All in One Deal

Books are the plane,

and the train,

and the road.

They are the destination,

and the journey.

They are home

In today's world people's chances of traveling fall into two categories, they can or they can't. Money is mostly the issue. It's hard for people to not experience the world as others can.

But...

There is an alternate. Books are an all in one deal package when you first buy them. AND you can visit the world over and over again. Countries and cities that only you can explore and not the people who travel the world. Plus you never have to leave the comfort of your blanket and couch. Food is cheap and the company is great.

So if you are ever disappointed that you will miss a trip, turn a page and continue the journey

Naomi's Nook

A Thought When in Fear

Courage isn't a matter of not being

frightened, you know.

It's being afraid and doing

what you have to do anyway

No man has ever gone into battle and wasn't afraid. No student hasn't been nervous before a speech. Everyone is frightened at the important times in life. To have courage is simply moving your legs forward. Courage is speaking, even when you are being watched. Fear makes you human. So don't hate it. But the choice you base on your courage shows the person you are. Doing what must be done or turning and running.

Fear will guide you. Courage will shape you


Naomi's Nook

Shining like a Star

And at the end of the day,

your feet should be dirty,

your hair messy,

and your eyes sparkling

This year. I can't even begin the list of adventures I went on and the things I did. Every day my family and I did something new and almost always, we were tired, messy, and worn out as every day closed. But each one of us had a new memory and a new smile. And the funny thing about the way our eyes sparkled was we didn't plan it. The entire day went with the flow. We skipped different events. Turned around to see another town. I didn't write as much as I wanted to or a book took twice as long to read. Sometimes we didn't accomplish a single check on our to-do list. But we had the time of our lives. Every second counted. 

And as the time of travel comes to a close, our eyes have never glimmered more

Notes from Naomi

Reason For Happening

Someday you will look back,

and know exactly

why it had to happen

Nobody can see the future, no one will know what is to happen. It is a mystery and it may not be solved for years to come. All we know is the present, the story happening now. There is a reason every time. Coincidences don't exist. So if the reason for pain or sadness is unanswered. If you wonder why you agree or said no. Stop thinking. Put the questions to the side. Pray. Ask Elohim to show you how to finish the issue and how to get through. Because one day you will look back, and even though you can't see it now, it will show how it shaped you into someone better.

You will soon see why. Just take your time through the good and the bad alike


Notes from Naomi

A Look to Adventure

As soon as I saw you I knew an

adventure

was going to happen

Do you ever look at someone and think I could travel the world with them? Even people you have just met. I have done this once or twice. Planning flies through my mind, marking wonders to see and places to go. But this quote has another meaning. Do you ever look at someone and think, starting now, my life will turn into the grandest adventure with them? Adventures don't require places to go or things to do. Everyday little things in your life become a bit more grand with that person. You never have a need to look for entertainment. It just happens where ever you go with them!
That is what makes life an adventure.

Adventures only require a friend and a will to go


Notes from Naomi

Lyrics I Could Sing

Your voice is

my favorite song

I could listen to you all day long. At first, I only heard the melody. It was sweet and full of life. Over time, the lyrics were learned. Once in a while, I would sing them. Now, they are stuck in my head, everywhere I go. A smile grows when I hear my favorite song and I sing as long as I can.

A song that sticks with me, all through life

Notes from Naomi

Broken as Love

Better a broken heart

than no heart at all

A broken heart is a sign of love. Any kind of love. It shows you know how to be kind, how to be compassionate, how to be faithful, how to be patient, how to be generous, and how to be courteous. No heart leads to the brokenness of others. You don't have to wear your broken heart to show the world, but do not be ashamed of it either. 

Love always comes from brokenness

Notes from Naomi

A Heart is the Same

There is my heart,

and then there is you,

and I'm not sure there

is a difference

When we first met, you were just a name. I learned it and said it often. Time later, the name grew. It became a want to be closer. The gap turned into nothing and we were one. Now, as I sit by your side, as you hold me close, your name sounds like more. It sounds like my heart. And I soon saw that you and my heart were the same. 

My heart will only stop beating when you are gone

Notes from Naomi

How to Plan a Family Movie Night

So... you want to know the secret? To bring the family together for fun? To plan a party of sorts without the struggle? Well, know you will know! This is a tutorial on how to plan a family movie night!

