i've been captured by a vampire and a high school love story.
a bit late on the bandwagon but still all the same, i'm unable to tear myself away from the pages of these books.
the twilight series by stephanie meyers has got to be the best books i have ever laid eyes on. i think i began reading on tuesday morning. by wednesday evening i was finished with the first book, twilight. by friday afternoon new moon was completed. and so i picked up eclipse late friday night. breaking dawn is sitting on my bedside stand.
how many times have you finished a book and wished so badly that it didn't have to end? when i was near finished with twilight i was so thankful that there were three more books to read. i just couldn't bare bare it if there had only been one book. and even better, just like the first book, they are all thick, meaning they will last just that much longer.
i don't get it! is it really possible to fall in love with a character from a fictional book. a vampire at that? oh, that is so christian, isn't it?
i am sure that with time i will get over it! lol
my grandmother is preparing for her surgery. happens that she doesn't have to have the radical mastectomy done. just a conservative mastectomy, which is supposedly very much like a lumpectomy but goes further into the tissue. also they are going to biopsy a lymph node. this will decipher whether or not she needs chemo and radiation or just the latter. she is so strong. i admire her strength and persistence that she will get through this and that we haven't got to worry that we will lose her.
after i called her the other day i felt so much better about everything and have been keeping in mind that it is not about losing her because i need her that i should be spending time with her now, during this time. but because she needs us to be supportive and to just be there for her. even the phone alls filled with concern and well wishes are important. you know how you feel that maybe there is something else ou should talk about? you don't want the illness to be the only thing you have on your minds but i am sure that in many ways it helps her to get the questions off her mind, and having someone to vent to must help. that last ting i would want to do is shy away in fear because i don't want to talk about it and possibly upset her. i know pas friends have done that to her when my uncle was sick. they were afraid and didn't know what to say to her during such a difficult time.
back to school in 10 days! can you believe how quickly the summer has gone by? we didn't do much of anything exciting this year. or should i say that we didn't go anywhere far. day camp was awesome, the beach was relaxing, and the sleepovers were a blast. the kids, i am sure when they are grown will be thankful that we have such laid back summers. i worry that they may be so laid back that they may be s blur. i suppose that is why it is so important to document those little, every day moments.
i am in a dry spell at the moment as far as scrap-ping for myself goes. i haven't created a layout in a few weeks. the kits are piling up and the bits and pieces have been poured out and drooled upon several times.
i've been working on creating prayer request books with my girls youth group for the past two, almost three weeks. they are coming out so cute! the one i made was given to our pastors daughter as a going away gift. she left for college, to new mexico.
this week we will be putting the finishing touches on the books and discuss more about prayer. the girls seem to be having a great time socializing amongst each other and many walls have been broken down. they seems to be enjoying each others company and dare i say (you know how youth can be), fellowship!
off to read another chunk of eclipse before i get started on the daily grind of laundry and the rest of the housework i have neglected thanks to edward and bella!
have a fabulous and blessed weekend!!!
