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.

Fort Worth Zoo and Race

I have been wanting to post this since Tuesday but our internet has been down until yesterday. (Yeah Verizon and I have not been friends this week) So....

My nephew has been here the past couple of weeks getting intensive therapy. Last weekend, my sister-in-law came to town with my niece, and Jason and I decided to take them to the Fort Worth Zoo on Saturday.

Before we went to the zoo, Jason had a triathlon early in the morning and I went and cheered for him. He did really well, and he got to run with one of his friends. Although, it was very early in the morning for me. =) I'm proud of him because I would never be able to do a triathlon because I don't swim unless I can touch the bottom. They swam in Joe Pool Lake and the wind was so bad that the turbulence of the waves made me sick just looking at them. There were several people who didn't make it through the swim and had to be rescued by the boats/kayak people in the water. Crazy!

He's somewhere out there

Jason and Ryan

We met my family at the Fort Worth Zoo after the race and enjoyed looking at all the animals. I love zoos!!

The elephants - my mom's favorite. And this one was determined to get through this closed gate.

This pic cracks me up every time I look at it. She got upset about something her mom said and begin to pout while I was trying to take a pic in front of her favorite animal. I swear there are pics of me at her age making that same face. Haha!

Now that's a better picture of the beautiful girl. Five minutes later..haha...

I had to get my picture by my favorite - the penguins. I want one for a pet.

Blake standing all by himself in front of his favorite - the alligators. He has learned to do this in the past couple of weeks of intensive.

The kids "wingspans"

We had such a blast at the zoo and am so glad we got to experience it with my niece and nephew. It makes it so much better when you can see it through their eyes.

Flashback Friday

I wanted to share things that I did before I started a blog so I thought this would be a good way to do it - with pics of course! This is Jason and I at the Race for the Cure in June 2008!

Wicked

Jason and I saw Wicked on Saturday night. It was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! The cast, the music, the scenes, the storyline - everything! It may be a favorite musical of all time now. We had great seats (a very early anniversary present) and enjoyed the evening together. I highly recommend going to see this musical - Jason even liked it! I can't say enough to say how much I enjoyed it! I would so see it again!!!


My all time favorite song.

I also bought a t-shirt that says Defy Gravity. I'm going to look rocking awesome in it=).

Things I would rather do

I had to get my blood drawn today to check on some things. I hate getting my blood drawn. I repeat hate. The thought of it shoots off my sympathetic nervous system and my palms become all sweaty and I feel queasy. I look away while they put the needle in my arm and give myself a pep talk that it will be over in less than a minute.

Yeah, I give myself pep talks. Glad I put that out there.

I've known about this appointment for about a week so I've been trying to prepare myself for it, but instead all I could think of was things I would rather do than get my blood drawn. So in no particular order here they are:

• Walk 5 miles in heels
• Touch raw meat
• Do paperwork =)
• Run a half marathon
• Watch The Terminal
• Listen to a really boring lecture
• Herd cattle into stalls