Step 1: Pick a movie

Well, this is an obvious step. Pick a movie that your family loves. There are four types of movie nights. The family movie night where the entire family can watch the movie, such as Up or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The second is an adult movie night, where the younger kids don't care to watch such as The X-Files or The Hunger Games. The third is a girls movie night where the younger kids AND guy don't care to watch such as Bride Wars and A Walk to Remember. Forth and finale movie night is a guys movie night where the girls AND younger kids don't care for such as Cowboys vs Aliens or Real Steel.

Step 2: Start Planning the Food

This is the fun part! Okay so start thinking about the food they eat in the movie or the food related. A food related would be fish sticks for Finding Nemo. Food eaten in the movie would be pawsicles for Zootopia. Another idea is to make a food pun. This would be Charlie Brownies for The Peanuts Movie. Now on a menu, we usually have one main dish, a side or two, a drink, and a dessert.

This is a menu I created for our Maze Runner Movie Night.

Now to make the menu, go to Microsoft Word and add a border that reminds you of the movie. Find a popular or a favorite quote, split it in half, and place a picture in between. This website, DaFont, has hundreds of free fonts including popular movies.

Step Three: Games and Crafts

I have a harder time with the games than anything else. Most movies don't have any games mentioned in them so you have to create one. Over time though you realize that the games are all played similarly. This is then when the creative part happens. The good news, crafts, and coloring are another option. For example, a Phineas and Ferb family movie night can have an inventing contest while Robin Hood has archery. Try to think of an event in the movie that CAN be made into a game or a craft.

Step Four: Decorations

Okay, I take it back for the games being the hardest part. Decorations are a nightmare. To be honest, I don't have any advice for this step. Look on Pinterest or the internet for parties. Use the main theme rule, if a certain theme such as a farm for a Barnyard movie night. If it's summer in the movie, try beach towels and a beach towel. If the year is in the 1920s, decorate it all in black and gold.

Step Five: Tickets

Yay! An easy step! Here is a barcode you can use

On Microsoft Word, flip it and write out 

*(Family's Name) Family Movie Night Presents*

(movie name)

You can also add a picture underneath. Copy and add a few to a page. Here is a picture of tickets

Step Six: Research

Most movie nights or parties are copied from other people. These ideas are just reused over and over again. But they can also be a help. Yes, it has been done, but it may be the only idea you can come up with. Nobody has on the internet an Ice Age party, but everyone has done a Jurassic Park party. The Ice Age family movie night will have to be completely made up by you. The Jurassic Park family movie night, on the other hand, has plenty of ideas and is quite easy. Also look at the theme. Ice Age is all snow, so a snow game, such as a paper snowball fight, could work.

Here is my Pinterest Family Movie Night board. It has a ton of ideas for popular movies and lesser known ones. Movie Night Board

Step Seven: Put it all Together

Now it's time. The decorations are up.  The food is made and the menu is placed up. Games are waiting to be played and pages to be colored. While you finish each step and it may seem you don't have a lot, it will look amazing when it' s all put together. Now, remember, this movie night is for YOU too. Relax and enjoy! 

Notes from Naomi

New Blog

Hello! I wanted to show everyone a new blog I am starting up.

It's called Food in the Pages!

Here is the link!

foodinthepages.blogspot.com

I will be continuing this blog, as Food in the Pages is a side blog.

Foods from classic books, such as To Kill a Mockingbird or popular series such as Divergent,
will be listed to help

with planning parties and family movie night!

So go ahead and check it out! Enjoy

Notes from Naomi

A Miss I Will Remember

I think I'll miss you forever,

like the stars miss the sun

in the morning skies

We remember the important things. Why fill our minds with things we don't care about?

The people we care about stay in our minds and in our hearts. We miss them always, as many times as we think of them. Forever you will stay with us and miss you the as long. We care about the things that are good so we hold onto those.

Even though we will never meet again, we see each other in our stories


Notes from Naomi

The Maze Runner Movie Night

Welcome back to another movie night!
This time we have chosen...
The Maze Runner!

