My Favorite Reads--AND a Giveaway

Happy Wednesday everyone! 

I hate Wednesdays... soooo to brighten it up a bit I want to document my favorite books AND host a giveaway.

I absolutely LOVE to read and am always in the need of new books.

I am kinda picky about what I read though.

I want to be surprised. I want to be intrigued. I want a bit of everything; romance, adventure, mystery, etc.

I want to be transported to a new world and lose myself completely.

I have found a few worthy ones along my journey and I would love to share them with you.

First off...

The Princess Bride

Its got it all

Fencing. Fighting. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles and True love. 

I love how Goldman interrupts his telling of the story with random thoughts and side stories. Some might find that annoying, but I think its hilarious.

Variant

This was my most recent read and it was a fun read

It doesnt require much thought, it was pure entertainment.

Its about a boy who escapes his foster home life when he's accepted to a prestigious school.

He comes to find out that its actually a prison and nobody is who they appear to be.

Very fun but sure ends in a cliffhanger. I cant wait until October when the second one comes out.

Of course I like these series:

Yup, I am on the bandwagon.

But I claim that I liked these BEFORE they all became so wildly popular.

I also liked:

Divergent

Obviously I'd been diggin the Utopian type books lately.

This one was good as well. 

The Help

I read this while on vacation in Cancun and I absolutely LOVED it.

Nothing, I repeat NOTHING beats a good book in a hammock on the beach. 

Oh ok add a nonalcoholic beverage and its heaven.

But I think my ALL TIME FAVORITE book(s) are by the author, Shannon Hale.

The books of Bayern series is awesome but my favorite are the first two:

Goose Girl and Enna Burning

Shannon Hale's retelling of the fairy tale, The Goose Girl is superb.

Its full of adventure, romance, mystery... oh my you guys, its got it all! 

It takes a few chapters for the fun to start, but it needs to be there to explain the story. 

And as much as I adore Goose Girl, I love Enna Burning even more. 

Yes, I said MORE. 

Its just... *sigh*... fantastic.

Because I love you guys, I am hosting a giveaway.

I would be thrilled to share one of my favorite things with you and I am offering one lucky reader the opportunity to own a copy of their very own Goose Girl!

To enter you must:

Be a follower of My Happy Thought- Comment telling me your favorite book

Additional entries:

Follow on facebook- post about the giveaway and tag me

Follow on Twitter- post about the giveaway and tag me

Follow on Instagram 

Blog about your favorite books and add my link in the body of the post 

(add your link in the comment section so I can read it too!)

Leave a comment for each entry

Contest ends Aug 6

Good luck!

Calling all Contestants

I have been ornery lately because I am anxious for this baby to come.
No more heartburn, no more uncomfortable nights because I cant sleep on my stomach.

No more hoisting myself around and no more getting winded when I walk across the room.

But more importantly, I cannot wait to meet this little lady.

I cant wait to hold her little hands, cradle her in my arms and smell her sweet baby smell.

I cannot wait to see her daddy rocking her to sleep or singing her songs.

I cant wait to see her get big and discover new things.

Its hard being so close to this dream and yet seem so far.

My due date is Sunday, May 27.

Soooo close! But the doc says I will probably be late.

That's why I've been ornery.

I havent been so good on the patience lately.

But I will make it through.

Luckily, I just discovered Jack Bauer and he has been keeping me company.

(Hello addicting tv show! I will probably do a post on that sometime soon)

Anyways... You are probably wondering what the title of this post means.

I thought I'd make my waiting game into a contest.
If you'd like to guess a date and time of the birth of this Little Lady, I will send you something awesome in the mail. Not sure what it will be yet, but I will do some research and make sure its something totally awesome. So comment away and whoever gets closest to guessing the right time and date wins!

Good luck!

Breaking Dawn

'Ello friends!

Question for you Utah County peeps...

The midnight showing of Breaking Dawn is just around the corner and I would like to personally invite you to attend a Twilight Saga Marathon!

Click below for more info

{that rhymed!}

Make your own free digital invite

 

OR you can head on over to Kylee's blog.

She is giving away two tickets to a rented out theatre in Orem for the 6:45pm showing of Breaking Dawn

{the night before it comes out}

Gentri is ALSO doing a giveaway for these little Lovlies...

 

Click here to enter for the journals from Gentri

~AND~

the tickets from Kylee!

Good luck!

And let me know if you are interested in attending our Twilight Bash!

email me at mailto:lauren_e_jones@yahoo%7Bdot%7Dcom

How to be Funny & Giveaway Winner Announced

Ever had one of those days you just want to cry?

Girls are weird.

I dont know about you, but somedays I just feel like I need to have a good cry. Its not like anything is wrong, I just want to cry. So I usually pop in a romantic movie like the Notebook or Pearl Harbor.

Or how about one of those days where you just want to laugh? 

Today is one of those days. I want to laugh so hard, I cry.

Oh how I love to laugh.

