Peep Dioramas, Saying Goodbye and the Hoh

PEEPS!

I almost forgot to post one of the most important (ok, not really, but it was fun!) parts of the trip to Forks. Four of us made Twilight Saga inspired Peep Dioramas! I painted the grass, sky and trees until 1 am the night before I flew out to Seattle and then put the rest together in my hotel room once we were in Forks! My diorama was 'Peeplight', inspired by chapter 13, it was Peepward and Pella in the Peepdow. Yes, I'm a geek and yes, I had a fun, giggly time making this! Then, at our big girls night party, Ouisa, Cory and Violet all brought their amazing dioramas: 'Peepterra' (this may have been my fave, if just for the awesome name along, Ouisa!), 'First Peep' and 'Peeps and Ice'.











Ok, back to my timeline! Sunday morning, most of the gang left! I was so sad to see them go and I actually cried when they did (probably not surprising actually!) Anyway, here is a picture and a video of some of my adorable peeps!















Sunday afternoon, Simp, SSVD, her girls and I went to the Hoh Rainforest and drove around Forks, hitting all of the hot spots! It was a very busy but very fun day!


























Monday, Simp and I went back to La Push to check out Rialto Beach. It was so beautiful! We couldn't make it back to the tide pools, the tide was too high then, but we did take some pictures and videos of this amazing and beautiful location.


Then it was time to head back to Seattle. Simp drove me all the way to I5, then I hopped in SSVD's car and cried and cried, waving goodbye to Simp all the while. I have to say that the darling Simplicity is adorable, sweet, fun-loving and was just the best roomie a girl could ask for. I went to the airport with SSVD and her girls and of course, cried while hugging them and saying goodbye. It was just soooo sad! To finally get to meet SSVD, have such an amazing time and then have it be over in the blink of an eye, was almost cruel. She is the most kind-hearted, funny and creative person I know. Thank you all for making this an amazing trip I will never forget.

I crashed in my hotel room that night, ordered room service and cried for a bit. Luckily, two of my very special friends wanted to talk to me that evening and it made all the difference in the world. I laughed and told stories and went to sleep happy and tired. Thank you both for that!

Next up....Breaking Dawn concert in Chicago!

Hugs, Blue

More Forks trip and Breaking Dawn!

It's been a month of Twilight yumminess!

Before I continue on my Forks trip story, I first wanted to say that I finished Breaking Dawn today, after annoying my husband all weekend with my intense reading (too bad for him!) and the midnight party at Barnes and Noble with my sister-in-law. We had a great time, and I absolutely adored BD! YAY Stephenie!!!!!!

In other exciting Stephenie news, I'm heading to Chicago for her concert and signing! Another big YAY! She is an excellent speaker and so friendly and down to earth. I am also meeting one of my dear online friends in Chicago, along with her long-suffering but gallant hubby, and am SOOO excited about that as well!

Forks Trip Continued....

Friday night was our girl's night out party night! I was so excited for everyone to be together in the same room, but I was also a bit nervous for some inexplicable reason. I am not one who normally is ever afraid in crowds and as soon as I got there, I was ALL good. I just adored everyone! All of the amazing ladies were so very friendly and warm. I felt loved and happy and excited, it was truly awesome. We took a huge group picture, had tons of great food thanks to Shandrath, Violet, Simp and SSVD, played very cool and funny games (sprty and Canz rock the house) and I even won an award! Yes, I was honored with the Queen of the Gutter award and I actually gave an acceptance speech! Ok, I'm such a dork, but I loved it. Many, many hugs to my peeps! The night went by far too quickly and it was time to crash.

