It Happened One Night

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Fiction

Book Title: It Happened One Night
Author: Lisa Dale

Category: FICTION, ROMANCE
Edition: Forever Special Release
Publish Date: 11/1/2009
ISBN: 9780446406901
Pages: 368

SUMMARY
Sometimes love finds you when you least expect it. Lana Biel has always wanted to shake the dust of Vermont off her feet and see the world, one exotic country after another. But when a lighthearted spring fling changes her life forever, she turns to the one man whose strong shoulders can lighten any burden: her best friend, Eli Ward. Eli has always been there for Lana–after all, that’s what best friends do. But Lana isn’t the only one hiding something. Eli is keeping secrets of his own that threaten their relationship.

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The Gift of An Ordinary Day

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Non-fiction

THE GIFT OF AN ORDINARY DAY
By Katrina Kenison

Category: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Format: HARDCOVER BOOK
Publish Date: 9/7/2009
ISBN: 9780446409483
Pages: 320

SUMMARY:
Nothing summarizes a book better than hearing an excerpt. Listen to this reading by the author and realize how beautifully written this book is.

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Bear Portraits by Jill Greenberg

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Photography

Book Title: BEAR PORTRAITS
By Jill Greenberg

Category: PHOTOGRAPHY
Format: HARDCOVER BOOK
Publish Date: 11/3/2009
ISBN: 9780316031882
Pages: 104

Summary:
A top celebrity portrait photographer, Jill Greenberg has a unique ability to coax powerful emotions out of her subjects - whether human or animal. Her portraits of bears, collected here for the first
time, surprise and engage. We encounter cubs as cute as a child’s Teddy, grizzlies that look like they might swallow you whole, and Polar bears seated in Sphinx-like tranquility.

Full-grown brown bears, grizzlies, black bears, Polar bears, and bear cubs are photographed on location against a portrait backdrop. The poses and facial expressions are at turns oddly comedic, pensive, terrifying, and sometimes unexpectedly human. Alive with Greenberg’s signature lighting and seen through the unique perspective of her lens, these startling bear portraits bring us face to face with our fears and fantasies.

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Chosen by Desire by Kate Perry

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books

Book Title: CHOSEN BY DESIRE
Author: Kate Perry
Category: FICTION
Publish Date: 10/1/2009
ISBN: 9780446541015
Pages: 368

Summary:
It’s down to the wire and Carrie Woods is leaving China without the proof she needs for her thesis: Wei Lin’s journal. While on a final tour of the monastery, Carrie finally locates the scrolls and attempts to photograph the documents. Caught in a sticky situation, Carrie takes the scrolls, only to notice a mysterious monk watching her–the same monk that she’s seen each time she’s taken a tour. Unable to return the scrolls, she travels back to California and isn’t too thrilled when she notices the monk at the airport.

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The Smart One and the Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Books, Fiction

Book Title: The Smart One and the Pretty One
Author: Claire Zebnic website
Category: FICTION
Publish Date: 9/10/2008
ISBN: 9780446582063
Pages: 304

SUMMARY:
“This sparkling novel about two sisters is both witty and stylish. Even if you don’t have a sister of your own, you won’t be able to resist LaZebnik’s charming take on modern relationships. Read it!”
- Holly Peterson, bestselling author of The Manny

When Ava Nickerson was a child, her mother jokingly betrothed her to a friend’s son, and the contract the parents made has stayed safely buried for years. Now that still-single Ava is closing in on thirty, no one even remembers she was once “engaged” to the Markowitz boy. But when their mother is diagnosed with cancer, Ava’s prodigal little sister Lauren comes home to Los Angeles where she stumbles across the decades-old document.

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The girl’s laptop

Posted By: JMom  //  Category: Computer/Technology

My 12 year old daughter got on of these mini laptops for Christmas. Before you go thinking that I give generous Christmas gifts like this, think again. She used the Christmas money she received from family plus some that she saved up from her birthday in October and got her very own Acer mini laptop after investigating several laptop deals available.

She’s had it a couple of months now and she is perfectly happy with it. It does everything she wants it to do plus some. She’s also very protective of it. She hasn’t let any of us touch it!

Here are some features of the Acer Mini laptop:
# Intel Atom processor N270 - 1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache
# 8.9? WSVGA high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD - Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
# 1024MB DDR 533MHz Dual Channel Memory - Use multiple applications without a decrease in performance
# 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive - Store large video files, music, photos, documents and more on this expansive drive

Additional Features
# Windows XP Home
# Acer Crystal Eye Webcam 3-cell Li-ion (2200 mAh) Battery
# 3 - USB 2.0 Ports AC Power Adapter
# Multi-in-1 Card Reader AC Power Cord
# Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Modem Cable
# 3-cell Li-ion (2200 mAh) Battery
# 2.19 lbs. 995 g (system unit only)