Latest Reads

This is the best book I have read for a LONG time. It's Lord of the Flies meets Survivor. In a futurist society, two teenagers from each of the 12 "districts" are required to fight to the death on reality-TV. It's creepy, compelling and yet inspiring (and since it's Young Adult fiction the gore is kept to a minimum.) Hunger Games is a major page-turner and I can't wait for the sequel.

From the author of The Notebook, I recently read The Guardian. While I found the plot to be a bit predictable it was still an interesting read. The gist of the story is that lead characters Julie and Mike fall in love in the midst of Julie being stalked. It's an easy, mind-candy type book.

And as I promised, I have finished off the Shopaholic series. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic and Sister and Shopaholic and Baby. My favorites were probably Ties the Knot and Baby. These books are total fluff, but fun. If you turned Lucille Ball into a avid shopper - you would get the Shopaholic series.

Next on my list is a book my sister lent me: T is for Trespass. I'll keep you posted!

Bermuda, Bahama, Come on Pretty Mamma...

It pays to marry a clever man.

Our free airplane tickets are valid only inside of the Continental US, but Diamond figured out that we could fly into Miami, and from there take a cruise. We added up the cost of hotels and food and figured out that we could take a cruise for not too much more than that. So the final decision? A three day cruise to the Bahamas on this boat:

While I do love the Northwest (Diamond is actually from Seattle), and California is both beautiful and relaxing, I just couldn't turn down a chance to sail the Caribbean.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

Suggestions?

When Diamond and I went to Vegas last year we were able to earn two free plane tickets simply for taking a flight that left two hours later than our booked flight. We were originally planning to use those tickets for our family vacation to the beach, but we got such a great deal on our flights to Florida, we decided to hold onto our free tickets for another trip.

So, where should we go?

Here are the details:

1. We're looking to travel in April or May.

2. We are going without the kids! (Yeah mom and dad!!!)

3. The number one goal is to RELAX!

4. We want to fly somewhere we can't easily drive.

5. Continental US

6. We can only stay three-ish night. (see #2)

What do you think? Where would you go?

Really???

How is it possible that a family of five can have NINE boxes of cereal open simultaneously?