2 More Months Until the Big Adventure !!

 

Two More Months Until Italy.

 

We officially visit Pisa on March 1st

 

Can't wait to see this wonder!

 

 

Ellen's Flurry Of Giveaways!

Alright, alright, alright.

Another year signing up daily for the 12 Days Of Giveaways ... and no luck winning any.

But maybe the Universe has other plans.  Maybe I'm meant to have EVERY SINGLE PRIZE!!

THANKS ELLEN!

Gifts For Myself:
Kindle Fire HD
Google Nexus Tablet
Insigna 42" LED HDTV
Two Years Netflix Streaming Subscription With Playstation Vita
Hulu Plus One Year Subscription & Apple TV
HP Photosmart Wireless Printer
Lytro 8GB Camera
Executive Headphones from BEATS
BOSE Speaker
Starbucks Verismo System
Vitamix
Dyson Bagless Cordless Hand Vacuum
Rosetta Stone
Philips DiamondClean Toothbrush
COACH Casey Sunglasses
Space Shuttle Endeavour Tickets
$300 Cost Plus Gift Card
$1500 JCPenny Gift Card

Gifts For Family:
Giada Kitchen Items ~ Rowena
Gemesis Diamond Necklace ~ Rowena
$200 Lacoste Gift Card ~ Jimmy
$1500 Target Gift Card ~ Rowena & Jimmy
Bulova Diamond Watch ~ Juliet
$500 Gift Card for Calphalon Pots &  Pans ~ Juliet
Calvin Klein Collection Aviators ~ Franco
Venetian Hotel Stay ~ Juliet & Franco
Nike + FuelBand ~ Kathleen
$250 Gift Card for Ticketmaster ~ April
$300 Gift Card from Alternative Apparel ~ Rochelle
Acer Ultrabook ~ Jasmine
Epson Expression Printer ~ Jasmine
BEATS Pill Speaker ~ Jasmine
La-Z-Boy Sofa ~ Rommel
$600 Bodum Products ~ Let
Montag Laguna Beach Stay ~ Rommel & Let
Playstation 3 & Wonderbook ~ Nathan & Matthew
Vinotemp Wine Cooler ~ Rodel
Closet Makeover from Container Store ~ Brenda
Caesars Palace Stay & 2-Tickets Shania Twain ~ Rodel & Brenda
Olympus Camera ~ C.J
Nikon Coolpix Camera ~ Krisha
Gift Card From MasterCard ~ Roey & Belle
Dance Central & X-Box With Kinect ~ Hazel / TJ / JR
Bluebird by American Express ~ Rod & Agnes
Neato Robot Vacuum ~ Ronald & Lota
Just Dance & X-Box With Kinect ~  Rhona / Lisa / Christian / OJ

Gifts For Friends:
2 Tickets 2013 Dodgers Game ~ V & E
LA Phil Walt Disney Concert ~ Sara
LA Tourism Board Package ~ Tash
Grammy Museum ~ A.A.
LACMA ~ D.B.
$250 ebay Gift Card ~ Mickey
$1000 at Shutterfly ~ Z

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY TWELVE !!

$250 Zappos Gift Card

$400 Oliver Peoples Sunglasses

$500 Set of Samsonite Luggage

5 Day $3000 All Inclusive Trip to Jamaica

25,000 AAdvantage Miles for YOU & a FRIEND

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY ELEVEN

Kindle Fire

Lytro Camera

Bose Speaker

X-Box with Kinect AND Just Dance 4

Epson Printer

Acer Ultrabook

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **

Magic Mike

Today was another Sunday DAY OFF and I really needed to take my mind off all the sadness going on. 

I wanted to STOP watching the news and maybe watch something fun.

I got the Magic Mike DVD as an automatic delivery from my DVD club ... didn't really want it .. but thought it might be something fun. 

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH IT WHEN IT WAS OUT IN THE THEATRES.

I don't know if I'm the only girl that will admit this ... BUT I DID NOT LIKE THIS MOVIE!

