Books, Books, Books . . .

I love books. I love the feel of them when you're reading. I love the smell of freshly purchased copy of your favortie author's last novel. I don't know why, but to me it reminds me of my childhood, home, and those good old days of carefreeness. I remember summer days that were too hot and humid to set a foot outside that were spent in the air conditioned apartment, curled up on the couch with my latest book. Those are some of my fondest memories.

It's now years later and I still love books. I have plenty of shelves and book piles to prove it. But unlike my younger self, the time to read them has been cut from hours upon hours to maybe fifteen minutes a day. It's sad, but that's sometimes what happens.

Life gets in the way, but books, my love of books refuses to budge.

Apparently I'm . . .

Dean Winchester. Why is that not surprising?

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These old houses

Every once in awhile I have the urge to just get up and go. It doesn't matter where, I just want to GO.

I'll get in the car and wander around just looking for something of intrigue.

It's usually about that time I make my way into one small town or another. And that's where I find the houses.

(not these houses, I've never seen these ones up close and personal, but houses like them. You get the picture)

I want to own a house like that one day. I have big dreams.

Life For Rent

The first time I heard this song by Dido, it was one of those "ah-ha" moments and it really struck a cord in me. It gave me goose bumps the first time I listened to the lyrics. It was a kindred spirit type song that I could completely relate to. And it still gets to me all these years later. It's one of those songs that makes me ponder my life's choices.

Did I make the right ones? Is this the way my life was supposed to be played out? Am I really living it the fullest?

Everyone has their own opinions on what a song is really about, because let's face it, these days you never really know what a song's really about. Life For Rent makes me think of venturing out of your comfort zone. I get so set in my ways, I refuse to leave my safety bubble. That I don't take enough chances to live my life to the fullest; that I'm borrowing my life, not taking it.

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive

These are my two favorite lyrics and yes, I realize I'm sappy, but I'm really okay with that. This song makes me think and then I realize my life is exactly how it's supposed to be, and I'm okay with that.

The Number 2

Today, I started the first day of my last year of my 20's. It feels strange because I don't feel like I'll be 30 next year. I keep thinking I'm still in my mid-20's half the time. I still feel young.

Then I'll fill out a form asking my age, and it'll hit me. The years are passing way to quickly for my tastes. It scares me a little because I know one day I'll blink and my kiddo will be going off to college.

I've learned pretty quickly over the years to enjoy the time I have now, because it won't always be there. *Le sigh*

Speaking of enjoying the times, I must go eat some really fattening foods and blow out some birthday candles (only 3 this year, anymore than than the cake will be dried out by the time they're all lit).

First Days

The first day of 3rd grade was today. There'd been much nervousness leading up to this morning, but it managed to go off without a hitch.

I just can't believe how quickly time has gone by. Every time I turn around, the year's go by a little faster. Sometimes, I don't feel I'm ready for it. Pfff, let's be honest. Not even close to being ready for my kiddo to grow up.

There's just one thing I want an answer to.

How did she go from this:

To this:

Without my permission?

Star Wars and My 8-Year-Old

When I was growing up, I liked Star Wars a lot. I've seen the original series a few times. My daughter is almost obssessed with it. She reads books upon books upon books involving Jedi adventures. She watches Star Wars: The Clone Wars as often as possible. She has a countdown all set up for the beginning of the 3rd season. One of her absolute favorite songs to listen to on repeat is The Saga Begins by Weird Al Yankovic. She wants to marry Anakin Skywalker when she grows up. Really, she does. She'll even settle for Hayden Christensen. We've had disagreements about him being old enough to be her dad and how I saw him first, so I've got dibs.

I know why she likes him. My girl's got good taste.

I should point out now that as big as her crush on Anakin is, her favorite characters are Ahsoka Tano, an orange Jedi and Padme Naberrie (a.k.a, Queen and Senator Amidala), Ani's wife and mama to Luke and Leia. We promote girl power in our house, what can I say?

A phaser and lightsaber, a girl's best friend.

I know its perfectly normal for her considering who she has for a mother and she's genetically predispositioned to have slight obsessive tendencies for anything that interests her. (It runs in the family, so eventually it will disappear, but I'll still have the pictures of her jumping around the house with a lightsaber) I just find it amazing that she's as into
Star Wars as I was when I was about 12. Who knew we'd be that much alike.

I totally blame her fandom on the fact that I saw Attack of the Clones when I was 7 months pregnant with her.