OH MY GOSH!

I don't know if I would get in "trouble" for posting this but I will take the risk. Here is a sneak peak at the first chapter of Breaking Dawn! (I found it on EW.com)


Hi, EW.com readers,
I'm so excited about the August 2 release of Breaking Dawn — I can't wait to finally be able to discuss everything that happens! No more secrets! To help whet your appetite, Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive sneak peak of the first chapter of Breaking Dawn. The entire first chapter is available in the Eclipse Special Edition, out tomorrow, which will also reveal the cover of Breaking Dawn and have Team Edward and Team Jacob iron-on decals. Here it is, I hope you enjoy!
Stephenie Meyer

1. ENGAGED
NO ONE IS STARING AT YOU, I promised myself. No one is staring at you. No one is staring at you.
But, because I couldn't lie convincingly even to myself, I had to check.
As I sat waiting for one of the three traffic lights in town to turn green, I peeked to the right — in her minivan, Mrs. Weber had turned her whole torso in my direction. Her eyes bored into mine, and I flinched back, wondering why she didn't drop her gaze or look ashamed. It was still considered rude to stare at people, wasn't it? Didn't that apply to me anymore?
Then I remembered that these windows were so darkly tinted that she probably had no idea if it was even me in here, let alone that I'd caught her looking. I tried to take some comfort in the fact that she wasn't really staring at me, just the car.
My car. Sigh.
I glanced to the left and groaned. Two pedestrians were frozen on the sidewalk, missing their chance to cross as they stared. Behind them, Mr. Marshall was gawking through the plate glass window of his little souvenir shop. At least he didn't have his nose pressed up against the glass. Yet.
The light turned green and, in my hurry to escape, I stomped on the gas pedal without thinking — the normal way I would have punched it to get my ancient Chevy truck moving.
Engine snarling like a hunting panther, the car jolted forward so fast that my body slammed into the black leather seat and my stomach flattened against my spine.
''Arg!'' I gasped as I fumbled for the brake. Keeping my head, I merely tapped the pedal. The car lurched to an absolute standstill anyway.
I couldn't bear to look around at the reaction. If there had been any doubt as to who was driving this car before, it was gone now. With the toe of my shoe, I gently nudged the gas pedal down one half millimeter, and the car shot forward again.
I managed to reach my goal, the gas station. If I hadn't been running on vapors, I wouldn't have come into town at all. I was going without a lot of things these days, like Pop-Tarts and shoelaces, to avoid spending time in public.
Moving as if I were in a race, I got the hatch open, the cap off, the card scanned, and the nozzle in the tank within seconds. Of course, there was nothing I could do to make the numbers on the gauge pick up the pace. They ticked by sluggishly, almost as if they were doing it just to annoy me.
It wasn't bright out — a typically drizzly day in Forks, Washington — but I still felt like a spotlight was trained on me, drawing attention to the delicate ring on my left hand. At times like this, sensing the eyes on my back, it felt as if the ring were pulsing like a neon sign: Look at me, look at me.
It was stupid to be so self-conscious, and I knew that. Besides my dad and mom, did it really matter what people were saying about my engagement? About my new car? About my mysterious acceptance into an Ivy League college? About the shiny black credit card that felt red-hot in my back pocket right now?
''Yeah, who cares what they think,'' I muttered under my breath.

(c) 2008 by Stephenie Meyer, reprinted with permission from the Eclipse Special Edition published by Little, Brown and Company.

A scene from a movie....

Ok, so last night was CRAZY! Surreal even. I still can't believe it really happened! Are you wondering what I'm talking about?! I'll tell you... I'll tell you it from my point of view so the story can unravel before your eyes like it did me.