Saturday morning we got up and all met at the Chamber of Commerce for another group picture. I believe I accosted some poor photographer, hoping to get his version of the picture, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We needed a little time to get it together and ate breakfast (ssvd, her girls, simp and I) at the place teak and her family were eating. The waitress was extremely efficient and brought us so much coffee! Then it was off to Port Angeles. We were driving around, trying to find our FMGs (you know who you are!) and finally did so. We took pictures, Port Angeles is beatiful, and while standing outside of La Belle Italia, the owner came out and told us we could take pictures inside! Hooray! So we did, and we saw where Stephenie sat when she was there just three weeks ago. So awesome. The man was so sweet, we decided to eat there after all! Pel, Alphie and BME came in not long after and we took pictures of each other, cause, you know, we are all fangirls like that. We also went in to this great little store that had the most fabulous pop-up book evah....Simp and ssvd found that one! HAHAHAHHAHA! Port Angeles was over too quickly and we needed to get back to Forks for some other festivities. We visited both Cozy houses, going back and forth, visiting with everyone! SSVD sold some of her amazing book gems at Dano's house and I chit chatted outside on the porch there and later, I did an impromptu reading of the yummiest parts of Eclipse's chapter 20 at Ouisa and Shandrath's house. So much fun! I wish I could have split myself into many pieces so I could have been with everyone all the time! Alas, my midwestern time zone caught up with me and I had to go back to the hotel for some much needed sleep!

Next Forks trip blog coming soon - Sunday: Saying goodbye, the Hoh Rainforest and around Forks! OH! and the Peep Dioramas! How could I forget!!! Peeplight, Peepterra, First Peep and Peeps and Ice!

*I am using the screenames to protect the identities of the innocent and not-so-innocent ;)

Hugs, Blue

Forks = Fabulous!

Well, I'm back from the Olympic Peninsula and I had the most amazing time! I LOVED meeting all of my Peeps! Here's a day by day breakdown of my trip.

Wednesday - Left later than meant to, but still made my flight. When I got off the plane in Seattle, Simplicity was waiting for me at the airport! We called Mother and then Ouisa and picked up Corygirl. I gave Simp like 6 hugs upon meeting her! Ouisa and Geo were already at the spa in Kirkland, so we headed there. They were getting their pedis then and simp, cory and I went down the street for yummy Greek food. Kirkland is adorable! We went back and hung out together and got our toeny nails done! What fun! Then it was off to the hotel, where we met Violet and her beautiful girls and her fabu Wesley. Everyone had to take off for Olive Garden, and I waited at the hotel for SSVD and her daughters. Stupidly, I had to run to the Rite Aid as I thought I forgot my brush and wasn't actually at the hotel when she arrived! But I finally met her in the parking lot and we hugged and laughed and cried! It was awesome. Then it was quickly off to Olive Garden to meet Vi, Geo, Ouisa, Shandrath, SWA, Sprty, Pizza, T*L and Simp. What a fabulous group of amazing ladies! And we had an adorable waiter that I just wanted to take with us to Forks! Geo and I crashed after that, we just couldn't hold on any longer!








Thursday - We got up and web casted with Monti Thursday morning while eating breakfast. We all piled in our cars and headed to Seattle to see the needle, eat lunch, found giant chess pieces and then headed to the ferry. OH! I almost forgot the winery! It was so beautiful and I got to have fabulous wine with simp and ssvd in the morning! YAY! We arrived in Forks at about 7:00 pm that night! We then had our meet and greet, I passed out Fry inspired Fork cookies, and Shandrath and Ouisa had these great packets with maps and name tags with our avis (I think Corygirl did those too) and it was so awesome to meet everyone at Shannon's house!



Friday - Friday we had so much to do to get ready for the big party, we did not make it to the Forks tour with the bigger group Friday morning. So I got ready and Simp and SSVD went to the store to get the final food items we said we would bring to the party. Then we headed to First Beach. We drove past Third Beach, then Second Beach....where the heck was First? After driving around a bit, we saw some ladies at the Quileute community center. This really great and cool Quileute lady told us we were standing in front of First Beach, essentially. HA! Then Simp asked her some really intelligent questions and she started talking about the economy there and the growth in tourism. We were talking about the Rivers that ran there and she mentioned the Hoh River. Then she laughed and said "I know a bunch of Hohs!" I looked at her and said "So do we!" We all had a good laugh at that one. We hiked dangerously over tons of giant driftwood and found Ouisa, Violet, Shandrath and Cory (and crew) all at the beach! We chitchatted a bit (poor Ouisa injured her foot the first day there!) and then they headed out. After that, we sat on a giant driftwood log, a la Bella and Jake, and ate our yummy wraps we made for our picnic.




