Happy Valentine's Day a little early

I have a soft spot for Valentine's Day and when I saw this the other day (thanks to Isa) I thought it would was so cute that it would make a perfect Valentine post.

Happy Valentine's Weekend. Hubby and I don't really have any special plans, but I guess just being together is special enough LOL (wow I am sooo not usually that sappy)

The Uglies Movie(s) Moving Forward

This post is mostly for my daughter's benefit, she's almost 10 and she LOVES to read. She would especially love to spend her time reading YA. Since lots of YA subject matter is too old for her, I mostly force her to stick more to MG. We share a love of reading and both love some of the same book series. Last night we sat head to head, reading a preview of the upcoming Maximum Ride book, which prompted her to pick up the series and begin to re-read it. A snow day today helped her finish book 1.

She just danced across the room Yahoo'ing at this news about a series we both like a whole bunch, so I thought it deemed blogging.

MTV Hollywood Crush is reporting the following about The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld...

Industry sources have confirmed to MTV News exclusively that Screen Gems
.... is developing — and in fact, fast tracking (!) — a film version of "The Uglies" series.

While there haven't been any decisions made regarding things like casting yet, we can tell you that our source said production of the movie is planned for later this year. That means we will all hopefully know soon enough who could be playing the beloved teen Tally Youngblood in the futuristic, meaningful tale about a dystopian society that places an incredible emphasis on looks.

Are you a fan of The Uglies Series? Looking forward to the movies? Have an opinion on casting?

Maximum Ride: FANG

FANG, the newest installment of the Maximum Ride book series by James Patterson is due to hit the stores on March 15. Today as a fan of the series, I feel like I struck gold....

A fabulous preview of FANG, Book 1!!

It's available in at MaximumRide.com and at the Amazon Kindle store. There's also an 'app for that' LOL

It's been so long since I read any of the Maximum Ride books I had forgotten how much I enjoy them. Now I am really looking forward to this next one. My 9yr old is asking for it for her birthday at the end of March, I'm thinking I'll buy it for her and sneak in a read before I wrap it :-)

Music Monday

I thought I'd start making more of an effort to blog. Every Monday over on Twitter is #MusicMonday. Today I am calling attention to the song that inspired the name of my blog. It's Just Me by Blue October. I promise I'll try not to use Blue October songs everytime I do a Music Monday post.....no promises.

Spreading the word about the Pick Up The Phone Tour

Blue October has rescheduled their Pick Up The Phone Tour. I've got my ticket to see them in Philadelphia, one year after seeing them in the exact same place! Really can not wait!! Anybody else planning to see them??

Worst Blogger Ever.... Yep, It's Just Me

I think I am unofficially the worst blogger ever. I mean it's been a REALLY long time since I posted anything here. :-( Sadness...Failure But in my defense I have been really busy with other on-line projects, mostly FallenArchangel. Things over there have really taken off - in a great way. In a few days we will be announcing the newest member of our FallenArchangel team. We are super excited!!

I've been working hard to be more conscious the great things people are doing these days to help each other and the environment, and I'm trying to live that way as well. The other day I was shopping at Target and to my delight they saved one great big plastic bag by slapping a handy dandy handle on the package of toilet paper. It was easy to carry and just imagine over time how many bags that would keep out of the environment!! One more reason to Love Target!! Lots of little things being done by lots of people can have a big impact.

What a Week for My Favorite Things!

The Holidays!

Of course everyone's life is crazy this time of year but, for those of you who don't know, I work in a church office which brings about a whole lot more crazy! BUT It's also a really great time of year. The kids try a little harder to behave, in hopes Santa will notice; people are generally a little nicer to each other and heck there's lots of junk food and presents!!! AND This week I got to spend a whole day with my Mom, which is an extremely rare treat :-)

HUSH HUSH / FallenArchangel

We released a fun little video yesterday, encouraging you to gift the gift of Hush, Hush this holiday season. We are thankful for Drew Doyon for doing this, he's a great guy and a super great sport for indulging us when we ask him for crazy things. We'll have more Patch goodness coming in 2010!!

Blue October

Ok so Kangaroo Cry was featured on NCIS last night and, by the way, it was awesome! Hearing the music and Justin's voice on my TV made me so proud!! And then at then end of the show Approaching Normal, their latest album, got a nice plug. Also last night Blue October performed at "Not So Silent Night" with The Fray, Boys Like Girls, and others. AND now today they have released a new video for JUMP ROPE which is a huge single in Germany!! The boys in BO certainly are having a happy holiday season!