Harry Potter Polls!

Hey guys! I just set up three polls about Harry Potter! One says what is your favorite movie? One says what is your favorite book? One says what movie do you think follows the closest to the book? The last says who is your favorite Harry Potter Character? Answer all! They will be posted at the bottom of the blog! The Polls end next Friday (July 22nd) so hurry and vote!

• UPDATE: I have added an Dobby poll asking if you like him or not. I'm very sorry that I didn't include him in the favorite character poll, he totally slipped my mind. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. This poll will end Friday (July 22nd) like the other polls.

• D-A-W-G

Discover Harry Potter Again (Plus: A Look into J.K. Rowlings Next Adventure with the Boy from the cupboard)

I don't think there's a person in this world right now, who hasn't heard about the final adventure of the boy from the cupboard, Harry Potter. The film series final installment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 hits theaters Friday with midnight showings around the world on the night of July 14th. (Which I will be going to, pictures will be posted up later :) There's no doubt that tears will flow when the words "The End" flash across the screen, and there's no doubt that fans will be satisfied (As referenced by Part 2's 93% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes) and to add up more hype for the ginormous finale Warner Bros has added a video to their YouTube account titled "Harry Potter- A Look Back" Click here! Watch the amazing video that shows 10 years of movies in only 5 minutes. In other HP news, almost every Harry Potter fan has heard of Pottermore by now, the online Harry Potter Encyclopedia that also offers (for the first time) E-Books of the Harry Potter series! If you would like to learn more visit www.pottermore.com Here's a sneak peek pic of the website, courtesy of the Harry Potter Wiki (Look above at the beginning of the post). No matter how many times people say Harry Potter is gone, he will never be. He will always be alive to us.

• -D-A-W-G

Delicious S'More Cookie Bar Recipie

Prep time: 15 minutes Bake time: 35 minutes Makes: 24 Cost per bar: $0.45 Ingredients:

• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 16 tbsp. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 2 cups marshmallow topping
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-by-13 inch baking pan with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 sides. Mist foil with cooking spray

• 2 In a bowl, combine flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, and salt; mix well. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs until well mixed. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly beat flour mixture into butter mixture. Divide dough in half. Press half of dough into pan until dough is uniform and flat. Spread with marshmallow topping and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Scatter remaining dough over in clumps. Don't worry about covering the top, marshmallow and chocolate chips should peek through.

• 3 Bake 30-35 minutes until golden brown. Place pan on a wire cooling rack to cool completelyy. Remove from pan, peel off foil and cut into bars.

Per Bar 312 cal 14g fat 43mg chol 1g fiber 3g pro 45g carb 119mg sodium Source: allyou.com C ya!! Mouce

Long Live Harry Potter

At one point in the final movie, Harry's best friend, Ron Weasley says,

"We can end this."

The question is: Does anyone want to end this worldwide phenomenon? I, Kat, have provided some interesting things to know about the Potter books and movies, as a farewell to the group of wizards we all know and love.

• MOVIES

1. The eight HP movies took a total of 14 years.
2. HP's first seven movies made a total of about $6.37 billion, but with merchandising, you get an estimated 15 billion dollars.
3. The most profitable movie was The Sorcerer's Stone with $974 million worldwide. The least? The Prisoner of Azkaben $795 million worldwide.
4. When the first movie was made, the once unknown child actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) were 11 and 12.

• *The Movies- Dates & Directors

1. HP & the Sorcerer's Stone- Nov. 2001, Christopher Columbus
2. HP & the Chamber of Secrets- Nov. 2002, Christopher Columbus
3. HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban- June 2004, Alfonso Cuaron
4. HP & the Goblet of Fire- Nov. 2005, Mike Newell
5. HP & the Order of the Pheonix- July 2007, David Yates
6. HP & the Half-Blood Prince- July 2009, David Yates
7. HP & the Deathly Hallows Part 1- Nov. 2010, David Yates
8. HP & the Deathly Hallows Part 2- July 15, 2011, David Yates

• BOOKS

1. J. K. Rowling's books sold a total of 450 million copies.
2. The books have been sold in more than 200 countries.
3. They have been translated into 68 langauges.
4. The first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit the Brit's bookshelves on June 30, of '97. A year later, in September 1998, the retitled book (HP & the Sorcerer's Stone) hit the American bookshelves.
5. By the time the final book hit bookstores in July 2007, worldwide demand to learn the story's ending was so great is sold 11 million copies in a single day.

• COMMENTS

1. What's your fav HP book? Movie?
2. What's your least fav HP book? Movie?
3. What do you rate the HP books (1-10, ten is the best)?
4. What do you rate the HP movies (1-4, four is the best)?

I hope you enjoyed, Kat

Long live Harry Potter, the boy who lived.

The Answers to the Poll Questions

• Poll Question 1:

Who do you think has the most siblings?Answer: Cheeze Results: Dawg 0, Kat 0 , Mouce 2, Cheeze 3

• Poll Question 2:

Who do you think is the oldest? Answer: Kat Results: Dawg 0, Kat 5, Mouce 0, Cheeze 0

• Poll Question 3:

Who do you think knows the most gossip? Answer: Dawg Results: Dawg 4, Kat 0, Mouce 1, Cheeze 0

• Poll Question 4:

Who do you think is the tallest? Answer: Mouce Results: Dawg 0, Kat 0, Mouce 5, Cheeze 0 Here's the answers to last week's poll questions. Look at the questions now, there are new ones to answer!!! -Mouce

Stuff About Me That I Might Want To Share, Or Maybe Not. (Kat)

Hello. I'm Kat, and you are, well you know who you are. Enough with the introductions. Just read on to know more about me.

Name: Kat (duh) Age: 12 Birthday: December 24 (X-Mas Eve... and no, I don't get more presents... in fact, I get less) Family: Dad- J.D., Mom- Jodi, 11-year-old sis- Molly Favortie color: Purple, Black Pets: None

Holiday: Christmas Favorite pop: Mtn Dew!

Favorite meal: Spaghetti- sauce on the side, french bread, water Favorite Restaraunts: McDonald's!, Subway, Olive Garden, Valentino's and Red Robin's Best Friends: Mouce, Dawg, Cheeze, Katie, and Saige Favorite Subject: Language Arts (Writing) Favorites in Music:

Type- Country

Singer- 1. Talyor Swift

2. Tim McGraw (I call him Timmy)

3. Dia (from The Voice)

4. Martina McBride

Band- 1. Sugarland

2. Band Perry

3. Fleet Foxes

4. Linkin Park

Song- 1. Concrete Angel (Martina McBride)

2. Jar of Hearts (Christina Perry)

3. Rolling in the Deep (Adele)

4. If I Die Young (Band Perry)

5. Love Story (Taylor Swift)

Music Show- The Voice

Favorites in Books:

Author- 1. J. K. Rowling

2. Rick Riordan

3. Brandon Mull

Series- 1. Harry Potter

2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians

3. Ranger's Apprentice

4. Shadow Children

Books- 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2. Eragon

3. Brisingr

Room Colors: Light purple, with green accents Likes: Music, purple, cats, cookies!, running, friends, jewelry, baseball, fireworks, reading, Twilight (the series), twilight (the time), chocolate, peanut butter, movies, being backstage, typing, being on the computer, being the best at something, writing, animals, colors, learning, traveling, photography, video taping, soccer, interactive computer games, and that's pretty much it.

Dislikes: anything not listed above

So yeah, that's all I'm sharing.

Peace Out Peeps,

Kat