Something I Should Have Posted But I Forgot!

I just realized that the entire weekend after our Breaking Dawn trip went totally undocumented.  We just can't have that!  A couple of pretty interesting things happened.

First of all, when we were getting ready to leave Charleston, Supa text me and asked me if I would take him to the doctor when I got back because something was wrong with his big toe.  Literally.  Of course I said I would take him.  The man never ever goes to the doctor and if he asks me to take him, something is seriously wrong.  

Supa's toe was not smiling on that day apparently.

Supa has been complaining that his foot/toe had been bothering him but as usual, he was ignoring it.  It got so bad that he couldn't take it anymore.  SO, I made him a doctors appointment and when we got home, off to the doctor's office we went. 

We kind of thought maybe he had a bone spur, fracture, no toe cartilage left or some other bone issue.  Nope, the doc said that he has gout.  Yes, I did say GOUT.  We were like, "What??  How can he have gout at the age of 35??"  Well, apparently, gout is not just for old guys.  People of any age can get it and it has no cure.  Wonderful.  Now Supa has some kind of foot cooties that he can't get rid of.  WTF?! 

If you would like to learn more about gout to fully understand what it is (because I sure had to read to understand better), go here.  (You like how I did the research this time huh?)  He's going to have it for the rest of his life but he got some gout meds to help with it when it flares up (and some really awesome pain killers - that he will never take, LOL).  He's going to be just fine.  :)  Thankfully, I need him to have a big toe!

That was on Friday.  Since he wasn't feeling like walking around, we didn't do much for the rest of the day.  Supa was supposed to take me to get a treadmill but that wasn't going to happen. 

Saturday I went with Dazzle to the store to get some groceries.  I also made chili that day (I think....) and we just kind of hung out at the house trying to help Supa feel better.  When the man misses 2 days of work, he's really hurting.

Sunday, another day of doing nothing.  I did some stuff around the house but we just kind of hung out.  By this day, I was getting cabin fever really bad.  I needed something to do outside of the house.  Especially since on a regular day, we would have been OUT doing who knows what together as a family. 

Not this kind of cabin fever really...but while I'm at it, this is a really great movie if you like scary ones!

So, around 4:00PM when I realized I couldn't take it anymore, I asked Dazzle and Neon if they wanted to go to the mall.  Neon said NO he wanted to stay home with Daddy but Dazzle (being the tween she is) couldn't wait to go to the mall.  So, showered, dressed, and all made up as usual (finally thank God) off we went!

We got our shopping done for Jade's birthday and then we decided to just go run in Sears and take a quick look at the treadmills.  (heehee)  I mean, we already found the one I wanted on the Internet so I just needed to go try it out in person, buy it and bring it home. 

Before I knew what was even happening, I was swiping my debit card and having two big men load a huge box into my blazer.  WEEEEEEEEE!!  I bought the damn treadmill finally!! 

I took it home and Supa sat on the floor and put it together for me as soon as we were finished eating dinner.  

Woo Hoo!!  Finally, the treadmill that I've been saving for!!

I've been on it almost every day since I bought it and I'm running at 5 MPH now.  Sounds slow but it's taking a while to get used to it.  It is definitely not like running on the ground.  I am keeping track of my progress so that I can continue to challenge myself.  I love it!  Thank you Supa for being the wonderful provider that you are and for working so hard to allow me to have the things that can help me continue to be healthy.  ;)  <Gag for mushiness!>

I mean, this is more appealing to me than romantic mushy for the most part.  Every now and then I like a little mush usually WITH mint sauce.  LOL

I have finally figured out Pinterest (with J. Strawberry's help).  See where I bitched about that here.  Let me tell you.  I am fucking hooked!  I love it!  Once I get started, there could be major amounts of time lost enjoyed.  Thank you J. for helping me.  I'm glad I have a new side hobby to check out when I'm bored. 

**Also, the issue of "unfollowing" the person that was all in my business has been solved because, like we all suspected, she is/was still reading my blog SO, I guess she got the memo and unfollowed me herself.  Thank you!  At least we know you're not completely retarded.  PS, you can read my blog if you want to.  I can't block you from that BUT just remember, I'm not the one that decided not to talk to you anymore.  That was your own doing.  I hope you are content with your decision.  FYI, the members of Team Apple think you are pathetic and hope that you are happy.  Have a nice fucking day!  I know I'm totally showing my ass here but she deserves it and I'm still bitter I guess.**

I am going to keep this short today since I have a few things at work I need to take care of but I just wanted to share a few funnies from Uncle Darling because they are beginning to pile up!  (Trust, I'm not complaining at all.  I need all the funnies I can get!)

**Side Note of Thanks**  Thank you Uncle Darling for sending me more coupons!  I am using them and they are awesome!  I have been sharing them with Red Lady because she loves to use coupons too!  We appreciate you!!!!**

The following were all submitted by Uncle Darling:

In most cases, this is so correct!  Hand over the soup so I can prepare myself.



