More Harry Potter

Okay, I know I am a little HP crazy right now, but I came across this really good HP quiz. I was sure I'd be in Ravenclaw, but here I am in Hufflepuff! I have a friend who has pointed out to me that I am extremely loyal and dependable, so she at least woud see this is my true House.

Take that quiz! Let me know where you fit in!

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

I had to add in the more detailed results----I was a lot Ravenclaw as well! :-) Proud to have Slytherin as my lowest.

Your in-depth results are:
Hufflepuff - 16
Ravenclaw - 12
Gryffindor - 11
Slytherin - 6

I was poking around the J.K.Rowling website yesterday (waiting on Larry to finish reading the book, actually), and I came across this little bit of info about wands. She had given Harry a wand of Holly wood (ha ha Hollywood!) and then later discovered that the ancient Celts had assigned different trees for the different "months" of the year. Harry's birthday just so happened to fall into the holly month. So as far as other characters, their birthdays don't coincide except for Ron and Hermione. I love all this backstory stuff!

So I had to check it out for me and the rest of my family. My own wand would likely be made of Willow, as would (wood?) my mom's. Larry has a Hazel wand, B a Vine-wood wand like Hermione (is that possible, after all?), and J would get a Reed wand (would it be very strong?). I wonder if it really works out well for all ---not all of these seem to be trees worthy of wands.

Dec. 24th – Jan. 20th Birch (Beth)

Jan. 21st- Feb 17th Rowan (Luis)

Feb. 18th- Mar. 17th Ash (Nion)

Mar. 18th-Apr. 14th Alder (Fearn)

Apr. 15th- May 12th Willow (Saille)

May 13th-June 9th Hawthorn (Huath)

June 10th-July 7th Oak (Duir)

July 8th-Aug. 4th Holly (Tinne)

Aug. 5th-Sept. 1st Hazel (Coll)

Sept. 2nd-Sept 29th Vine (Muin)

Sept. 30-Oct. 27th Ivy (Gort)

Oct. 28th-Nov.24th Reed (Ngetal)

Nov. 25th-Dec. 23rd Elder (Ruis)

I finished!!

I did get done with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yea! (Don't look at that link if you don't want to know about the book's ending!). I am dying to talk to anyone who is ready to discuss it! On the other hand, I hate to blog about it too soon, and spoil anything for others. So I'll wait. But my enthusiasm is probably today at its height! ;-)

Today we had two more bad news items: Our car battery and the air conditioner.

The car battery was a problem yesterday. I thought we just left a door open or something. But today, as I was trying to leave---late---for a movie where I had 3 other families meeting us there, of course, the car would not make a sound as I turned the key. One good thing out of this is the little girl I was picking up, her Mom came and got us in her truck. It was nice to spend time with them (we were going to the library after the movie to pick up the prizes for the reading club), but also nice to have someone that was willing to rescue us in a dilemma. The good news on this front is that it was under warranty, and Wal-Mart replaced it for free. yea!

The other thing---the really expensive thing---is that we finally had an expert come look at our air conditioner, and it is just going to have to be replaced. Okay, is anyone keeping track here? I already don't have carpet in the living room and my bedroom, no dishwasher, no dryer and now this!! Ug! Not to mention the toilet filling up extremely slowly in our master bathroom, my horrible tooth, and the light bulb broken off in my living room ceiling fan. I could go on, but these are enough to get me some sympathy, right? ;-)

So everything in the house seems to be falling apart. As I was putting B to bed just now, she said, "Mamma, I think all these things falling apart kinda bring us together. And I think things will be okay." She's right---Things will be okay. We can survive. We are a team working together. God is in control---so maybe we need to be humbled a bit for some reason? I have felt like my 20s were all about humbling me. Maybe the lesson continues into the 30s?

More income is on the horizon---I'm working an extra day this coming school year. I even have a raise in my wage. We can get this stuff under control---eventually.

Another good thing about today was discussing the Deathly Hallows with a teen volunteer at the library. I was so excited, I told the librarian that I saw her quoted in the paper, about Harry Potter books. So she and the teen girl talked to me about that a bit, and then I blurted out, "I finished the book this morning---have you finished? I want to talk about it!" So the librarian made her exit (not finished yet, she said), and I talked to this girl about the book for at least 15 minutes. :-) Just so fun!
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So if anyone wants to discuss any of it, e-mail me or leave a comment! :-) Or better yet, call me!

Harry Potter Progress

I am into chapter 22 of the book! And I just read what the Deathly Hallows are. Heeheehee!

Sunday Thoughts

I just sent J off to church camp with 19 other kids. He seemed really excited to be going. He's been two years before, so this is not new to him, and he and I took care to really pack him well.

(This picture seems to paint a different picture, though!)

They had a delay right from the start, though! We got to church this morning expecting the kids to load up after a devo in the annex. They were going to leave about 10 a.m., but people at camp called and said they didn't want the kids to arrive until later in the afternoon. Apparently, the roads to camp were flooded over after some heavy rain yesterday! (This is not good for an already worried mother to hear.) So off they went after lunch instead, about 1:00.

Yes! We did get the Harry Potter book at a midnight release "party" at a Hastings here. Very fun. There were some people dressed up, but J and B chickened out with their costumes. J asked, "Can you drive by the windows before we park?" He looked in the store and decided that there were too few others wearing costumes, so he took off his Black grad gown and witch's hat. B followed his lead. She had been wearing an old Darth Maul cape (with hood) and was carrying a broom. They looked good, but oh, well! Inside there were some kids dressed up, a lady reading Tarot cards and maybe some fun activities we missed. We only got there at 11:30.


After leaving the store, we read about one chapter before turning in for the night---I just can't stay awake if I'm being read to after midnight! Imagine that! I got up early and commandeered the book and read through 8 chapters yesterday. It's good! I'm already enjoying it. My favorite character is Ginny Weasley. She's smart and spunky. I was hoping she would be involved with Harry, Hermione, and Ron as they start on the tasks that Dumbledore left Harry. We'll see!


We talked with a teen at church who is a big HP fan, and she said she went to Wal-Mart and just read the last chapter. Doh! I told her not to tell me anything!! But she did tell me a little bit!


Larry's Dad seems to be holding steady. I have no news there. Larry didn't go up there yesterday like I thought he might----we were dealing with a leaky air conditioner yesterday morning! Larry and B got up in the attic. Ug! I will have to try to come up with some money for a pro to go look at it eventually. For now, it's not leaking. Seems like insulation is getting in the drip tray and clogging things up! But anyway, Larry didn't go to his Dad yesterday.