Twilight!!! Have you read it yet?

My husband has always told me "You should read more books," or if I tell him I'm bored, he'll say in somewhat of a condescending tone "Why don't you just read a book!" Now I realize he says this out of love because if it were up to him, we would not own a television, we'd have a gigantic library of books to select from instead.

When I went home to visit my family for a few days in June, my nieces all told me that I had to read this "Twilight" book. My sister-in-laws and friends had also asked me if I'd read it, but I simply brushed it aside like every other "great book" recommendation I've received over the years. My thought has always been, why read a book when I can watch the movie, etc...

Anyhow, at my current job I have a lot of free time and they said I could bring a book to read. Well after reading three very informative, yet very long books about immunizations, I decided I needed to give my brain a break. So I gave in and went to Walmart to pick up "Twilight". I picked it up on Saturday August 2nd, and didn't flip the cover open until Monday morning at work. Thus, the story begins......... I left work that day with a mission! I had to get the other three books in the series A.S.A.P., because I knew I couldnt finish one without having the next in line to pick up to continue the story. I told Clint that I was "strangely captivated" by the books, he then asked if that was something that I had heard on Oprah! So, despite working full time, attending Palmer's Homecoming events, preparing a lesson for relief society and an enrichment night activity, I finished the last pages of "Breaking Dawn" on August 13th.

I was so involved with Bella and her uncertain future with Edward, that I neglected some of my household chores. I hadn't done the dishes in a few days so Clint finally gave in and put a load in the dishwasher. I broke from my reading one night to eat dinner (which Clint had made since I was otherwise enagaged), after I finished eating I went to put my plate in the now empty sink, to which Clint made a grunting sound and pointed toward the dishwasher. He then stated matter of factly and with both hurt and scorn in his voice "I've done the dished twice!!!" I couldn't hold back the eruption of laughter that came out of my mouth when I declared "Holy Mighty - you're going to blow my record clean out of the water!"

Anyways, this was a longer post than it needed to be - to summarize my thoughts... I absolutely loved the series, I can't wait to see the movie (November 21st) and I hope they make the other books into movies as well. If you are currently reading - keep going - the best part of the entire series is the last few pages!!!

The Single Shoe Phenomenon

I find myself perpelxed by this "Single Shoe Phenomenon". Have you ever been driving down the street/highway and come across a single shoe lying in the road. I find this astounding! I don't understand why it's always a single shoe! Where is the other shoe? How can someone not know that they have lost one of their shoes? Further more, as you're driving down the road, especially a highway, what on earth would you be doing inside the car that would ultimately result in the loss of one of your shoes? I have posed this question to a few people, one proposed theory is that the former owner of the lost shoe put their shoes on the roof or tailgate and forgot about them. But if that was the case, you would think that more often than not you would come across both shoes instead of just one! Another theory is that it's a lot easier to dangle one leg out of the window than two legs! In my experience, I find most of the single shoes to be tennis/running shoes, which would likely be tied and not likely to fall off. I also wonder what the owner of the now "split pair" of shoes does. Does the owner try to retrace their steps to retrieve the lost "soul"? Does the owner continue to look for days/weeks/months? At what point do you give up and throw away the remaining shoe? Or do you donate the remaining shoe and hope it finds it way to a good new home on a one legged person? I guess the point I'm trying to make is that maybe people shouldn't treat their shoes with such reckless abandonement.

Conformity......

So, here I am. I was pretty sure that I would never start my own blog. I don't even have kids to post pictures or videos of!!! Who wants to read a blog about me and Clint anyway? Apparently you do because you're reading this right now! Anywho, (yes, anywho is intentional - in honor of my friend Amy) I hope to enlighten your minds with tales of triumph, points to ponder and dazzling ditty's that will keep you holding on to every last word. Take Care!