A few years ago, before I was a mom, I asked my dad if I would feel more like a grown up once children came along.  My 62 year old father of 8 children and 14 grandkids replied “No, you’ll always feel like a kid, I still do.” 

This conversation is why I read the book Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask.  To quote the back cover “Despite her forty years and a successful career as a rock journalist, Jancee Dunn still feels like a teenager, especially around her parents and sisters.”  It’s a hilarious, light read about crazy families you just can’t help but love anyway.  I mean really, how many of us would get through the holiday’s without being able to laugh at the craziness around us?  It is the perfect book to read for a day at the beach. 

Jancee mainly writes about her nosy, highly opinionated, overbearing siblings and parents.  I could relate to a lot of it.  No offense Mom. 

Think “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” meets “The Bronx Beat”. 

My favorite parts are when her and her husband have a discussion that has changed my views on Tip Jars forever.  “Why stop at coffee shop employees? Why not tip the gas station attendant or the UPS man?”  Or the affection she develops for a high tech toilet she got to use at her hotel room in Japan.  “Sometimes I would rush to beat the automatic lid.  It always won”

So how about you.  Any light summer reads you can suggest for me?

OH…MY…GOD!  Have you seen this movie?  I just watched it last night and cannot get over how delicious it was.

In my past life I would have had all the books read before the first movie came out but for the past year and a half all I have been able to read are snippets of parenting books whilst running after a toddler.

I had read a couple of reviews that highly recommended the movie so I was expecting it to be good but man was it good!  I was immediately entranced with the scenery and the acting and was pleasantly surprised what a superb  job Kristen Stewart (Bella) and Robert Pattinson (Edward) did.

Last week I had read a brief description of the movie in a magazine and it mentioned that Stephanie Meyer, the book’s author, was Mormon.  So I was kind of interested to know what a Mormon was doing writing a book about Vampires.  Of course if you are Mormon you can still write whatever you damn please but it just intrigued me is all.

So when the movie started my mind couldn’t help but try and figure out some hidden religious meaning to it.  When Edward tells Bella that his family “is different, we learn to control our thirst” it hit me.  A 17 year old vampire that refuses to suck the blood of a human, no matter how tempting, is a metaphor for teenagers to remain abstinent from sex! Right?  I haven’t read anything to back this up but I am sure it is true.  For people that have seen the movie or read the books do you think I’m right?