...spread the word about a new Twilight story.

News: Today, Stephenie Meyer announced the upcoming release of a new Eclipse side story. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is about the newborn vampire we briefly met near the end of the Eclipse novel. Parts from this story will be included in the Eclipse movie. So, if you don't want to be surprised to see more Bree in the theater, you can read it before the movie comes out...for FREE! That's right. Stephenie says she wants this story to be a gift to the fans. So, we can read it online at www.breetanner.com on June 5th. You know what I'll be doing that day!

BTW, the Wordle above is created using this blog post.

...go to the zoo.

One of the first things we wanted to do out here was go to the zoo. Here are my favorite shots from our trip...







...and here's a new monkey for our collection.

...lay out in the California sun!

What?! You weren't actually expecting a picture of me laying out in nothing but my swimsuit. That might make my Marine hubby a bit jealous...

I guess we know why Lucy worked so hard chasing all those lizards off the rocks. She may be part lizard herself! I did manage to catch one terrible shot of a lizard before it got scared away. Sorry for the low quality. I'm afraid that this is the only evidence we have of lizards left around here!

...confess to a new obsession!

It's not my confession to make, but Lucy can't exactly tell you about it herself. You would see it if you were here in person. Lucy's latest obsession is...

...LIZARDS!

She will stalk them all day and all night if we let her. There are a bunch that live in our back yard. They come out and sun themselves on the rocks. They even PT or do something that looks a lot like push-ups. (These must be Marine lizards. BTW, PT is military speak for Physical Training/exercise.) It's good that they stay in shape. Lucy will never catch these lizards, but she'll keep trying, and trying, and trying...



The lizards are even too quick for me to get on camera. Any-who! Here's a peak at our back yard.

...travel.

We are still getting set up in our new place. I plan to blog about it soon. In the mean time, here are some pictures from our cross country trip...

...slaughter by SUV.

I was driving in Texas yesterday when a chicken found it's way on to the interstate. The cars ahead of me were able to swerve to avoid it. However, I had a car to my left and little shoulder to my right. I did slow down a bit, but had very little time to debate the situation. In the end, I squared up to make a quick kill.

Bump! Bump!

Poor chicken...

James promptly began texting and calling folks to let them know that I am a chicken killer. Sam says I will never live this one down. So, after a moment of silence for the poor chicken...





...let the jokes commence! Feel free to add yours by commenting. I'm sure to hear about this one for some time to come.

This chicken didn't make it to the other side.

Free range chicken...

Country tired chichen...

Road kill KFC...

Chicken killer!!!