tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post5164285392583984631..comments2024-03-27T05:15:13.440-04:00Comments on * Author Karen Amanda Hooper*: WIN HEX HALL!kahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10789825860272178765noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-39407730304520340072011-10-14T08:04:04.785-04:002011-10-14T08:04:04.785-04:00Thanks for sharing your info. I really appreciate ...Thanks for sharing your info. I really appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your further write ups thanks once again.<br /><a href="http://www.clawdigital.com/android-app-development/" rel="nofollow"> Google android app development</a>Android phone app developmenthttp://www.clawdigital.com/android-app-developmentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-88773682808613743792011-10-12T01:55:24.687-04:002011-10-12T01:55:24.687-04:00Excellent pieces. Keep posting such kind of inform...Excellent pieces. Keep posting such kind of information on your blog. I really impressed by your blog.<br /><a href="http://www.clawdigital.com/publishing.html" rel="nofollow"> Web Development Company</a>|<a href="http://www.webdesigncompany.me/" rel="nofollow"> Web Design Company</a>|Web Developmenthttp://www.clawdigital.com/publishing.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-38474059990885734812010-06-07T13:11:53.879-04:002010-06-07T13:11:53.879-04:00Good luck choosing the winner.
PPC Advertising In...Good luck choosing the winner.<br /><a href="http://www.admaya.in" rel="nofollow"> PPC Advertising India </a>kanishkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651620533023202224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-37462488836448262042010-06-06T23:57:16.212-04:002010-06-06T23:57:16.212-04:00Hey Sandy,
Karen put a squirt gun to my head--a m...Hey Sandy,<br /><br />Karen put a squirt gun to my head--a magic squirt gun that shoots pixie dust and makes daiquiris--to make sure I commented before the time ran out. I guess I have a few minutes left!<br /><br />So my Disney Magic happened when Drizella and Anastasia took me to Disney After Dark. They said they had a few "jobs" for me in their club. I can't get into the details on this public forum, but next time I'm down that way, I will gladly go over the details with you and Karen--over A LOT of daiquiris.<br /><br />Here is a pic right before Drizella and Anastasia abducted me.<br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/2207119482_ebccbbd1b0.jpg" rel="nofollow">Thorn Between 2 Roses</a>Derek Molatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423464874922687432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-29909178155463201422010-06-06T20:34:01.674-04:002010-06-06T20:34:01.674-04:00I'd love to win the book! You and your mom loo...I'd love to win the book! You and your mom look like you're very good friends. I've got five kids, but my oldest is a girl, and I love how close we are. Right now I'm deep into the mom role, but every once in a while I get a glimpse of the friend-to-be, and I think it's very exciting! Mind you, it definitely helps that my girl is as big a bookworm as her mother...Does your mom like to read too?Tracy Loewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597464294035968706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-65191556678340900882010-06-06T19:21:21.714-04:002010-06-06T19:21:21.714-04:00You should actually feel sorry for me and my Disne...You should actually feel sorry for me and my Disney experience. When I was thirteen, I visited the place with my family...on my birthday. So my parents had a great time playing it up to all the characters that I was finally a teenager. Everything went all well and good...until Goofy PANTSED me. =O<br /><br />...in Disney World. It was truly traumatic. Yeah, I haven't been back since. But maybe a copy of Hex Hall from a true Disney lover can take away from some of the Goofy-sting. So please, Dear Sandy, mother of Karen, renew my faith in Disney as something good!<br /><br />Haha. Great idea, both of you.DK Whismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500496699135537245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-82559886774042969252010-06-06T19:15:15.210-04:002010-06-06T19:15:15.210-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.DK Whismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500496699135537245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-67114433782883370422010-06-06T17:46:29.549-04:002010-06-06T17:46:29.549-04:00Sandy - I could not stop the grin from spreading a...Sandy - I could not stop the grin from spreading across my face when I saw the pics Karen posted. You remind me of my own mother. She is a woman who I can only hope to be a quarter of the mother she has been to me. She loves life and has taught me that dreams are possible no matter what. She is strong, she is beautiful, she is loving, she is humble and she is my favorite girlfriend. <br /><br />When I was young