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Vampire Obsession

by Erin on October 8, 2010 in geekness, holidays with Comments Off

Photo by JLplusAL

I know I’ve written about my vampire obsession before. I just can’t help myself, especially around this time of year; my only favoritest time of year.

The kiddo isn’t big on Halloween costumes, but normally (ok, for the past 5 years) he’s some sort of Star Wars character. We’ve been Boba Fett, Jango Fett, Darth Vader, Obi Wan and a storm trooper. Yeah, that’s a LOT of Star Wars.

But this year, THIS YEAR, he’s going to be a vampire! Muahahahahaha. Ok, so he really didn’t pick it out himself—it was more “Well, you could be a vampire and just wear a cape!” But still… a win is a win, right?

I’ve also started back into The Black Dagger Brotherhood. I’m picking up on book 6, Lover Enshrined. There is just something so fantastic about big, beefy vampires ruling and fighting for their own kind. Don’t get me wrong, Edward Cullen still rocks my socks, Eric Northman is beyond sexy and Damon Salvatore could turn me any day, but the way JR Ward makes The Brotherhood so protective and gentle (when they need to be), it’s just beyond sexy. It makes me glad I have the nook because I can keep the entire collection with me all the time.

V”"V –night!

Big time book letdown

by Erin on September 27, 2010 in geekness with Comments Off

Just finished reading The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls and man, I feel cheated. I thought we were done with Shinichi. And not to ruin for others, but alas, the next book will undoubtedly contain more of that garbage. Sigh. I think I’m officially done with The Vampire Diaries (the books!) as my escapism. Thankfully, the TV show is doing a freaking sweet job with their version. It’s not going too far away from the first few books. Plus, Ian Somerhalder isn’t too shabby either. ;)

I have to admit I tend to get too involved with some books. Twilight, for one. The Black Dagger Brotherhood falls into the too involved category too.

The problem is that I like to read at night (btw, the nook is awesome for reading all snuggled up in the bed, no need to move more than one finger to page turn!) and I get so involved in the story that I end up reading until 2/3 am. Yes, from 11pm to 2/3am I’m laying in bed reading. In peace. When I’m not suppose to be doing anything else (well, aside from sleeping). So I only get about 3-4 hours sleep before I have to get up to get the kiddo ready for school. And the story is still fresh in my mind. So I’m thinking about it all day. And yes, I realize I’m exhibiting some OCD behavior here, lol. But there is just something about a good book that can calm you from a stressful day.

So since I finished the latest Vampire Diaries book, I’m looking for a new one. I’m not sure what route I’ll choose, although Under the Dome has been calling.

Happy Reading!

The Vampire Diaries

by Erin on September 10, 2010 in pure prattle with Comments Off

So I’m on a huge The Vampire Diaries kick now that it’s back on. Well, the kick started before the season premiere, but I’m still in the midst of it. I’m watching the DVDs of season 1 and am now reading the 6th book (left face, right face, left face, right face, left face—right face, yes, 6th) book. I have to admit, sometimes I find the books a bit hard to follow. I had the most problems with book 5 and all the shinshi (say what?!) talk. I did love all the attention to Damon and so far, Shadow Souls is keeping on with the Damon yuminess.

Of course, the premiere was Awesome. <–note the capital A. It was that good. I loved the first few minutes of the replay of the last few minutes of the finale. It was great to see it from the other point of view while bringing you back up to date. Of course, the whole thing was made much better by my companion: grande non-fat pumpkin spice latte, no whip. I rarely drink the whole thing, but last night, dagnabit, I did. Every. Stinking. Drop. Yum. Now my “job” this week is to watch the remaining episodes on the DVDs so I can remember everything. Then I’ll be ready for Thursday night.

It’s nearing the birthmonth time…

by Erin on January 13, 2010 in food, geekness, trials & tribulations with 2 Comments

I love my birthday. There really isn’t much more I can say about it other than, I LOVE IT. I’m sure as I get older and older, I won’t as much, but as it stands, I love it right this moment.

Of course, I seem to be the only one enthusiastic about MY day. But that’s ok. I have enough enthusiasm to go around.

The husband has already bought me my bday present—the Barnes & Noble nook. We pre-ordered back in November, but it was suppose to arrive in January, so we trashed it as a Christmas present and made it a birthday present. It arrived on the 30th.

I cannot wait to get my hands on it. But I’m waiting. And patiently. I’m reading a book right now anyway, so I’m good. I did just order a cover for it though. I went with the Jonathan Adler Punctuation Cover. I love the whole punctuation look (although it would have been awesome had it been a & z instead) plus the inside is one of the nicer ones I’ve seen.

So now that my presents are all settled, it’s party planning time. I’m going with the normal birthday girl theme, however, I’m adding a vampire twist (since we all know how much I love vampires!).

For the invitation, I used the doodle’s from Lauren Grier’s At the Bus Stop kit and the pieces from SuzyQ’s And Many More … {Bold} kit. With the addition of some fangs and drops of blood, we have a sweet little vampire party invite:

{*Please forgve the larger invite image. I’m testing out a new auto-resizer and obviously, it doesn’t work too well}

So far I’ve got some cute labels for soda bottles (à la True Blood) and am going to make bloody mary cocktails. I’ve also decided on a red velvet cake, however I’m going to do a cherry filling and cream cheese frosting. I’m using Martha Stewart’s Red Velvet recipe and Paula Deen’s Cream Cheese Frosting recipe. Now to hunt out more vampire-ish goodies. :)

It Just Can’t Be

by Erin on August 25, 2009 in pure prattle with 1 Comment

How is it that it’s the end of August already? I have a whole big TwiCon post sitting in draft because I haven’t been able to get time to add the photos that go with it! LOL It was started Aug. 3rd!

Last week all 3 of use were on vacation. First the kiddo, my mom and I headed down south to the beach. Well, I’ve the the beach all along the west of me, but we went 2 hours south to Wildwood.

The Kiddo @ Wildwood

The rest of the week we spent hiking it to Ikea for various furniture needs. However, I am proud to say we put together an Expedit TV entertainment center by ourselves:

Expedit Entertainment Center

We’re still minus a kitchen table. It’s sold out. Bleh. Hopefully it will be in soon. (Was sooo not paying $149 shipping on a $179 item.)

Now this past Monday I was back to work. Reality, it sucks. Here’s hoping the week picks up and moves faster! At least Barnes & Nobles just called… my book is in.