THIS WAS BORING!!  THE PACE OF THE MOVIE WAS SLOW!!  AND THE ACTING!! OMG!

I had more excitement reading Fifty Shades Of Grey!!

I really wished I declined the shipment (forgot I guess).  I really wish I sent it back and just borrowed it from the library!!

Matthew McConaughey had only TWO really good scenes the beginning ... alright, alright, alright, and the ending ... when he does his stripping.

BUT THE MOVIE ITSELF ... OMG .. NOT INTERESTING AT ALL !!

Heartbroken

My heart is broken.

I try not to go online or watch the news ... but IT is everywhere.

I'm crying.  I know the names and ages of those kids.

I'm crying.  I know that each one was shot more than once.

I'm crying.  Six women who devoted their lives to this school are gone.

My heart is broken. 

Dear God ... please help these families ... please, please, please, somehow ... let us just be KIND TO EACH OTHER.

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY TEN !!

3-Day / 2-Night Stay at Montage Laguna Beach

$200 Bluebird Card

$300 Mobile/Exxon Gift Card

Kiehls Gift Set

$200 Lacoste Gift Card

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY NINE!

Nikon Coolpix Camera

HP Photosmart Printer

Beats Speaker

Neato Robot Vaccum

$250 ebay Gift Card

Google Nexus 10 Tablet

X-Box with Kinect AND Dance Central 3


**  Thank You Universe (and Ellen) ***

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY EIGHT !!

$200 Le Mystere Gift Card

Coach Casey Sunglasses

Denon Headphones

$200 Shell Gift Card

3-day/2-Night stay at Caesars Palace AND tickets to Shania concert

** Thank You Universe (and ELLEN) **

12 Day's Of Giveaways ~ DAY SEVEN !!

Philips Sonicare toothbrush

PlayStation 3 AND Wonderbook of Spells

$300 Rosetta Stone 1-year subscription

$200 Dyson Cordless Hand Vacuum

1-Year HuluPlus Subscription AND AppleTV

42" Insignia HDTV

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY SIX!

Vinotemp Wine Cooler

Cost Plus $300 Gift Card



Starbucks Verismo System

Vitamix Blender

$500 Calphalon Gift Card

**  Thank You Universe!  (and Ellen) **

Chrismas With Holly

I really wasn't planning on watching this show ... it's been awhile since I've watched a "Hallmark Hall Of Fame" movie.  Nothing interesting was on ... so I decided to watch Christmas With Holly.

It was actually sweet.  The "romance" between Mark and Maggie was actually secondary to me ... I was actually more interested in the dynamics between the Nagle brothers ... Mark, Alex, and Scott.   I don't think the "couple" spend as much screen time as the brothers spend with each other.

I just found out that this was based on a book ... which I am now interested in.

Maybe I should look into writing M.O.W.

Can I just add that all of the Hallmark commercials got me misty eyed more than the movie itself..

Famous Novelist: Part 4

DOUBLE FAIL !!

I've been posting the 12 Days Of Giveaways this past week ... and now I have time to write about "Famous Novelist". 

A package had arrived for her on Monday, but she was no longer in LA.  So just the other day, I decided to email her about the package.  I wanted to tell her "by the way I read your first book" but I couldn't.  I was looking at that email for about 15 minutes before I sent it just asking her what she wanted to do with it.

She replied back that we could just donate it ~ it had been replaced by company.  I could have replied back again .. "by the way I read your first book" ... too shy again.

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY FIVE!

$600 bodum products

$1,500 Gift Card from JC Penny

 

** THANK YOU UNIVERSE (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY FOUR !

$300 Gift Card from Alternative Apparel

$2,500 Closet Makeover from Container Store

A La-Z-Boy Sofa

$250 Gift Card from Ticketmaster/American Express & Tickets To Fleetwood Mac

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **



12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY THREE

$500 Living Social Gift Card

 

Diamond Bulova Watch









Olympus Camera








$1000 ShutterFly Gift Card








2 Night/3 Day - Venetian Hotel Getaway

 

**  Thank You Universe!! (and Ellen) **