I usually don't like it when they take cartoons and turn them into dirty jokes but this one is quite funny.  I do wish that Eat Shit/Don't Fucking Care bear would stop smoking.  Pooping and drinking (not to excess) OK, smoking BAD.  LOL.... 



I hope you remember this the next time you are checking out a Thai girl:  They have dicks.  LMFAO!



No fucking way!!  Since when do squirrels eat birds??!!  The damn squirrel has to be rabid!

Okay, so the next 3 funnies are involving spiders and each time I opened the emails containing them, I peed in my pants just a little.  SO, especially if you are scared of spiders like I am, scroll down with caution.

I am a fucking little girl.  I have no problem admitting that and if this was found in my house, I would cry a whole bunch of little girl tears.  A whole bunch of them.



Yes, that is furniture polish, followed by 409, Mr. Clean and Lysol.  No you can't live here!  Die mother fucker!



If there was shit hanging out of my ass and I looked to the left and saw this, there would be shit on the floor because I would be running.  I wouldn't give a DAMN!  Fuck a spider!!!

That's about all for today.  The spiders freaked me out so I might just hide under my desk for a little bit before I start working. 

P.S, it's 11:34AM and besides answering the phone, I haven't done a damn thing today!  That means, I need to get on the ball!  LOL

I crack myself up,

Apple

Monday Again?! YUCK!

I'm not really awake.  Even though Supa is on vacation this week and he got up early to take the kids to school, I'm still sleepy as hell and didn't want to get up.  Damnit, I wish I could just leap out of bed every morning, happy to get up and go to work.  That would make life a tad unrealistic a tad bit easier.  Since that didn't exactly happen today, I'm sitting at my desk, tired as always, wishing I was at home with Supa.  (Don't worry, he has plenty of chores this week to keep him busy ;)

This past weekend was wonderful.  I got to leave around 3:30PM on Friday because I have a boss that loves me mostly I think.  I was so tired from shopping but by the time I got home I guess I had reached my second wind because I was wide open!  (For about 30 minutes that is...and then I promptly passed out on the couch)  Supa woke me up for reheated Turkey Day leftovers and that was so yummy!!  I was pretty crabby the rest of the night from lack of proper rest.  I went to bed early and on Saturday, I slept in pretty late.  

Usually, but this was more like super crabby, lack of sleep, bitch mode.

Dazzle and Neon let me sleep until about 9:15 AM which is pretty late for me.  I got a whole slew of things accomplished after I recharged my batteries.  Cleaning, laundry, baking Jade's birthday cake, etc.  Then I took a nap in the afternoon to get ready for our fun night of shennanigans for Jade's birthday.  I got up when Supa got home from work and by then it was time to get ready. 

Lolly and her boyfriend, Camoflauged Man, (yes, I decided he earned his bloggy name) came over.  Camo Man was going to stay at the house with Supa and the kids to watch the football game (drink beer and eat pizza) while us ladies went out to eat and did some shopping.  PERFECT.  We pregamed on the deck for a little while, just talking and hanging out.  This is only the second time we have hung out wiht Camo at the house so we're still in the process of getting to know him.  Fun stuff.  He honestly seems like a good old country boy.  As long as he behaves himself and treats Lolly with dignity and respect, I won't have to fuck him up.

Camo man likes camo Crocs.  Well, that's awesome, so does Neon!  LOL.  I'm not sure if Lolly likes the camo Crocs but it's not the shoes that matter, right?

We left the boys and the kids to fend for themselves and off we went!  We treated Jade to dinner at Olive Garden (her favorite place) and it was so good!!  We all ordered the same thing, lasagna rolls....The waitress brought the 3 same dishes and she said, "Well, I guess I can't mess this one up."  LOL, true!

It was totally delicious and we all left totally stuffed.  Way past overly stuffed.

While we were sitting there eating, of course we were talking our heads off.  I was telling a story about who the hell knows what (I can't remember at this point) and I was kinda dancing at the table, swinging my arms around in the air probably embarrassing the hell out of Lolly, even though by now she should be used to my craziness when a waitress walked by and saw me (I didn't even notice her), stopped and said, "Hey, I like that!" and waved her arms around too.  LOL.  Alrighty, I guess I'm glad to have entertained you.  HAHA!

I had a coupon to use at our meal because when do I not have a fucking coupon these days and we were having so much fun that I totally forgot to use it!  I said a bunch of choice words about that after we left and realized it.  Most of those words started with F and ended with UCK.  I hate it when I do that!  Anyway, then we went by Walmart because I was looking for a new bookcase for my livingroom (to store my DVD collection that is outgrowing us quickly) and Jade was nice enough to go into Walmart with us on her birthday fun night.  

