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![]() ![]() ![]() He immediately married a 'suitable' aristocratic 2nd wife, Theodora, to erase his coarse, commoner 1st wife, and had the 2nd son he always wanted, with a pure, noble bloodline: Franz. With his commoner wife dead, Jeff Klausitz found himself in possession of a sprawling estate, a booming business, and flush with enough money to keep it going, so he turns his eyes towards getting himself and the Klausitz name into the aristocracy. ![]() He also picked up the former estates of fallen aristocrats creating a new family seat, and place to launch the Klausitz family into the aristocracy.īastian's mother was killed off to look like an accident. Jeff then jumped on the capitalist bandwagon, investing in railroads and becoming a wildly successful Robber Baron. Jeff Klausitz, of a cultured and well-off merchant family targeted this slum man's daughter and charmed her into marrying him. Bastian's maternal grandfather, of the Illis family, was a money lender and 'antiques dealer' (wink wink) in the slums, and became rich from it. ![]()
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Airhead book series5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() It's a definite must-read! As a huge Meg Cabot fan, I can't wait for the next installment. Plus, one of the main characters is a loyal CosmoGIRL reader. I couldn't put Airhead down, and I'm definitely going to reread it. Meg Cabot delivers another charming and hilarious novel, chock-full of witty one-liners. ![]() How is Em supposed to finish school in another person's body? Will Christopher ever realize that even though Emerson's body is gone, she is still around? And how is plain, old Em supposed to adjust to life as a supermodel? Living someone else's life sure does get complicated, and that's without even mentioning the complex love square that develops. If Em reveals the secret about the brain transplant, her parents will be smacked with a $2 million lawsuit! ![]() Now, when she looks in the mirror she sees Nikki Howard - and there's nothing she can do about it. But someone needed to look out for her sister Frida, whose crush, British heartthrob Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autographs therealong with the newly appointed Face of. When Em wakes up, she finds out that her brain has been transplanted into Nikki's body. Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opening. Em and "It" model of the moment, Nikki Howard, end up in a very freaky accident that knocks Emma out cold. Maybe Em should have made that date with Christopher, because disaster strikes at the opening. Emerson Watts would rather be playing video games with her best friend, Christopher (who she secretly wishes was more than a friend), than taking her younger sister, Frida, to a hip, new store opening to see her favorite teen stars. ![]()
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God's Right Hand by Michael Sean Winters5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() It would take me thousands of pages to tell you just how much I love you. One paragraph is not enough for me to tell you just how much you mean to me. When a dream contains a confession of love, it can mean either one of two things: that the dreamer has feelings for the person who is confessing love or that the dreamer has subtly picked up on hints of romantic feelings from the one who is.Jan 11, 2023 I promise to be there for you when you need me. I promise to stay with you through good and bad. ![]() You have made me feel much happiness at every moment I spent with you. I love you for always being by my side even when you disagree with my opinion.You brought an endless smile to my face, amazing joy to my heart, baby I love you! You are the greatest love of my life. No matter how busy or tired you are, you always manage to send me a sweet message, call me and say how much you love me. Paragraphs why i love you I love you because you always make time for me and happy to stay with me, assuring that I’m your top priority. ![]()
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Hands are not for hitting5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() We used Hands Are Not For Hitting and Teeth Are Not For Biting. The Best Behavior Board Books were really helpful to us. Thankfully, I had some good friends who offered excellent advice. Not only was I really embarrassed about what this “said” about my parenting, but my kids were actually HURTING other people! I knew how immediate the need was to teach them that neither biting nor hitting was okay.Ī rare image of her being nice to the poor child who was her most frequent victim #maijacifamily She bit him frequently, and I had no idea what to do about it. When Ana Lia was almost two, we lived with another family, who also had a toddler. This was the second time one of the kids had exhibited harmful behavior toward other children. ![]() While normal, it was not acceptable, and I had to figure out a way to effectively address it. ![]() Eliam had always been the quieter, calmer child, but as a late-talking two year old, he was having trouble expressing his frustration to the other kids at preschool. Never something a parent wants to hear from the daycare provider, but there we were. “He’s hitting the other kids a lot.” Uh oh. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. ![]() |