she took me to see Sleeping Beauty at a small, one screen theater. I remember the smell of popcorn, the large cherry coke (my fave) and the feel of her hand holding mine. We sat side by side watching Aurora as she charmed the woodland creatures and my young heart with her voice. I remember the excitement of Prince Philip as he rode to save her and the fear that he would not make it in time. I left the theater knowing that I too was a Princess, that I wanted to dance with owls in the forest and that my mother was the most amazing woman in the world. My love for Disney never wavered from that moment forward. I sought out every movie, every cartoon and would excitedly jabber about how we needed to see it together. <br /><br />She never failed. We would go, select our tasty treats, sit through a beautiful movie and solidify a bond unlike any other. Its true that it hopefully wold have happened no matter who made the movies/stories but it was Disney. <br /><br />It's Disney World that my mother and father traveled to my senior year with me & my now husband as a senior trip. <br />It's Disney World where I worked for a year and had my mother visit in order to experience the magic I had always loved again and again. <br />It's Disney World where four years ago we gathered 60 friends and family to share in the wedding of a lifetime. Where my mother kissed my cheek, tied the bows on my wedding gown and held me close before I vowed to love the most amazing man in the world. <br />It's Disney World where we took my nieces and nephews last August in order for them to experience the magic of imagination.<br />It's Disney World where my heart pounds as I walk to the gates and my eyes tear up every time I stand in front of the castle. <br /><br />Disney is more than cartoons, movies, memorabilia and television shows...it is a state of mind. Where dreams are more than we can imagine and that anything is possible if you just believe. <br /><br />It is Disney that moves me no matter what stage of life I am in.<br /><br /><a href="http://princesscourtneysbarr.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Visit My Kingdom Anytime</a>Courtney Barr - The Southern Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455508477182984039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-37474442799325642262010-06-06T15:24:18.344-04:002010-06-06T15:24:18.344-04:00Sandy,
Disney has been with us for many years and...Sandy,<br /><br />Disney has been with us for many years and it's magic captured my daughter's imagination. Yes, sometimes to the extreme as she can be obsessive from the age of three till eight Disney princesses, fairies, books and films where all she would talk about. My girl had many communication and social issues and all these stories we used to teach her talk, behave well and even keep an eye contact. Once only she lost the sence of reality and attempted to fly out of the balcony dressed up as Tinkerbell. I don't hold Disney responsible, just over active imagination. Today, my girl is a successful little actress, and although, at the age of 12, "grew out of pink and fluffy", I am greatfull for the magic and inspiration which it gave us to let the little flower blossom.<br /><br />I, personally, still get excited at the intro of all the films and await the appearance the fairy :-)Libertinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060928203262595846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-77073763975513668502010-06-06T14:07:03.005-04:002010-06-06T14:07:03.005-04:00Mom,
I took my offspring (she was 1 at the time) ...Mom,<br /><br />I took my offspring (she was 1 at the time) to Disney World in the sweltering heat. When we first arrived, we bought a stupid nine foot balloon and tied it to the stroller. The thing wouldn't pop and smacked strangers in the head as we walked. <br /><br />We rode no rides. We bought no swag, and baby was on the verge of a heat stroke. It took us nine hours, one shared bottle of water(we had little money after the tickets)and half an ice cream cone (baby dropped it) to meet the infamous Mickey and Minnie mouse. <br /><br />Was it worth it just to see her eyes light up when Mickey hugged her? Every second.Candylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956196611348299424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-24667827717119657382010-06-06T11:37:40.814-04:002010-06-06T11:37:40.814-04:00UPDATE:
