Holiday Preparations

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and before we know it Christmas will be here. Holiday preparations include saving money for gifts, figuring out travel plans, and for some, especially me, trying to lose some weight before the six week food fest begins. I will have five days off for the Thanksgiving break (including the weekend). I plan to spend that time with my family and friends, catching up on some reading, and...packing boxes. That's right folks, I plan to leave the vermin palace by the end of the year. The bugs, the drafty structure, the brown water (yes, brown), and the iffy safety of the neighborhood, not to mention my high rent, have all lead me to search elsewhere for a place to dwell. I'll be moving to a two bedroom, one bath duplex near work. I get three weeks off for the Christmas and New Year's holidays so that time will also be spent with family and friends, catching up on reading, packing, moving and unpacking. Huzzah!!!

I'm still reading The Last Apprentice series. I am on book three, Night of the Soul Stealer. I also plan to read a biography on J.K. Rowling soon. There has been a persistent buzz for the last few months about the upcoming Twilight movie based on the best selling book by Stephenie Meyer. I plan to see the movie and I certainly hope it is better than the book. It took all my strength to get through the first book and I have no desire to delve further into the series. If I had to read one more sentence about the beauty that is Edward I was going to puke. The series is an interesting idea but is no where near the caliber of Harry Potter--despite many critics' opinions.


This is a LEGO Harry Potter.


This is Hermione

And this is Ron. I thought these were too funny and wanted to share. That's all I've got for now. I'll post pictures of my moving progress and news about my holiday plans.