A Book Review: The Uglies

I am almost forget to leave my book review of The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. I finished this book this morning after about a week (it took so long because I had to fit in the last season of Dexter).

The book is about a dystopic future. The Uglies is the first book of a trilogy for young adults that reminded me of The Giver (Lois Lowry) + The Host (Stephanie Meyer). Even though I found this book to be entertaining, I will most likely not be reading the other two books in the trilogy. The reason? There are too many books on my to read list that I would almost feel like I was wasting my time. Not because the books aren't well -written, but because they aren't books that I am ranting about to my friends and colleagues.

Next Book - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

4th of July Weekend

The Lanik family + little old me + the 4 doggies are headed to Bethany Beach this afternoon to celebrate the 4th of July weekend and I can not wait to be there. It should be a short 2.5 hour drive unless we hit traffic, which is a likely possibility. Here is a map to show you exactly where we will be.

We have a lot of fun things planned while we are there which include:

1. Laying out and tanning our little bodies

2. Scrabble competitions

3. Grilling out

4. Participating in a 5k run

5. Outlet Mall Shopping

I will be away until next Thursday so the posts will be pretty much non-existent until then.

Enjoy your 4th!

Lenny Kravitz is MY Man!

skip to the 4 minute mark to hear his sexy voice!

Oh My!

Browsing through bridal stuff at work, I came across the most beautiful wedding gown I have ever laid eyes on. I have no idea what this would look like on a "real" person, but the pictures make it appear to be absolutely stunning.

Maggie Sottero - Rosalyn

Happy Hour

My work day is almost over, which means it is almost time to enjoy some drinks with close friends at a happy hour downtown. Long overdue and much needed.

House Stuff

We are patiently waiting for house to officially close on June 29th. (Keep your fingers crossed for us). Last week was full of packing and moving to Kevin's parent's house so that we can save a little bit of money and house hunt without the stress and time limits.

No one ever tells you how much work packing up an entire house is...especially when you have 2 little four legged friends in the house. Even though he looks photoshopped in this photo, it truly is Lukie in a box.

We then celebrated by feasting on Crabs at Steamers in Bethesda. Because I can't stand the site of eyeballs and such, I ventured for the Crab legs, which were DELISH!

Penny Lane is making herself comfortable at Kevin's parents' house. For some reason, she loves sleeping inside the pillow cases!

I Heart Lady Gaga!

"When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, 'Bitch, you're Lady GaGa, you get up and walk the walk today.' "

- GaGa tells the new issue of Rolling Stone