Twilight fans are crazy

So, I went to Forks, WA this weekend which is apparently vampire central since the release of the book Twilight. And that in the middle of nowhere town is now all Twilight-ed out. It is Twilight this, Bella that, Edward over here. And I don't even know who these people are. What is more how did a teeny-bopper vampire love story become so popular that thousands of people (yes, that is right, THOUSANDS) are heading out to Forks for vacation in order to take the Twilight tour. WTF?

And as an aside, I don't even get the whole vampire love thing. What is hot about that? Oooh, you want to sink your big scary fangs into my neck and suck my blood out? That turns me on baby! Ooooh, your pastey white skin is so sexy. Mmmmm. Whatever, vampires are fuckin scary as hell. I'm probably scarred for life from being allowed to watch Salam's Lot when I was like 8. I wouldn't look at a window at night for years after that.

My trip to NYC

I just go back from NYC. I went all by myself, no husband, no kids, no nothin. I stayed with a good friend at her place in Brooklyn. Here are the highlights.

• Shopping. A lot of shopping. Mostly in Soho, a little on 5th AVE.
• Dim Sum in Chinatown
• Lots of yummy food including incredible hummus, great bread and cheese, and wine
• Went to very strange bar in Tribeca
• Had a snack at a diner at 1am in Tribeca
• Rode the subway a lot
• Stayed up late every night (what is up with not eating dinner until 9pm in NY?)
• Had an awesome massage
• Helped my friend pick some paint colors that are "fresh"
• sat outside the Plaza making phone calls
• Walked right past John Kerry on the sidewalk

Things I wanted to do but didn't

• try the super yummy looking jerk chicken at the corner place by my friends house
• buy a bunch of food from the Meat Palace and eat it along with some of the weird cheeses at the Mexican grocery
• Try more restaurants including an indian place, an austrian place, and a chocolate bar
• wander around in central park
• eat a soft pretzel and hot dog from a vendor
• go to one of the many museums

Oh well. Next time.

Bah

I don't know what to blog about lately. There is just too much crap going on. You might think to yourself, how can that be a problem, then you should just blog more! But no, in my mind it presents the problem of figuring out what the most interesting/important thing is and then putting that up but since I can't even concentrate long enough to hold onto a thought, I just can't figure it out. So here is stream of conciousness.

Things suck right now because Jeff has been a cranky bitch lately and I'm tired of being around him, the house is a disgusting, dirty, ripped up mess due to construction, I can't cook because the kitchen is always a mess, I can barely stand to be at home and it isn't even relaxing to be there, work is super stressful, it is cold and rainy outside when i just want some freakin sun, i'm obsessing about things in the past which I'm sure has something to do with stuff going on now but I haven't been to therapy in a couple weeks so I haven't had a chance to get this off my mind, I'm not sleeping well due to all sort of reasons including being repeatedly woken up by the kids, the in-laws come next week which will probably make jeff even more cranky and I'm just not sure i can handle that right now. Sheesh.

On the bright side, we went to Palm Springs and it was fun. Running is going ok, my knees are hanging in there but still a bit twingy. And the space we are opening up in the house looks like it will be awesome when it is done. AND I get to go to NY in a couple weeks ALL BY MYSELF!

Snow Watch 2008 continues

Even though it is snowing here, there isn't enough snow there to open the trails that run past our cabin yet. Sigh. I really thought this week was going to bring the snow. But now they are calling for a big storm on Sunday which is good and bad. Good because more snow is better and bad because that is the day we are supposed to drive over. At least we have the portable DVD player this year to keep the kids entertained. And never underestimate the power of grandparents.

But with the snow here, we got a test run on how the kids were going to like playing in the snow. I'm happy to report they LOVE IT, so I'm sure we'll be having a big wild party next week.

Snow predictions and bailouts

Ok, Snow Watch 2008 continues. Here's the latest forcast for the next fews days.

A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THISSYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS NEARTHE CASCADE CREST. VALLEYS IN THE LEE OF THE CREST WILL PROBABLYHAVE A SMALLER CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...BUT THE EXACTTRACK OF THIS STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

I am keeping fingers, toes and anything else I can manage crossed. I'm sure we'll have fun without snow, but I really want to SKI!!!!

In other news, Jeff is obsessed with the auto bailouts. I'm really not sure how I feel about it. In general, I'm a big government girl. But I also feel totally annoyed that the US auto makers have spent so many years fighting any kind of move into the 21st century. They have pushed their giant gas-guzzling vehicles, shipped a lot of jobs overseas, and faught any legislation to move to higher fuel effeciency and new technologies. At the same time, they employ a lot of people who aren't going to have many options if they find themselves out of work. Bah. I think Ford deserves some help. Not so sure about the other two. But one more rant from Jeff and I'm gonna open a can of whoop-ass on him.

Camping, Take 2

I'm very excited that we are going camping again this weekend. And I cannot believe the weather is going to be freakin' beautiful! We're headed up to Lopez Island. I love the San Juans and haven't been up there in years. I'm praying that we don't have to wait around for hours to catch the ferry. I'm going to toss the kids in the car as soon as they wake up and try to catch the 10am ferry.

Jeff was supposed to be testifying as an expert witness (I love saying "expert witness." It just makes me think about what a smarty pants he is. But the best part is that he doesn't realize it and still likes to watch things like "Most Shocking Explosions" on tv and yells "OMG, did you see that?! "when something really big blows up. Makes me feel all warm and tingly inside.) but the trial got postponed or something so now he's going to be able to drive up with us instead of later in the evening. Yay!

And this time we get to make a GIANT FIRE! Camping without fire is lame.