Latest Obsession...

My obsession as of late is the Twilight book series by Stephenie Meyer. I LOVE these books, so if you haven't read them... you're missing out!!! I got the first book (Twilight) for Christmas in 2005, read it in a few days, thought it was great, then life took over and I forgot all about it. Fast foward to 2008 and I hear from a friend (thanks Heather!!!) that the story of Bella and Edward didn't stop there... another 3 books were published to their love story! I grew as giddy as a school girl and asked David to bring the second book (New Moon) home with him that night. He did... good for him!

Finished that in about two days and craved more... I HAD to have the final two books. It wasn't just a story... it was my alternate reality! Once in hand, they were finished within a few days, only stopping to take care of the kids, or things that needed to be done. My obsession took control. The house suffered. Not once did David complain (what a guy! hehe). As I turned the final page of book four (Breaking Dawn) I felt at a loss. The story wasn't ready to be finished... no... it was just begining!

Currently though, their story is complete... and I sit and crave more. I read the books over and over again, this time slower, allowing every tiny detail to sink in, wanting to stay as long in this faux reality as possible. To appease this I have joined chat groups on CafeMom for Stephenie Meyer and her Twilight series, found updates on the movie that is to be released November 21st, and visit these websites regularly.

The days count down until the release of the Twilight movie... and until then... I wander aimlessly...

After a long wait... I return!!!

Things are finally starting to get back to normal around here, after Hurricane Ike destroyed parts of Galveston, Houston, and surrounding areas. Its been two weeks and that night is forever burned into my memory. Without a doubt the night of the hurricane was the scariest night of my entire existance!

We all camped in the livingroom, with the kids falling asleep to a movie around 10pm. The winds were pretty strong by then, but nothing horrible. I layed down trying to get some sleep hoping Peyton wouldn't wake up too early that night. I got maybe an hours worth of sleep before the wind started howling through the cracks of the windows and doors, even with the windows having heavy blankets nailed to them. The blankets and darkness they brought just added to the creepy-feels-like-we're-in-a-bad-horror-movie factor. I remember laying there on the floor in my living room, surrounded by my sleeping children and husband, hands folded, tears in my eyes, praying we would be safe from the fury Ike brought upon the gulf. It sounded evil, no other way to describe it.

When it was all over our neighborhood lay in pieces. Some had huge trees on their homes, and cars, missing fences, downed siding, ripped off roofs. Our home had a small leak in the roof above our room and nothing else! We were so blessed... it could have been much worse!!

Just this week people are now getting their power turned back on. We were lucky that ours was only out a day. Caitlyn got a week off school, David two weeks off work. His job is on the south east side of Houston and just regained their power Saturday.

Little Miss Peyton beckons, so my post must end. Just a quick blog to let everyone know we are ok, we made it, things are good, and expect more blogs to come!!

MTV VMAs Last Night...

I was so excited to watch the VMAs last night! My friend Sarah was here, all the kids were playing and occupied... a rare occurance! Britney opened the show, I love that she is getting her life back together, she looked great! Then that thing that calls himself Russell Brand came on stage and ruined everything.

A Brit was hosting the VMAs... in America... BASHING our country, our President... and spewing all his junk as to why you have to vote for Obama. Now whether or not I am voting for or against Obama... he was completely out of line! Since when did hosting an awards show allow you to try to pursuade people towards your political agenda?!?!? That along with picking horribly on the younger stars that honestly did nothing wrong, like the Jonas Brothers for wearing purity rings, he needed to be taken off the air. Barely anyone was laughing at his so called jokes and instead of making me laugh he made me quite angry.

What has the world come to that we don't have enough entertainers here in America we grab one from Europe who is a complete moron. I am sorry but if you are not from this country, please don't bash us for the things we do or don't do.

Anyway I lost my trail of thoughts on this as I had to take care of Peyton once she woke up from her catnap, give the older two a snack and kiss Baylee when she decided to jump off the couch and hit her chin on the ground. Ahh the things that happen when you walk away for a few short minutes! Needless to say... gotta love PBS and Word World because they are actually sitting for a few minutes!! But of course I can't just pick up where I left off... hence why it has been so hard for me to do much writing lately. I love my life though and wouldn't trade all this chaos for anything!!

OCD!!!

Please forgive me for I have OCD... does it bother you?? Yes, I load the dishwasher a certain way... the RIGHT way! Yes, I fold my laundry in specific order... my order! Yes, I organize... it keeps life simple! Life is complicated enough, isn't it?? You may think you're "helping" me by doing the dishes but trust me all you're really doing is driving me insane! Please, don't try folding the clothes either... they wrinkle that way... and you have got to know its the end of the world when you are wearing wrinkled clothes!!!

Does my OCD bother you? Am I hurting you in any way shape or form? No? Then get over it! I have a system and the system works for me. Don't screw with it! David and his buddy Joey thought it was hilarious one night (back when Wyatt was an baby - 2004) to rearrange the DVDs after I had gone to bed. They took handfuls and moved them all sorts of places, totally throwing my system out of whack. Not only did they do this... they BET on how long it would take me to figure it out!!! So the next morning rolls around, I am up at 7 feeding Wyatt his breakfast, walk into the living room to turn on the tv... my eyes fall directly on the row of DVDs in the tv cabinet. Something was wrong.... Aladdin was next to Dirty Dancing which was next to Top Gun. WTF!!!! Dammit David!!!! I yelled. Joey jumped awake on the couch laughing when he realized why I was upset. I made the boys watch Wyatt as I immediately re-organized my DVD collection back the way it should be... in alphabetical order.

Why do I do this? I don't have a clue. It's my way... and that means its the RIGHT way! Sure, it might be fun for you to mess with me... but let me have my "ways" and you can tease me all you want. I know I am insane with my OCD tendencies, but they keep me happy and lets face it... its ALL about making Mommy HAPPY!!!

So... my next writing venture begins... because Mommy has OCD!!!! Enjoy...