TWILIGHT..TWILIGHT...TWILIGHT!!! ugh!!

OK.. Can I just say for the record that I AM NOT a crazy, screaming, swooning teenage fan.

But I LOVED the

Twilight Books!

I started reading them about a year ago and found myself so shamefully addicted to anything I could get my hands on. As the year went on, we highly anticipated the final book in the series,

Breaking Dawn

When it finally did, it finished the series for me. I wasn't to pleased with the last book and I was so glad that the All-mind-Dominating Story had come to an end.

AND THEN.........

The Movie.

Courtney and I, with some of her friends fought the crowds and went to the midnight showing last weekend.
I'm not sure if it was the whole atmosphere of being in an entirely sold out theater, where every theater and every seat was filled with tons of shreiking fans, but what ever it was we had so much fun, and LOVED the movie. It wasnt ANYTHING like the book. But it was still a fun movie and it was fun to see the characters of a story that so intrigues you come to life.

Coutney has been to see it 4 times.. She LOVES it .

Me????... only twice.

But I keep trying to talk Ron into going another time with me. What do you think Ron??

Purple! Purple! Whats Wrong With PURPLE?

So This is how it went....

"MOOOOOOOM!" Jessica cried joyfully as she jumped into the truck after school last week.

I should have known something was up at that moment. A smile came across my face.

"I have something to ask you"....she said quickly. "But you have to REALLY think about it before you answer"....

OH! no.. I thought here it goes.. My mind immediately went to dating before your sixteen, a body piercing, an over night boy/girl excursion. My heart started pumping, my hands started sweating as visions of REBELLION danced in my mind.

"Emily and I really Really Really want to get a strip of our hair dyed PURPLE!"

My impending fear immediately turned into uncontrollable humor. I let out a smirk..

Silence...

I looked back at Courtney, who I had forgotten was there..

Silence...

Our eyes locked and instantaneously we both started cracking up!

"WHAAAAAT?" Jessica whined "Will that look weird?"

Weird?? Yes...

But for the next few days all I heard was... Please... Please... Please!!

After Numerous questions like,

What kind of Mothers let their kids dye their hair PURPLE?

What kind of KIDS dye their hair purple? Is it the stoners?

(which they no longer call them that any more) My kids laughed at that one.

And of course the most important one...

What will your Dad say??

We came up with a compromise...

So today Jessica got some PURPLE Extensions in her hair. Not too many, Not too few. Apparently it is called Peek-a-Boo color. It actually looks kind of cute..

So another lesson learned. Picked the Battles, Love the kid, Be secure enough to know that you've taught them to be themselves, and have the courage to let them!!

Carly was a great help as we voted together today. I read who was running for which office and told her what I voted. She was very excited to come to Prop 8 and before I could say anything she said "YES"!

The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand, The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.

November 4, 2008

Why do I vote??

Maybe it's naive to think that my one little vote can change things. Maybe my simple views can't compare to the sohpisticated ideas of others. Maybe my thoughts on wanting peace in this land are a little improbable. But even so.... I vote!

I vote to make a difference.

I vote because of my children.

I vote because it is a privilige

I vote because

WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,

and in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

And Because of that Patriotic right that we have

I VOTE!

I want to have a say in the direction this country goes. I want to have a say in the way my children will be taught by this country.
Today I will vote for one of the most consequential propostitions on the ballot.

PROP 8

-Only Marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

I will vote YES because of my family and freedom. The effects of this vote will be far-reaching and long lasting.

Tomorrow will be a new day. With new issues, but TODAY

I VOTE!

"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”

THIS IS HALLOWEEN!