So in my quest to get some giggles, I googled "How to be Funny"

First off, it gives you a situation and then it gives you a joke pertaining to the situation.

For example:

                                               Situation                                                                    Joke

     
                                     Somebody is very tall.                      "Do you play basketball?"

                                                                                                   "Oh sorry, I thought you were a lightpost."

                                                                                                  "How's the weather up there?"

                                   Somebody is very short.                    "Where's the circus?"

                                                                                                   "How's the weather down there?"

                             Somebody stumbles.                                "Walk much?"

                                                                                                 "First day on your new feet?"

                                                                                                 "How's the weather down there?"

                           Somebody burps.                                      "Really?"

                                                                                                 "Well put."

                                                                                                 "Did you get any on you?"

                                                                                                  "Just as good the second time?"

                 Somebody says something untrue.                  "Bzzt, wrong answer. Thanks for playing."

Well... I dont know about you, but I was definitely crying.
Apparently "How's the weather" is a keeper for any situation.

Thank you world wide web for this useless and non funny information.

Better luck next time.

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And to announce the WINNER of the MY Memories Scrapbooking Software:

Drum Roll!...

Congrats Carlie!

If you could email me at lauren_e_jones{at}yahoo.com

I will send you the code to get your free software!

Oh and here is a picture since I am trying to do better at taking them...

I took this the other day coming home with Gav:

Pretty hah? I just love the fall time!

Tootles!

My Memories Giveaway! {Closed}

Hi Friends!

Its Giveaway time!

Let me tell ya a bit about what we got going on here today...

For all ya'll scrapbookers around here that have become addicted to online scrapbooking like I have, check out this NEW software that makes it even MORE addicting.

Yes, I said; MORE addicting!

My Memories is an awesome new company that has award winning digital scrapbook software that is SUPER easy and fun to use. You can create digital scrapbooks, photobooks, cards, calendars and gifts with the click of a mouse.

I must say, it WAS easy. I dont have much patience for things that are hard to figure out, especially on the computer, but I tried this out and had a blast!

Here are some things I did in like 2 minutes.

{Like I said, TWO minutes... Imagine what I could do if I had even MORE time? Eh?}

So... ONE of my lucky readers will get to have the software for FREE!

To win you must:

1. Be a follower of My Happy Thought

2. Click here and tell me your favorite digital paper pack or layout.

{So many to choose from!}

And thats all!

Winner will be announced a week from today, Oct 26, 2011

For Extra Entries leave a seperate comment below if you:

Follow My Memories Blog- http://blog.mymemories.com/

 http://www.facebook.com/mymemoriessuite

"Like" My Memories on Facebook-

Follow My Memories on Twitter-

NEVER FEAR!

Because I can offer you a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software

~AND~

a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store

$20 value!

Include this code at Check Out:

STMMMS79946

Good luck my friendys!

 http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite

OH! I almost forgot! If you dont win,

Giveaway Winner Announced!

Here is a BIG thank you to all those who entered this giveaway! I LOVED hearing about your favorite Halloween costumes! Hopefully we can do another giveaway soon! You guys are ALL my happy thoughts. So... Without further ado...

Yay Mel  !!! {meL-not-me!}
:)

Congrats! You are the winner of THREE hair clips from magic marbles etsy store!

Email me as soon as you can letting me know what three different colors you would like and I will get that to you asap. Thanks again!
lauren_e_jones{at}yahoo.com

PS. Stay tuned, I will be posting another story in a few minutes.

Giveaway! {closed} And info about Ad Swap/Buttons

So over the past two days I have reached my goal exceeded my goal of 100 followers! I know it may sound like a small number but I work really hard on my little blog and it really pays off to see that people are actually interested. And as promised, TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY!

So! Here is what one lucky winner will receive:

Not ONE, not TWO. . . But THREE Flower Hair Adornments from

Magic Marbles Etsy Store!
Valued at $4.99 Each

Colors include: Yellow, Mint, Light Pink, Dark Pink, Red, Sky Blue, Baby Blue, Chocolate, Tan and Beige.

Here is how you can enter:

MANDATORY ENTRY: You must be a follower of My Happy Thought.

{Easy right?}

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:

"Like" My Happy Thought of Facebook

Follow Magic Marbles on Etsy.

Follow me on Pinterest

Blog about this Giveaway and include my link

Tell me about your favorite Halloween Costume in the comments.

So I know how many entries you submit, leave a comment below for EACH entry.

Winner will be announced a week from today, Wednesday October 5th.

Good Luck Everybody!

One other thing... Remember this post about an ad swap? I am so thrilled by the interest shown! I am still accepting offers but I am having a TON of requests to make buttons and its taking up alot of my time so I will be asking $3 for every button made. I dont know if this is asking too much, but due to the time it takes to make one, I thought this would be nice to help each other out, you know? :)
If you are interested, send an email to

lauren_e_jones{at}yahoo{dot}com