VIVA ESPANA!!!

Spain plays in the World Cup Final today!!! I am so excited to watch 2 hours of soccer uninterrupted where I'm sure I will yell and get overly excited. Some people just don't understand this game and I pity them =). Go SPAIN!!! Who are you rooting for??

Real Madrid Stadium

Flashback Friday

In Spain after a night of salsa dancing in July 2005

P.S. Spain is in the World Cup Final. GO ESPANA!!

November Please

Last week during the Eclipse movie, they showed the greatest 2 minutes of my life (ok maybe a little hyperbole) during the previews. I can NOT wait to until November. I have been anticipating this event for quite some time and the trailer just continues to taunt me. It is going to be awesome. I'm going to have to start reading all the books soon so I can be done before the movie comes out. Watch the trailer and be very excited!!!

Flashback Friday

Five years ago this weekend, I celebrated the 4th of July in Salamanca, Spain with some of my greatest friends. I miss those days...

What I've been reading

I have several books to go through because I have been a reading machine lately.

I just finished this amazing trilogy:

They were written by a guy in Sweden who died shortly after turning in the manuscripts for all three books. These books are amazing. There is murder mystery/conspiracy/suspense all wrapped into these three books and settle around the main character, Lisbeth Salandar. I could not put them down. I will warn you there are some graphic scenes in the books especially in the first one but overall, these are awesome.

I reread this book recently as well because the movie comes out soon (June 30th!).

If you haven't read the Twilight series, I recommend that you do. They are easy reads and the story is so great. And if you have read the books and are planning to go see the movie then I highly suggest you read:

This book is less than 200 pages, and I finished it in one day. It gave a different perspective from a newborn vampire named Bree and what really went on with Riley and Victoria. Plus, I have seen some previews of the new Eclipse movie, and it looks like they are taking some ideas from this book and placing it in the movie that are NOT in the Eclipse book. The book definitely made you feel sorry for Bree and made you wish that Stephanie Meyer could change the ending.

Happy Reading!

Flashback Friday

My brother and me at the Family Reunion at Lake Seeley in Montana 2008

Must make this today!!

The Pioneer Woman posted this on her cooking section last week. I decided to make it on Sunday morning. The Pioneer Woman is not lying. It is good coffee cake. Make it today, please. And then make your way to the treadmill because it calls for 3 sticks of butter. Or pretend the calories don't count - that's what I did.

Keeping it real.