Is there a support group for Twilight addicts?  If such a condition exists I think I have it.  I first watched the movie a month or two ago and was surprised that I liked it as much as I did.  I get lost in the scenery.  Maybe because it is such a stark contrast to hot, flat, tree barren Phoenix but I am mesmerized by the green trees, moss, wet ground, and cold air.  I’ve watched the movie at least a dozen times so far, if it wasn’t for my husband that number would be higher.  After enjoying the movie so much I read the first book which took me less then 24 hours.  Then I immediately ran to the library and got the second.  It took me about 2 days to finish that one….I paced myself a little bit more.  After that I had to wait an excruciating 7 days before the third book was available at the library.  I’m glad I was forced to wait though…it prolonged the excitement for me.  The anticipation of the drug is better then the actual experience of getting high.  That’s what I learned working with drug addicts anyway.  See what I mean?  Support group is badly needed.

I just can’t stop thinking about these characters.  After I finish one book and am waiting for the other I find myself going back and re-reading certain parts.  It’s intoxicating and a little bit disturbing.  I’ve never been so obsessed about a book before.  Everything about this series, the movie, and the author intrigues me.   Do you know how she came up these characters?  She had a dream!  It just blows my mind that all of this, the success of these books, and the movie has been the product of a dream.  She wasn’t even actively writing at the time or wishing to write a book.  It just came to her.  Of course there had to have been a lot of hard work on her part and not to mention talent.  She does a wonderful job building the characters up in your head. Yes, sometimes they are annoyingly sappy but it doesn’t make it any easier to put down the books.  I just can’t stop reading about them.

I just got an e-mail that the fourth book is ready at my library.  I’ll be comatose for the next day or two.

I guess this doesn’t really qualify as a random thoughts post so to get your fill head over to Keely’s blog The UnMom.

How do crumbs find there way into my silverware drawer and cupboards when there is no food near them?

I watched MILK finally last week.  DH and I were silent throughout the whole movie which is rare.  I came up with a new slogan “Guns don’t kill people, HATE kills people.”  Wouldn’t that be great for an anti-hate website?

We have ALIENS in our house.  At least I think that’s what the baby monitor is trying to tell me.  Remember in the movie “Signs” they could hear the aliens through the monitor?

Kabobs are the worlds most perfect meal.  I am obsessed with making them.  Last night I put chicken breast, mushrooms, onions, red pepper, and pineapple on skewers.  I smothered them with a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, paprika, salt, garlic powder, and white pepper.  I found the recipe for the mixture this past weekend when I was making lobster tails and it was so delicious I decided I could probably put it on anything I grill.  I was right, it was fabulous on the kabobs.  It is just one of the easiest and tastiest meals ever.  I make some rice to go with them and viola a perfectly balanced meal.  Chris likes them because they are easy to clean up after.

Is it rude to respond to a voicemail with a text message?  Sometimes I am tempted to but then I just end up calling because I’m not sure if the person would get offended.  What do you think?

What I love most about having company over is it forces me to clean my house

I finished reading New Moon in two days.  Yes there was a little bit of that ooey gooey teenage mushy romance that made me want to vomit but really not very much.  I can’t wait for the movie.  I am so addicted to these characters.  I haven’t read a book like that in a long time so it was kind of nice to be able to escape into something that way.

Eva’s favorite book right now is Goodnight Gorilla.  It is the perfect book for her age.  Not very many words but a lot going on in the pictures.  It gives us a lot to talk about and she can tell me what is going on in the story.  She loves the page with just the two surprised eyes in the dark room.  She makes me read those last few pages over and over and over again.

I love saving money!  Ever since we started our Debt Diet I have been a coupon cutter.  Never have paid much attention to ads or coupons before but now that I have more time to do it I love it.  So far this year I have spent $162 at CVS and saved $201!  Everything I buy is something that I genuinely need, I don’t just buy stuff because it is on sale.  Today I went to Albertsons my final bill was $60 and I saved $58.  I cut my bill in half!  I know there are ways to save even more than that but I am still learning. 

I do buy the paper and get coupons that way but I find my best coupons come from registering on product websites.  It’s true I get a million E-mails a day but it’s worth it if it means I am saving more money.

Links:

http://www.afullcup.com/

http://www.thegrocerygame.com/

http://print.coupons.com/CouponWeb/Offers.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10

Hope you are having a Fantastical Friday too!

More Dress up with the Chihuahua Mutt

It totally look like he’s saying.  "Seriously you little brat?  What the hell are you smiling about?!

"No Eva please NOT THE PULL UP AGAIN!"

  "Take it off take it off I CAN’T BREATH."

"I HATE YOU."

Sorry but I could not pass this up.  These really had me laughing.

Enjoy!

JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister. After a while he asked: ‘Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?

MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she
was so old she didn’t remember any more. Melanie said, ‘If you don’t
remember you must look in the back of your panties. Mine say five to six.’

STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom good night. ‘I love you so much that when you die I’m going to bury you outside my bedroom window..’

BRITTANY (age 4) had an ear ache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a child-proof cap and she’d have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: ‘How does it know it’s me?’

SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. ‘Please don’t give me this juice again,’ she said, ‘It makes my teeth cough.’

MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad: ‘Why is he whispering in her mouth?’

JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read : ‘The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.’ Concerned, James asked: ‘What happened to the flea?’

TAMMY (age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew. Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, ‘Why doesn’t your skin fit your face?’

The Sermon I think this Mom will never forget…this particular Sunday sermon…’Dear Lord,’ the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. ‘Without you, we are but dust…’ He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quit e audibly in her shrill little four year old girl voice, ‘Mom, what is butt dust?’