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Metro 2034

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coollogo_com-28303481Book by Dmitry Glukhovsky

My Review

You all know I loved Metro 2033 what a great and sad adventure. I couldn’t wait to get Metro 2034. This book is the adventure of Hunter, Homer and Sasha.

First of all though I couldn’t get this book in the US. I couldn’t get it for my Kindle off of Amazon. I even went to some bookstores and they didn’t have it. Yes I went to bookstores haven’t been in them in a very long time but I really wanted to read this book. Found it on EBay and got the book from London. Had to wait a little over two weeks for it. Not too bad I thought coming from Europe.

I was disappointed I know this book is not about Artyom but the way he was inserted in the story I didn’t like it. Made him seem less human unlike his adventure in Metro 2033. I didn’t like how the two stories where broken up as well. First we start with Hunter and Homer. Then it would switch to Sasha. I am not a fan of that.

Finally when they all get together it felt like too much attention was on Homer and Sasha. Not enough attention on Hunter. This is supposed to be really about him like it says on the back of the book These are the voyages of Hunter. What it really should say is: These are the voyages of minor characters that interact with Hunter.

However I did like Homer’s story. I think that Mr. Glukhovsky should make adventures of him. He seems like he would have a lot of great adventures in his youthful years. He was the only character that I really liked. I also like the story within a story. I always think that is neat.

I didn’t find out anything I didn’t know about Hunter already in this story. I knew he had to be a damaged person. I already got that from reading Metro 2033 and playing Metro Last Light. That is obvious.

I am so hoping when Metro 2035 comes to America its better than this story. I hope he goes back to Artyom I want to read more of his adventures.

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Mother’s Day

Posted on by under Holidays

coollogo_com-277265460May 10, 2015 we celebrated Mother’s Day.

I have to say it was okay. What’s really important is that my mom had a good time since it’s her day. Jeff and I got to my parents’ house early. I love being with my parents when it’s just Jeff and I because I know soon as the others show up it’s a mad house.

Sure enough it was. My sister Chrissy and her family came after us. It’s odd because my older brother was late. He is never late. But they came too. They have a son who is two and he had the crappiest haircut. I have no idea what they were thinking when they cut his hair.

I always feel like disappearing when my siblings and their families come over. Because they don’t include Jeff and I in conversations. It’s always about my kid did this and my kid that. Whatever. Also we never have anything in common with them because like I stated before they don’t want to hang with us ever. So they don’t know what we are doing in our lives. Unfortunately we do know what’s going on their lives via mom. Mom has to tell me everything about them. And really I just don’t care. I am always thinking that as they are talking. Please shut up, I don’t care.

Every year we siblings try to outdo each other. And you would think I would be at a disadvantage not having kids. Nope! Being a creative person, I most of the time top them. This year I think I won. Even though my sister Chrissy makes more money than any us, she usually spends way more money than she needs too. She just got mom a gift card. Corey’s family always gives pictures of their kid or whatever he made in daycare. But my gift was the coolest. I gave mom two old photos that I fixed in Photoshop, blew them up and put them in nice frames. Then I took other old photos and colored them in Photoshop. Took forever to do but so worth it.

The photos are of her mom, her parents’ on their wedding day, her and her dad and her as a little kid. She was so impressed and totally loved them. I won!

Anyways despite how I feel when we are all together. This day was about my mom. So I grin, fake laugh and make stupid conversations to be there for my mom on her day.

Here are the photos:

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Annoying TV Women

Posted on by under TV

coollogo_com-5034738Why don’t you die already or leave?

I watch a lot of shows and there is just some women I can’t stand, not the actress themselves just the characters that they play. I either want them to leave or die. But they drag on and on. I love the shows but just how they act and their lines are ridiculously stupid. Don’t get me wrong there are some great female roles in the shows I watch, these are the ones I can’t stand. Oh I am sure there will many more but these are the ones I remember for now. Also be aware this is my opinion you may feel differently. Warning contain spoilers.