It's 12:40 am and I'm asleep... Shay suddenly BURSTS into the room and looks out our bedroom window (it looks down to a busy road) and says, "Oh my gosh, our neighbor just got ran over!" I jump out of bed and look out the window and sure enough there she is laying face down in the street all sprawled out. Her shoes we scattered in the street!!! It was awful. So Shay says, "They have been fighting for awhile now and I was watching them on the balcony through our peephole and I heard her yelling about how he better not leave, and then he took off running down the stairs (we are on the third floor) and then she was yelling at him and ran after him. Then I heard tires squeal and a thud and then someone screaming at the top of their lungs so I ran in here." CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! So I'm thinking "Oh my gosh, this is so awful, this is so sad. She's chasing after him and gets hit by a car. I can't believe this is happening!" So a couple minutes later the police and ambulance pull up and start doing their job. The police were questioning the boyfriend and the EMT crew were getting ready to stabilize her and then the guy came back over to the girl and she's not moving, not at all. I'm sure she's dying, I'm just horrified at the thought of it but I'm thinking there's no way she's ok. Anyhow, it took 5 policemen to rip him away from his girlfriend and they took him further away. Then we see the EMT's cutting off her pants and they are turnicating her leg and putting a temporary cast on. 30 minutes later they are putting her on the stretcher and in the ambulance and then they leave. During all of this I see a police officer giving the sobriety test to the guy and I'm thinking "What, why are they doing that!?" Then they give him a Breathalyzer and I'm standing there so confused, and then he takes them to the van that hit the girl and grabs something out of it and then he walks over to the sidewalk again and they ARREST HIM for DUI! Now the pieces are coming together, HE WAS DRIVING THE VAN!!!!! Holy hell! So he's gone now and it's only 5 of the 10 police cars left and they are doing their investigation. It was really cool to watch them measure everything and try to figure out how fast he was going and how she got in front of the van... They spray painted where her head, leg, and a shoe was, then where all the tires were when the van stopped. It was like watching CSI (thanks Brett for that comparison). Anyhow, so, I look out the door and their door is wide open, candles are burning, the window is open... So I closed everything up and came home. It was 3:30 before I was able to fall asleep. I was so wound up and freaked out! Most of you know that I internalize other peoples problems and emotions... So you can imagine I was sick to my stomach imagining how they must feel. Even this evening I feel so awful. It's so sad. And they are so young. He's only 20! Man, what happens to your relationship after that? So sad. This morning I could still see the blood on the street where she was laying! I just cannot believe that happened right outside our window to our neighbors. It's insane. Oh and as far as I know she's not dead. I think her leg(s) may be broken though.

So, there is my story. If I find anything out that is noteworthy I'll update you all. WOW! Crazy.

Mother's Day.... Yup I know, it was weeks ago, get over it!

We had alot of fun this year on Mother's Day. Ken BBQ'd yummy hamburgers and there was lots of other food too but I can't remember cuz it was eons ago. :) We played badmitton and laughed for hours. Of course, there was a small damper on my day... I didn't get to see my MOM! :( That's ok, I'll see her soon. Anyhow, hope you all a good mother's day, (well, all you sorry suckers that have kids! LOL!)

We had banana splits/ice cream goodness for dessert.

Shay loves the whipped cream so, of course he decided

to do this.... (check out the pics)

It didn't work out so good, it didn't come out in a straight line,

instead it sprayed all over his face and I thought I was going

to die laughing. It was the best part of the whole day!!! LOL!

And last but not least, my baby, TIGGZ!!!!

Happy Birthday Shay!

Well, I don't really know how to start... Today wasn't the day we hoped for... LOL! Really it sucked, Shay has been throwing up and sick in other ways for most of the day. I feel so bad for him. He got up and went golfing and half way through he's in the WOMEN'S bathroom, doing, well, what you do in a bathroom... HEEHEE! So then I get a call from my in laws later in the day while I'm at the mall and Shay is throwing up. Poor guy! He hasn't eaten anything yet today and I feel so bad that he got sick. So we head to my apartment and he takes a miniature nap and then he was able to pull it together enough to go see IRONMAN so, maybe he's not that sick. Just kidding, he is, but he really wanted to see it and he bought the tickets on Wednesday. Then after the movie we decide to stop at Jamba Juice and get some smoothies. Good idea right? Well, when we tried to leave my car wouldn't start. Finally we asked this dude to jump my car and neither of us have cables... fabulous. Luckily this chick that works for Jamba had some and we all were able to work as a team and get my POS car started again. HA! That is my wonderful husbands very happy birthday. In fact, his mother sang to him "crappy" birthday today! At least the day was full of adventure and the movie was awesome. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAY! I love you and hope next years is better.