Bad Joke

Okay...this is the "disclaimer" If you ARE A FAN of Obama..Please read no further..This is a Anti-Obama Joke...


People said that we would have a black president when pigs flew..Sure enough 100 days into Obama's presidency; "swine flu"

Terrible Two's

Well, I am sadly enough "hoping" that our recent bought with tantrums and constant melt downs are just a case of the "terrible 2's". Scary, I know..but well to be completely honest the alternative is just....well scarier. After a lot and I mean A LOT of thinking, I came to the realization that I went through this same behavior with Caleb when he was this age. And seeing how well that turned out, I guess anyone could see my apprehension. I just do not know how much more I can take, the constant screaming, the melt downs for no concievable reason..it wears on you. It's like the grating sound of nails on a chalk board. The part that makes me cringe, is that I can see, and recognize how it affects my family. How it makes me hard to be around, how short tempered i get with my husband and my kids. I just do not know what to do to prevent history from repeating it self. I saw how it strained my marriage, and how it made my kids feel like they had to walk on egg shells all the time. It was not a happy time in my house. Even as I sit here, I can feel the tension from the "attitude" rolling off me like waves on a lake. How do you "compromise" with this?? How do you make a deal with a very sad 2 yo little girl?? I love her, but sometimes I wanna just wring her little neck!! And then this happens! As I sit her "venting" about her, she falls asleep laying on my shoulder!!!

It's hard to be upset when she's so darn cute while she sleeps!! Well better here, on "paper" than screaming at all the kids!!

Twilight Fever

Yes, there it is...out in the open for the whole wide world to see. I have been sucked under, I am suffering from "Twilight Fever". I just want to add, that I totally blame all the great ladies in my ward for this. If there had not been such talk about these books..well I like to *think* that I would have been able to live in the bliss of ignorance. But sadly we shall never know!! So, I have to say that they are really quite engaging, and are incredibly difficult to put done once they have been started. I rapidly got through the first two in record time. **As a side note..I wish that some one had given me these books when I was in the hospital with Delilah. That would have given me something to do besides sit by myself.** Thanks to a great friend who selfishly lent me her copy of the 3rd one. And well, since I hate to leave things unfinished...I am ashamed to say that I went to Costco and bought the last one. O.K. to be completely honest..I bought 3, 4. BUT they were really really cheap..*Thanks to Molly's speech therapist for that little tidbit of info!!* so there you go Now to be fair, It did take me a little bit longer to read #4. But that was only because I didn't want them to end. It was so easy to get caught up and utterly captivated by the stories. You can always tell a good book, by the depth of involvement the reader has. You would find yourself caught up in the suspense of the characters as they raced for their lives, and find that tears were welling up in your eyes as you read about the heartbreak as well.

So, here the end has come. I will admit that I saw the movie before I read the book, and well as crazy as it is..I actually preferred the movie. At least in a DVD you can fast forward past all the awkward staring...how do you get past that on the written page!! Of course, there is a lot more background info in the books, and so I am sure that I will have a better understanding of the movies in the future. While I thoroughly enjoyed the books, I am still not quite comprehending the "craze" that swept..But maybe with a little time, and the next movie.. I will finally understand. So here's to picking sides!!! Not sure I can stand with "Team Edward" at the moment...so for now "Team Jacob" it is. But you never know...time can change anything. Because, let's face it ladies...We all like things that "Sparkle"!!