So, I have a confession to make.

As you may have noticed, I have been a little absent from The RollerBlog lately.  I’ve been a bit… busy… with something else.  Actually busy is not entirely accurate - obsessed would be closer but still somewhat of an understatement. (It’s true.  Just ask my amazingly patient husband RollerReggie).

And what is my obsession, you ask?  Well, it’s a little embarrassing, but I am obsessed with… the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.  Not to mention its three sequels New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, AND the fact that the movie version of Twilight is coming out November 21.

In the past two weeks I have read the entire series two times.  These are not short books, either - the shortest one is just shy of 500 pages and the longest one is over 750 pages long.  And, believe it or not, I am re-reading the books again.  (There is also a partial manuscript of a companion book to the series called Midnight Sun that was leaked onto the Internet.  I just read that one last night - I can’t wait until this one comes out in print!)

Why am I embarrassed to be obsessed with the Twilight series?  Well, because the books are technically for Young Adults.  Twilight is a romance between a girl and a vampire, and is filled with lots of fainting, sighing, blushing, and tortured declarations of love by two star-crossed high school students.  There are portions of the book where Bella (the main character) goes on and on about her obsession for Edward (her vampire love) - his alabaster skin, his marble features, his god-like beauty, his sweet breath, his tousled bronze hair, his pale slender fingers, his smoldering eyes… you get the picture.  (Insert eye-roll here).

Even as I roll my eyes, though, I can’t seem to put these books down.  THESE BOOKS ARE THE WORST CRACK EVER!  Seriously.  I have always been an avid reader but I have never been obsessed by a book like this before.  Thankfully my two younger sisters (one is still in high school and the other is in her early twenties) have both also read the books and have humored my multiple text messages and breathless phone calls to them as I gush about my new fictional friends.  And, thankfully, I have discovered a support group of sorts called Twilight Moms - a group made up of women who are in their thirties, mothers for the most part, and are equally obsessed with the Twilight Series.  Its a relief to know that I am not the only thirty-something mom out there with an unhealthy obsession for these Young Adult books.

So there you have it.

I shall now make an attempt to appease my seventies and eighties fans by leaving you with a family photo from 1989:

RollerKaty, Bethany, and Jonathan in 1989

For today’s Wordless Wednesday post, Heather Weaver from Geek Mom Mashup has provided a picture from her youth - from the year 1989 to be exact.

Is it just me or does Heather look a little like Molly Ringwald from her Brat Pack days?

Its a shame that Heather did not submit this picture during The RollerBlog Eighties Photo Contest as this picture would have definitely been a top contender!

If you want to share your seventies (or eighties) pictures with the world feel free to send them my way and I’ll add ‘em to the collection

Thanks to Heather for sharing this great photo.

Having trouble trying to decide what fabulous eighties photos to submit to the RollerBlog Eighties Photo Contest ?

Time for a little 1980s musical inspiration.