Lost

Kate-At first she wasn’t all that bad. But as the seasons started to drag on and her playing both men. I started not to like her. I wanted her to pick a side either you are with Jack or you are with Sawyer. Pick one!

Shannon-You might know this actress from all those Taken movies. OMG! I so hated this character so much. She was so whiny. She couldn’t defend herself and she was failing around the island. When she died I was happy.

Sons of Anarchy

Tara-She is Jax girlfriend and ends being his wife. Wow! I know she is the one that brings conflict to the story. The point of view of trying to do right when being love with a criminal. However I feel she did a horrible job at it and just became annoying. Especially when she tries to leave and doesn’t get very far. When she died it was nice. No more Tara.

Breaking Bad

Skylar-Skylar Walter’s wife. Right from the beginning I didn’t like her. Like Shannon from Lost I just wanted to leave. The whole her trying to commit suicide was stupid. If she was a strong woman character she would have confronted Walter instead of trying to kill herself. I really dislike this character very much.

Marie-Ironically Skylar’s sister just as equally as annoying. Telling her husband Hank what to do all the time. Bossing around Skylar making her even more annoying character. I am not sure what her point really was.

Walking Dead

Lori Grimes-Rick Grimes wife. Meeting Lori I knew right away I wouldn’t like her. How can she move on so quickly to Rick’s friend Shane? Oh my husband is probably dead and now I will be with Shane. Why not?! And the whole I don’t know who the father of my baby is. I hate those situations. I knew she was going to die soon, and I figured during child birth as well. That was easy to figure out. Of course out of all the annoying women Lori sent Rick’s mind into chaos. Basically he went crazy. Still I am glad she is gone.

Dr. Who

The most annoying companions are?

Martha Jones-To me she wasn’t relatable. I couldn’t warm up to her like Rose or Donna. Her running around with my favorite Dr. was so annoying. Every companion has feelings for the doctor but the way she showed it was getting exhausting. She wanted to be with Dr. then she didn’t. I don’t know. I was glad when she left.

Clara Oswald-At first she was great. She was a good bridge after Rory, Amy and River. But now she is with the new Dr. I want her to leave! I think she is going to die. Anyways she is just dragging on and on. I really need a new companion for the Dr.

It was a circus!

Posted on by under The House

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Yesterday May 3 2015 we went to the house. We wanted to take pics and to get some measurements. The day before that my parents called and asked if they could come out and see the house. Sure no problem. I knew it was going to be Jeff, Ken, our realtor and myself.

What I wasn’t counting on is all the extra people. They only accepted our offer we officially close on the house June tenth then the house is officially ours. Since it’s a fixer upper we wanted to get measurements so we can get an idea of a floor plan.

Jeff and I were the first to show up. So Jeff and I started right away measuring stuff on the outside of the house. A few minutes later our Realtor showed up and he brought his son. After that my parents. The realtor let us in the house and everyone headed in all different directions. Then Ken, his brother Jules and his dad Al all showed up. This house isn’t very big so it quickly became crowded.

Everyone started to ask so many questions and pulling us in all different directions. When we just wanted to measure things.

Then came everyone’s ideas on what we should do to the house. It was crazy. First I like to say Jeff’s Uncle Jules is full of bullshit. He is a pathological liar. He told us how much money everything was going to take and what to do. He always acts like he knows everything. Later Jeff and I had a good laugh about it. The funny part is Ken knows it too and we all just sigh or laugh at what Jules says.

The only person who had any good ideas was my mom. Which I am not surprised she is good at creating things.

Even though it was chaos for an hour we got some great ideas.

Like I promised here are some pics of the house.

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So many things to do!

Posted on by under Everyday Life

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I can’t wait I have a lot of things going on this year. I will tell you about them now. Now that everything has been set up.

April 30, 2015 today they accepted our offer for the house we want! I am so excited! Now all we have left to do is close on the house. This is the first house I have ever own. Jeff’s third house. But Jeff and I have never owned a house together. I will be posting pics of the house soon.

I have decided to grow out my hair. I want to grow it to my shoulders. I haven’t had that long of that hair since high school. Right out of high school I chopped off my hair. In fact Jeff has never seen me in long hair only in pictures. Now it’s very short. Let’s hope that I can get past the awkward parts and not want to cut my hair.