I sure as hell wouldn't want to go inside a Walmart on my birthday fun night but Jade loves me and she didn't mind.

They had one bookcase that was in a wet box with water damage.  WALMART, YOU SUCK BALLS!  We only shop with you because your shit is affordable and convienient.  Not because we like you or what you stand for, so don't you forget it!

We left Walmart and went on over to the mall.  Lolly had some jeans to return and we were just looking at ideas for Christmas.  Fun times there!

After we were finished at the mall, Jade said it would be fine with her if we went to ANOTHER WALMART to look for my bookcase again.  I had already complained loudly mentioned earlier that I really needed that bookcase for my Sunday project and I was so disappointed that we didn't find it.  SO, off we went to Walmart #2.  They didn't even have any shitty ones.  The shelf was completely empty.  (I was pretty pissed off at this point)

We decided we didn't have a damn thing to do other than go home so off we went to.....You guessed it....WALMART #3.  FML. 

We jammed out on the way there and it actually turned out to be a really fun drive.  (Like we ever go anywhere and NOT have fun getting there)  We listened to my "Uh-Oh" playlist on my iPod, which only contains songs that are XXX R rated.   Fun times!!

Finally, at Walmart #3, we found my damn bookcase.  After I clapped my hands and hooted and hollared right there in the aisle (surely embarrassing us all but not giving a God damn) we made our purchase and headed out the door. 

As we were walking out, I saw someone that I think we all would recognize sitting on a stool on the inside of the doorway.  As soon as we all made it outside, we turned to each other at the same exact time and said, "OMG, did you just see who the fuck was sitting beside the door???"  YES, YES, and YES!  It was the drunk, homeless man from Shoney's the day we left to go to Breaking Dawn Part 1!!!!  You can read about him here to see what the hell we were flipping out over.  What a way too small world!

We took my new bookcase and headed for home.  The game had just ended.  Perfect timing!  We hung out for a little while, had a bday shot in Jade's honor and then it was present time!!


Who doesn't love a little presents every now and again??

Supa, Dazzle, Neon and I got her: 

--A pair of shoes she really wanted from the mall
--a special edition People magazine all about Breaking Dawn Part 1
--Water for Elephants on DVD
--Bath and Body Works Twilight Woods body spray and lotion

She loved everything!  Of course!  LOL. 

After presents we had cake and I had baked her exactly the cake she requested.  Lemon cake with cream cheese frosting and I wrote "Happy Birthday, Jade" on it in green because that is her favorite color (hence the name "Jade"). 

After cake, we were all tuckered out.  Everyone went home, (*TMI alert!*) I took advantage of Supa for a bit and then I passed out.  Fun, fun times!

Sunday was productive.  Supa was off and it was super nice having him home with us.  Especially since he put my bookcase together first thing ;)  Good boy!  Dazzle and I got a crock pot full of Grama Darling's spaghetti sauce on to cook for dinner while Neon helped his Daddy with my bookcase.  Then we had DVD's to move.  Dazzle took a recount of how many we have now.....605 total and there are a few loaned out at the moment.  Oh, for shame!  I just love collecting them!  We reorganized, dusted and rotated all 605 of them so that we would be ready for the new editions coming at Christmas time.  (There is already a sizable stack under the tree :)

I ended up cleaning a whole bunch of other things that never get cleaned (behind, hidden and above type places) and I did fit some relaxing time in at some point.  I also ran to the flea market to buy Supa (you guessed it) a DVD for Christmas (details later). 

I'm still sleepy but more awake now at least.  Time to get some work done!

Tomorrow then,

Apple



Happy Black Friday!!

This post is going to be super short.  I'm too tired to type really.  I'll explain later.

Thanksgiving day was awesome.  Since my family lives in Chicago and Supa has no family, it was just Supa, Dazzle, Neon and I as usual at our house for Turkey Day.  Here is what we had to eat:

-- 8 lbs. of ham
-- 15 lb. turkey
-- homemade mac and cheese
-- broccoli and cheese casserole (first time making this and it was delicious!)
-- homemade mashed potatoes and gravy
-- deviled eggs
-- homemade stuffing (finally found the best recipe ever on the internet and it turned out amazing)
-- rolls
-- 2 of Grama Darling's pumpkin pies

I keep saying homemade because some people eat shit out of the box.  On Thanksgiving?  No thanks.

I have been saying for a long time that I can't cook.  I couldn't.  BUT since Supa has been practically living at work lately, I have been left to my own devices.  Dazzle said, "Mama, you need to stop saying that you can't cook because you can now!" 

SO, for the first Thanksgiving ever, I asked Supa to be my sous chef and let me make the food.  He did exactly as I asked.  He chopped, prepped, stirred and handled the meat for me.  The rest, I did.  I seasoned and tasted and prepared like a pro!  I was so proud of myself and of us for cooking that huge meal together, laughing and having a great time.  The food tasted super fucking amazing.  We all said what we were thankful for and then pigged out.  YUM!  Best. Thanksgiving. Ever.  I can't wait to eat the leftovers today.

