Twilie's Unite

It has been awhile since I mentioned Twilight, but I have news: An Edward has been cast. Apparently, I am, like, the last person to know, but I still thought I would remark on my excitement. YEA! I am excited. For those others of you who may not have already been informed, the lucky and appropriate gentlemen is the one and only Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter. This news has thrown me back into the world of vampire romances. For those of you who have read the books but haven’t read the excerpt on Stephenie Meyer’s website from Midnight Sun…you should. It is Twilight from Edward’s perspective and it is enthralling, to say the least. It really illustrates the intensity of Edward’s drive to kill Bella and gives you a greater appreciation for the self-control that he exerts in order to be around her. Here read: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_chapter1.pdf

I know, I know, I am a Twilight geek like the Trekkies of old. I’m a Twilie. At least I have accepted it.

Images Period

Everybody celebrate! I found the cord to my camera and now have something interesting instead of just having to read my novel blogs all of the time! The above is (finally) a picture of Emma trick-or-treating in her Hedwig costume that I lovingly slaved over. It was so authentic she even MOLTED!

Next we have...

My adorable daughter and adorable nephew glued to the television. Too cute not to post. Don't you think they look like brother and sister? Emma loves her cousin Bosty! AND...she is wearing the same shirt TODAY! It was meant to be.

Some holiday pics...



Emma helping to decorate her first Christmas tree. I have to admit I was a little nervous to have a tree with a toddler running around the house, but she has been adorable. She will look around to see if anyone's watching, go for an ornament (her favorite is the tin soldier pictured here), get caught, and then we have trained her to fold her arms and "just look" at the tree. She is a good girl. Now we just have to ask her to fold her arms and she does.

One more and then my blogging time is up:

Emma's favorite game lately is to constantly move the chairs to the little play table. The kicker is that she has to have them perfectly lined up every time. This particular day she had a stuffed animal for every seat. It was so stinking cute!

Okay, I lied, I have four more minutes...

To close out this post...some big smiles from Emma and me for YOU for Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Questionnaire

I was trying to think of something fun to post for the holidays and I got this questionnaire thing in an email. SO...I decided to post my answers. Enjoy:

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both – depends on what I’m wrapping
2. Real tree or artificial? I prefer real, but Matt and I have an artificial one
3. When do you put up the tree? When it works with my schedule
4. When do you take the tree down? When it works with my schedule
5. Do you like eggnog? I will drink a little every year, but I don’t necessarily enjoy it
6. Favorite gift received as a child? The kitchen that made me faint
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? My mom does
8. Hardest person to buy for? My Dad
9. Easiest person to buy for? Emma
10. Worst Christmas Gift you ever received? None – no, I mean, literally when the person who drew my name for Christmas forgot me
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
12. Favorite Christmas movie? Elf, Muppet Christmas Carol, White Christmas, The Christmas Story, all of the Cheesy Hallmark Movies
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Black Friday
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Crepes
16. Clear or colored lights on the tree? Mine – Clear. The one I grew up with - Colored
17. Favorite Christmas song(s)? All.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Ondasher, Onprancer, Oncomet, Oncupid, Ondonner, Onblitzen, Dashaway, Dashaway, Dashaway and All. Oh – Rudolf too.
20. Christmas tree top or star? I top my Christmas tree with a Santa bell and whole lot of love!
21. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Pajamas on Christmas Eve, Draw Name gifts on Christmas Eve, everything else Christmas morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The fact that I have to work
23. What is the "corniest" family tradition that you miss doing? Christmas Pajamas (cause we aren’t getting them this year and I want to cry!)
24. Ugliest Christmas Decoration ever invented? The Blow-Up Snow Globe
25. Which looks best--theme trees or homey trees? I like theme trees, but there is nothing like the tree I grew up with that has a memory attached to every decoration. I love it!

KOSY 106.5

I was thinking of something exciting to write about and decided that I wanted to wait until I could post pictures with the blog. That is always more exciting. But then I remembered that Heather got voted out of America's Next Top Model and the joy that it brought me and I had to type. No offense to people with Ausberger's but she was definitely not model material. I was glad that Tyra let go of making a statement and simply accepted the truth. Not going to work.

Oh, and it snowed the most beautiful blanket of perfect Christmas snow here. It was the most wonderful way to start the most wonderful time of the year. AND I am almost completely done with all of the Christmas shopping, including Marilyn's. I have one more person on my list, neighbor gifts, and cards. AND I finished the Christmas trees for the city and got the approval from the big guy. Santa loved them. Red and Green. Once again, I will try and get some pics.

That is all for now until I have some pics and more exciting stuff to say!

Sarah

I just like to smile. Smiling's my favorite.

Hey all! Did you miss me? Lame excuse for not blogging, but I liked having all of the pretty pictures at the top. What, since I lost my red shoes, my blog just doesn't seem the same and having Halloween Harry and Ginny greet me with a smile seemed great. To explain the abscence of the shoes, on some computers the format just didn't fit and it frustrated me to such a degree that I eliminated them - and now I long for them. The sad sad day.

