I've been richly blessed this week. Monday I got a call from the Forks Motel. They had a cancellation for SMD weekend, was I interested? Three queen beds and kitchen. Cost is $10 more a night than the room in Port Angeles, so....yes! Reservation confirmed for Thursday to Monday. Now to find people to share it with.
Talked with one person here in California....still a maybe. Hope she can join me for the whole trip. Need to send message to one of ones on the FiF roommie list.
On Tuesday I found info on an old employer retirement account that indicated it was still open. I thought I had closed it earlier this year. So called them and faxed paperwork this morning to close out the account and get cash into bank account. That will cover the trip and new camera. Also donated to a couple of Kickstarter projects.
Really feel the trip is coming together well and is meant to be. I'm not even being my usual down side person and waiting for 'other shoe to drop'. Staying here and enjoying the time. Praise the Lord! for the attitude shift. Want to get another project stage 1 done and then go look for digital SLR.
Excited!
31 July 2013
23 July 2013
Review of An Unexpected Woman by Sandi Layne
This
was a very delightful read. The cover picture really fits the story. The two
main characters, Shelley and Mark, laugh a lot together and with other
characters – Semper Gumby and TDH. They have their serious moments too, but joy
in life is the prevailing feeling. They are both people of faith and that faith
is shown in the way they invite the Lord into their daily lives. There are
prayers in their hearts and minds as they go about their work a day lives. This
is how so many people of faith that I know go about their lives and it is great
to read a novel that shows that aspect. It is also great to read a modern
romance novel where the characters keep to a higher standard in their
relationship. They do run into a bump in the road of romance and it points out
how Mark was a bit unbalanced in his faith at least in one aspect of his life –
relies too much, too far on the Lord forgetting how we need to do all that we
can to prepare and rely on the Lord for the rest. It is then that Mark realizes
who Shelley is to him. The final sexy
scene is the best! Well worth the price of the book.
16 July 2013
With Faith in the Lord Going to Forks Washington for Stephenie Meyer Day
The end of
June I started thinking, praying, and looking into going this year to Forks
Washington for Stephenie Meyer Day 12-15 September. Things started coming
together, Sunday at church I got a really clear answer to prayer about it….good
to go. There are actually two things going on this year. Forever in Forks (FiF)
is having their annual big weekend there 13-15 September. They change location and
weekend every year. A nice idea so one may have a chance to not travel so far.
The City of Forks has Stephenie Meyer Day (SMD) around Bella’s birthday of 13
September. They have their first activity on Thursday 12 September and end on
Saturday the 14th. Web sites for FiF, SMD, Project Thank You and
Forks Washington are at bottom.
Forever in
Forks announced back in March the dates and motel arrangements, so you know by
now all rooms are taken in Forks. I did call and ask to make sure and checked
motel reservation on-line sites for availability. So picked a place in Port
Angeles and made reservations. FiF has a ‘looking for roomie’ tab. Sent some
messages out…replies came back with roommates already found. So room will be
bigger expense than would like, but…still going. One person is still a remote possibility.
One of my usual pre-readers is a possible travel companion.
I am planning
on two weeks total. Plan to take long slow drive along the coast as much as
possible. Taking cameras and will likely stop lots to take pictures. Pre-reader
suggested looking for agates at one place…sounds fun and different. I’ve never
been rock hunting that I remember. So my pre-reader, if she can make it, would
join me for the travels not just SMD and Twilight sites. I’ve told her I’m
flexible on plans to be shorter for her part if need to be for the trip to fit her
schedule. It would be fun to have a travel companion for any part of the trip.
Meeting
people is one reason for deciding to go whole hog and get the full FiF package
deal. A number of meals are included, so think it will be worth it. I’ve not
actually read about any past SMD events for how many people are there. Figure
lots. The FiF seems like it might be a little more controlled and limited
number of people at one time. Big crowds tend to put me into shy observe mode.
I want to meet and talk to people who are fans of Twilight and Stephenie Meyer,
not observe them. Even with fewer people I’ll still likely need to get out of my
usual reserve self. ‘Party Abby’ will need to be there.
One reason
for going this year is the 10 year anniversary of Ms Meyer’s dream that became
Twilight. It seems the perfect time to go. It has only been 3.5 years since I
first read the books and discovered fan sites and fan fiction. My interest in
Twilight isn’t waning, but I am reallocating time spent on Twilight and
spending more time on other interests. Being forced into early retirement from
my primary profession, I have the free time if not a lot of money to go this
year.
Having a good
digital camera would be really nice for the trip to download daily and see how
doing as go along. It would also save money on processing film and printing
pictures. My little compact point-n-shoot digital doesn’t always give me the
picture I want or the one I think I’m taking – my eye focus is the part of the problem,
looks good on the screen, but full size on computer not good at all. The camera
auto-focus isn’t focusing on what I want it to or think it is focused on. I am
starting to think it is time to upgrade to digital SLR where I can really see
and make sure focus on what I want.
In an effort
to clean out condo / downsize collectibles and help finance this trip and
camera upgrade I will be selling some of my collectible items – Star Trek movie
poster set in silver, large Enterprise model, several Christmas ornaments.
There are
lots of reason I should not be going on this trip and other things I should be
doing and other things I should be spending money on – lack of funds in general
due to forced early retirement, family history project for nieces and nephews,
cleaning out house, learning about alternative health options especially
essential oils and building doTerra business. There is one reason to go – it just
feels like the right thing to do, spiritually and temporally. Maybe that is one
of things to get out of Twilight: sometimes it does not matter what you should
do, more important is what feels right to do. With faith in the Lord, I am
proceeding with this trip.
http://stepheniemeyerday.com/#!/?page_id=915 Project Thank You
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