Summer Reading

So I have been out of school since May and yet have only read eight books. Hmmm, that's not too good. But, I suppose it's better than none. I enjoy reading. Especially when the book is really good.. Let's see the eight books that I have read so far are Kissing Frogs, Roommates Wanted, Shutter Island, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, PS I Love You, Agnes and the Hitman, House Rules, and In a Heartbeat. (Meana, have you read House Rules? It's by Jodie Picoult.)

The next book I am going to read is Under the Dome by Stephen King. I also have a few other library books lying around that I might read.

I like when books are turned into movies. Shutter Island, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, and PS I Love You have all been made into movies. It's interesting to see what they change and what they keep the same when you compare a book to the movie. I was sorta disappointed though because I had read Shutter Island before I saw the movie so I was aware of what was going to happen and there were no surprises. The book and movie were still good though. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud was an ok read. I really want to see the movie. It looks pretty good. PS I Love You was a bittersweet book/movie.

Sometimes it can be annoying when they add things to the movie that weren't in the book or take things out. In a way, books leave more to the imagination... You can picture the characters in your head a certain way. Whereas when a certain actor/actress plays the character, that might not be the way you pictured them to look,etc. What do you think? Is the book usually better than the movie version?

For me, I guess it would depend on the book/movie. Take A Walk To Remember for example. I thought that the movie seems better than the book because it's more from a time period that was closer to me than the in the book. That is just one of the reasons. I was trying to think of a book that was better than a movie, not getting that far with that right now. I'm sure there's a bunch though.

Anyone have any suggestions of books that I should read? Or any good movies that you think I might like? Please leave a comment if you think of any, thanks in advance. :)

Recap of the last few days

It has been awhile since I have written on here. I posted a video on for video Monday, but that doesn't really count writing wise since I wrote like a couple of sentences. So what have I been up to lately and why haven't I been writing on here? Good question, but the answer is pretty boring and is not a whole lot. I am trying to think of something exciting that happened...

Saturday night I met Cat and Emily at Emily's house and we went to the mall to hang out for awhile, where we met up with Brooke. That was fun. After the mall we went to Burger King. Then we went to the movies, where we saw Eclipse. I was the only one who hadn't seen the movie yet. It was pretty good, sort of long. You could tell more so some of the people who hadn't seen it were the ones who laughed at all the parts you were supposed to laugh at. We sat in the back row. Which was good because then we could wiggle around in seats and not worry about bothering the people behind us. So overall the night was a lot of fun. It's nice to be able to hang out with friends and have a good time.

On Sunday, I went with the family to the lake. (Located in Greenfield.)That was pretty fun. We left around 9:30 and got there a little after 10. We got our spot because we arrived relatively early.(Yes, we have gone there enough by now that we have a favorite spot.) It was good fun. Dad, Spencer, and Sage were able to toss around the football for a little while, while mom and I sat and watched. Later on we had lunch, which was subs, soda, and chips. Then after lunch they all went swimming. Which I didn't do for certain reasons. Then they tossed the football around in the water. I participated some as well. Not too much though since I couldn't go too far out without getting wet from everything. I still ended up getting wet though but it was still fun. I just hope that next time we go I will be able to swim and everything. Later on Sunday we decided to watch The Dark Knight. (Which we own on dvd but never really watched... aside from the fact that I saw it in theaters twice. It was still a good movie. I forgot how long it is. Heath Ledger does a great job as the joker.

Let's see, nothing too exciting happened on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Those have pretty much been lazy days. One thing that I have done a lot of lately is play The Sims 3. I was all excited when it came out a little over a year ago. When I first got, it I played for awhile and then stopped for months on end. So recently, I think it was Monday or Tuesday, I started playing again and got really in to it. This is good because it gives me something to do. It's funny how time goes by so fast in the game. The sims days can go by in what would probably only be like an hour or so in our time. (It would also depend on what speed you put everything to happen on.)One of the sims 3 families I created ended up having 6 kids. That family has turned into quite a handful. Another family I recently made consisted of a young adult who I wanted to be in the music industry and she is now a rockstar! She got married a little while before that to a nice guy. They now have a kid. (Note to self when making a sim with purple hair, figure in to it that future offspring may also have purple hair.) But anyways, here I am going on like these "people" actually exist.

It's funny though how in some ways the sims is easier than to real life. For example, after you create a sim and move them into a house, they already have 20,000 simoleons. If only life was like that where when you first started out, you earned free money. There is also cheats in the sims. One of the most popular is the cheat for money.

Another thing that I did on Wednesday was parallel parking. My dad set up something up in our driveway. So for a little bit yesterday, he taught me how to parallel park. It will definitely help me in the long run because then I can get closer to getting my license, speaking of which I should probably start studying the driver's manual soon... That way I don't cram it all in last minute.

Today I don't know what I am going to do. I will probably spend some more time practicing parallel parking. I might play the sims 3 some more. Also I might catch up on some of my shows online or read a book. There is a possibility that I might hang out with some friends later tonight or perhaps tomorrow. So that will be something to look forward to.


So here's one of the families from the sims 3. Notice that the mom and toddler have matching purple hair... Not something I planned. When I had her age age up from baby to toddler, the purple hair appeared. So now she's stuck with it. The mother's (Jenna)outfit is a bit too revealing. This is the outfit she wears now that she is a rockstar. Not something I picked... The only normal one in the family seems to be Stiles (the dad).

