I love you, Stephen King!

To my Facebook friends, I am so sorry for all the Stephen King posts! But I was freaking excited!!

So, if you're super tired of hearing about Stephen King from me.....quit reading now! ;)

Last Thursday my sister and I took a trip to Dallas to meet up with our cousins, Carrie and Ashley. We, the Stephen King 'Constant Reader(s)', were lucky enough to get tickets to his book tour.
Being the fan that I am, I HAD to make a t-shirt, showing my love. <3



After visiting for a while, and playing with Carrie's little ones; Ava and Annabel, and her nanny's little boy, we hit the road.
We had a good lunch, talking about old times and laughing so hard....my stomach muscles seriously hurt. I haven't laughed like that in so long.
Even if I hadn't seen Stephen King, it would've been an ideal day. Growing up, we cousins were always so close.

BUT, I DID see Stephen King.
That was the icing on the cake!!

We got into THE room about 45 minutes early. I had to take a picture of THE CHAIR, that STEPHEN freakin' KING would be sitting in.


Oh, how that 45 minutes dragged by!!! We were so giddy!
Then, finally......he came out.
And I almost cried.



Some people may think I'm really stupid, but I am just such a huge fan.
I always HATED reading. Anytime I had books I had to read in school, my dad would rent the movies for me.d Because he knew I wouldn't read it.
Even if I did, I couldn't focus on the words I was reading. I would read the same paragraph five times and still not comprehend.
Then when Gage was about 2 or 3, I finally allowed his dad to take him for the weekend.
I never went out. I was a homebody.
So, I decided that I would try to read a Stephen King book. My whole life I saw his books in my mom and sister's hands and thought I'd give one a try.
The first book I read of his was 'The Stand'. Within the first few pages, I was hooked.
It took a few days to finish it. The last chapter took the longest, because I didn't want it to end.

And I've been reading his books nonstop since then.

His new book is about the JFK assassination. Kind of a "what if" it hadn't happened?
I haven't read it yet, but I'm super excited to.



Of course, since his book is obviously partly about politics, he voiced his opinion on the subject.
We agreed to disagree on that matter.
He also said he was agnostic.
We also agreed to disagree on that.

I guess it would be stupid for me to think that our views on everything would be the same.
But I just love his mind so much and couldn't wait to hear words coming out of his mouth!
I was a little disappointed in his beliefs.

But of course, when he wasn't talking about religion and politics, I was absorbing and loving every word!
He told a story about Michael Jackson.
He said one day he got a phone call and someone came to him and said, "Michael Jackson's on the phone."
He was like...."yeah right."
But he had to go check it out. So, he said he got to the phone and said "hello", then in his best high pitch Michael Jackson voice he said,"Stephen, this is Mike. I wanted to know if you would work with me on a short film, music video? I want it to be the scariest short film anyone has every seen. Will you do it?"
(maybe not in those EXACT words)
And Stephen said to Michael Jackson, in the same high pitch voice,"Why, yes, Michael. I can do that."
Then he said that one day Michael Jackson called his house. Tabitha (King's wife) answered and said that Steve wasn't home, but gave him a number to where he could be reached.
About 10 minutes later, SK said that the phone rang again, and Tabitha answered to hear MJ sobbing. He said that he was so sorry, but he didn't have a pen when she gave him the number, so he tried to write the number in his carpet and he couldn't see it anymore.
WOW!
So funny, but kinda sad too.

Something that surprised me about him is that he doesn't once a cell phone! He calls it a wrist-slave and refused to buy one.
How awesome is that?
I wish I could get rid of my cell phone. We are all slaves to them.

There was so much he talked about, I wish I could just type out every word, but obviously, I can't.
To sum it all up, he wasn't all I had made him out to be in my head (but can anyone live up to the expectations of someone they've never met?).
All in all, it was wonderful.
A once in a lifetime opportunity, and I'm so glad I got to go. Especially to be able to go with my fellow SK lovers/family!

Once again....

I am once again reading " The Purpose Driven Life". I read it once before, probably 2 years ago. I really loved it and when I finished reading it, I thought...I need to pick this book up and read it again in a couple months. It's the kind of thing you want to keep fresh in your mind.
So, I decided I would start reading it again at the first of the new year!
Last night I read Chapter 2.
If you don't know how the book goes, it's forty chapters long and you only read one chapter a day. I bought the journal that goes along with it...which I didn't have last time I read it.
So, chapter 2 tells you about how you are here for a reason, you are not a mistake. Even if your parents didn't plan you, God did. Even if your parents aren't married or aren't everything you think they should be, God made them your parents for a reason. God made you exactly the way you are for a reason. He doesn't make mistakes.
In the journal you're supposed to write about things you need to accept. Such as, things of your past, or background...where you came from. Race, financial status, family life, etc. Then also about your personality. What's something you don't like about your personality? And of course, your physical attributes. Everyone doesn't like something about themselves. I had plenty of things to write about when it came to my background, past...and my attitude. haha. Believe it or not, I know my faults, I accept them, and sometimes I even try really hard to make an effort to change them!
When it came to my physical attributes I had a few things. What girl wouldn't? If I had had my journal 2 years ago, I could have filled up pages and pages of things I disliked about myself.
But I realized last night that for the first time in my life, I'm actually comfortable in my own skin. Sure I could lose a few pounds...do I obsess over it or starve myself? Nope.
When I was 29 and my birthday was just around the corner, I started freaking out. 30 years old??? OH MY GOSH! Then, THIRTY ONE!! Nooooooooooooo!! Now I'm 32...it wasn't as hard...but it wasn't easy.
Next month I am going to be 33 years old and I am ok with that.
It took 33 years for me to be comfortable in my skin. To be happy with myself and where I am, who I've become. And even how old I am! haha.
Life is good.
God is good.

Did I get off track somewhere?
I think I did.
I feel like I was trying to go in a different direction than where I ended....
I do that sometimes. Oh well.
God made me that way. ;)

Need a new book to read!

I was making out Christmas cards last night...yes, I'm doing that already! We also got our tree put up yesterday! :) Anyways, I was addressing the envelopes and Zac asks if he can send a card to Santa. Well, of course, you can! All he has to do is set it beside Happy and he'll make sure Santa gets it. So, he writes Santa a long note inside the Christmas card, puts it in the envelope, puts one of my stamps on it, gosh! haha. Then brings it to me and says, "Do you like it?" Well, Zac, you misspelled Santa! You forgot the "n". OH! Is this better? Well, Zac....you have the n in the wrong place, it's SaN-TA. S-A-N-T-A, not S-A-T-A-N. hahaha. scribble, scribble, scribble write, write, write "Is this better?" "Well..." "What did I mess up on now?" "Well, nothing...it looks perfect! Santa will love it!" Even if you wrote 'Sorry I bib that' instead of "did" with an arrow to the scribbled out "Satan". hahahaa. I love that kid! Speaking of which, I can feel my anxiety rising. His appointment is this Wednesday. And while we are all excited about it, to figure out what's going on, I can't help but having the racing heart and sick to my stomach feeling. Ugh. I may need a Xanax the next couple days. Ohhh, just thinking about it, I can't breathe!!! So, Zac's testing is going to be 4 hours long. I need a good book to read!! I've read all the Sookie Stackhouse novels that are out. I read Stephen King's new book "Full Dark, No Stars"...which was freaking wonderful! Four short stories...oh my gosh. I couldn't put it down!! Loved it! So, what can I start reading now? Any suggestions? :)