{"id":756,"date":"2009-01-01T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/new-years-day.html"},"modified":"2009-01-01T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T13:30:00","slug":"new-years-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/new-years-day\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SVzFyXTCalI\/AAAAAAAAB8c\/dd7dvxrKX8g\/s1600-h\/HAPPY+NEW+YEAR.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SVzFyXTCalI\/AAAAAAAAB8c\/dd7dvxrKX8g\/s200\/HAPPY+NEW+YEAR.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286317531664116306\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SVzFn0kDXcI\/AAAAAAAAB8U\/jrQDV__UGdM\/s1600-h\/twilight+zone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SVzFn0kDXcI\/AAAAAAAAB8U\/jrQDV__UGdM\/s200\/twilight+zone.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286317350541548994\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to be spending part of my New Year&#8217;s Day watching <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/twilight-zone-marathon.html\">The Twilight Zone Marathon<\/a> on the Science Fiction Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Twilight, I decided to read a couple of secular titles that have been haunting my shelves for awhile. I&#8217;ve been hearing about this book, <strong>Twilight<\/strong>, by Stephenie Meyers, for quite awhile. There was also a movie made based upon the book. I started this novel last night and, so far, it&#8217;s doing a pretty good job of holding my interest. I believe this book is geared toward the young adult market. I&#8217;m not much into vampire\/supernatural stories, but I do read them occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I need to draw names for my <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/december-book-giveaway.html\">December Book Giveaway <\/a>as well as my giveaway for <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/shack-by-william-p-young-review.html\">The Shack<\/a>. I plan on doing this soon, so if you haven&#8217;t entered these, there&#8217;s still time.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be posting reviews soon for the novels <strong>White Christmas Pie<\/strong> by Wanda Brunstetter and <strong>Courting Disaster<\/strong> by Andrea Boeshaar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SVzHY2_7dGI\/AAAAAAAAB8k\/mi_DHRaJHbI\/s1600-h\/hp_826_cover3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SVzHY2_7dGI\/AAAAAAAAB8k\/mi_DHRaJHbI\/s200\/hp_826_cover3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286319292520559714\" \/><\/a><br \/><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to be spending part of my New Year&#8217;s Day watching The Twilight Zone Marathon on the Science Fiction Channel. 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