Ryan was told about this article last week and I wanted to share it with you all.  It took me along time to post it and might already know about it.

 Angry White Men

Enjoy

P.S.  I have recovered from my recent depressive mood.  I have seperated myself from the characters of Twilight and have started again trying to dig deeper but this time it is NOT the same at all.  Since I already know what is going to happen I am not as consumed and I just read it every once in a while.  Ry and I are trying to plan a weekend trip b/c we are very restless.  We were thinking Portland, which after researching I really want to go but it might be a bit to costly.  And frankly, I am uninterested in anywhere else in Idaho.  We will probably go to Eastern Idaho to see  his friends but that just doesn’t’ hold the same exciting anticipation for me.  But it will still be nice to get away.

So, as you can see I have been on a leave of absence from blogging mostly due to my previous entry and my new obsession.  I finished the series up to this point last Friday night.  I really enjoyed it and am going to start reading it again with less vigor than before.  Now that I know what happens and everything.  But for some reason, this book was almost unhealthy for me and I am now trying to get back into the reality that is life.  Not that I thought vampires were real but I think I just enjoyed the escape a little too much and enjoyed having something to do.  Anyway I guess I should update on what has been going on.

I guess the problem is…not much.  Life is pretty calm and normal.  We have been going snowboarding on Saturdays.  It is so nice when the sun warms up the snow and makes it easier to control.  So now we reserved Saturdays for that and do not go at night after it becomes icy again.  But we have made excellent progress this season and have not really fallen for the last few times we have gone.  I am totally surprised that I can get down the hill at all.

Spring is coming and that is the most exciting thing.  We are both just working and I am going to start getting organized for school soon.  Something I want to do sooo bad but am having a hard time working on.  The thing I am most excited about is the first meeting of the book group I organized at church.  I am just looking forward to getting to know the other women and have some time just to talk.

I hope that my gloomy blog has not brought your day down.  I just gave a lesson on discouragement two weeks ago in church. Nephi gets discouraged in 2nd Nephi after his father passed away.  A talk on the subject interpreted him to say “I know its wrong but I still sin.  I am so blessed but I am not happy.”  That is a rough quote  but it seems to encompass my feelings lately.  But I know from his example I can feel better.

I know obsessions are not good things to have. But you can’t be blamed for getting into an obsession you weren’t expecting in the first place right? (Sigh) My poor husband…

I had heard of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series but never took interest. Frankly, vampires turns me off. Until my friend and visiting teacher said how amazing it was. So, once while we hung out at Hastings, Ry reading 4×4 magazines and me wondering around aimlessly, I picked it up and decided how long it took me to read the first chapter. It was good but it didn’t suck me in exactly. Even Stephanie says the first three chapters weren’t the strongest ones. But after desperately needing something to do on my lunch break, I broke down and purchased the first book. Less than $10 dollars-its sooo worth it. I cannot say to much about how I feel other than that I NEVER thought I could have the same experience with any book but Harry Potter which is still near and dear to my heart. After Harry Potter was over, I cried and when I thought of it, I ached a little. I felt so ridiculous, just like I do now. How can someone make you wish you could fall in love with vampires!? Don’t tell me you don’t feel the same way. I knew that Harry Potter was bad for me when I started dreaming about it. I can recall at least 4 dreams that occurred over last summer as I read 5, 6, and 7. Many times especially while reading the final book, I could not sleep. Well, I had my first dream about Twilight last night. However it wasn’t exactly about that. See, I finished reading the book last night. I tried not too but I could not stop, especially since hubby was on the phone. He doesn’t like my obsession very much either which is funny but I do also feel bad. Anyway, so I knew that when I finished reading the first book without a copy of the second I would feel ultimate impatience. So, that was my dream last night. I was in a book store looking desperately for the second book and it was no where to be found. There was more too it but that was the most key part. I still don’t have a copy mostly b/c someone very close to me doesn’t want me to buy it. If there was a paperback version, I would already have it. But it left with such a cliffhanger that I can’t stop thinking about it. I am so terrible. If you want to share your experience with this amazing novel I would love to hear it. Just remember I have only read the first book and if you spoil it for me, I will block you from my blog and not talk to you for a very long time. I am talking to you Farrah…

P.S.  I find it funny that the actor playing Edward in the now in production film of Twilight actually starred at Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter.  How great is that!  He is pretty close to perfect for the part in my opinion minus the scruff in the picture.   Robert Pattinson

I wish that the title of this blog was true.  Really I am back from an absence of blogging thanks to encouragement by my sis-in-law.  Its so nice to know you have fans! Just kidding.  Its just nice to keep in touch.

However, I was out of Idaho last weekend.  I was blessed with the opportunity to leave this cold, snow blown desert and see a place I have never been, beautiful San Diego, California.  This was my first experience with the southern part of this big state.  The funny thing that many do not know is that for as long as I was growing up in Arkansas, California was like a dream to me.  For some reason I knew that I always wanted to go there and that I probably would like it a lot.  I am sure this was just the influence of films that show California at its best but none the least, I was always determined to go spend some time there.  I mean haven’t you ever wondered why you were put in the place and family you were.  I was always like, “why wasn’t I born and raised in New York City or some place cool, not some dusty farm with po-dunk little towns.”  (I have since come to terms with this)  Enter Ry into my life at a church dance where I proceeded to gawk over the fact that he grew up near San Francisco.  I must have seemed so lame asking him about what that was like.  (He admits it too)  But eventually the shock of knowing someone from there wore off and we were able to talk about something else…kindof. Still, I have heard about the amazing sunny weather and beaches in Southern Cal and it was all I had imagined.  I didn’t get to do much fun because it was a business trip but at night we hit the beach and the little downtown area of Del Mar.  We ate at a great Mexican cantina and grill and had authentic French crepes at a great little cafe.  I had to share a room with a girl I never knew before but luckily she was really sweet and fun and hung out with me.  See, Ry didn’t want to go so I was super disappointed and dreading it at first.  But now I just can’t wait to go back together when I don’t have to work.  It was perfect sunny weather and a great break from the cold frosty winter this Boise place has offered.  I made Ry look at houses in San Diego with me.  It wouldn’t be hard for me to move there at all.