Sucked In

I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but I've been sucked in (no pun intended)! I didn't really know anything about it when I started - I'm sure I had heard something - but nothing that really caught my attention. Then a couple of friends at work started talking about it and I just rolled my eyes - until my one (obsessed) friend brought in the first book and movie and told me I just HAD to read the book - preferably before watching the movie. So I took the book home and started reading and was caught - hook, line and sinker - completely consumed by it... The Twilight Series, that is...

Like I said - I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've been reading the books - they are written for teenage girls and all - but as B said and the cover declares - they are New York Times Bestsellers. It took me a week to read the first book - a little under a week to read the second - and will probably be done with the third this weekend - I guess I'm the one that is obsessed now! It's nice, though, to find something that has just so captured my interest - very rarely do I find books that I simply can't put down - the Karen Kingsbury books are usually like that also - especially the Baxter series - and there are a few other authors that I like also - but I'm truly of the MTV generation and am a huge TV watcher - so it's been a bit weird that I turned on the TV today for the first time in probably a week - very unusual.

But like I said - I have truly enjoyed the books - wasn't as excited about the movie - only the first one is out - Twilight - the second movie - New Moon - comes out on November 20 - my obsessed friend at work is lobbying for a bunch of us to take the day off so we can go see it! What I like about the books is the interaction and dialogue - mainly between Bella and Edward - much of which they had to either alter or take out of the movie - that and several of the characters in the movie just weren't who I thought they should be based on my imagination. Oh well... I leave you with one of my favorite passages that I've read so far - hopefully the author won't find my blog and sue me for copyright infringement - but just had to share this with all of you - my faithful readers :) !!!!

A little bit of set up - this is from the first book, Twilight - the series is written in first person from Bella's view - Bella and Edward are out to dinner and Edward is explaining his ability of hearing other people's thoughts - everyone's thoughts but Bella's...

"Why do you think you can't hear me?" I asked curiously.

He looked at me his eyes enigmatic.

"I don't know, " he murmured. "The only guess I have is that maybe your mind doesn't work the same way the rest of theirs do. Like your thoughts are on the AM frequency and I'm only getting FM." He grinned at me, suddenly amused.

"My mind doesn't work right? I'm a freak?" The words bothered me more than they should - probably because his speculation hit home. I'd always suspected as much, and it embarrassed me to have it confirmed.

"I hear voices in my mind and you're worried that you're the freak," he laughed.

That last line just truly made me laugh out loud... I hear voices in my mind and you're worried that you're the freak! Very entertaining!

Open Faced Sandwich

I can't believe it - I have an entire page of notes of things to blog about and have just been lazy! That and I've been sucked into that whole Twilight book series - but that's another blog for another day. So on to today's subject...

The Sandwich Generation - did you know that July is Sandwich Generation month? I sure didn't until I did a little research on the topic - and let me tell you why I did research... Terrie and I were talking the other day about being part of the sandwich generation - you know - those stuck between caring for their children and their parents - except neither of us have children - so I mention that we were open faced sandwiches - which I thought was pretty clever. And that's where the research came into play - I checked to see if that phrase had been used before - and it has - however it was used to refer to 'anyone else involved in elder care' - I don't really get the reference and I like mine better - so there you have it!

Human Touch

He's 60! He's Hot! And I touched him! Yes - the concert was all that and a bag of chips, baby! We had great seats (thanks, Brandy!) and it was just a really good show - he gives a good concert! He was talking about his birthday and he said - I'm 30 times 2 - he'll be 60 next month and he looks fantastic! He's entertaining and interactive with the audience and at one point wandered far enough into the audience that he walked right by us. Brandy even helped him climb over her seat - I, of course, had to reach out and steady him so he wouldn't fall backwards - yeah - that's it :) ! The people watching was wonderful - and I'll tell you - I was right about the type of crowd - but I'd say that some of those men went willingly! There was one sweetie darling that we saw going in that was having his friends take his picture by the event poster out front - he ended up right in front of the stage and knew all the words to all the songs - he was fun to watch. We had a great time and here's a video him walking through the crowd and over to where we were sitting (I didn't wash my hand for days - not)... Enjoy - we certainly did!