Last day to enter and my mom has been ve...UPDATE: <br /><br />Last day to enter and my mom has been very impressed with quite a few of the entries. Only one copy of HEX HALL be given away, but she's been talking about buying "honorable mention" prizes while she's working at Disney today. <br /><br />So be sure to enter! You never know what you might win.kahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789825860272178765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-5891330421884878692010-06-05T00:54:30.629-04:002010-06-05T00:54:30.629-04:001. I don't want this book for me. I'm a hi...1. I don't want this book for me. I'm a high school teacher who has an amazing classroom library (700+ books!) and I really want to add Hex Hall to the collection so my students can love it as much as I did! So if I win, it's actually 200+ high school students who will benefit, not just me!<br /><br />2. I used to work at Disneyland! Well, just for ONE parade. The Christmas parade in '97. I was a reindeer, and it was the first year they had girls cast as reindeer, because the reindeer needed to be TALL to fit into the suits. (I'm 6'0") When we first practiced backstage with our heads (they weighed 14 lbs!), it was night and I got SO disoriented trying to see out of the head (our eyes were at the neck of ol' Comet and Cupid) that while running through the parade I got turned around and ended up running into a chain link fence. If that wasn't bad enough, my reindeer antlers GOT STUCK IN THE FENCE. So there I was, reindeer head, middle of the night, totally stuck and flailing around until some nice people came and unstuck my antlers from the fence. <br /><br />It was one of my finer moments, for sure. <br /><br />3. Happy birthday! :-DJessica Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382996481558671385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-20421677737357359712010-06-05T00:36:28.570-04:002010-06-05T00:36:28.570-04:00Have a wonderful celebration! Your mom is very coo...Have a wonderful celebration! Your mom is very cool to provide swag for your blog :)Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-89121207535181469042010-06-04T23:54:45.252-04:002010-06-04T23:54:45.252-04:00Sandy, you sound as awesome as my mother. You supp...Sandy, you sound as awesome as my mother. You support your daughter (by encouraging her writing books as well as faithfully reading her blog), and you have a sense of humor. Let's not forget that you buy her books for her birthday. <br /><br />Besides, you raised Karen. And your daughter is such a bright addition to the blogging community. She does so many things to help bookstores and brings awareness to people in need. She supports both Author's and Not-Quite-There-Yet Writers equally. She is a testament to your own parenting skills. We need more parents like you (and my own mother!) in the world - I think it would be a better more magical place. <br /><br />And no, I am not just saying these things so you will pick me. Whether I'm chosen or not these things are true. Besides I never say things I don't mean. <br /><br />Now I have no magnificent or funny Disney stories to share with you. I WILL have some come September (my best friend and I are going to Harry Potter World and DisneyWorld. But not quite yet.<br /><br />This contest is a mash up of my favorite things, Disney, Magic, and books. I was so excited and thrilled at this chance that I had to share the excitement. My best friend and I are entering together. So if we are picked, we're splitting the prize each of us getting one thing (though we'll both read the book - I'll just get to keep it). Doesn't that make you feel better? Instead of only getting to pick one winner, you get to pick two!<br /><br />Also, think of this, Ramona (the best friend) is going to school right now to become a Disney Animator - it's her dream, so maybe several years from now when you're watching a movie, she could have drawn one of the characters. <br /><br />I know this will be a hard decision for you, you have lots of flattery and excellent comments to choose from, our only edge... is this. <br /><br />A picture of Aladdin drawn by my best friend for you to enjoy. Thanks for considering us!<br /><br />http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_THLmxmy1YSg/TAlyZ9p9D6I/AAAAAAAAAp8/py1bCxMuSUk/s1600/aladdin.jpegMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-69964483930099799662010-06-04T21:02:10.079-04:002010-06-04T21:02:10.079-04:00Sandy, I agree, you're super hip. In fact, you...Sandy, I agree, you're super hip. In fact, you're hipper than me 'cause I have NO clue what Hex Hall is or who it's about. LOL<br />But any parent who buys their kid books is stellar! It's so sweet that you read her blog too. <br />Have fun tonight Karen!Jessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-33244067261139220182010-06-04T19:56:51.810-04:002010-06-04T19:56:51.810-04:00Hmmm... what sort of thing would a mother like to ...Hmmm... what sort of thing would a mother like to hear?<br /><br />It's too bad I don't have a story about me and my mother at Disneyworld or Disneyland. But my mother did take me to dinner last night, and then pet my hair and bought me ice cream because I was feeling sad. :)Alexandra Shostakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517091878608894496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-37929802651112312782010-06-04T19:34:20.610-04:002010-06-04T19:34:20.610-04:00That's too funny about the duplicate books. I ...That's too funny about the duplicate books. I guess that's why I only get gift cards from the bookstore. That plus no one has any idea what I love to read . . . other than it has to be YA.