Anyway, in other news....how much do you love Thanksgiving? I am thankful for Thanksgiving. That is all there is to say. That and "cranberry sauce rocks!"

For all those inquiring minds, yes, I did participate in the madness that is Target at 6:00am on Black Friday. Is it sick that I LOVE IT!? It makes me happy to just sit here and think about how much I enjoyed it. And I would like to send a SHOUT OUT (because I am not 30 and I can) to the line guards who did their best to keep the line jumping to a minimum. If I were honest I would admit to the fact that I only witnessed it because I was a little bit trying to get in on the action, but I will lie and say that I was only there for the entertainment value - which was HI-HIGH! I maybe would have tried if the people in the line weren't beginning to get violent. Despite having to go to the end of the line around the back of the building by the portable storage container, I was triumphant in getting my big ticket item: Ratatouille for $14!!! Killer deal, right?

The great joy in my life at the moment is that my mother-in-law has entrusted me to play Santa this year and I have had the great pleasure of blowing $100 per person on a bunch of CRAP this weekend. No no...I think I have done a pretty good job, with a little help from my Number One Elf! Who, I might add, is the key to all of my gift giving successes. I was very lucky to have married such a thoughtful person!

The second great joy in my life at the moment is that my boss has entrusted me to play Martha Stewart and decorate a tree for the city building all on my own. See, it falls in the "floof-de-flomp" category which is my sole responsibility. I have found the most amazing color scheme and decor samples to show him on Monday - which I guess would be cool if he wasn't colorblind. For those of you who can see colors, when I complete the masterpiece, I will take pictures and post. Until then, I will continue to shop for the family and the city and the WORLD!

Oh...one last joy in my life at the moment - the realization that I can now watch Elf to bring in the holiday season. Off I go - but I will watch out for the yellow ones cause they don't stop.

Sarah

As promised....

I swore to myself that I wouldn't post again until I had some pictures, so here they are! Hopefully they are worth the wait! Above you will see the Happy Halloween hosts: Harry and Ginny.
The winner of our Adult Male Contest: Mr. Bob Ross.

The winner of Best Adult Female contest: Ms. Britney Spears.

One of the winners of our children's costume contest: Jack Attack. Along with winner #2:

Pepe Le Peau - Boston.
And just for fun, a couple of fun pics from the party:

Meggan and Mia - Two of K-town's most gee-orgeous vampires!

Mummy wrapped! Mummified! I want my Mummy! Duncan as a mummy.

Porter - the resident apple bobber. We made him use the same one repeatedly...save the fun for everyone!

That is what I have for now...are you proud of my for following through - two weeks later!!!

Happy Harry Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone! I am currently in my official Hogwarts attire dressed as one Ginny Weasley, appropriate since my husband and snogging partner is going to be Harry Potter later this evening. And I think I have perfected my little Hedwig’s costume for her first trick-or-treating experience. We have even taught her to say “Trick or Treat” or something close to it. Got to send her out to get Mama and Dada some candy! It should be fun.

I have been asking my dear brother to get me the pictures from the Halloween Party so I can share them with all of my faithful readers, but he has neglected to follow through on that up to this point. So, I will detail and you can check back for the phots.

The day was chaos. For me, the atmosphere of the party is the most important thing, so I spent the day spending tons of money at a picked over Walmart, trying to find the perfect décor. The centerpiece: a lighted Halloween sign, about which I was thrilled to purchase. Thrilled until I got home to find that it said “Halloneew.” Whoops. Keri and Erik save the day and switch the N and the W and off we go. We threw in some spidey webs and cooked up some grub and changed into our costumes about five minutes before the guests began to arrive.

As those who know me are aware, there was some trepidation as the night began because of the dreaded party curse, but we actually had a significant turn out. Thank you to anyone reading this who attended for…attending. We began the night with some very yummy cuisine. Thank you for anyone reading this for bringing food. And then settled in for some Halloween games. I actually bobbed for apples, which I have never done before. My theory was that I could not ask any of my guests to do something I was not willing to do myself, as the hostess (I know, I should write hostessing guides or work for Martha Stewart or Dear Abby or something). So, I bobbed away and successfully acquired an apple! After that, we did a mummy wrap, which was fun for the little ones, and then played the Halloween name game, which went over well if you ask some and not so well if you ask others, but everyone played and at least pretended like they were enjoying themselves! Thanks to anyone reading this who attended and PREtended – it was appreciated.

The night slowed down after that, but we still pulled out the Karaoke, which scared some guests away. The die-hards had a good time as our in house washed up Britney Spears performed her classic “Oops, I did it again.” And the kids all danced like crazy people. Then we managed to conjure up a Dance Dance Revolution and busted out some more moves and then…it was over. But, it was a success. We may have started a Sarah Hale tradition. A Halloween party the Saturday before Halloween every year. Mark your calendars.

See ya next year.

Sarah

P.S. I added some pics from Moab on the "Matt's World" post below, if you want to check it out. I am trying to be better about putting pics on, but if I waited until I was at a computer they were on, I would never blog!!!