Surfin Around...

Busy here. Worked on some scrapbook stuff last night for the first time in ages, but ran out of adhesive right before I was done. So, dang it...I don't have the pages to share with you. But tomorrow is the plan!

In the meantime, lookie at some of the cool stuff I've found online in the last few days. Check em out!

~ Go HERE to read an outstanding article by Stephen King at Entertainmet Weekly.com on the last Harry Potter book. I feel much like King does--he feels sad and a little bit uneasy going into the last book. Mostly because it's the last book and he knows it will all be over soon. When I think about it, reading this last book will be like a last gasp of childhood for a lot of kids who started readin git when they were like 8 and are now graduating from high school. I can' t wait to read it, but it will be bittersweet. Bring on the 7th book, but give me some tissues!

~ I love to go out to eat and a good friend of mine has the most awesome SITE where you can check out recipes in the Birmingham area. If you are anywhere close by (or are ever gonna travel here), you need to check out her site. I love to just surf around and imagine eating at all the great restaurants!! (Vicarious dining!! lol)

~ Speaking of food, go to THIS BLOG and just look at all the yummy, scrumptious cupcakes and fun ideas! This has got to me the coolest blog!

~ Along with scrapbooking, reading, and cooking (and/or eating), I think you all know how obsessed I am with sports!!! I love any and all sports (well, except Nascar) and I am just all a-twitter with the excitement of college football being just 40 days away. So THIS cool list was right up my alley (when you get to the column, there is a box where you can click to go to each of the 100 on their list!!). I love sports countdowns and it's especially fun--and gets me so ready for my Crimson Tide to kick it off!

~ I am so doing THIS once school gets started. I love to read and this is just the coolest challenge Once we're done with summer activities, I think this will be the perfect activity for me!

If you ever find cool new websites, articles, or blogs, send them on to me. I love to find new treasures on the Net!

And now for a quick update... My Mom spent two nights in the hospital, having tests done. She had an MRI done and they didn't find any new damage to her brain. They did find that her blood pressure had gone up considerably, so that might have caused the problesm. She still has another test she has to go into the doctor's office for, so maybe it might reveal something. I think really it's just more of the same that she has had to deal with since her aneuryism 12 years ago; I think she's pretty much resolved to the fact that she'll never be fully healthy for the rest of her life. She has good weeks and bad weeks and that's how it is, and she has a great attitude about it. (and it makes me even more grateful than ever that she made it through her Europe trip with McKenna; what happened to her this week is what I'd been afraid would happen while she was overseas. But Thank God she made it okay!)

My brother, Christopher, will be scheduling his back surgery soon. His spinal block didn't give him enough relief and his surgeon pretty much thinks he needs to go with the surgery; based on the pain he's been having, I think that's a good idea. Christopher is such a strong guy (he is a weightlifer; was the #1 in Mississippi in his weight class when we lived there several years ago) and so healthy (probably the healthiest I know), so it's hard to see him in pain. But he'll make it just fine; another family member with a great attitude!

So thanks for all the prayers for them!

Now...today...I'm working on two stories that are due in the next few days (one is for the real estate section of my local paper, and the other is on how college freshmen adjust to their new lves on campus--see? I write on just about anything, as long as they'll pay me! lol)

I also hope to get my hands on some adhesive, so I can finish my scrapbook pages and share them with you tomorrow.

Have an oustanding day!!!!