<br /><br />I just borrowed HEX HALL from the library and will hopefully get to start reading it this weekend. I'm going to need to after the intense YA book I'm now reading.Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-17079816654304785142010-06-04T18:25:25.557-04:002010-06-04T18:25:25.557-04:00I won't enter because I already have Hex Hall ...I won't enter because I already have Hex Hall but I just thought I'd that I really, really want to go to a Disney theme park. It's on the top of my list of things I want to do when I go to the US. Seriously.<br /><br />Good luck everyone.Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444920778218867295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-69382058328428603542010-06-04T15:42:54.008-04:002010-06-04T15:42:54.008-04:00You have no idea how hard it is being witty on dem...You have no idea how hard it is being witty on demand.<br /><br />Well, here's a cute emoticon:<br /><br />d('.')dD Swizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148118403462060553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-50004770498536232412010-06-04T15:14:19.585-04:002010-06-04T15:14:19.585-04:00Alright, I want HEX HALL so much I'm willing t...Alright, I want HEX HALL so much I'm willing to share a rather personal story rather than making something up (because Disney has always been relegated to movies and a memory...)<br /><br />When I was about 7 years old, I was living with my grandparents due to some major familial misunderstandings, outright lies, and a whole bucket-load of drama that ended up with me not living with my parents for three years. That year, my grandfather had gotten a bonus from work and decided to take us to Disney World. <br /><br />We stayed an entire week if I remember right (it might've just felt that way, there was so much to do). While we were there, my grandparents sat me down and told me that in the three years I'd been living with them, they'd been in contact with my parents. <br /><br />They wanted to know if I wanted to go back and live with them.<br /><br />After a couple days of thinking, I decided to go, and it was definitely the best decision of my life. <br /><br />Disney World will always be the place where I gained the opportunity to get my family back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-17472718208281413202010-06-04T15:06:27.074-04:002010-06-04T15:06:27.074-04:00I once tried to walk off with Jaffar's pen. Th...I once tried to walk off with Jaffar's pen. That's right. I'm such a pen-whore of a writer - even back when I was a wee tot - that I walked off with the writing tools of Disney antagonists. I'm bad ass.<br /><br />I think if they made the castle from Beauty and the Beast, I would find a way to hijack the Beast's library which I think is my dream library/personal wonderland.<br /><br />Even though in reality I might get to some high place on one of those bookshelves and freak myself out to near tears, I'd be able to grab the most awesome book in reach and just start reading. Hopefully one that doesn't begin with someone plummeting to their deaths. Happy days!<br /><br />I think all of the Disney resorts should be warned about me. For now I may be confined to the North Island of New Zealand as Napoleon Bonaparte was to Elba...but he escaped and so shall I!<br /><br />I have only grown as a Disney enthusiast as I have become older and now, nearing on twenty, with under a week left, I am at my most menacing.<br /><br />Pen-wielding Disney antagonists beware! I am coming for you...<br /><br />♥Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798087116747300452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-73940656694860033952010-06-04T14:15:09.508-04:002010-06-04T14:15:09.508-04:00My best Disney magic ... hmmh ...
I've never ...My best Disney magic ... hmmh ...<br /><br />I've never been to Disney World -- parents couldn't afford it when we were kids. I know, from that awful hole in my heart, that I couldn't let The Kiddo NOT go, but, like my parents, money just hasn't been there for us.<br /><br />So this year, with the Give A Day/Get A Day, The Kiddo & I (and our family) sewed blankets for the Linus Project, and we are hoping to get to go in October to spend our free day & a few more.<br /><br />The Disney Magic? Well, that would have to be the sweet evenings spent with The Kiddo, teaching her what little I knew about blanket stitches. I'm so glad Disney had this promotion, even if the money's not there in October for us to go -- it gave me great memories of sewing with The Kiddo.<br /><br />Congrats on whomever is the lucky winner of Hex Hall!Cynthia Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128418037470085123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-76104856495022644012010-06-04T13:19:01.469-04:002010-06-04T13:19:01.469-04:00I love Disney and Hex Hall looks fabtabulous!
