We just got back from Lake Powell - a four day house boating trip. We had four couples and 16 kids on a pretty good sized house boat with two ski boats for fun side trips.
Now, I grew up boating with my family - not house boating - ever, but, probably the one person who has boated the most out of everyone who went. Which was probably the reasoning behind electing me captain of the house boat (this was behind closed doors while we were loading our stuff on the house boat - I wasn't present during the decision). Yeah - me and Captain Jack Sparrow are like this... So, just a little frightening piloting, or should I say captaining, a big, honkin', house boat! Plus, when I was younger, we went to Lake Mead for our family waterski trips, not Powell. Lake Mead is
W I D E and big. Powell - oh, it's mainly just a big series of canyons, skinning canyons with walls creeping up on each side and closing down on you, and... okay, breathe. But, you know - it wasn't bad. I didn't even crash into anthing and I would do it again!
On another note - I am totally obsessed with Twilight - the Vampire book by Stephenie Meyer. Actually, I am obsessed with all three books in the series; Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. Wow. I have always loved reading - and have a fondness for books about vampires, so I was naturally drawn to the theme of these books. But I wasn't expecting such an original and unique take on vampires and the lives affected around them. This is a love story that anyone can relate to about an ordinary and very shy girl - she finds herself living with her father in a place she detests, going to a small school where she is noticed by everyone, and is confronted with the most stunningly beautiful and unusual boy she has ever seen.
If you haven't read the first book at least - READ IT!!! You won't be sorry. I read all three books in a week. This was good - I didn't know about the series until there were three books so I could move onto the next and the next, but now - I have to wait a year for book four! What am I going to do? Well, this is enough for now on the Twilight books - I know I will gush much more in future posts.
4 comments:
Oh my goodness you are a brave woman to be Captain!!!! So awesome. I do not know one person who I've told to read these books who hasn't LOVED them. Stephenie Meyer is an awesome author and, I know, waiting for book four is a pain, but her adult book HOST should come out in May to give us a break. Take care.
Misty
Hi Joey, love seeing your inspiration.
I just got, and read Twilight and New Moon in a week and almost done on the last one!
Good to catch up with your news.
blessings
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Hi Joey,
I am in LOVE with Edward Cullen! If you've been to Stehpanie Meyer's website you will have already heard Twlight is giong to be made into a movie...I wonder who will play Edward!? I'm savoring Eclipse right now!
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Gloria
Hi Joey, I just saw your blog on the MM newsletter, and I really love it :)
TOO Cool that you got Guitar Hero for Christmas ~ we did too for our Wii :) It was GREAT!!! I used to play the saxophone, so the notes were pretty easy for me to get used to as well :)
Stephenie Meyer's books ROCK!!!! I'm dying waiting for the 4th book, and she also started writing an *Edward* version for the 1st book called "Midnight Sun" (I think) ~ she has the first chapter of it on her website. It gives Edward's point of view, instead of Bella's...it's pretty amazing!!!
The movie is in pre-production and they have Bella and Edward cast already :) YOUPPIE!!!!
Great blog :)
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