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Thursday Thirteen #7-13 things I have dressed as for Halloween

1.  A bunny- I was 6…get your mind out of the gutter! I had bunny ears and a tail and was seriously ticked that my mother made me wear a jacket.

2. A dead body..plastic *knife* through my head, lots of fake blood and white/blue eye makeup all over my face

3.  The thing-I was draped in a shredded sheet…lame.

4.  Static Cling…black clothes with socks and undergarments pinned on and my hair all stuck out with hair spray

5.  Spider lady-I attached rubber and plastic ones all over me and draped on some fake spider webs.  Also wore spider ear rings and a necklace.

6.  Cheerleader…not a stretch since I was one at the time.  In my defense it was so I could take the little ones out trick or treating. 

7.  Barbie..plastic mask with eyeholes and a pink plastic cape…chic!  They don’t make them like that anymore (literally).

8.  Baby…footie pajamas and a giant binky.  I drew the line at a diaper.

9.  Witch..big pointy hat, black clothes, green hair spray, wart.  K made me a wand too!

10.  Vampire…plastic teeth, white face paint, black clothes.  I was a bloodsucker before it was cool! 

11.   Black cat..ears on a headband, pin on tail, drawn on whiskers and mittens.  The kids made me do it.

12.  Mrs. Weasley…worn dress, apron with a wand in the pocket and red hair spray (OK this one was for Mugglefest but I’m including it anyway! K dressed as Tonks)

13.  A Ghost…white sheet, holes cut in it….. you know the drill.  It’s a classic!

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Thursday Thirteen Number Four! In Honor of Movie Night

Winter usually means the beginning of movie nights around here. We have a subscription to Netflix and a DVR so we don’t buy many movies but those we do buy are favorites we watch again and again. Here are the top 13!

Thirteen Movies I Own (and watch over and over)

1. Little Women-With Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder
2. Bring It On-You knew there had to be something with cheerleaders, right?
3. The X-File Movie-the old one :)
4. Accepted-Watch it only if you can tolerate foul language…and thinking outside the box.
5. School of Rock-I love this movie!
6. Lady in the Water-A modern day fable.
7. The Village-The good old days? Maybe not.
8. Elf-my favorite goofy holiday movie.
9. Harry Potter I-V-Not the books, but still good. So far IV was my fav.
10. A Christmas Carol-with Patrick Stewart, my favorite non-goofy holiday movie
11. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind-a must see considering today’s ecological concerns. A masterpiece!
12. Spirited Away-started my obsession with Miyazaki.
13. Pirates of the Caribbean-Johnny Depp as a pirate…enough said. The fact that the story line is actually good is a bonus ;)

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Thursday Thirteen #2

Thirteen Books I Think You Should Read (in no particular order)

1. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

2. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

3. The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman

4. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

5. The Mysterious Island by Jule Verne

6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling (all of them, but that’s my favorite)

7. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (again all the Percy Jackson books but this one in particular)

8. Unwind by Neil Shusterman

9. The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

10. The Stand by Stephan King

11. All the Places to Love by Patricia Maclachlan

12. The People of Sparks by Jeanne Duprau (you need to read The City of Ember first)

13. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (this is another series, I can’t pick one!)

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You’ll notice a lot of young adult fiction, and I admit to being a sucker for it, but try them out anyway….these are really good books! Some of these are even picture books (#’s 3, 4 and 11). These are the ones I can still recall with fondness from my kid’s younger years, they have true staying power and are worth looking in IMO. The others are just the books I like to read over and over, or in the case of the Odd Thomas books wait impatiently for the latest installment.

Thursday Thirteen

Giving this a try!

Thirteen Pets I Have Owned

1. Queenie- a gerbil, the cat ate her :(

2. Menu- a cat, the one that ate Queenie
3. Spot- a dog, my first childhood pet
4. Daisy -a dog, Spot’s sister
5. Shelley-a turtle
6. Damian-a Betta fish who lived in my dorm room
7. Stonewall Jackson-a cat that lived with me in my first apartment
8. Samuel Adams-a dog, my first pet with W
9. Harry the Horrible-a homicidal hamster
10. Stewart-a dumbo, double rex rat (he was hairless!)
11. Maggie-a cat, she was eaten by a Fisher Cat :(
12. Mr. Biscuit-a dog, a chihuahua/rat terrier cross!
13. Sir Edmund Hillary-a hermit crab who likes to climb high

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