After our tummies were stuffed, we all laid around in the living room and I passed out in a food coma for about 3 hours.  

THEN.................. 

Jade came over to eat pie as she always does while we looked at Black Friday sale ads to come up with our plan of action.

We left the house around 8:30 to secure our spot.

Walmart:

Usually, Walmart makes everyone wait until the time the sale starts to put things in their buggies so we weren't worried.  Not this year.  WTF?!  The sale started at 10:00PM and we got there at 9:15.  There were a lot of things already gone.  FML!  I was mostly just pissed off because I really wanted to get Dazzle a specific X-BOX game that was on sale from $40.00 to $10.00 but I guess you win some, you lose some.  l still managed to spend $32.00 on mostly DVDs.  We had to wait until 10:00PM to check out but we got a nice place in line and were out of there actually pretty fast.  I'm calling it.....mostly a win.

This is from the register point of view.  We were checking out at this point.  There are people as far back as the eye can see.  Sorry for the shitty picture.  I forgot my fucking camera AGAIN.

Target:

We got to target at about 10:15PM.  The line outside to go into the store was all the way down the strip mall in front of another store.  I did manage to get a picture of this line when we first arrived.

See that little red speck on the left side of this photo?  That is the Target entrance. 

It seems like a huge long line now (and it fucking was) but you should have seen how long it got by the time we waited there for 1 hour 45 minutes (till Midnight when they let us inside).  It was all the way down the sidewalk to the end of the strip mall.  We waited for so long that the Target employees came outside to hand out snacks.  LOLOLOL!

I now know that Chocolate Peppermint Stick Luna bars are delicious.  See, you learn something new every single day.  Even on Black Friday.  ;)

At about 11:50, there was a huge crowd that had developed across the curb from the Target front doors.  I guess they thought they were just going to blend in with the crowd and get in ahead of everyone who had been waiting.  The line was pretty pissed and they were being very vocal about it.  People were getting rowdy and then out of heaven, a cop came and held all those people back while we walked in freely.  It was amazing.  Finally, a situation where justice was actually served to assholes.  I waved at and thanked the cops.  :)

Target was a cluster-fuck (I would like to insert here that the Target employees really were prepared, handing out maps, being extremely patient and helpful and just all around very organized)  but we did get everything we intended to buy.  There was a Pyrex set of dishes that I really wanted but they were out of them.  I was standing in line with Jade complaining loudly about how disappointed I was when a man behind us said, "Hey, I have one right here and I don't think I want it.  Would you like it?".  WHAT?!  That is not normal of people on Black Friday.  I said, "Yes!!  Thank you so much!", jumped up and down like a total retard and squealed with glee!!  Thank you kind sir!!  You are going to heaven just for that one random act of kindness!!  WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

Best Buy:

There was a line for Best Buy that wrapped halfway around the parking lot BUT thankfully, when we got there it was considerably down to a tiny line.  They were only letting maybe 50 people in the store at a time so that it wouldn't be too crowded.  (Very nice - shout out to Best Buy for being like Target, helpful, patient, kind and organized)  We stood outside in line for maybe 20 minutes.  This did concern us because we were worried that everything would be gone but once we got inside....Heehee...We got everything we wanted AGAIN!  Thank ya, Jesus!

Basically, we met some really nice folks while standing in line.  We met some really annoying ones too.  We had a great time together, Jade and I.  We always do.  We look after each other and accomplish as much as possible.  All in all, a total win.

SO, here I sit, at work.  FML.  I got in bed around 3AM and I didn't fall asleep for awhile.  Then I was back up again at 7:30AM.  I have to work from 8:30 to 5:23 today and needless to say, I didn't even take a shower.  I look like a bum and I feel like one too.  My knees, legs, feet and back hurt from standing in line on concrete for those extended periods of time.  Mostly, I'm ok.  I'm tired but I've been more exhausted than this before.  I'm not hung over.  I don't stink too bad.  I'm going to nap at my desk in between calls and before I know it, it will be time to go home to Supa and the babies to have Thanksgiving leftovers for dinner!  YUM!

Until Monday,

Apple

Breaking Dawn Part 1, Chapter 4

This is going to be the final installment of our Breaking Dawn (Part 1) trip.  I think I have most of the details down.  

We got to the theater right around 2 hours early.  We weren't sure what kind of line we would be looking at and we wanted amazing seats.  (Only losers get the last minute crappy seats)  

Hello sweet, sweet beautiful theater!!

