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Archive for September 16th, 2010

Jordan Running

Posted by Heather Manning On September - 16 - 2010

On Purpose?

He has to run the mile today in gym so that’s not on purpose.  He surprised me though.  2 years ago he signed up to run the cross country mile for the elementary schools here.  It’s getting the kids excited about cross country when they get into junior high and high school.  He ran it.  He came in 2nd to last place, but he FINISHED it.  I cried when he passed the finish line.  All these parents were there, cheering Jordan on to the end, you can do it!  You can do it!  (Let’s remember my son is husky and the only time he runs on purpose is during soccer.)

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There he is coming around the end.

He skipped last year.  He was not about to do it again.

He came home with the sign up sheet this year and said, I’m doing it.

He is now signed up to run the cross country mile with all of the other elementary schools.  I’m really proud of him. 

He will run it September 20 and I will be there with bells on cheering for him!

I’ve decided that even though I hate to run, and I mean HATE to run, that it would be a good example if I got up with Jordan every morning at 6 and we went for a run/walk.  We both need to get in shape.  We were going to start this morning, but my SIL is going to go with us and we’re trying to find out if the track is open that early.  Otherwise it’s going to be at the park by our house.  (I know, I know, procrastination gets you nowhere.)

Mine will more be jogging 30 seconds, walking, jogging 30 seconds walking, as I try to keep myself from getting a black eye.  I hate running.

Katiana has volunteered to run with us, but I’m not sure how well she’d function at school getting up an hour earlier.

Ok, so if you run, how did you start?  Any tips on going from 0 to well, jogging? 

I’m scared.

I haven’t run on purpose since high school.  And that’s only cuz the school made us run the mile back then too.

My daughter is the opposite of me.  Do you know she’s dissapointed because 1st graders DON’T get to run the mile?

She is so strange.

It’s been a rather boring few days and I really don’t have anything exciting that’s happened to blog about.

Jordan has a pimple on the back of his leg and wants to know how to get rid of acne.

Christiano can say poopy head now.  (Thank you Alyce.)

And he can say cho-co-let.  (It’s a combo English/Spanish word.  Thank you Alyce.)

And he can say abuelita – which comes out ah-bwe-lee-lee-lee-da.  (Grandma in Spanish – thank you Alyce. <3)

He pretty much copies everything Alyce says anymore.  And he does it with such enthusiasm.  I mean, chocolate comes out with arms swinging and a slight jump off the ground.

Can you blame him?  I’d jump for chocolate too.

And I want to start running.

Got it – put a Heath Bar on a stick with a string dangling it front of me and I’ll run anywhere.

Have a great day!

Please vote for Alyce today.  You can vote every day until 9/19. No registration, just type in the quoted text.  That’s their captcha code.  Thank you! (She moved up to 25th place today!  If everyone who visited me voted once for  her, we could really bump her up!  The $1000 she would get if she won, would go into her college fund!)

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Speed Dating With The Dead

Posted by Heather Manning On September - 16 - 2010

SpeedDating300 Speed Dating with the Dead by Scott Nicholson

When Wayne "Digger" Wilson hosts a paranormal conference at the haunted White Horse Inn, he has motives beyond searching for the inn’s legendary ghosts.

Years ago, he made a honeymoon promise to his wife Beth that if one of them died, the survivor would return to the White Horse to summon the other’s lost spirit. Now she’s dead and Digger’s back, with the daughter they conceived during that fateful honeymoon sixteen years before. And the ghost hunters are stirring up ancient evils that were better left in peace, because the inn’s basement is home to a circle of demons that have been waiting for Wayne to return.

They want his teenage daughter Kendra, and they’ll play whatever tricks they need in order to satisfy their dark desires. And at the White Horse Inn, not even angels can be trusted . . .

Wow!  I <3 Scott Nicholson.  Here I go thinking that I am going to read a “normal” ghost story, forgetting that when you are reading a Scott Nicholson book there is no normal to gauge against.  I hadn’t read the description before I started.  I just jumped right on in. 

I actually got up as I was reading to come out and get a glass of water and kind of did a little dance as I was reading and walking past my husband.  Scary scary!  What’s scary scary? my husband asked.  This book is scary scary.  I say it in all of my reviews, and I’ll say it again, in my opinion Scott is up there with the greats, King, Koontz, Cook.  He scares that pants off of me and I LOVE it!

This book is based at a paranormal conference in the Appalachian Mountains at a hotel that sells itself on being haunted.  Funny how the manager of the hotel works to give this illusion, when in reality this place is loaded with things you don’t want to bump into ever.  Digger had made a promise to his wife both on their honeymoon and on her death bed that he would meet her back at the White Horse.  Here he is, will she be there?  And if she is there, will she be good?  or evil?

No spoilers here people.  Read the book!

Like his other books, Scott brings in so many interesting characters that play an integral role in the book, Kendra – Digger and Beth’s daughter, Cody, Roach, different members of the conference, some who are full on believers, others who are skeptics to the highest degree.

Read an excerpt here.

On my definitely recommended to read list!  If you are like me and love the paranormal, love ghosts, spirits, all of that, or if you like horror books, or if you just want something different to read, this is an excellent book to grab!

Check out Scott’s blog tour right going on right now!  He’s giving away at least 2 Kindle 3′s and a 3rd if The Red Church (which I reviewed here) makes it into the top 100!  He has the book priced at $.99 right now.  Grab it and read it on your Kindle, other reader, laptop, ipad, ipod, whatever you read your books on!  It’s one of my favorite books.  Very very strange in a good way!

Follow Scott on Twitter @hauntedcomputer and on Facebook!

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Thank you so much to Scott Nicholson for providing me an e-book copy of Speed Dating with the Dead

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