Well, I finished the Stephenie Meyer's Twighlight series books, and I loved them!! I was captivated enough to finish all three books (all over 500 pages) in about a week and a half. I feel a little guilty about my motherliness in that week and a half, but needless to say, no one starved to death, so my kids aren't too scarred. All three books were good, but I think I liked the first one best. I think I tried to identify with Bella the most- comparing myself in my mind with her averageness, and clumsiness. And, of course, wondering if I would have fallen for Edward in High School. Um, yes, I would have, no question. And then, wondering what I would have done when I found out that he was a vampire. And then, slowly coming back to reality, I realized that here in the Real World there are no vampires. But, I have to admit, I was sucked in so far, that the line was blurred between the Real World and Forks, Washington. Which is why I think I really loved these books. Were you ever in Walmart or driving down the street and saw someone and thought, "If there were real vampires, that guy definitely would belong to the club." Anyway, if you haven't read them, do. I can't wait for the next book to come out. It's only a whole year, right? And, I will go crazy (in a good way) when a movie comes out. I hear it's in the works. So, here is my poll...what actors would you vote for the different roles? Comment back and let me know. Here are my votes...
Bella...I don't know her name, but she is Julie, the coaches daughter, on Friday Night Lights.
Edward...this one is harder, but, my guess today is the main guy from High School Musical
I don't know, I'll probably change my mind.
I have to make a quick change to my hunting rant blog... I wrote that my dad has only gone deer hunting once. And, it was very funny, the next time I saw him he was very quick to tell me that he has gone hunting several times after that. He never shot anything...but, he did go. So, I apologize, dad- You are a Hunting Manly Man.
So, here I am sitting here on a beautiful day and my husband has the day off of work. A rare feat. But, is he sitting here with me? No, and do you know where he is? Well, if you know Ryan at all and you know what the current month is, then you very well know that Ry has gone hunting. Of course, it's a yearly event, that lasts somewhere around a month. You know, to be quite honest Ryan did tell me when we were dating, 9 or 10 years ago, that he liked to hunt. And, I thought I understood what that simple statement meant. Boy, was I in for a big surprise! I didn't know anyone up to that point in my life that hunted. My Grandpa did back in the day, but nothing I can remember. In fact, the only thing I had ever heard about this hunting thing was a story about my Dad (he is definetely not a hunter.) So, just a few weeks after my parents were married, my Grandpa took my dad deer hunting. (He had never been before.) Somehow, my dad got lost from the group and ended up spending the night all alone on the mountain with no fire or anything. My poor Grandpa and my uncle were looking all over for him. I say my "poor" Grandpa because he had to call my mom and let her know that he had lost her new husband. She rushed down to where they were. The story ended happily- of course he was found. But, that was the last time my dad ever went, so obviously I was pretty clueless about this whole subject, and the fact that I would be a widow for about a month out of every year. To be fair to me, though, Ryan and I met the last week in November and got mar'mried in July. So, when he said he liked hunting, there was no real evidence of and no real way to prepare me for this huge event that takes weeks to prepare for, buying tags ($$), going to Cabelas several times- spending way too much money on jackets, hats, gloves, camel packs, bullets, under armor (this is just this year), going grocery shopping, packing the hats, gloves, camel pack, bullets, under armor, coats, etc., getting the trailer packed, and actually being gone. I'm not even going to mention what happens if they do kill something and bring it home. That is another blog altogether. I don't get it. But, that's okay, I've decided. I probably never will. But, I love that Ryan is passionate about something. He could be some boring guy that does nothing and doesn't want to do anything. And, any spitefulness that I may harbor is really just my jealousy surfacing. I truly wish I had some great big Thing to look forward to doing with my family or friends every year. Something that I could look forward to and prepare for and get my kids excited for. Something that I was really good at and that I could bring up for topics of conversation. (My topics of conversation range from 1 year old to 7 year old-Avery, Maycee, and Zack :) So, I may sound resentful, okay sometimes I am, but it's really because I'm jealous. I really love everything about Ryan- even the Hunting part.
