I’m doing a wine tasting with Ma tonight so we stopped for dinner first a Timbers right down the street from Valley Cheese and Wine to lay some food down before we throw a bunch of wine at ourselves.

As for the picture above, this is a birthday present from my dear sister, Manduh. Someone was raving about these books and offered to lend it to me only to later renege on that promise. It was possibly a brilliant reverse psychology ploy because by denying me access it only made me want to read it more. I refused to spend money on it though so for the last couple years it’s been a stalemate and I’ve had to live in a Twilight-less world. Until now. Manduh was who that book -did- get lent to and has enjoyed my consternation ever since. She finally relented and got it for me but has now tied my hands and said that since she got it for me I’m not allowed to whine to her about how bad it is. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to do that but I guess we’ll see…