing Grace". Another wonderful movie. I have a post coming up on that.

            It has been really cold here lately and I totally want summer back. I don't think I will make it through winter. Not to mention we are now on daylight savings time. ugh. It is dark at 5:30pm instead of 7:30pm. It's a pain.

            Well... I think that is all. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

As Always, 

Thanks for stopping by "Daily" at the "Planet"!!
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