Recap of trip to Maine

So I haven't posted anything on my blog in a couple days. The last post was from Thursday. The trip to Maine was good. Emily and I went up to visit Andy. He is working at a summer camp in Maine for a good part of the summer. (I found out from him that it costs $10,000 to send your kid there for seven weeks. Wow, that's really expensive.) We headed up there in the early evening. It took less time to get to Portland Maine than we had expected, so that was good.

We stayed at a Comfort Inn. Which we weren't even aware of until we got to it. (Since Andy hadn't informed as of the name of it.) It was all good though because there was a Chili's right next door. So close that we could walk there. After checking in and bringing our stuff to the room, we went next door to Chili's. Chili's was good. I got boneless buffalo wings. We split dessert. One thing that I do think was sort of funny about going out to eat there was when we got our bill. Emily and I had ordered the same things and yet my bill was a penny more than hers. I am not quite sure how that worked out. Maybe it had something to do with tax?

Then we left and decided to go make a quick trip to Hannafords. It was only a couple of minutes away from the motel. It was nice how close together everything was. Then we got back to the motel and hung out there for the night. Where we went on Facebook, watched tv, played Mad Libs, hung out, etc.

The next day we got up packed our stuff, had breakfast, and checked out. Our next destination was Freeport. There was a chance that we might go to the beach, but then we decided not to. Plus Andy wanted to show us around Freeport. We ended up spending a good part of the morning and early afternoon there. It was a cool place. With lots of shops all around most of which were outlets. It was fun to just go walk around and look in stores.

We had lunch at some old tavern place in the area. That was pretty good. I was determined to go to a beading store that I had seen on the map. We made it there eventually. I didn't end up buying anything there. The problem was I really didn't know what I wanted to make or anything. After walking around some more, we ended up leaving Freeport and going back to the motel.

We had all gone together in Andy's jeep and so on the way back he took the top off and everything. So it was extremely windy. But it was still very fun. Cruising down the highway with the tunes blasting and wind blowing in our hair, ahh what fun. Shortly after we got back to the motel, we left to go home.

Overall, the trip was a lot of fun. I was glad that it was able to work out. I wish that I had taken more pictures, oh well it is what it is.

Emily- She is ready for some fun.


Andy- Looking very happy.


Me- Looking miserable. It was a lot of fun though.

Finally Thursday!!

So it is finally Thursday!! The day that I have been waiting for. Emily and I are heading to Maine in a little while. We are going to go up and meet Andy, who has been working at a summer camp. We are going to stay over night at a hotel and hang out. Tomorrow will be fun too because we might go to the beach while we're up there. It will be nice to hang out with both of them. I haven't seen Andy in a really long time.

It will be nice to get away, even if it's just for a day. I need to remember to take my camera and take pictures. Oh, and videos are always fun too. That way I can eventually make another slideshow in like 5 years. Plus it's just nice to be able to take lots of pictures of all the fun times. That way you can look back on them and smile.

The place is somewhere in Portland. I am not sure of the name. No one told me, but Emily has the address so all is good. The cost for staying there for one night is only $109. So that's not too bad. About $36 a piece. Plus it has a pool and hot tub.

I'm sure it will be fun. So I am going to go pack now. Which shouldn't take long since it's only for like a day.

Beach Day, etc.

So today was a nice day. Meana and Munca arrived this afternoon all the way from Florida. It's nice that they are here and that I can spend some time with them.

Later in the afternoon, I went to the ocean with Emily and her mom. That was a fun way to spend the afternoon. Eric (Emily's boyfriend) ended up meeting us there too. It was definitely a good beach day. It was hot at times but not too bad. A good part of the time was spent searching for sand dollars. Unfortunately, we did not find any. The water was freezing... After awhile though, it wasn't too bad. We did not swim in it. Just waded in and let the waves splash against us. (How are people able to go swimming when the water is so cold? I am too much of a chicken for an intense thing like that.) It's always fun to write stuff in the sand too. We did that some. Then it became like a competition though and we would try to see who could write their words in the sand the biggest. It was also fun to walk along the water.

A huge plus was that it wasn't as crowded as Hampton. So nice to not feel like everywhere you went there was a sea of people. Which can get quite annoying because you always feel like you are going to step on them. I would probably pick Wallis Sands any day over Hampton. But then I am not so sure in a way... Since Hampton has the board walk and other stuff to do. So I guess it would all depend on what you were in the mood for that day. If you want "hustle and bustle", then pick Hampton, if you are in the mood for relaxing and less crowds, then Wallis is the place to go. I suppose I can just alternate between the two of them... I think it would be cool to rent a house on the beach. It would be fun to just pack everything that would be needed and spend the day hanging out on the beach.

It's weird in a way, I got out of school over a month ago and yet I am just starting to do summer like things. I went to both the lake and the beach last week. Then the beach again today. It's nice to be out of school and just be able to enjoy things. Although there are days that can be boring at times.

Tomorrow should be fun. My mom, Meana, and I are going to Savers. That should be a good time. Hopefully we can all find some good stuff. One thing I am looking for in particular is a dress for S & T's wedding. Which is only a month a way. Seems like it's going to be a lot of fun. I haven't been to a wedding in awhile.

So this is the end of the post. I suppose that I will go to bed a bit early tonight, since I have to get up earlier than I usually do. It's 11:52 PM which is still early for me. I usually go to bed between the hours of 1 and 4.

Goodnight fellow bloggers, and people who do not have blogs but like to read those who do. :)

Emily and I looking for sand dollars. Which we never ended up finding.



Eric, Emily, and myself hanging out at the beach.