Hungry?

When Levi and I were first married, we stayed in two B&Bs over several days. I found the food to be delicious and a little different. Since then, I have tried to imitate a little of what we tasted. I have had some luck creating some delicious breakfast alternatives thanks to those inspiring meals at the B&Bs.

There is a cool web site that offers recipes supplied by different B&Bs throughout the nation. It's easy to navigate and offers some incredibly fun meal ideas. One that I am really excited to try out is The Breakfast Pizza. The recipe was presented by The Jefferson Inn of Ellicottville. Another one I'm excited to try is The Asparagus Egg Puff presented by Northwood Inn Bed & Breakfast in NJ.

Movie news at last

"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" upcoming movie has a new web site. You can explore Narnia and get some of the history, in case you forgot much of it from the books. There is even a quiz with a question from each book to test your knowledge. I got 4 our of 7 right.

Charlie and Chocolate Factory has recently put out a teaser. Johnny Depp's hair and teeth really creap me out in this teaser.

Who are the PIGs?

Here is an interesting article about PIGs in the school system.

I just finished reading "Deception Point" by Dan Brown. He also wrote "DaVinci Code", "Angels & Demons", and "Digital Fortress". The book is full of adventures, near escapes, problem solving, unknown bad guy and the usual thrills Dan Brown always excites us with. I also finished "Digital Fortress" about a month ago, and highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys such adventures.

I have recently become a self proclaimed "expert" on how to cure Jelly Fish stings. Anyone burdened with such a sting that would like some questionable advice, please let me know.

Time To Vote

It's finally time to vote. As of tomorrow we can say goodbye to all the ads in the mail, on TV, the phone calls, the flyers left at your doors and the constant talk of it all. But that's not until tomorrow. Today we are still stuck with all the annoying ads. If you would care for some funny political distractions, check this out.

Costumes

Once again it's that time of year when we get to dress up in a costume and run around asking strangers to give us candy. What a wonderful world we live in. Free candy!

This year Levi and I are going to dazzle our friends, neighbors and family with our costumes. Levi will be Van Helsing and I will be a Vampire Slayer. Late last night I finally finished Levi's costume. It must have been one of the most difficult costumes I've put together. Everything seemed to be working against us, as the needed items to finish the costume were very difficult to find. With some improv and a dash of humor, we were able to get both costumes ready to dazzle all those we dare to ask candy from.

I wish you all a very happy Halloween!

Oh sure it's spooky, but is it haunted?

There is something exciting about a place that reputed to be haunted. MSN has a list of their top 10. Some of the buildings actually look as though they should be haunted and some look like average normal buildings. Of course, spooky looking places look as though they should be haunted, so the surprise of finding it so is extra fun.

Perhaps my morbid curiosity of the haunted is due to the fact that I've never been truly spooked by a haunting. Here are my two experiences.

Year: 2003
In WA there is a soda shop that is suspected to be haunted. We went in for sodas and for the hopeful experience of having our hair stand on end at some point of the visit. When it became apparent that the supposed spooks wanted nothing to do with us, we asked a worker if she had any spook stories. The answer was very weak and disappointing.

Year: 1997
In New Orleans the French Quarter, almost every building you pass is reputed to be haunted and there are some impressive spook stories. Did we ever get spooked? NO.

So my question is, are these stories made up from someone's imagination or am I just unlucky?

100 Greatest Books

Last week I checked out "The World's 100 Greatest Books" audio tapes from the library. To see the list of books considered to be the world's greatest, click here. This is not a full reading of each book. They are broken into sections.
1- Information on the work and it Author.
2- It's theme and contents
3- Overview of main characters
4- 30 minute story overview (the part I like)
5- The qualities and values that give this work universal appeal.

I have to admit that I have really enjoyed listening to so many classics. I've previously read several of the books on this list, so it's going to be fun to explore some of these books I was always too afraid to pick up.