Been Busy

Started another scrap blanket.



Another scrap blanket done. Don't really like this one. I was supposed to do one more section but I didn't feel like it.



Had some leftover yarn from the baby blanket (see blanket down below), so I made a scarf. I love the color and it's so soft. .



My Gryffindor scarf. I want to get a patch and sew it on there. Joey is sooooo jealous.



One of my co worker's wife is having a baby. The sonogram says it's gonna be a boy. So I whipped this up for him.



Finished my grandma's blanket. Again, not normally a color I would pick out but it's what she likes.

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl — someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I'm as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment — not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a sinister organization called the Edison Group. What does that mean? For starters, I'm a teenage necromancer whose powers are out of control; I raise the dead without even trying. Trust me, that is not a power you want to have. Ever.

Now I'm running for my life with three of my supernatural friends — a charming sorcerer, a cynical werewolf, and a disgruntled witch — and we have to find someone who can help us before the Edison Group finds us first. Or die trying.

The book picks up right where the last one ends. I picked up the book and could not stop reading. I had to find out what was up with Lyle House. Will Chloe be reunited with Derek and Simon?

Yes she was. Although Tori was brought along too. I really hated that. I do not like that girl. She's just a spoiled rotton brat. I was hoping she'd get recaptured or just go off on her own. She didn't. Oh well.

Chloe is also trying to control her magic. She manages to communciate with Liz's ghost. But sometimes she contacts the wrong spirit. Or she manages to pull a spirit back into a dead body or a dead animal if one is near by.

I sense a budding romance between Derek and Chloe. We'll see what happens in the next book. And what is up with Chloe's necklace. In the first book it was red and now it's blue. What does the necklace do? Hmmm.

One more book to go. Oh and I wanted to add a special thanks to Nath who sent me the book. You rock. And it's autographed. tee hee.

The Books:

The Summoning
The Awakening

Someone Wants to Watch New Moon

A conversation with Joey after watching a New Moon commercial.

Joey: I suppose you want to go and see this.
Me: Not really. I'll wait for Netflix.
Joey: Really?
Me: Yeah I didn't care for the first one.
Joey: Oh....
A couple of seconds pass
Joey: What if I want to see it?
I snicker
Joey: Shut up. I knew I should have just kept my mouth shut. Now you're gonna tell everyone.

Oh honey, you are so right. He said he would deny it and just say he's going to look at all the hot chicks. Whatever.

Also, side note, I love winter. The best part, Joey always runs hot. So when I climb into bed, I can feel the heat off of Joey. It's like having an electric blanket.

You Had to Be There

Sunday morning, I was sleeping peacefully. I wanted to roll over onto my back but I couldn’t. Every time I tried, my lower back ached with pain. It hurt to much to move. At first I thought I was having a bad dream. So I started to kind of whimper and then I realized no, I was not dreaming. I kept trying to roll myself over and whimpered some more. Finally Joey asked if I needed the heating pad. Yes, yes I did.

While he was plugging it in, I finally managed to roll onto my back. Joey slipped the heating underneath me, “You know, it was kind of amusing watching you thrash about for a bit. It was kind of cute. Like a fish out of water.” I’m glad I could entertain you.

Anyways, I’m fine. The back pain was due to Aunt Flo making her appearance. Which explains why I've been so emotional lately.

Later that day, we’re at my parents house. My sister is curled underneath a blanket on one couch. Joey and I are on the love seat. I tell Joey I’m cold. He asks if I want a blanket. The blanket that my sister happens to be using. The only blanket in the living room.

My sister turns towards Joey and in a deadly voice and with equally deadly eyes: “Just try and take my blanket from me Joey.”
I forget what Joey said, cause I was laughing. I mean it was just funny seeing my sister all territorial over the blanket.
My sister: “Joey if you try and take this blanket from me, I can’t guarantee your family jewels will be safe.”
From the kitchen my mom: “no hitting Joey in the family jewels. I want grandbabies you know.”
Kat: Fine, I'll beat you in other places.

Lesson of the day: You don't mess with the girl when she's cold.

Later that night Joey said he could not shake the image of my sister challenging him to take away her blanket. He said he had never before felt frightened her and he honestly believed she could have kicked the crap out of him.

Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas

He was everything she’d sworn to avoid.

Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life. When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposal—only to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust.

And she was everything he needed…

Harry was willing to do anything to win Poppy—except to open his heart. All his life, he has held the world at arm’s length…but the sharp, beguiling Poppy demands to be his wife in every way that matters. Still, as desire grows between them, an enemy lurks in the shadows. Now if Harry wants to keep Poppy by his side, he must forge a true union of body and soul, once and for all...

I did a joint review with Nath and Ames over at Breezing Through. Check it out!

Bleh

So I'm still a little peeved over the interview thing. Monday my sister emailed both my mom and I saying her supervisor wanted to talk about my interview. My sister's sup was one of my panel members. She also happens to be my mom's friend and interviewed my mom when she was going for her promotion.

The sup, Gwen asked my sister if I heard anything. My sister said no and that Gwen looked kind of surprised and told my sister to have me call her. Mom got hopeful thinking that maybe I still had a chance. I told mom no, i don't. The next day, Gwen asks again if i heard anything. Nope.

This is where I got kind of annoyed. As one of the panel members, I know she knew that all of us who didn't get picked were not going to get any notification. I also know she knows I didn't get the job. I would think she would have pushed for us to get an email or a phone call. As of today, we got nothing.

Thursday my mom called me at home (I had Wednesday-Friday off) to tell me the announcement went out at work. Then she said I need to call Gwen to discuss my interview. I was silent on on the phone. Mom told me to stop being stubborn.

I gave a good interview. All my answers told them I could do the job and handle the responsibility of it. I felt so good about my interview that I swore I got. I have never felt like that about an interview. Even my mom told me my interview was good after I was done. My mom had told me her interview had sucked.

When I found out I didn't get, disappointment was an understatement. I seriously don't know how my answers could have shown the panel I wasn't qualified for the job. My mom told me to call Gwen. "Why" I asked, "So I can hear 'You didn't say the right power words', that I need to expand on my answers? I gave a good interview mom. I don't know what more they could have wanted." Mom started getting annoyed I was being so stubborn, I was getting annoyed at mom for pushing me.

I'm not as upset or frustrated. I am still a little sulky. I'll probably eventually call Gwen. I'm really afraid of what she's going to say. Because if she says what I'm thinking she'll say, I'm just going to get frustrated again. I swear the State has thee most stupidest way of hiring people sometimes.

Joey came home yesterday and found me curled on the couch with red blotchy eyes. He cheered me up some. Now that I got some of this off my chest maybe it'll help me not be upset. Sorry if I sound like a whiny baby.

Happy Birthday Rowena!

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Just a quick note to say Happy Birthday to Rowena! Have fun whatever you decide to do today!