I&#...I love Disney and Hex Hall looks fabtabulous!<br /><br />I've been to Disneyland a gazillion times, but here's my best Disney memory so far...<br /><br />My husband, daughter, and I went to Disneyland in March, going to the park with some of my husband's family. It was the day of my sister's birthday, but she lives in Arizona. She's a Disney fanatic (she's getting married there next May) so I figured I'd call her at some point when we were in the park. When I was little we used to go to Disneyland all the time, but I haven't been with my family for probably 15 years. <br /><br />My daughter this time was three and she had been thrilled to visit Sleeping Beauty's castle and ride the rides for months as we'd prepped her for the trip. (We had to have something to look forward to in the middle of the long Alaskan winters.) By noon we'd hit most of Fantasyland and headed over to Critter Country. My sister-in-law offered to take my daughter on Winnie the Pooh so my husband and I could ride Splash Mountain. We got soaked from head to toe, a direct result of my husband saying he wanted to sit in the front. <br /><br />As we were getting off the ride, I heard someone yelling, "Stephanie!" I know approximately 10 people in California- all family- so I knew it wasn't me being hollered at, but figured I'd look anyway. <br /><br />It was my sister!<br /><br />Turns out she'd forgotten we were coming to Disneyland, but she and her fiancee had decided to drive to the park for her birthday. Later that day I commented that it was weird that we found each other in the park, but we would have figured it out anyway because I was planning to call her. Actually, my goofy sister had forgotten her cell phone charger in Arizona and her phone was dead. <br /><br />We ended up having the best day in Disneyland I ever remember, eating at the Blue Bayou, watching the fireworks, and staying almost until the park closed for the night. <br /><br />And that's my Disney story!Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-33433319317191942722010-06-04T13:14:39.168-04:002010-06-04T13:14:39.168-04:00Well.. When I was little, my mum would not buy me ...Well.. When I was little, my mum would not buy me a toy wand and I would throw tantrums (I'm guessing this). Also, I super love Disney because of all the magic they have. Peter Pan is actually my favourite, due to the live action movie starring a very cute actor. D:<br /><br />and the fairy dusts in of the fairies!!! I LOVE THOSE FAIRY DUSTS SOOO MUCH! They're so cute. WHY CAN'T I HAVE FAIRY DUST TOO D:<br /><br />I went to Disneyland, and I got to take picture with goofy! I felt so starstruck. and when in Disneyland, I felt so much joy! It's like they have this magic to make me feel happy all the time! Only time I didn't feel happy was when that dark roller coaster that made me sick then vomit. <br /><br />Of course, being a huge Disney fan (I still watch Disney channel a lot, I just don't buy and collect), I grew up with their movies and songs. When I listen to them now, so many emotions and memories come back. Some songs can even bring me to tears.<br /><br />Well, this is not Disney, but Harry Potter's world is where I want to live in. :D To come to think of it, Disney's magical world is a great second choice.<br /><br />well I like Simon's entry :D but this is worth a shot!<br />feeyonachan at gmail dot comFi-chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753118506880244146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302980868146183599.post-80188872207047589352010-06-04T11:47:56.881-04:002010-06-04T11:47:56.881-04:00That's awesome that you don't return books...That's awesome that you don't return books! I really admire that. <br /><br />As far as convincing your mom, I'm not sure how well I can do that. I'm really into magic lately, though, because I'll be self-publishing my novella that's all about Cinderella and magic and great stuff like that! And the book was inspired by Disney's Cinderella, interestingly enough. So yay!<br /><br />There's my lame attempt, but it's worth a shot!Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.com