Fearless Grandma!

"Oh! There's another one of those snakes," my grandma said leaning up in her chair.

It was the third one this month!

I looked over and sure enough there was this three inch ring-neck snake. They're harmless of course. I moved the little rocking chair that it was under and moved the snake across the floor with my foot so that it wouldn't go under the couch. I was surprised when my grandma yelled -"Oh, Julia! Don't touch it! Here, use a tissue."

She gave me the tissue and I picked it up with that. I was surprised again when Grandma stepped away from me as I stood up with the little snake. She seemed scared. But why? Hadn't I just seen here flush one of them down the toilet the other day? I decided to test my doubts of my grandma (who fears nothing). I stuck the snake in her face. The results were immediate and she screamed and leapt out of the way across the livingroom. "Grandma!" I said, laughing. "It's just a snake!" But I flushed it down the toilet and we just laughed about it. It was so funny!

Oh, Who Am I Kidding??

I can't fast for this long. I want to blog! I want to chat! I haven't spoken to some of my bestest friends in WEEKS! I feel like I've fallen off the face of the earth! ...well, almost. Maybe not that close. I really could last. It's just, I really don't want to.

My TV/Internet Fast.

I was thinking the other day about all the things I could do to improve myself. One of those things was cutting back on television and my use of the internet. So, I decided that I would go on a fast for a whole month. No TV use, whatsoever and no internet (except on Wednesdays when my brother emails me from his mission -no need for him to suffer). I'd ask for your ideas on what I could do instead, but once this post is up (which, obviously it is) then I've already started. But I'd love to hear your ideas anyway! It'll give me more things to do when the fast is over! So, if you need to contact me (which nobody ever does) then you know my Grandma's phone number -I don't get reception out here so the cell phone probably wouldn't work very well. Anyway, wish me luck and I'd love to hear your ideas on what more I could do!

See you on October 7th!

Lost In Austen.

"It is a truth generally acknowledged that we are all longing to escape..."

Yesterday I was crusing the internet finding pictures and I came across one from a movie called "Lost in Austen". It's a mini series that came out in 2008 and after watching a preview for it I was very anxious to see it. So, like most impatient American's I decided to look it up online. You can pretty much watch the whole thing on youtube (but it leaves out a ton!) or there are other sights available also. There are only 4 episodes and each of them are about 40 minutes long.

Well, I've just finished watching it and I must say, I really enjoyed it! Imagine taking Pride and Prejudice, our 21st century world, putting them in a jar, shaking it up, and that is what "Lost in Austen" is. The main girl, Miss Amanda Price, finds herself sucked into the world of Jane Austen and is taking over the roll of Elizabeth Bennett. (In my opinion you would already have to be a big fan of Pride and Prejudice in order to fully appreciate the film.)

To be honest I find myself second guessing myself as to whether or not I should recommend it. The main girl, Amanda, is a very modern Englander and she uses very modern and somewhat vulgar terms. Alas, as I am continuing to tell you about it, I apparently still wish to recommend it. The film is not rated and so there is nothing exceptionally wrong with it. Just be warned. Aside, the hardest thing for me in watching the film is that none of the characters looked like they should. None were Colin Firth and none were Jennifer Ehle, but they grow on you enough. Its very funny and very romantic. I think I'd give it a B+ and a smiley face!