Of course, I got our tickets early....I believe I wrote about that here.  All we had to do once we got to the theater was have them swipe my debit card and our tickets would print right out.  I was so ready!!  They swiped the card, printed out the tickets and then we took them to the ticket booth on the inside so we could go sit in line for the IMAX screen.  (There were already people lined up on the floor of course but not too many)  We give our tickets to the teenager and he says, "You are in theater 7."  I was like, "Um, excuse me, no we aren't!  We're in the IMAX theater room."  He said, "No, ma'am.  You did not buy IMAX tickets.  These are regular tickets." Um, excuse me, what the fuck did he just say to me???????? 

So, I said,

"NO, we did not!  I did purchase IMAX tickets!  We are supposed to be in that line over there!!!" 

After he checked me out to make sure I didn't look like I was packing a gun, he advised me to go talk to the people outside at the ticket window.  <SIGH>  So, off we went to the ticket window.  I felt like I was going to puke.  We talked to the guy at the ticket window and he basically said, "IMAX tickets did not go on sale until today  (WTF?  The internet LIES) so it would be impossible for you to have bought the IMAX tickets ahead of time.  Second off, there is nothing we can do about it unless you buy a brand new ticket all over again."  WHAT?!  What about these tickets we already purchased?!  Can't you just upgrade our tickets????  Nope, sure can't!  What in God's name is going on here?!  It was like I was just dropped into the Twilight Zone (no pun intended what-so-ever) or possibly the deep, deep depths of hell.  I really thought I was going to puke up my crab legs.  We were just standing there, contemplating what to do (we actually thought we were going to have to scalp our tickets right there in front of the theater so we could buy the IMAX tickets) when Jade said, "Hang on a minute.  Let's try to go inside and talk to a manager."   Thank God for level headed Jade with her grand idea!! 


Can someone please get me a fucking manager please?!  (Except our manager was a woman)

I was in such a tizzy that Lolly and I let Jade go inside by ourselves while I stood outside and gulped cool, fresh air to lower my blood pressure.  Then when I felt more stable (lol, it's funny now but it sure as hell wasn't funny then.  This is my Edward these little fuckers are messing with!!) we went inside where Jade was already deep in discussion with the manager of the theater.  

Basically, here's what she said:

--  She will let us pay the difference ($3.00 extra for each of us) and we sure can see it on the IMAX screen.  No problem.  (I loved her from the beginning)

BUT

 -- There is absolutely no difference in the film viewed on the regular screen verses the IMAX screen.  The reason being is that the movie was not officially filmed in IMAX, therefore, the only plus to viewing it on the IMAX screen is that the actual screen itself is bigger.  She would be happy to accommodate us but she doesn't want us to be fooled into paying extra money for virtually no damn reason. 

Wow, really lady?  Thank you sweet, informative, IMAX theater manager.  We appreciate your helpfulness, honesty, and patience!!  You deserve a raise! 

After a quick discussion with the girls on what we thought we needed......We decided we would stick with what we had and go on into theater #7.  Who wants to sit on the floor in line for no damn reason!? 

(And now, I feel like an idiot for seeing Eclipse on the IMAX screen.  *JFTR....Whoever talked me into doing that is now known as a complete dumbass for this obvious reason and for other reasons discussed in previous posts.)

I don't think it really gets any better than this.

We went into theater 7 at about 10:45 PMish....We got the perfect seats that we wanted and we got to sit comfortably until 12:05 when the movie actually started.  Jade played angry birds on my iPod Touch and Lolly just kind of relaxed.  I napped until Jade said, "You're not really sleeping are you?"  Ha!  I was until you woke me up, BITCH!  LOL 

At about 20 minutes till, we went out to get our refreshments.  I couldn't eat because I was still full as hell but I did get a cherry Icee!  YUM! 

***************Super Spoiler Alert***************
PAUSE!!  This is the part where I tell all my opinions about the movie.  If you haven't seen the movie or read the book and you don't want to know every single detail, please don't read this part.  You will have your feelings hurt and I don't want to be the cause of that for anyone.  If you've seen the movie, read the book, or generally don't care, GAME ON!
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Let me just start out by saying that the movie was fucking amazing.  It blew my mind and went beyond anything I ever expected it to be.  I loved all the movies (yes, even the first one) but this one was the best by far.  I guess part of the reason is because the book rocked my world.  The last book was so great, I should have figured as much for the movie.  The movie was almost 2 hours long but it went by so fast.....I'll do my best to recount all the important parts.  I'm dying to go see it again but I just haven't found the time yet!!

The Wedding was amazingly beautiful!  It was the picture perfect wedding that I think all little girls dream their wedding will look like.  The setting was perfect and I loved Bella's dress. 

They looked like they were really in love (duh, that's cause they are!)



I thought the back of the dress was gorgeous!  It fit the scene perfectly.  Bella's parents presented her with the hair comb in a scene with her getting ready with Alice. 



These are the same shoes that Bella wore for the wedding.  I hate shoes but these are actually really pretty.  I don't think I could walk in them (or afford them for that matter) but K.Stew did a great job.

