Twilight Guy Update

If you didn't understand my reference to Twilightguy.com, you need to look at:

Twilight Guy

The site has provided Eric and I with a lot of laughter.

Last Day of School!

Today is the last day of school! Braden and Emma will be home at noon, with Eric to follow soon after.

In other news, Eric got his story posted on Twilightguy.com, which is a very funny site.

Have a great day! I know we will.

Wednesday update

Yes, it is another Wednesday. Eric somehow gained 2 pounds, and I was down 1. So we are both on a teeter-totter of weight right now. The future is looking hazy with our trips out of town...

Wednesday update

The update for Wednesday is:

Eric is down 1 pound (finally) for a loss of 19 lbs.
I am up one pound (*sigh*) for a total loss of 25 lbs.

I'm surprised that it was only up one, last week was sluggish. But we will improve this week.

Preschool Graduation

Today was Adam's Preschool Graduation program. It was adorable and they had little caps and gowns. I tried to take video and pictures, but Jon was being cranky and my recorder ran out of tape. Fortunately, his class is doing it again for the Tues/Thurs kids tomorrow, so I can try again.

Saturday

Saturday renewed my faith in the book signing experience. I spent the morning setting a bridal shower with my friend Cyndi. (Thanks for the great morning!) I then left the kids again with Eric and I went to the Provo Library where they were having a book signing for the very funny Shannon Hale. I had really enjoyed her talk at the PTA convention and I was really excited when somebody at the Stephenie Meyer book signing mentioned that Shannon Hale was signing on Saturday in Provo.

So I went to the Provo Library and was first in line to meet Shannon Hale! She was very funny. She signed two books, one to me and one to Eric. The inscription on "Austenland" was..

"To Eric, You are much cooler than Colin Firth."

If you haven't read anything by Shannon Hale, I highly recommend her. I would also recommend another author that I was chatting with while we waited for Shannon Hale to arrive. His name is Brandon Sanderson and he wrote a delightful children's book called "Alcatraz verses the Evil Librarians". Both of these authors were so friendly and considerate that I felt much better. I had been pretty let down by the signing the night before.

Friday night

To continue the previous post-

Friday night, Eric and I went to the Stephenie Meyer books signing. It was insane. Eric and I got to the venue at 5 pm. It was scheduled to start at 7 pm. Of the 24 rows in the auditorium, we were in the 16th row. *sigh* The audience consisted mostly of women my age and older. Some of them were even dressed in costumes. They were screaming and chanting. Poor Eric. I think that he was one of 20 men in the throng of surging estrogen. Stephenie Meyer spoke for 20 minutes and then started the book signing. Each row of the audience was called up one at a time to have the books signed. I am absolutely serious when I say that after almost 2 hours, only 5 rows were cleared. We were going to have to sit there for another 5 HOURS! The funny part is that Rachel was sitting with us. She had been having contractions off and on, so the ladies behind us told the usher that she was contracting and we got to go to the front of the line. Stephenie Meyer pleaded with her NOT to have the baby there. Rachel said that she would name the baby Bella, and Stephenie replied, "NO, name her Alice. Alice is a great name and deserves a come back." Those of you who have read Twilight will understand this. So we all got out of there much earlier than expected. Stephenie Meyer in person was much different than I had imagined her... much heavier.

So although I had been really excited about the event, it was pretty much a disappointment. Oh well.