In the next post, I will continue with Friday and the big party that night! As well as Saturday and Sunday which were full of more adventures. To be continued....

Oh, and yes, let's chat Wednesday night! I miss my peeps so much already, I can't WAIT for chat! We can talk about the BD quotes, our release party plans and our signing plans, among other things! Talk to you all in the Lex Chat room http://client4.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=170323 at 10:30 EST, 9:30 CST, 8:30 MT and 7:30 PST!

Love and hugs!

Blue

Impromptu Sunday Night Chat - It's ON

Dizzypsy asked if we were having chat tonight and my response is: why not? Let's chat tonight in the Lex chatroom, talk about anything and everything and have some fun! The link to the chat room is to the right >>>>>>

Talk to you all tonight! 10:30 EST, 9:30 CST, 8:30 MT and 7:30 PT.

Hugs!

Blue

Wednesday night peep chat!

YAY! It's Wednesday! Let's meet tonight in our Chat Room, to have fun with the great Breaking Dawn Quotes, what we're reading now, and any other fun topics! We are so close to the Breaking Dawn release, I can taste it! YAY!!!! See you all tonight, 10:30 EST, 9:30 CST, 8:30 MT, 7:30 PT!

Hugs,

Blue

Sunday Night Chat

It's time for Sunday Night Chat!!! YAY! I am so excited about our first two Breaking Dawn quotes! They are as follows:

July 11:
Alice: "I'll play you for it. Rock, paper, scissors."
Edward: "Why don't you just tell me who wins?"
Alice: "I do. Excellent."

July 12:
Bella: "Oh, Mike! How will I go on?"

Let's chat tonight about Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and these wonderful new quotes from Breaking Dawn! 10:30 EST.

Hugs! Blue

Chat Tonight!!!

Hey everybody! I am back from vacation and ready for tonight's chat! We had a great time at the Jersey shore, went to the Ocean City Boardwalk, putt putt golfing and many many days at the beach. We had a really great time!

I also read while on vacation: I finished "Slave to Sensation" by Nalini Singh and "Marked" by PC and Kristin Cast. Both were excellent reads and I have gotten the next two books in each of those series. I'm going to post my own little reviews of those books later this week.

Doug read "Twilight" while we were on vacation too! I'm going to ask him to give me his own review of Twilight, but I do know he was disappointed in the end battle. He was hoping for this big showdown between Edward and James, which did happen, but we didn't get to see it. I explained to him that the book is from Bella's perspective and she was unconscious! HA! So I'll see if I can get a little bit more from him about his overall opinion.

Finally, I listened to the first 6 chapters of "Eclipse" on the way home. With that in mind, I'd like to broach this week's "The Great Debate" topic from the Lexicon. December posted the debate question for this week and I'd love for us to discuss and debate this tonight on our chat. December's post follows:

Is imprinting as good as ordinary human love? For the imprinter? For the imprintee?

Does it undermine the worth of love if you have no say about it? Does it make a relationship stronger -- or less meaningful -- if there is no possibility that the imprinter will ever fall out of love?

How would you feel about either imprinting or being imprinted on?

What do you think Stephenie wants us to think about imprinting?

Let's talk about this and begin our Breaking Dawn thoughts. We may want to have more frequent chats once the Lexicon message boards are closed beginning July 14, since we'll all miss each other so much!

Yahooo! Meet me on the Lex Chat tonight, 10:30 EST, 9:30 CST, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific.

Love and hugs,

Blue

PS: Below are a few more vacation picts and a little video of the kids boogie boarding in the Ocean!