For the Love of Books Hop

FATED FOR LOVE by Melissa Foster

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For anyone familiar with Melissa's books, this is the one bringing Wes and Callie together. I am still catching up on all the Braden/Remington/Braden-Cousins books but this one will always be my favorite because it introduced me to this wonderful clan. I have four brothers, so I absolutely relate to the family gatherings, the brother's antics, and all the wannabe girlfriends. And like the Braden's, I wouldn't want it any other way!

See what the other bloggers have chosen too....

Nano Nano

Welcome to the My Favorite Martian blog hop, hosted by The Geek Twins, Just a Dash of Geek, L.K. Hill and Comic Book and Movie Reviews.  I hope you're enjoying the hop so far.  You should have landed here from Jeremy's site at Jeremybatesbooks.com.  If you are one of my regular followers, you can back up to the first blog in the hop by going to Maurice Mitchell.  And if not, I hope you like my site enough to follow.  Just check my sidebar for your favorite way to follow.

Who is my favorite martian/alien?  Well, that's not so easy to narrow down.  I mean, I love watching most any alien show.  I guess if I had to choose, these would make my list:

First, there's Marvin.

Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian is from Looney Tunes in case you didn't know.  I mean, he's been around like forever.

Then maybe Zoot.

Zoot



Uncle Martin's spacesuit from the remake of My Favorite Martian.

And who can forget ALF.   

ALF

This series ran from 1986 to 1990,  about a furry, obnoxious creature who crashed into the Tanner family's garage.  They affectionately called him Alf (for alien life form).

Then there's Blarp.

 Blarp

The little monkey-like creature from the Lost in Space remake.  He was too cute to not like.


I gotta include Thor.

 Thor

Thor was the Supreme Commander of the Asgard who sometimes helped Jack O'Neal and SG1 on Stargate.  Of the series (trilogy?), loved Stargate, liked Atlantis, tolerated Universe.  Just my opinion. 

But my all-time favorite alien would have to be..........drumroll please.........



Mork

Mork and Mindy













Mork and Mindy was a spinoff from Happy Days, and was on ABC from 1978 to 1982.  Oh yeah, I was around back then.  And before.  I'm ancient.

Mork was sent from the planet Ork to study the crazy customs of Earthlings.  His spaceship was an egg.  He was taken in by Mindy and lived in her attic.  Mork was played by Robin Williams.  This was his breakout roll.  It's really hard to explain all his crazy antics and mannerisms on this show.  He mastered one liners and his energy was so intoxicating.  The energizer bunny would come in a far second compared to him.

Every week, Mork would end the show by mentally reporting to Orson, the Orkan leader, what he had learned from the Earthlings.  He would then sign off with "Nano, Nano", which meant goodbye in Orkan.

On second thought, I just hafta mention the following as likes too:

Star Wars' R2D2, C3PO, Chewbacca (Chewy), Yoda, the Ewoks; Gremlins' Gizmo and Stripe; and Men in Black II's Frank.

Didn't notice before now, but it looks like I have a theme.  HUMOR.  I guess that is why I love these aliens!  I do love belly laughs, especially when shared.  I truly believe laughter keeps us young and allows us to grow old.  Look at me, I'm proof of that.  I'm ancient, remember?

I hope you liked my alien favs and I can't wait to see how many of them get mentioned in anyone elses' post in the blog hop. 

Next hop up is Morgan at Morgankatz505.blogspot.com. 

Til next time, this is Julie signing off saying thanks for letting me share my memories.  Oh... and Nano, Nano!


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January Blogaholic Blog Hop

Welcome to this months community blog hop: "Tis The Season"

The one and only rule: You must be a member of BSN. If you are not a member you can join here for free.

This month there are no guidelines for posts you link up BUT if you do have a New Years/ resolutions post to link up feel free!

Once you add your blog- stop by a few other blogs on the list to follow and leave a comment, let them know you are stopping by from BSN so they know you are a new friend and can connect with you on the community as well!

Feel free to Tweet about the linkup, post it on Facebook, or even grab the code for your blog (the code is located below the linky list) a great way to fill up a post for a day ;) If you add it to your blog please copy the full post so others know the rules.

If you don't want to grab the full post and linky code feel free to grab a blog hop badge!

Aloha Friday

Hello all!  Today I am visiting over at What Jean Likes for her Aloha Friday Blog Hop. 

I know I'm a few days later than Friday, but better late than never, right?    You still have a couple more days to link up if you're interested.  Take the time to check it out.  Jean's blog is worth following. 

Tis The Season Blogaholic Community Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's community blog hop: "Tis The Season"

Here is how it will work:

The one and only rule: You must be a member of BSN. If you are not a member you can join here for free.

Link up a post that is based around this time of year: Christmas, Hannukah, winter activities, decoration ideas, posts about traditions, Holiday recipes, Winter photos, Winter bucket list, Holiday cards and crafts, etc......anything Winter or Holiday themed!

Once you add your blog- stop by a few other blogs on the list to follow and leave a comment, let them know you are stopping by from BSN so they know you are a new friend and can connect with you on the community as well!