 Let me just be honest here.  I cried through a great deal of the movie.  Once the water works started, I had a hell of a time turning them off.  The part of the wedding that I feel was the absolute best was when the camera showed Bella and Edward at the alter with all their guests sitting in the background and then the camera panned the crowd again and there was no one there.  The background was completely empty and it was just Edward and Bella standing there taking their vows.  Wow.  Fucking mind blowing to say the least.  Just writing about it now gave me goosebumps all over.  Best. Shit. Ever.

I super loved Stephenie Meyer being in wedding audience.  I thought that was a really nice touch.  We knew that was going to happen but it still made me cry.  It is very amazing to me that Stephenie had this dream and now she gets to stand there and watch it actually play out in real life.  She is very lucky to have been able to make this dream of hers come to life.  (And Jesus, we are so thankful!)  

This photo is really shitty quality but it was the only one I could find!

The speeches at the wedding reception were hilarious.  Especially Charlie.  Great job on those!!  I actually laughed more than I thought I would.

When they traveled to Rio to get to Isle Esme everything was so happy and blissful.  Even though I knew that wasn't going to last long, I still loved it.  I really enjoyed them being very happy for once.

Grab that shirt!  <Growl!>



There was so much STEAM in this film.  YAY for us!!

I love how even though there are all kinds of people around them, I still felt like it was just them.  The fact that it came across to me on the screen like that was a total WIN!

The honeymoon scene was just as great as I hoped it would be.  Bella being nervous and getting ready to get naked with Edward,  the love making, the headboard, the scene where they were naked in the ocean together, the after (feathers everywhere and the room totally being wrecked), how happy they looked together, and I LOVED when Bella finally got the courage to walk into the bedroom with her lingerie on and Edward laughed because she was being silly.  TOO AWESOME!  Everything in general was  just so good.   One of the reasons I think that is, is because KStew and RPatz make everything look so REAL and believable.  Again, my belief is that they are a real couple in the real world so making all this emotion look real was probably very easy.  I'm just glad it came across on the screen to us that way.  Perfect I say!

I do want to take a special moment to talk about Jacob.  He looked hot as usual.  Buff as usual.  BUT, the part that wooed me to no end was the emotional charge that he gave off through the entire film.  His love for Bella definitely was apparent.  The part where Jacob claimed Alpha was so real and scary!  I never imagined I would be scared but I kind of was.  I just thought that this was the best emotional performance he's given in any of the films so far.  Kudos to you, Taylor!!

I mean, we already knew he was hot.  That's never been an issue....Well, except the wig in the first film.  :)

After Bella realized that she missed her period, it pretty much spiraled out of control pretty quickly from there.  She realized she was pregnant, they hurried back home to Carlisle and her body immediately started to grow and deteriorate.  I really wish they would have shown her signs of being pregnant more.  Like how tired and hungry she was.....Oh, well, I guess we can't have it all.

I loved the fact that they made her look like absolute dog shit.  She has never looked so ugly.  Some of my favorite examples are:

Wow, talk about having a bad face day. 

One of the only things that pissed me off so much was when she took her robe off of her pregnant body and was standing in front of the mirror.  They showed part of her back (bones sticking out everywhere and little tiny arms that looked like they belonged to an anorexic chick) and her face (collarbones sticking out just as much as her back) but of course (PG-13, FML) they wouldn't show her belly.  FUCK!  I wanted them to pan down to that so bad!!   What can I say?  I wish it was rated R...Of course I do.  But in this situation, the tweens won.



A "gift"just for my readers!



I read somewhere that they used prosthetics to make her face look so gaunt.  I feel like this look for this part of the book was an absolute win.



And again with the pale, shitty face look.  Perfect!!

I got really fucking happy when Edward heard Renesmee in Bella's tummy.  That was a sweet and tender moment that they shared during all the chaos.  Another reason for me to ball my eyeballs out.  Wonderful.  (No, really, it was hella wonderful :)

The whole birth of Renesmee was kind of a disappointment.  I certainly wished for much more guts and gore.  I wanted to SEE what the hell was going on but I guess they did the best they could with again the PG-13 rating.  <Deep, and I mean DEEP, SIGH>  I did love seeing Edward with Renesmee.  Seeing him become a father gave me goosebumps all over. 

I loved how Jacob realized that he was imprinting on Renesmee as soon as he laid eyes on her.  The look on his face was pretty priceless.  The fact that he fell to his knees almost threw me over the edge.  I was already crying....What a great scene. 

A LONG time ago, when we found out that they would be splitting Breaking Dawn into two parts, I predicted that Part 1 would end with Bella opening her red, newborn eyes and people, that is EXACTLY where the movie ended.  They showed the vampire venom spreading all over the outside and inside of her body, making her outer appearance as well as her inner body perfect.  (Huge improvement on the outside seeing as how shitty they made her look)  Then when she opened her eyes, the movie ended. 