This year I am getting implants…Okay get your head out of the gutter. Got you!

I am getting one dental implant a fake tooth in my lower jaw. I am missing two bottom teeth on the lower left side of my jaw. I haven’t’ been able to eat on that side for two years. You wouldn’t believe this but the amount of spit I have when I eat is insane! There is no teeth to block the spit when eating. It took a while to get use that. It’s a bit expensive and I can only get one every other year. My insurance will pay half, so that helps. I know it’s going to be painful but it’s going to be worth it in the end. I will also take pictures of this.

Many things to do this year yet.

Home?

Posted on by under Everyday Life

coollogo_com-26138522Yes I keep talking about you.

Today April 23, 2015 we are making an offer on a house. I am truly excited to get this house. We went to go look at it on Tuesday April 21 2015. It’s so ugly!

At first I was like nope. But after going over the plans with Jeff and seeing what the potential of the house can be. I can totally see it now. This house will not be ugly after we are done with it. I am really excited for this house.

This house comes with a bonus. This house is not on the lake but near the lake. It’s also part of an association. Now my parents had a house that was part of an association and it was bad for them. But this association seems different then what theirs was. By being in the association we have to pay a fee but it’s a yearly fee. It’s not too bad. We get access to a private beach and a private club house. The association will also put a pier out for us if we had a boat. I am really excited about that because I love to swim! Plus it’s not that far of walk to go down there from that house.

The house is a lot smaller then what we were looking at. It only has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It’s very tiny on the inside. But what we have planned for it, it will look not tiny but grand on the inside. Basically this house is supposed to be a cabin but we are going to make it our home all year around. Also our next door neighbor uses his house only in the warm months of WI. So half of the year we will have no neighbor. So cool!

Also Ken Jeff’s dad said we can have Scotty. Since it’s his dog he is giving Scotty to us. I am excited for this because Koko and Scotty are brothers.

If we get this house I will take pics. Before, during and after we are done with house. Then you my blog can see what I am talking about. Or whoever is interesting reading you.

It’s going to be so much work but the result will be worth it.

Pen Pal

Posted on by under Hobbies

coollogo_com-218572137Do these even exist anymore?

Yes they do!

When I was younger I use to have a pen pal. I met him online. I know that can be really scary but it was fun at first. His name was Jon and he played in a band which he sent me a video of his band and they sucked. I of course didn’t say that they sucked. Anyways we chatted for about two years. The reason we stop writing each other because he simply stop writing me. Sad because we had a lot in common.

I had another pen pal and it was my cousin. We wrote for a long time and not sure why we stopped. It was so fun writing her because she lives in California. We use send post cards and letters. I like to write poetry and she would ask for them. She would tell that she read them to other people and how they liked them. I couldn’t believe it. My cousin Ann is a very creative person like me and it was great writing her.

Years upon years later. I have been thinking of having a pen pal. Someone who lives really far away from me. I want to discuss about the state or country that they live in or the country I live in. I want to find out about their lives etc. I really want to write real letters not just emails. Maybe exchange gifts through the mail. I want to learn about their culture or just talk about whatever.

Now I have two a potential third. I consider Helen one because we exchange gifts. I just love sending her things. Every time I go somewhere, I always see if I find something for her. I love learning about her culture and we talk about a variety of things.

The second is my cousin Alice. She lives in Utah. She has always been my favorite cousin because we are alike. She silly like me. So far we just have exchanged letter and it is fun. I am glad she is my pen pal. I get to learn more about her and more about her family.

The third will be a solider! I always wanted to write to someone in the military. You can adopt a solider on the internet. I encourage people who want a pen pal, adopt a solider. This will be my first time adopting one and I am really excited.

I like writing real letters because no one does that anymore.

Maybe in the future I will have more pen pals. Who knows? All I know it’s fun.

 

Home?

Posted on by under Everyday Life

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Well we all were ready to move and accept our new home. But we couldn’t get financing because the home we wanted was a manufactured home. A manufactured house is a house built in a factory. The regular houses that everyone sees is called a stick built house.

