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Ha ha!  It was so manic I didn’t even finish my blog posting until Monday was over!

I have been voraciously reading the “Twilight” saga by Stephenie Meyer for a little over a week.  I finished book 4 today by doing next to nothing else except reading.  It has been a rather obsessive experience, one that I did not feel completely comfortable with.  I thoroughly enjoyed the books…I just felt like it wasn’t quite right to be thinking about them so much when I wasn’t reading them.  And then ignoring all else in the world while I was reading them.  But they are finished now, so I can move on.  I would definitely recommend them to anyone…they are VERY good books and I will purchase them all eventually and read them again.  Maybe more than once, which I’m not sure I have ever done with a book before.  Pretty sure 2 reads is my “record.”  However, if you do choose to read them, PLEASE wait until you have a vacation, or a very long weekend…a time when you are free to be totally absorbed in something besides real life.

In other news….our trip to Georgia was very fun.  We all enjoyed it and Brian’s parents and Raina really took to each other.  A few days later my mom came to see us.  This was also a WONDERFUL visit.  The kids all adored her and I always enjoy any time I can spend with my mother.  Right after mom left, however, was a not-so-fun experience.  I won’t share all the details here, but my sister apparently felt that I was trying to steal her daughter from her so she showed up unannounced to take her.  It was after the kiddos were in bed, so there was no opportunity to say goodbyes or gather belongings.  It was very hard for me and I cried for hours.  I was still a mess the next day….not because Raina was gone, because we knew that would eventually happen, but just the way that she left.  We all miss her around here, making us laugh and giving us undeserved hugs out of the blue.  Mom has talked to her a couple of times so I know she is happy and having fun with her mom.  We’re going to keep her in our prayers and ask you to do the same.

Saturday we went to the Fall Festival at Tusculum to see all our old peeps.  I just love those people.  All those smiling faces and all those warm hugs.  Genuine love even after we’ve been gone over 2 years.  I miss them terribly.  Noah is Anakin Skywalker this year and Elijah is a very daunting “Goth Baduh” (Darth Vader, spoken always in a hushed, ominous tone).  They have had endless fight with their “light savers” and are just too funny dressed up.  They love it and therefore so do I.