Wednesday Writing Prompt #12

Happy Wednesday everyone! This is a Wednesday prompt that showcases my responses to the writing prompts in this 300 Writing Prompt book. Just something fun to do! Feel free to join in. I may not share every week, but it is fun to share when I do.

What do you think is the most important thing for today's kids to learn in school?

Respect. 

Respect for others, animals, and themselves. It's so important to have a sense of respect. Maybe they can play the song over and over and over to get through their thick skulls. LOL

What is the best road trip you have ever taken? Who was there? Where did you go? What did you see along the way?

The best? Oh my. I've been on so many...umm...

I would have to say when a group of my gal pals and I went to Ohio to surprise our friend on her birthday. 

Our friend was living with her boyfriend for the summer while the semester was out (yes, this was in our college days). We drove down and hung out with her over the weekend. It was so fun and she was excited to see us for sure. 

Here is a picture of us. She was having a nice dinner with her boyfriend and we just came in and ruined it ;) He was totally in on it though. (note - I'm in the pink shirt...I miss that shirt it was soooo cute. The sleeves had lace. SIGHS):

Top Ten Tuesday: Best Bookish Memories

~The Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.~

Happy Tuesday everyone. How is everyone doing? Things have been stressful over on my side of the pond, but I removed one less stress this afternoon: my taxes are done and filed and I'm getting a decent amount of money. Not as much as I did last year, but I was forced to file as a dependent. Have you done your taxes? If you haven't I would highly recommend Jackson Heweitt. This is my third year with them and I simply love them. ^.^

Anyways, since I have nothing else to post I'll do TTT today. I haven't got much reading done and I plan on sharing my next Movie Review later on in the week. This week's theme is: top ten bookish memories. 

(There is no order to my list)

* Meeting Lauren Willig. She is one of my favorite authors of all time and I was SO excited when she came to Michigan. My ex-friend and I drove down to Ann Arbor. I actually got the nerve to ask her a question after the reading. Once the Q&A was done, she signed my book and actually knew who I was. Too bad I didn't have this blog at the time. *sighs*  

*After my Grandpa Carol died my mom gave me his huge book of William Shakespeare. I cried when we found that book and my mom said I could have it, because I love Shakespeare and Grandpa would want ME to have it.

*Professor Hull gave me a few of his books from his collection. We all have that one teacher/professor that makes a huge difference in our lives and he was that one. I had him for both of my American History classes and he was the one that made me want to be a teacher. He even wrote me a small letter along with The Autobiography of Henry VIII, Les Miserables, The Old Regime and the French Revolution, & War and Peace.

*Winning the audiotape of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine and Lauren Willig signing The Orchid Affair. I know the audiotape is technically NOT a book, so I combined that with Lauren Willig signing my copy of the Orchid Affair. Love Lauren Willig. ^.^

*My mom actually ordered my Lord of the Rings books. Back when I was a wee thing the Book Fair came around and my mom always refused to buy books from there (because they were too expensive). However, one year I guess she got extra money and actually allowed me to order a few things. I don't remember the other books I got, but I do remember the four-book package  that had my name on it. Oh I was so excited to own my own Lord of the Rings books. The library was probably just as excited as I.

*Winning Queen By Right. The first book I've ever won. It took SO long to get it!

*Being read Doctor Seuss books. When I was a wee thing my Pat or Patty (my friend's grandma or step-grandpa) would read us Doctor Seuss books every night. I remember being utterly enchanted by them.

*My mom reading to me. She read me a variety of books, but I enjoyed every single one of them.

*My parents buying me the majority of Mr. & Miss. books. Remember those silly books? They are so silly, but I loved reading them. I would spend hours re-reading them. They had me giggling all day.

 *My parents subscribed me to the 'Dear America' book thing. Once a month I received a Dear America book. Along with the book came some toys and activities that went along with the time period of the book. It was so cool and I couldn't wait for the next month! They only had me subscribed for 5 months, but it was worth it.

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<3CaroleRae