So this movie night is a little bit different

from the last few ones. Since

the Maze Runner isn't a movie for little kids,

there aren't as many decorations, but I will give a

few ideas if you are throwing a movie night or a party.

In case you want to know, the Maze Runner font
is Pirulen Bold

Ta Da!

Our Menu

Main Dish

Frypan's Stew

(I accidentally wrote soup)

Side Dish

Griever Rolls

Dessert

Maze Vine Cookies

Drink

WICKED Grief Serum

Now for the stew, this food is book accurate. The main ingredients are

corn, meat (we had elk), potatoes, and carrots

Okay so it is TECHNICALLY in the movie, but just in a

deleted scene. Here it is

So for the side dish, you baked a few rolls and 

place toothpicks in them to add the griever effect.
I know, I know they are sad looking grievers, but
I had to keep them because they were adorable anyways

So in the book, there ARE cookies, but I tried to add

a green color to them so they would look maze worthy. 

Didn't work so well, but were still delicious! This was the
hardest part of the menu to create

The drink is Sprite mixed with a drop of blue food

coloring. The Greif Serum is the antidote for the sting

from the grievers

Now if you were to add decorations, hang dark green streamers from

the ground to the ceiling, twisting them, to represent vines

We just add the book for decorations

For movie nights there are three types themes, Family, Adult, and Girls. Family movie nights is what we usually do with kid friendly movies. Adult movie nights are more thriller movies or ones that the kids won't care for, such as La La Land or the X-Files. Chick-flicks are the movies for Girl's movie nights, ones that the kids AND guys won't care for. So there you go! I absolutely love this series, books and movies.

Have Fun!

Remember, WICKED is good

Notes from Naomi

Writing Prompts: Space

You don't see a lot of space stories as you do with other genres. Space kinda of freaks me out at the thought of what it might be like for some of the astronauts in movies and books. But in the end, they are still entertaining and full of suspense. I have compiled another list of writing prompts so here you go!

• You're an astronaut on the first mission to the moon since 1970's. You begin to dig for samples in the soft sentiment when your shovel hits something soft, yet tough. You brush the dirt away, revealing a dead man in a bloody spacesuit.
• The last message from the starship was "Let us drift. It's for your own good." Explain why.
• After no contact from outer space, the space center finally receives an alien radio signal with only seven words, "The birds are not what they seem"
• You are a space traveler on a mission has gone wrong. Your ship is headed towards a black hole, and you expect to die. However, once you enter it, you are surprised at the strange outcome.
• Turns out humanity is wrong. Atlantis isn't a city, it's a planet.
• From the depth of space, a signal is received containing the message, "Be quiet. They will hear you."
• You were born on a colonizing spacecraft on its way to a distant star. You are part of the middle generation. Born too late to have seen Earth and born too early to live to see your destination.
• "Mum! He turned the gravity off again!"
• The year is 2020. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall.
• Governments all over the world cease all space programs. Ten years later, a rebellious group is about to launch into space and they find out why space programs ceased.
• Aliens came to invade earth and effortlessly wipe out the human race, only to be fought off by the wildlife.
• While a ship is floating in space, a coming meteor shower damages the outside. When the astronauts look outside, you see rocks surrounding your ship- and a floating space suit with a dead astronaut inside. Except all of your crew is accounted for.

Notes from Naomi

A New Meaning

Love is just a word

until someone comes along

and gives it meaning

This is a word we've listen to every day of our life. We hear it from every book, every person, every movie and we repeat it as often as we hear it. Nothing every exists without a mention of it. We have grown accustomed to the sound of the word. The meaning was obvious to us, it was the same as all the other times. Until a random person shows us that, maybe, just maybe, it may have a different meaning. And they are there to tell us it.

Say the word love, no matter the meaning


Notes from Naomi

Maze Runner Wallpapers

Death Cure is coming out this week! Who else is excited?

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

The Maze Runner was one of my first series that lead me to fall in love

with reading. So, to celebrate the last Maze Runner movie coming into theaters,

I have several wallpapers for your phone. Enjoy!

Our Gladers

Quotes from the Book

Maze Designs

Cool Pictures

And finally Death Cure ones

Be careful, don't die - Minho

Great. We're all bloody inspired - Newt

Notes from Naomi