It's Time for the TRUTH

Yes, I understand that many people have only read "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" once, when it came out in 2007, so when they saw the movie they were in awe. I get it. But don't call yourself a die-hard Harry Potter fan if you thought that the movie was good. I'm sorry but it's true.

The movie diverted from the book so drastically that it was almost a different story. You would think that people who read almost 800 pages of a book would care more about a movie- that would for sure guarantee millions of dollars in profits, by the way- being true to the text that they spent HOURS reading. Honestly, people.

And movie producers, let's talk. What was wrong with the original text? Hmmm...

Released globally in 93 countries, Deathly Hallows broke sales records as the fastest-selling book ever. It sold 15 million copies in the first 24 hours following its release, including more than 11 million in the U.S. and UK alone. The previous record, 9 million in its first day, had been held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The novel has also been translated into over 120 languages, including Ukrainian, Swedish, and Hindi.

So these movie producers are saying that the book (fastest-selling book ever), was not good enough to make into a movie, so they had to change critical moments. Do you remember how much you paid for your Harry Potter #7 book? $34.99 compared to the $8.25 you spent on your movie ticket, meaning you obviously committed more to your book than to the movie, so I guess it makes sense that the movie is only one-fourth as good as the book. Maybe that also means that they only have to commit to one-fourth of the text, and only one-fourth of the important moments in the END of the book.

So, if you read the Harry Potter series, you read over 4,000 pages, spent at least 115 hours reading (that is how long the books are on CD), and at least 95 dollars buying the books (if you bought them in hardcover version, you definitely paid more, and if you bought them as a set after they all came out, you could have paid less). All I'm saying is that the Harry Potter fans cannot lower their standards. If a movie producer thinks they can take epic literature (that has changed children's literature, by the way) and make movies out of it, they at least have to be true to the biggest moments of the book, like good destroying evil. Just a thought.

Summer Babysitting

I have still been babysitting part-time this summer, and one day I had just the twins while Amy and Rod took the other three to Lagoon. We had a fun day together! We went out to Krispy Kreme to watch the donuts being made, and of course, get cool hats. The boys did not take those hats off the rest of the day! They kept telling people that they were the "Donut Man." After our donut adventure, we went swimming at the pool by my mom's house, had dinner and baths, and watched a movie. Definitely love summer.



The boys love Michael Jackson, and they can sing most of the words to "Thriller." At the end, they both just giggle during the scary laugh, and finally they figured out how to do a scary laugh. This video is really quiet, but funny...

Fourth of July Weekend

Matt got a new gun for his birthday and so on Saturday we had to take it out and "sight it in," which to me now means shooting it a million times and making minor adjustments after each shot that don't really make a difference. He loves it though and was so excited to use it. Diet and Myrna came out with us and we had a lot of fun shooting Matt's and Diet's guns!






On the fourth, Matt and I had absolutely no plans so we called Lindsay and Tom to go fishing with us. Matt had to go somewhere crazy far away where he didn't think it would be busy, so we spent over an hour in the car heading up to the Uintahs, where most of the lakes were still covered with ice! Crazy. We were walking through snow on the freaking fourth of July. We were able to fish for a little while, I had the only fish!, and then we got ran out by the rain! It was definitely a fun time. Especially since Lindsay is sooo close now to her cute baby girl Olivia coming! After fishing, we had a BBQ with Diet, Myrna and Tim, and lit off a bunch of fireworks! Great day!

Girl's Camp 2011

Well, I SURVIVED GIRL'S CAMP! Whew, being a leader is totally different than being a young woman. We had lots of fun, no major disasters, and best of all, it is now over! I really liked getting to know the cute young women in my ward, and camping is always fun too.