Beetle the Bard

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars

The kids got this book for Christmas, and they all had read it by December 27. I wasn't into it then, for whatever reason.

Picked it up last night when I decided I was going to reread the Harry Potters and book 1 was MIA. (Down in Jackson's room, it turns out.) I really enjoyed this little book. The stories are cute, even if they don't have wider applications for Muggles than educating us on wizarding lore; and Dumbledore's commentary is pretty great. Definitely worth 40 minutes of my time.
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Favorites

To start off 2009 quirkily, I've decided to give you a list of some of my favorites. Just, you know, because.

Colors: pinks and browns

These are both things I actually own :-/
Car: if I could buy a car today, and if it didn't have to fit seven children, it would be a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. And I would have it painted a lovely pastel pink, as long as I'm dreaming. And I'd go topless as many months of the year as I could.

Game: Couch of Power. Fun, fun, fun, and the more you play it (in a single sitting) the more difficult it gets. :)
Pizza toppings: onion, green pepper, pineapple, olives. Sometimes, I admit it, I miss pepperoni.
Restaurant: P.F. Chang's China Bistro. Could eat here every day. Vegetarian lettuce wraps! Ma po tofu! Yum.
Dessert: iced sugar cookies. Chocolate's good, but it is nothing to iced sugar cookies.

Vegetable: red bell pepper
Movies: While You Were Sleeping, Muppet Treasure Island, The Matrix, too many Jane Austen adaptations to list
Books I read last year: To Kill a Mockingbird, Stargirl
Thing to wear: A brown lawn shirt I got from Eddie Bauer for my 40th birthday.
Band: Muse. :) I know, what a surprise!

Song: at the moment, discounting my Muse favorites, Pride by Syntax. Afterglow by INXS is a close second.
Dream that might not come true: being able to take my children on vacation to Hawaii.
Thing I'm working on: getting out of debt. I can get so fired up on this, and also so bummed when we have to increase our debt for something really needful.
Television show: I watch Bones faithfully via hulu.com, but Firefly is still my favorite show of all time.
Season: summer
Wish list items: remodeling bathrooms, new kitchen floor, general prettying up the house. Seeing Muse live in concert. :)