#66-Read the Twilight Saga

I will be the first to admit I find the books incredibly cheesy and do not understand the obsession around it. that being said I can also totally see myself re-reading the saga while down for the count with the flu or while on a plane.

Twilight was just as I expected. Except that I  was unaware that it was written for young adults. I always thought they had tamed the movies a little bit for the teenage crowd but the books were written for adults.

New Moon was again just like I had expected minus a few things. I got a much better insight into the Volturi reading the book then I did the movie.

Eclipse was my least favorite movie so I was fully expecting to hate the book but it was so much better (as is usually the case) then the movie.

Then Breaking Dawn came and I was hugely disappointed!  For one thing I hated reading from Jacobs point of view for that long and was half tempted to just jump ahead. If the author had already done Bella's and Jacobs I think she should have maybe shortened Jacob's and added Edward into the mix. I wish that Stephanie Meyer had spent more time on Bella's new life those first couple days. There seemed to be so much going on that it kind of killed the "experience" for me. The whole thing felt rushed to me and not put together well.

I also read an online partial of the book Midnight Sun. It is Twilight but written from Edward Cullen's point of view. Honestly it was my favorite. I wish she had finished it and put it out to print.

#37- Try a new recipe evvery month

I hardly ever cook. I am not very good at and over the past year have gotten the hang of the basics. You know, taco's, soup in the crockpot, spaghetti, and BLT's.  The other night I decided to make Beef Stroganoff. My husband loves it and the only form of it I had ever tried was from a box by Hamburger Helper. It actually came out really good. The recipe was 

1.5 pounds ground beef or stew meat

medium onion (sliced)

1 pound of egg noodles

can of beef broth

salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste 

can of cream of mushroom soup

1 cup of sour cream 

mushrooms (medium can or package of fresh button mushrooms)

You cook off the meat then set aside. In the pan used to cook the meat you add the onions and mushrooms until soft then add the soup and broth and cook with the meat for 30 minutes. Towards the last 5 minutes you mix in the sour cream. Serve over egg noodles.

All in all a great, fairly easy new recipe that will defiantly be made again. 

#50. Participate in the 365 Day Photo Challenge.

I started this on January 9th. This is one of the things on the list that I am the most excited about right now. I love taking pictures and hopefully with taking one every day I can learn a few tips and tricks to make my everyday pictures a little bit better. Here is a link explaining the 365 day photo challenge. While there is a specific site to blog and share your pictures I figured this blog is more then enough for me to keep up with so all pictures will be added here. 

 My little guy, asleep on the couch.