Twilight - the Movie

OK - like a large majority of women in this country, I have read the vampire books about Edward and Bella - relishing every vicarious moment of their romance. In fact, I am now reading them to my husband, who is enjoying them almost as much as I have. I find it hard to believe that he could actually be enjoying them AS much, as Edward is much more captivating than the ever-clumsy and terribly insecure Bella.

So - I am looking forward to the movie that is coming out. At first I was afraid that they would 'telescope' more than one book together, but I read that the author has not yet sold the rights to the other books. This got me to thinking.

Edward and his family are vampires. In fact, Vampires who are several hundred years old (in some cases). But they never age. Edward will perpetually be 17. However, the actor portraying Edward in this film is going to keep getting older (unless he really IS a vampire- which I doubt). So . . . if they don't get cracking on the sequels ASAP, they better have some very, very good make-up artists in the wings to keep everybody looking young. The Harry Potter movies are stretching it a bit, but at least those kids are SUPPOSED to keep getting older.

However, what are movies for but to entertain us and to make us use our imaginations? So, if we can imagine Jabba the Hutt, or a Vulcan and find ourselves believing in them - what's a few years on a vampire? By the way, do they look like the Edward and Bella that you mentally pictured when you read the books?

I LOVE BEING A MOMMY (GRANDMOTHER)

My daughter posted this on her blog for her three children, so I thought I'd do the same. The answers are from (in order) my oldest daughter (32), my younger daughter (29), and my grandson who is also my adopted son (11 - almost 12). It is amazing how close they are on some of the answers!

1. What does mom say to you?
a. I love you
b. I love you
c. Whaaaaaaaat? (in an irritated voice)

2. What makes mom happy?
a. Having the house to herself
b. Having her checkbook balanced and in the positive, and having time to herself
c. When I unload the dishwasher.

3. What makes mom sad?
a. Having to do too many dishes
b. When Dad and Tim fight, or Miranda has problems
c. When Grandpa and me argue, or I misbehave.

4. What does mom do that makes me laugh?
a. She uses funny voices for the different characters when she reads to me
b. She's hilarious all the time
c. She tickles me

5. How old is mom?
a. I have no idea
b. (long pause while calculating) 58
c. 58?

6. How tall is mom?
a. Small like me
b. 5' 1/2" ? 1"?
c. Just as tall as me, about 5 feet tall or less

7. What does mom like to do? (notice that the number of items keeps going down!)
a. Read, cross-stitch, and do puzzles on the computer
b. Read & cross-stitch
c. Cross-stitch

8. What is mom's job? (obviously this isn't a secret)
a. Supervisor in a microbiology laboratory for Quest Diagnostics
b. Microbiologist
c. Microbiologist

9. What is mom's favorite food (they sure nailed this one!)
a. Chocolate?
b. Chocolate?
c. Chocolate!

10. How do you know that mom loves you?
a. She does so much for me - a ton of stuff.
b. She thinks about me a lot
c. She lets me do stuff that Grandpa wouldn't let me do.

This was a very illuminating little exercise - and I would say that all three of my 'kids' know me pretty well.