What I learned is manufactured houses depreciate over time like a car. However stick built houses appreciate over time. Meaning you can potentially get more money when sold later. I also learned that our realtor should have been truthful and told us that it was a manufactured home. He should have told us that it will be hard to get financing for a manufactured house and we may have to pay more for insurance because it’s manufactured. This realtor is supposed to be the best in our area. I don’t think so. Will not be using that guy again. I learned not to use the same home inspector as we did. He really didn’t know about this one concerned we had about the house. Jeff found out more information on the internet than he could tell us. Not using that company again either.

It’s strange because I could see ourselves living there but when I found out we couldn’t get it, I wasn’t all that sad. I guess, I realized that I wasn’t in love with the house. I wish it had a basement. Manufactured houses usually do not have basements. And I got a lot of stuff to put in a basement.

The search is still on. Who knows where we will end up? I really like a home we can invest money into because we found out our landlord is raising our rent. That sucks. I rather spend money on my house and not this rented house.

Homemaker

Posted on by under Everyday Life

coollogo_com-22253945That’s me.

I have been thinking about doing an article on what I do for a living for a while. In my last blog I had an article on me being a homemaker. I am still a homemaker but I am redoing how I say it. I am fortune enough to be one. The sting of it is how people react to me saying that I am a homemaker since I don’t have children. If I did then it would be no big deal.

But since I don’t have children everyone wonders what I do all day while my husband is at work. I do plenty to fill eight hours and beyond. I love being a homemaker and not afraid to say that I am. I have to admit at first I had these feelings about it unsure, guilty, ashamed and sad. Not because I can be one because of how others reacted when I told them what I did for my job.

Now I no longer have those feelings. I feel happy, secure, and proud. Why should I let others dictate on how I feel about my job? It shouldn’t. The only person that I care about how they feel about is my husband Jeff. I told him that I wanted to be one if we could make it work a long time ago. When I met Jeff I had job. It’s not like I have never worked in my life. When I was younger I would have two jobs at one time. I know what hard work is but this is the job for me. I get to be my own boss.

I even put myself on a schedule just like any other job. Except most jobs have days off where my job, I have no days off. I am a maid, laundry attendant, dogs caretaker, poop clean up, garbage woman, lawn service person, driver and grocery shopper. I think there is more but can’t think of everything right now. To make a point I do a lot.

Just think of all those trades I mention and paying each individuals to do those. Lots of money spent there but I do them for free. The thing is I don’t really mind doing any of those jobs because it’s my job.

My name is Danielle and I am a Homemaker. I am proud to be one.

Soda

Posted on by under Everyday Life

coollogo_com-15655352Guess what?

I made it a hundred days without soda today April 14 2015! I am very proud of myself. I have to admit though I still think about drinking it. Now I know that I was addicted to soda.

It has become easier to say no to soda. Still a bit hard when we go out to eat but when I am at someone’s house, I don’t even have the urge to drink the soda they have. I even made it through Easter without drinking soda. That is an accomplishment.

However I do dream about drinking soda. That is sad to say that. I was that addicted to soda to think and dream about it. This has been very hard for me, especially when Jeff drinks soda or buys soda at the store. I like it when he buys the soda I hated drink anyways makes it easier to say no to it. It’s when he buys the really yummy soda that I know I love. But I am determined to not drink soda for the rest of the year. I want to say for the rest of my life but I have no idea what the future holds. I am going to try my hardest not to drink soda as often as I was.

My plan is not to drink soda just because or just because it’s there. Maybe for a treat but that is it. I really don’t want soda to ruin my life anymore. It’s hard on my teeth and already have horrible teeth problems. I dislike how it makes feel. I am really hoping that I can do this for the rest of my life, not drinking soda.

I am giving myself rewards that is not food or other drinks to encourage myself to make it to the next step. For making it fifty days I got Metro Last Light for my PS3. This time I will be getting Metro 2033 for my PC.

Let’s go for a hundred and fifty days!