How adorable is this movie? Ratatouille!! Disney & Pixar did good with this one. I wasn't so sure about the characters being rats. (I did NOT like Valiant, didn't think the birds made good characters) These were hilarious, fun and lovable rats though. I loved the characters, the plot, the setting, everything! I think this one has the potential to become a Disney hit for sure! Guess we'll see how the rest of the world takes to it. I loved it !!!

Summer Reading
Part 1

I am going to start this as saying it's part 1. Since June isn't even over yet, I am sure there will be more parts to follow! If you know me, you know I spend my summers reading like crazy!! Although this summer has been BUSY so far, I have had tons of down time to read. I just finished book #21 of the summer tonight. (Yep, I said TWENTY-ONE) Needless to say, I also read VERY fast!! That's close to a book a day. So here ya go. My book list of best reads so far this summer, here goes! Top 5 with explanations, then "the others".


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#5 - "Maximum Ride 3: Saving the World & Other Extreme Sports" - James Patterson
Of course any book by James Patterson rocks my world. He has one (of my top two) favorite writing styles with his super short chapters. You can not put the book down, because each chapter is only 3-5 pages long, keeps you soooo into the story. This is the 3rd in the series about the "winged kids" that is written for the teeny bopper clan. I love the stories though and think they are a super read! He is by far my favorite mystery writer EVER!!!! Several of his books are movies and there will be a TV series about his "women's murder club" books this fall!!! If you've never read his books, try one!!!!



#4 - "Summer Sisters" - Judy Blume
I just found out in the last month that Judy Blume has four novels written for adults, who knew? Her older children's books are fantastic. This was a SUPER book about two friends and their summer adventures from when they are young until they are 20something. It kept me guessing and I could NOT put it down when we were on vacation!! Kinda... "racy" if you will, may shock you a little, but worth it!!




#3 - "The Last Summer of You & Me" - Ann Brashares
I love Ann Brashares who wrote the "Sisterhoood of the Traveling Pants" books!! Those are big time favorites. They are written for a teeny bopper, young adult age group - I LOVE them though!! Cheesy, but cute and sweet! This is her first 'written for adults' novel and it was fantastic. It's the story of two sisters and their best friend, who is a guy, and their adventures during the summer at the summer homes on Fire Island. How the friendships grow and change over the years and what happens when they become young adults. It's a GREAT book!! WOWIE~




#2 - "Lean Mean Thirteen" - Janet Evanovich
The only reason that this book is #2 and not #1 is because it's the 13th in a series. It's awesome, made me laugh out loud more than once. The language is horrible, but you have to adore Stephanie Plum, Morelli, Ranger, Bob the dog and what about Grandma?!!?! I wish they'd make these into movies, what a HOOT that would be! Janet Evanovich is amazing and I count down days until her new books come out. I tried to save the #1 spot for a newer book that I didn't know what the story was going to be about and I found one.



#1 - "Baby Proof" - Emily Giffin
Thanks Misty for introducing me to this author through "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue". Emily Giffin is my favorite "new" author of the year. (Much like Mary Kay Andrews last year) I LOVED this story, the characters are a hoot (think "Sex in the City"), keeps you guessing what will happen (and wishing), several great plots going on and I love her writing style. I am totally in love with this book! I think I'll read it again this summer!

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Here are 'the others'.

Judith Bowen - "Men of Glory" - These were Harlequin romance books. there were 8 in the series and I read them all.
Lynnette Kent - "The Scrapbook" - Another Harlequin. She's one of my favorite 'trashy romance' authors and this one was awesome!!! It's about a Navy family and it's a flash back kind of story.
Catherine Coulter - "Born to be Wild" one of Mom's authors.
Sandra Brown - "Ricochet" one of Mom's authors, ok mystery.
Richard Paul Evans - "The Christmas Box" for about the 5th time.
Richard Paul Evans - "The Christmas Box Miracle"
Danielle Stee - "H.R.H" one of Mom's authors.
..and 2 more Harlequins that I can't remember..

June 12, 2007
8 Fantastic Years

On Tuesday Andy & I celebrated 8 fantastic years together! Crazy how fast time flies. On one hand, it seems like just the other day that I was in high school or college. On the other hand though, it seems more like 28 years of marriage rather than 8 and it's hard to remember life before we were married!

I am blessed to be married to my favorite person in the world and my best friend! I'm 100% positive that we were made for each other and God knows what he's doing!

Andy also did GOOD and bought me the Peacock Vera Backpack, how sweet is he?
See my previous blog tribute to my Vera obsession,
this makes 8! And yep, this was a picture from Disney.
We didn't take one last night when we went to dinner
or came home to watch "Everybody Loves Raymond"
DVDs. He he he.... Old, boring, married people ..
that's us!!
We are going to St. Thomas next month though!

44 Days & Counting!

Guess who is returning to St. Thomas in July? You guessed it, the Tanners! We couldn't have been more shocked to learn that Andy is 1 of 5 people from the Georgia National Guard invited to attend a conference in the Virgin Islands. How amazing is that? I want even begin to tell you the deal that we're getting, you wouldn't believe it. We're going for pretty much nothing! (However most of you know because I've went on and on and on about it!!) We're staying at the Sugar Bay all inclusive Resort! It's only for 3 nights and Andy is going to be in the conference most of the two full days that we're there...NOT ME!! We fly down at 10:00AM on Monday, July 23rd and will be soaking up island sun by 2:00 that afternoon! We've been talking about it being the most gorgeous place we'd ever been and wondering when we'd be able to get back!! Here are some pictures from our last visit as we get excited about the next~ (The first picture is where we will be staying this time!)