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I love movies. I love good action movies, chick flicks, historically-based, superheros, animated movies (Pixar is the best). Obviously they have to be well thought out, have an engaging story, not be action for actions sake, or very gory. I have standards, yes I do. There …
Last Saturday a friend loaned me her copies of books 1 - 3 in a growing series by Stephenie Meyer. They are Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. The fourth, Breaking Dawn has recently been released and I expect to read it soon.
It’s a gripping story of a girl (Bella) who moves from the big city to a small town and falls for a vampire (Edward). Luckily he practices a “vegetarian” lifestyle and only drinks the blood of animals, how else would he manage to pretend to be a high school student. He needs reminding of that fact when he gets a breeze of her scent. I started reading Sunday or Monday and finished 3 long books in 4 days! To finish books two and three I was up until 5 am! I could not put them down. I started 2 immediately after finishing 1 at 6pmish Tuesday and read through till the end. Tim is away in Norway this week and next and my parents and sister are away this week. My brother is home but I don’t see him much and I get pretty tired of doing the same stuff with Sara Ellen but don’t know what else to do. It’s so lonely without Tim working from home. The readings have been the most exciting thing going on for me this week and I definitley developed a crush on Edward, especially after seeing photos from the upcoming movie. The story is very seductive and addictive.
Read on but beware of potential spoilers -
I’ve been catching up on reading one of my favorite blogs, the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog, sponsored by the nursing garb company Motherwear. Tanya who writes blog posted an article from the Catholic News Service speaking on the removal and reintroduction of images of the Virgin Mary …
Have you heard the idea of being silent before God? Spending time in prayer, not asking for things but listening to what the Lord may say to you. I find this difficult to do, not just not speaking but keeping my mind quiet. I heard an idea …
The scripture and sermon yesterday, Ephesians 4:22-32 “Words That Bring A Blessing”, struck a cord in me. Usually my words are pretty clean, but occassionally when I’m really annoyed (sadly it’s always small) I’ll swear to myself, I hate it. Normally I have good expectations for Sara Ellen’s …
Sunday afternoon we took advantage of a very nice day in Washington D.C. to see the Cherry Blossom Trees in bloom with Tim’s mother. She was up for the weekend so we found some cool things going on around here, including a Family Fun Day at the Maryland Department …
Have you ever felt you should take responsibility for something, be a good samaritan, and your efforts ignored? Not only do law enforcement officers bug me because of their driving habits, now the office personel are on that list.
Sara Ellen and I took a walk this afternoon …
While one’s 19th birthday is not quite so big as say 18 when one is no longer a minor, or 20, no longer a teenager, or 21, when deemed an “adult”, I haven chosen to commemorate my brother’s birthday last Saturday by posting photos of myself and my siblings on …
Today - buy norwegian spruce tree. make another, very yummy, “whatever is around” veggie soup for dinner. not find christmas stamps i bought anywhere. park in the mall garage outside Border’s to take Emily before modern, get pretzel, mill around, find gifts for myself and others, run …
This is a really fun week coming up. A lot of Christmasy things, etc. going on.
Sunday (today) - We woke up after a nice night’s sleep and I made chocolate chip pancakes, a childhood favorite of Tim’s. We went home around noon and had lunch. …