OK so....I tend to have a stubborn
rebellious side when it comes to "following the crowd" or doing something that I know I must do or should do or even something I might enjoy doing when it is suggested by someone else that I should do it. Does that make sense? Example: When I was younger and still taking piano lessons and practicing two hours every day, I would like every good student :-) procrastinate. When I would finally to decide to get up and walk into the piano room and practice my mother would say something like "Are you going to practice today?" Even if I was on the bench hands on the keys ready to play, I would instantly get up and walk out unwilling to practice because it was my mothers idea and not mine. In my older but wiser phase of life I see now how totally immature that behavior was. I have calmed down a little. Still, I am nothing if not stubborn. I guess I just need whatever it is that I do to be my idea. So, now you might wonder what this all has to do with the Stephanie Meyer books. I had first heard about the Twilight book about a year and a half ago. I honestly wasn't very interested because a vampire love story didn't really seem like something I would be interested in reading. Then all the hype started. It seemed like everyone everywhere was reading it and waiting with baited breath for the next installment. Practically everyone I knew was asking me if I had read the book. I guess the old rebellious go against the crowd thing resurfaced and then suddenly I was determined not to read to it because everyone wanted me to. Like I said before
I am nothing if not stubborn. Just ask my husband :-) It was my sister Jenny that finally broke through the stubborn streak by giving me the book. I think that in my family Jenny and I think the most alike so I was willing to trust her judgement and she knew me well enough to know that I wouldn't go out and buy the book on my own. Anyway, the book sat on my counter nearly all summer and then for my birthday Steve and the kids gave me the other two books in the series. Still, I kept finding excuses not to pick it up. Another couple of months went by and then last Sunday when I took Hannah to her youth choir
rehearsal I picked up the book on my way out the door to have something to read while I was waiting for her. The next two hours flew by. The next time I looked up Hannah was waiting in front of me telling me it was time to go. The drive from Bountiful to Syracuse was entirely too long and I found myself wishing Hannah could drive so I could read(perish the thought). To make a really long story short I spent the next four days reading all four books. I could not get enough. Needless to say, I am totally hooked and cannot wait for the movie to come out in November. I may even have to sneak out and leave the kids and my husband behind to catch the first midnight showing. Oh yeah, in case you were wondering....Team Edward ,
definitely Team Edward!
I can't believe that my baby boy is one year old today. We had a small family party and watched Jake as he smothered himself in birthday cake and played with the boxes and paper that his birthday presents came in. He is such a happy baby and so good natured. He is the only one of my children that ended up with curly hair. After he gets out of the tub he ends up with little ringlets at the base of his neck. I just can't bring myself to cut all those curls off. They are so cute! Steve keeps threatening to cut it himself because he says he doesn't want him to have a mullet. He started walking about 3 weeks ago and I was almost sad for him to reach that milestone. I am trying to relish every moment because they come and go so quickly. Happy Birthday Jake!