Amphitheater Full Of Middle Aged Women

So I'm getting ready for fun evening out! Later tonight I'll be in an amphitheater full of middle aged women (and the men they drag with them) for... wait for it... Rick Springfield aka Dr. Noah Drake from General Hospital! So how appropriate is it that TBS has been showing the movie 'Music and Lyrics' all weekend - there is a great scene in it where the 80's Pop legend is performing for a high school reunion and all the women are just all dreamy for him - to make it hit home even more - it is a Class of 1987 reunion - yep - the year I graduated from high school! I can't wait - should be a great concert!

A funny about it from yesterday - at breakfast in the morning (as opposed to breakfast in the evening) we had a waitress that was asking if we would be going to the fair and I mentioned I was going to the fair and Rick Springfield concert tonight - and she didn't know who he was - God Bless Her - she's young!

Past My Bedtime

It's late and past my bedtime - but had to take a few moments to comment on some observations today - actually - mainly this evening - but I do have to make a shout out to my lunch buddies for humoring me and walking around the mall looking for the pastry place - you were right, Merendia!!! The chocolate croissant was well worth it - and I heard the chocolate chip cookie was also!

So to make up for the big lunch and pastry dessert - Merendia and I went walking this evening - we went to the RSM lake since it has a nice path around to walk - and some great people and dog watching opportunities! And it was a beautiful evening - we did four laps. There was this cute little kid as we were walking that was fishing with his parents and he ended up catching this tiny little fish - I'm not sure what they put in the lake, but they aren't very big - and this kid was so excited - we actually stopped for a moment to watch him he was just ecstatic about this fish - very cute! It seems like there was something else that amused me that I was going to blog about - but don't remember now - will have to lay awake thinking about it so I can write about it tomorrow (or not).

We did spot something else on the way back from the lake though - 2 kids driving a Ford Pinto - hope they don't have my luck of being rear ended - haven't seen one of those in a while - the last one I remember is the green one that a neighbor of mine had who was so into heavy metal at the time that we called it the Motley Crue mobile! She is now married with a bunch of kids - converted to become a Morman and is a big fan of country music - go figure!

Get The Rope

Tuesday night - traditionally dinner and people watching at the Spectrum night! And tonight did not disappoint. Although very busy! we couldn't sit at our usual table at Wahoo's - although the Hair Club for Men guys were there. We've noticed over the last several weeks that there are a group of guys that have dinner at Wahoo's around the same time that Brandy and I do every Tuesday - several of them are bald - hence the name. Anyway... it was just busy - and lots of kids around - it must be summer! Even our yogurt place was crowded - people taking pictures and kids being loud inside - didn't stop us from getting a yummy swirly dessert, though. What was fascinating, however, was watching three of the workers try to make this parfait thing - how many does it take?! We did get wonderful service from Cody, though - much better service than we have previously gotten in that shop.

What I found really amusing though was when we were in Target - I had to look for the Texas Toast - I remember Jan blogging about her disappointment when they only had 6 slices in a box rather than 8 - so I thought I would take a look - had no idea there were so many brands of Texas Toast (honestly - I had never heard of it before) - but what amused me the most - was this particular brand - New York brand - The Original Texas Toast - get the rope!

What Questions Do You All Have?

Wow! It's been a while... and it's not like I don't think of things to blog about all the time - I just don't take the time to sit down and write them out... so I was thinking yesterday and decided that I don't need to make these big long entries - but short and quick will work also - so I'm going to try my best to post at least 3 or 4 entries a week. So a couple of stories from yesterday....

I was assisting at the 11am service which means that I did just about everything except the sermon. And while I was doing the welcome to everyone and giving the announcements - I almost said at the end of it... What questions do you all have?! And then I realized - wait - this is church - not work!

I went out to lunch with Terrie afterwards and she told me that on her way to the restaurant, she was following a mommy van that had a license plate frame that said that Mom's know everything (or something like that) and also had a sticker that said 'Pole Dancer on Board' with an outline of a woman pole dancer - yeah - it seemed a little odd to both of us!