Let's hear it for the Weekly Wednesday Wrap-up, once again brought to you on Thursday morning. gah...
- I started drafting this post over the weekend.
- No, I really, truly, honestly did but then I was a bit under the weather and things got a mite out of
pawhand. - Neatnik and I have been reading the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter.
- How apropros the author's last name is hunter.
- Neatnik and I have each read all six books in both of the first two series (Warriors and Warriors: The New Prophecy).
- Book one of the third series, Warriors: Power of Three, is sitting on the TBR pile stacked on the stereo speaker in the living room.
- Neatnik has also finished one of the field guides and two of the super editions. I've finished the first super edition and just started the second.
- Now, if I could just get her not to slip up with tantalizing spoilers before I finish the book...
- Note to self: might want to think about writing up a series review. That is all.
- Neatnik has completed eight summer reading programs so far this year. She earned one book each from Borders and Barnes and Noble, ten bucks from TD Bank, a pair of tickets for a minor league baseball game, a t-shirt from H-E Buddy, some goodies from the local library, free admission to a Six Flags theme park, and some Happy Meals from McDonald's.
- The child reads nearly as fast as I do.
- Why, yes, we are very proud of her.
- There has been other entertainment besides all of the reading going on here. Number Guy and I went to the movies Saturday morning. Now, before everyone gets to thinking that this is not a good time for a date with the significant other, let us analyze the situation.
- Getting a babysitter on a Saturday morning can be easier than securing sitting on a Friday or Saturday night. Babysitters like to go out to have fun, too.
- We were able to walk Neatnik to the designated sitter's house and then continue on to the theater. Exercise combined with entertainment: bonus!
- The local movie theater has a daily sliding scale on ticket prices. After 4pm, adult tickets run you $11.00. Between noon and four, they cost $9.00 each. Before noon, however, you can score your seat for just six bucks, just over half of a night ticket. Very economical. Thrifty, even.
- Have to tick the thrifty tag now...
- We saw The Sorcerer's Apprentice starring Nicholas Cage.
- I don't really care if the movie pundits are labeling it a "dud". We liked it.
- Badass wizards rock.
- One question, though: why can't the good guy wizards afford to buy a decent comb?
- We were treated to several previews for upcoming movies.
- What is up with the whole, "Now in 3D" trend? There must be other people who get motion sick and can't watch computer-generated virtual reality. It can't just be me.
- Last night, a nearby town hosted fireworks on the beach. After dinner, we drove on down to the boardwalk to catch them. They weren't spectacular but they were still fireworks and all it cost us was some gas and a bit of nerve-wracking tension.
- As we were walking to the car, we saw heat lightning in the distance. That was cool. The sky lit up in pale pinks and blues several times. Twice I saw brilliant flashes of bright teal. Never seen that before!
- God's own light show.
- The tension started when halfway home the wind kicked up and the heavens opened in an attempt to bring the ocean just a little farther inland. I literally couldn't see out the front window. Number Guy asked me if the windshield wipers could go any faster.
- No, dear, they cannot...
- By the time we reached our driveway, the rain had stopped, though serious volumes of water continued to flood the street's gutters.
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I hear you on the motion sickness bit. The last time I went to the theatre I counted the number of 3-D movie trailers vs. the number of regular movie trailers... Regular lost 4-1. The dollar theatre used to be my safe haven, but now they are pulling in 3-D movies as well. I'm not willing to do another Avatar (over half the movie spent with my head between my knees trying not to get sick!)
Hopefully this is just a trend?
Why don't adults get rewards for reading books? Maybe that's what's wrong with this country today.
I am so proud of the Neatnik, give her a big high five from the crazy rat lady in California.
Yay, Neatnik!!!
I'm in the same motion sick boat. :)
And I really wish the boat would stop rocking.
I'm disturbed by the 3D movie phenomena as well. Not that it makes me motion sick, but it just doesn't really appeal. I think it is big because at the very tip top of the home media market are now TVs and players that can do 3D at home.
I love when kids love to read. Go Neatnik!
I was just thinking the same thing about the 3-D trend. I live in 3-D. I go to the movies because it is not like my life. I can live with fewer dimensions in my entertainment...
We have the entire Warriors collection. We're such die-hards that the last three are in hardback because we couldn't wait for them to come out in paperback. We have the first two Seekers books too, but they aren't as enthralling as Warriors. TVs are even beginning to cater to the 3-D trend. It'll be interesting to see where this all ends up.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that has problems with the 3D motion sickness thing. Last thing I want to do after I've spent 20 bucks on refreshments is to hack it all back up.
Thanks for the head's up on the Sorcerer's Apprentice. The hubby and I were wondering if it was any good. :)
Indeed we do. (Live in exciting times.)
Wow - teal in lightning - God is great :)
Lovely to hear that Neatnik is such a prolific reader - what a great girl.
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