OCD personified

So..... while the rest of you are putting out blogs of your adorable children (our adorable grandchildren) and all the cute things that they're doing, Brent and I have nothing to report but that we have been indulging our ocd natures.

Obsession #1 Cleaning

We got it into our heads that we needed to dust, polish, sweep and wash all the plant shelves, furniture, fake plants, cabinets, etc. in our house. It's the thing our parents called "spring cleaning". We hadn't done it for many springs, so we were way overdue. We spent the whole morning of every day for a week(when we weren't with those adorable grand kids we talked about) cleaning. So, here is the results.

So.. you say you can't see one bit of difference from the way it looked last time you saw it, well.... neither can we, but we sure feel better about ourselves. Sad, isn't it.

Obsession #2

Rachael loaned me a book a few months ago and told me that she loved it. I'd hear about it from several friends who recommended it, but did so in quiet tones and with some embarrassment. I was not a bit sure about the subject matter of the book-romance, vampires. Silly! So, I decided definitely not to read it. Then I came across it one day last week and decided to give it a try, since Rachael was re-reading the whole series of three books. Well, that was the end of my week. I am sorry to admit I am hopelessly, helplessly hooked and waiting impatiently for 9 days, seven hours and 23 minutes 12 seconds to pass until Breaking Dawn (Book 4) comes out. I read Twilight in 24 hours. Then I started looking around to find somebody to loan me the others. I found lots of closet Twilight fans among my "mature" group of friends and finally one loaned me the other two books. I read all three books in the Twilight Series in five days. That's about 1800 pages. I was up reading at 2 am several days. Just had to finish that chapter and see how Edward and Bella survived. I have read the website for Stephanie Meyer and have seen every clip of the upcoming movie that I can find on the Internet. PLEASE HEED MY WARNING. Do not read Twilight if there is an ounce of ocd-ness, romance or adventure in your soul. You will be sucked in and nothing that you need to do with get done. But it will be a delightful adventure! (Thanks Linsey for the updates from your friends on the conjecture about Book Four and the end of the story.)

Obsession #3

Brent and Grandpa Bird and the Diamondback ballgames. No further comment on that!

Enjoy those cute little people that you show me all the time, don't read and don't clean. Your summer will be so much better!

Resist the urge!