On This Day

Seven years ago today it was sunny and hot. Quite a difference from today. Today we have rain and cool temps. Why do I remember the weather from seven years ago? I was in the final day of my pregnancy with Campbell. We went into the hospital around 7 but he had to be stubborn and hang in until 7:19 a.m. on the 20th. That's okay this way he shares a birthday with Nick and Brian will be able to remember it. Love you munchkin!

Back from Vacation

I have been on vacation to Forks, Washington this past week. Not in the literal sense but figuratively speaking. This trip was not planned. A friend of mine loaned me her Twilight books, so Sunday August 9 I sat down on the rainy afternoon and read. The rest of the week I didn’t accomplish more than reading my books. What was going to happen to Bella, Edward and Jacob next? Would Bella survive this chapter as it seems she is a magnet for bad things to happen? As soon as I was done with one I went to the next one. This was way cool because I usually have to wait for the next book in a series. With the exception of Saturday when I helped my parents move, I read the books. The first book came out in 2005 why did it take me so long to read the books? At first I thought they were teen books. Then I was told to read them by a friend that doesn’t usually have the same taste in books as I. I admit when she raved about them I thought I would never like them if she liked them that much. I was wrong. I probably owe Brian for this week since I was a little distracted and he seemed to take care of the boys. I ate with them and gave them their baths but any chance that I had I went to Forks.

Now I’m anxious to see the movie. I know I will be disappointed that they characters don’t look like I imagined them while I was reading the books. But I can get past that as I have in the past. I saw on a website that she might do another book from this series which would be the first book from Edward’s perspective. I look forward to that.

July 14

I was looking through one of the hundreds of catalogs that I receive (I have been calling and removing my name from the mailing lists, but slowly.) and about fell off my chair. The 80s clothing is back. Now my question is WHY? Did the purple buffalo plaid tunic with leggings and a double belt really look good 20 years ago. Hmmmm . . . NO! Now I know that everything comes back into style as the saying goes but the new designers are supposed to change it up a little bit. I don't think they did that because I looked at the cover of the magazine to see if it was one I kept from the 80s' for some reason. If you wore the clothes the first time this is a era you should not revisit.

July 8

We went to Adventureland today. The weather was supposed to be partly cloudy and 85. When we left it was way cloudy and only about 61. On our drive down we had sprinkles of rain so I thought it was a good chance that we had a down pour at some time during the day. We pulled in around 10:30 to a touch of sun. Our first ride was the Ferris Wheel. Cautious Campbell, of course didn't want to go on it. We made him. He liked it but didn't want to go on it again. Then on to the Teacups, which from Disneyland we knew he liked. Next in line was the Der Flinger, the umbrella seats that circle around. Jamison could not wait he was a little jitterbug, not so for Cautious Campbell he wanted to know if he had to go on the ride. We made him. He loved it and wanted to go on it again. This became a theme of the day. After the 3rd time of him saying he didn't want to go on that, I said that he had to go on at least 2 more rides that he didn't want to so he could get a souvenir, he also had to go on a roller coaster with me. The two rides? The log ride and the Raging River. Both were a hit with Campbell not so much with Jamison. Campbell had to go on both of them again. Jamison went on the motorcycles. Anyone from Schleswig will recognize them as the same cars that are at Calf Show Days. This was Jamison's favorite ride I think he was on it a total of 12 times. Since the day didn't ever get into the 80s, I really didn't need to wear a sleeveless shirt but it didn't ever rain. Our longest wait on any ride was 10 minutes. I got soaked on both water rides. The roller coaster that was picked was the Underground (this is so not a roller coaster but after it I couldn't get Campbell to try another one.) Below is Campbell's favorite ride and he was actually never coaxed to go on this. He picked it all by himself. We only made it through about half the park. Jamison woke up the next day asking to go back to that park.

feedjit

yeah! I'm back to being from Cedar Falls IA and not Vodesta GA. Happy Days are here again.