One of my favorite parts of the entire movie was when the vampire venom corrected her spine.  What a wonderful way to show that happen from the inside.  Thank you Bill Condon!



Yep, you won my respect.

As a whole, the movie wasn't too over the top or corny which I was only slightly worried about to begin with.  I felt like the movie stayed as true to the book as possible considering the rating they had to work with.  I can't wait until Part 2 and I know that we won't be disappointed. 

If you would like to leave your mini review in my comments section, I would love to hear what you thought. 

**END OF THE SUPER SPOILER SECTION**

Jade, Lolly and I left the movie theater, went straight to the hotel and started getting ready for bed.  I promptly realized that since I had packed while running my mouth to Lolly, I had no PJ's to wear and no toothbrush.  OMG, really?!  Well, that's no big problem for me since I sleep naked anyhow.  I decided I was sleeping with Jade since I have slept with Jade about 10 million times since we met and she said that there was no way possible that she was going to sleep with me naked.  She had to draw the line somewhere.  (WHY??  She's seen me naked plenty of times!)   So, I had to wear Ms. Pepsi Crotch's now dried Pepsi spill shirt and my underwear.  That was about it.  There was no way I was sleeping in my bra.  I already couldn't wait to take it off.  It worked out.  I kept my clothes on and we all slept like the undead (pun intended that time).

The next morning we got up around 8:30AM, had a little free hotel breakfast and headed on home.  We got back home around 11:30Am and we had plenty of time to enjoy the rest of our day off. 

I hope that everyone has enjoyed hearing all 4 chapters of my trip story as much as I enjoyed telling them.  I definitely loved reliving this story very, very much!  I had the most fun and magical time with my two best friends and I cannot wait for Breaking Dawn Part 2 so we can do it all over again!

With much love,

Apple

**JFTR = Just For The Record

PS, Happy Thanksgiving, friends!!   I am not doing a Thanksgiving post.  I'm thankful for EVERY-FUCKING-THING.  I'm all posted out for the moment.  I am taking a bloggy break!  Don't worry, I will be back in full bloggy mode on Friday! 

Breaking Dawn Part 1, Chapter 3

This will not be the final chapter in my Breaking Dawn mini series.  I should have only one part left after this.  LOL.  It had to be in parts because I knew I definitely wanted to tell every detail of our trip (considering it fucking ROCKED!).

Okay, straight down to business....Where were we....

When we were leaving the carriage tour we decided that we needed to go to Target because Jade needed a few things and we love Target!  We were super happy to realize that Target was attached to the MALL with a FOOD COURT!  Hells yes!!  Perfect! 

Jade, Lolly and I went straight for the food court because by now, we were kinda starving.  Here is what we had for a "snack".  

Oh my!  I got a gyro.  I wanted pizza too but the gyro won.  Delicious!



Lolly had pizza!  OH YUM!  I think this slice was about as big as her whole head!

Jade had a Stromboli from the pizza place.  I couldn't stand it!  The pizza smells were driving me crazy so Jade and I ended up sharing the gyro and the Stromboli.  :)  Just what I needed, the best of both worlds!  (MWAH, Jade!)

After we refueled with nasty, yummy, greasy fuel we went right over to Target.  We're standing there, looking at the $1.00 items for possible stocking stuffers, when I bend over to pick up something...And the whole fucking shelf fell apart and stuff went everywhere.  WTF?!  I didn't even touch the damn thing!  The shelf literally fell apart at our feet.  Holy shit.  Then not 5 minutes later, here comes a Target associate to put the shelf back together again.  Wow, Target, you have your associates trained.  If we would have been at Walmart, that shelf would have stayed broken until Breaking Dawn Part 2.  <Round of applause for Target!>

After we got the items Jade needed, bought myself a new purse and wallet, and got Supa something awesome on sale for Christmas (I wish I could say what it is....he hardly ever reads my blog but if I say it, he will surely read it today, SIGH, I'll post that later)  We decided that it was time to just SIT in the truck for a few minutes and regroup.  We are getting old (Jade is the oldest, turning 35 this Sunday, LOL) and we were tired! 

Time to head back to:

Golly, great goodness.  I am so glad we got a room. 

It was time to take a rest, take a shit (for 2 out of 3 of us) and get all dolled up for our dinner and movie later.  Jade and I called our children and husbands while Lolly hung out, most likely texting her boyfriend.  Before we knew it, it was time to head to the restaurant!  WOO HOO!

We researched some restaurants that we wanted to go to before we left and there was one in particular that really stood out:

Hyman's Seafood Company - Voted the best seafood restaurant in South Carolina.  That is saying a lot since we have a huge number of seafood places here.



Now this is what I call a bad photo with a great deal of character. 

