CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN!

26 MORE DAYS

UNTIL

SANTA SAYS

HO-HO-HO!!!

The CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN begins today!

27 MORE DAYS!

To celebrate this new tradition, I want to hear about YOUR holiday traditions. Do you hide a pickle in your tree? Do you do a Secret Candle for Hannukah? I want to know!!! My personl Christmas tradition is every year when we buy our Christmas tree, we get a bit of the end cut off. We write something big that happened that year on one side, and the actual year on the other. Then we hang all of the little discs on a smaller tree in our dining room for all to see! Pretty neat, huh?

Book List Genre for December

The "Book List" Genre for the rest of this month and December is (drum roll please!)

ADVENTURE!

Please send me your favorite adventure books with the title, author, rating, and a short summary if you want. I will ask around for some books to post to get your creative juices flowing as son as I can. Don't forget!

P.S. Refer back to my previous Book List entry for more details, located below "Music & Lyrics".

Music and Lyrics: Week of 11/25

Over You by Daughtry

Now that it’s all said and done
I can’t believe you were the one
To build me up and tear me down
Like an old abandoned house
What you said when you left
Just left me cold and out of breath
I fell too far, was in way too deep
Guess I let you get the best of meeee

[Chorus]Well I never saw it coming
I should have started running
A long, long time agooo!
And I never thought I’d doubt you
I’m better off without you
More than you, more than you know
I’m slowly getting closure
I guess it’s really overI’m finally gettin’ better
Now I’m picking up the pieces
From spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together
‘Cause the day I thought I’d never get through
I got over you!!!

You took a hammer to these walls
Dragged the memories down the hall
Packed your bags and walked away
There was nothing I could say,
And when you slammed the front door shut
A lot of other’s opened up
So did my eyes so I could see
That you never were the best for meee

[Chorus]Well I never saw it coming
I should have started running
A long, long time agooo!
And I never thought I’d doubt you
I’m better off without you
More than you, more than you know
I’m slowly getting closure
I guess it’s really over
I’m finally gettin’ better
Now I’m picking up the pieces
From spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together
‘Cause the day I thought I’d never get through
I got over you!!!

I never saw it coming
I should have started running
A long, long time agooo
And I never thought I’d doubt you
I’m better off without you
And I never saw it coming
I should have started running
I’m finally getting better
Now I’m picking up the pieces
From spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together

And I got over you!!!
And I got over you!!!
And I got over you!!!
The day I thought I’d never get through
I got over you…

Send Me Your Favorite Book Titles!!!

Many of my "Weekly Harold" fans have been commenting about the "Book List". This is great!!! More than one person has suggested that I add a specific book to the list, so here it is:

Title: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Author: Avi
Rating:* * * * & a 1/2

I must say that I have never actually read this book myself, but the four and a half stars that it received has me convinced! If you have read a fantastic book like this, please tell me about it so I can add it to my list of books.

I thought it would be a good idea to have a genre of the month. Until December, send me any book titles that you want! But after that I will be asking for a specific genre. Please send me any good books that you know of in this chosen genre. (WARNING: GENRE WILL BE REVEALED ON 11/26!) I hope you like this idea!
Harold;)
P.S. You can still send me book titles that are not in the monthly genre, but I cannot promise that they will make it on the list, but they will be available for people to read in the "Book List" comments section.

New Riddle!!!

The answer to the first riddle was:

All of the children are boys, so of course half of them are!

Here is the next riddle:

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

Riddle courtesy of: www.riddlenut.com

Jolly Jokes!

This page is all about jokes. The good ones, the bad ones, and the side-splitting ones. Please send me your own jokes, and I will post them. And kudos go out to Smitty for suggesting this great idea! Have a haha-happy holiday! (Next week I will post regular jokes, but in case you don't know what to say at your Thanksgiving table, crack out a couple of these Turkey-Day jokes!)

1. Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?

Yes - a building can't jump at all

2. How can you make a turkey float?
You need 2 scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a turkey

3. What kind of music did the Pilgrims like?
Plymouth Rock

4. Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
The outside

5. If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims!

6. Why did the turkey cross the road?
It was the chicken's day off.

7.If a man wants to eat a turkey on Thanksgiving, what does a turkey want?
It simply wants to run away.

8.What did the turkeys sing on Thanksgiving Day?
God save the kin.

9.What did the turkey say to the man who tried to shoot it?
Liberty, Equality and Bad aim for all.

10.What will a turkey with a dramatic bent of mind say to another turkey on Thanksgiving morning?
To be or not to be roasted, that is the question.

Jokes compliments of: http://www.theholidayspot.com/thanksgiving/jokes.htm

Holiday History

How much do you REALLY know about Thanksgiving? Take this quiz and find out!!!

http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,22-3700,00.html

P.S. Do you want more quizzes on the blog? Tell me so I can add more!

What do YOU want?

As the writer of this blog, I want to know what YOU want me to write about . Do you want fashion advice? Recipes? Jokes? Send me your ideas via comment ASAP!!!
Harold;)
P.S. If you've never used this website before, when you are leaving a comment, select "other" as your name and just make one up! (If I know you, use the first letter of your first name and I'll be able to tell who it is :)

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Got any Questions or Comments about "The Weekly Harold"? This is the place to post them!!!!

Book List

Ever get to the library and have no idea what book to choose? Problem solved! With this page you can check out (get it? check out? haha!) what books to read and what books NOT to read!

Title: Ida B.
Author: Katherine Hannigan
Rating: * * * *

Title: The Big Book of Girl Stuff
Author: Bart King
Rating: * * * * *

Title: That Girl Lucy Moon
Author: Amy Timberlake
Rating: * * * & a 1/2

Title: Someone like You
Author: Sarah Dessen
Rating: * * * * & a 1/2

Weekly Riddle

?Hmmmmmm........?

This week's riddle is:

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have five children. Half of them are boys.

How is this possible?

Send me your answer or any yes/no questions! The answer will be revealed next Sunday!!! (Or earlier if I really feel like it)

Riddle courtesy of: http://www.riddles.com/

Serialized Story

COMING IN JANUARY 2008!!!

This page will be home to my weekly serialized story (a story written in pieces) titled "Hey There Delilah". Check back in a couple weeks to read the preview!

Weekly Popular Song w/ Lyrics

Welcome to our popular songs page! This week's song is "Hey There Delilah". Hope you luv it! And feel free to tell me what you think next week's song should be.


PLAIN WHITE T'S LYRICS"Hey There Delilah"

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me, girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to

Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.

Bonjour!
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