Feel free to Tweet about the linkup, post it on Facebook, or even grab the code for your blog (the code is located below the linky list) a great way to fill up a post for a day ;) If you add it to your blog please copy the full post so others know the rules.

If you don't want to grab the full post and linky code feel free to grab a blog hop badge!

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The blog hop will be open until 12/27/12

Happy Holidays!

Frosty Festivities Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to all you newbies visiting from the Frosty Festivities Blog Hop.  I hope you'll enjoy my site enough to hang around a little while and explore.  For my regular followers, this is the blog hop that I posted about here.

If you are following the hop,  then you should have landed here from Jo's site, Curly Scrapbooker.  Be sure to comment on each blog in the hop beginning and ending with Jennifers Jumbles.  If you do, and you let Jennifer know, then you will be in the drawing to win a spectacular seasonal prize of Basic Grey Aspen Frost  and Carta Bella Winter Fun items, worth over £25! 

All entries must be received by Monday the 19th of November at 10:59pm GMT.  Your next stop along the hop is www.journalofcuriousthings.co.uk. 

In keeping with the Winter theme, I have a neat project that I made using recycled materials. 

I know it's hard to read but I couldn't get close enough and still include everything.  It says "Winter, A season of 4 letter words, snow, coat, sled, cold, soup".

How cool is that! 

Well, I thought it was cool.

I decided on the light blue color because it reminded me of winter, and snow, and cold.

Here is a close up of the top.

The chain and flowers are made with paper quilling.  This is my first try at that.

Not too bad if I say so myself!

These are the materials and supplies that I used.

Cereal box cardboard
Kids school papers (ready for the trash)
Junk mail
Paper cutter
Hole punch
Glue











Everything laid out, glued together, holes punched, and waiting for the quilling to be finished.

The wording still needs to be cut out and put on the other side of the blue oval. 

Quilling finished and waiting for final construction.

I considered putting a pop of color on it but didn't think it looked as good as without.

What do you think?  Should I leave the pink on or not?













I hope you enjoyed my project.  It was a lot of fun creating it.  I will definitely be doing more quilling.

Below is a list of all the blogs in the hop in the correct order, just in case you need it.  Again, the next blog to hop to after me is www.journalofcuriousthings.co.uk. 

Jennifer: www.jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com

Abi: www.creatingpaperdreams.blogspot.co.uk

Clair: www.obstinatepursuit.blogspot.co.uk

Daphne: www.dapfniedesign.wordpress.com

Jacky: www.scrappyjackylive.blogspot.co.uk

Jemma: www.just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk

Jenny: www.dragonllew.blogspot.co.uk

Jo B: www.buckinghamspalace.blogspot.co.uk

Jo S: www.curlyscrapbooker.blogspot.co.uk

Julie: www.icreatepurtythangs.blogspot.co.uk

Kirsty: www.journalofcuriousthings.co.uk

Lisa-Jane: www.comeinsidemycrazyhead.blogspot.co.uk

Lizzie: www.lizziemade.blogspot.co.uk

Louise: www.scrapbook-me.blogspot.co.uk

Mel: www.ispeakmelsh.co.uk

Rinda: www.gallorganico.blogspot.co.uk

Sarah: www.maisiemaycrafts.blogspot.co.uk

Sian: www.fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk

Jennifer: www.jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com

Frosty Festivities Weekend

Hello all!  Are you familiar with Jennifers Jumbles?  I found her site back in June when she was having an Organisation Celebration Blog Hop.  It lasted a full weekend with posts every hour.  I had so much fun following it and linking to the hop.  Well, it's time to do it again!  This time the theme is winter.

On Friday, November 16th through Sunday, November 18th, Jennifer will host a Blog Event called Frosty Festivities.  Over that weekend there will be posts every hour from 4 pm to 10 pm Friday, and 10 am to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday (GMT), all on the theme of Winter, including tips, tutorials, challenges, crafts, a blog hop, and lots of giveaways.  The photo above shows some of the projects and prizes.  Also, this time around, there will be a Frosty Festivities' forum and even a downloadable PDF file of the projects.

Go to http://jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com to read more about this fun weekend.  Jen also has a giveaway going on right now that you can enter. 

Hope to see you there.

Blog Hop

Hello friends.  It's hump day!  I'm more than ready for the weekend.  It's been storming all week here and the weeds are alovin it. The good news is that the rains brought in a little relief from the heat.  It feels like fall around here.  Time to get the pumpkins ready...and the long sleeves too!  I'm like the weeds and alovin it.  How about you?  Are you ready for the cold?  Leave me a comment telling me where you are and how your weather looks today.

Callie from My Something New was kind enough to invite me to join her blog hop this week.  Have some fun and join it too!  The link-up is below.

Blogaholic Blog Hop

Welcome to the July community blog hop!

Here is how it will work:


The one and only rule: You must be a member of BSN. If you are not a member you can join here for free.

Once you add your blog- stop by a few other blogs on the list to follow and leave a comment, let them know you are stopping by from BSN so they know you are a new friend and can connect with you on the community as well!

Feel free to:

• Share this blog hop on Twitter (link at bottom of page)
  

• Post about this blog hop on Facebook( link at bottom of page)
  

• Place the link up on your own blog! Just grab the code for your blog (the code is located below the linky list).