I am standing across the street trying to take a night picture of the restaurant with my semi-shitty camera.  Jade and Lolly are actually sitting on a bench in front of the joint but (lucky for me) you can't see them.  That big blurry thing in front of the restaurant is actually a car flying by.  COOL! It only took me about 15 times to get a bad photo with character.  Geez.  I think I see a new camera in my future.


This is a picture of the window right outside of the bar section of the restaurant.  I'm sure we could have stood at the bar and waited for our table but that would have been TOO tempting and I had to drive.  ;)

Of course they said our wait would be 10-15 minutes and it actually turned out to be about 35 minutes.  FUCK!  We were thirsty and cold and extremely impatient.  I complained for most of the time we waited, LOL.  Jade was busy entertaining us.  In the short long ass time we sat there on the bench waiting let me tell you what Jade pointed out:

--  an older woman that was sitting kind of close to us with a big, ugly wig - it was a large, clip on blond, curly mess - if you like fake hair, she would have rocked your world - it was so obvious!

-- that the huge, totally beautiful building across the street was actually a Bank Of America  -  wow, who would have thunk

-- a man with lavender pants, no not purple (think the baby color lavender) walked by with who appeared to be his wife and kids - the pants did not seem to be because of an alternative lifestyle 

Last but never least:

-- the lady that walked past us wearing MC Hammer pants - SMDH!  Really lady, 1990 called and they want their pants back!

Very entertaining of you to point these things out to us while we waited, Jade!  She earned 20 points for each one!  (Because in Darling land, points are fun but they don't really mean anything)

We finally got our table and let me just say people, it was WELL worth the wait.  After realizing what we consumed, I would have waited 2 hours for a table if need be.  

This was FREE.....Wait, did I say free??!!  Yes, I fucking did!

Shrimp Salad!  For free!  We got a coupon from one of the tourist books that we picked up from somewhere.  It was absolutely divine.  Shrimp, dill, mayo and who knows what else.  Since I was with two crazy girls that don't eat seafood, I got to eat it all :)  Blessing and a curse for sure!  Let's just say that I moaned while eating it.  Many, many things have made me moan in the past but this was a new experience.  Haha!

Next was the potato soup.  Guess what?  Also completely FREE! 

Another one of those coupons we picked up somewhere.  Jade doesn't eat potato soup (what the hell?!) and Lolly had a couple of bites but for the most part, all me yet again.  Fucking delicious!  Best potato soup I've ever had.  

The coleslaw that came with each of our meals.

Jade doesn't eat coleslaw either she has no idea what she is missing!  Lolly killed her coleslaw I mean, I would have been starving too if I had to watch my friend eat those other 2 courses.  I love coleslaw but I didn't like it at Hyman's.  It was full of red vinegar which I do not care for.  I set that puppy right to the side so I could save room for my main course:

I also had a coupon for this meal.  $19.99 all you can eat crab legs and shrimp, any way you want them.

Holy hell.  It was a ton of food.  I got the shrimp fried, I didn't eat one single french fry, the hush puppies were sweet, I didn't care for them and the crab legs were wonderful.  I have never, ever, except the one time we went on vacation with Jade and her husband to Myrtle Beach and we ate a seafood buffet ordered crab legs at a restaurant.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, sweet hardworking husband for allowing me to be able to afford crab legs.  They were so good!!! 


Lolly got chicken fingers.  Totally predictable of her.  She loves them!



Jade had hot roast beef over toast.  I had a few bites and it was excellent! 



I was full after the soup.  I don't know where I put all this but I couldn't stop eating!  Here is round 2 of crab legs. 

There were 3 rounds total of crab legs.  My two patient and lovely friends sat there for 2 hours and watched me clean and eat an absolute shit ton of crab legs. Most of the time they were ducking and covering since I was slinging crab meat, crab juice and butter all over the damn place.  I had butter dripping off my elbows and my lap was covered in crab.  YAY!  Just how I like it!  I was HAPPY to have crabs all over me ;)

After we were finished stuffing filling our tummies it was time to pee!  Upstairs we went:

I'm standing on the top step taking this picture.  We didn't even realize that the entire upstairs was full of tables and very nice!



Apparently, a whole bunch of famous people had eaten here!!!

That reminds me, I forgot to mention earlier that when we sat down we noticed that Neil Diamond AND Billy Joel had eaten at our table!  sAhweet!  Then we go upstairs and realize that we're not THAT special.  Tons of famous people eat at Hyman's!

We found some really nice hand scrub in the restroom and we all loved it.  We walked next door to the little general store/ice cream shop (I actually talked a big game about eating ice cream but there was no way.  I was SO full)  to get Jade some and it was $20.00 for a regular sized Mason jar full!!  Hold the damn phone, that scrub can stay right there. 

After that, it was time to head to the theater!!!

TO BE CONTINUED........................................