Sunday Salon : Celebrations and Books!

This weekend was a Very Important weekend, as it was the celebrations of two things. So, if you want to skip the personal stuff and go straight to the bookish things, scroll down! 🙂

The first celebration was The Man of the House and I’s “anniversary”, on Saturday! We’ve been together for 6 years (and engaged for about 4 of that!) We had a nice supper at our favorite Mexican restaurant and I bought books. Which is totally irrelevant to the celebration, but you know, there was a bookstore on our way, and what do you want me to do, ignore it? Yeah, right! 😛

And today is my Grand-Mother’s birthday! Happy birthday Grandma! Today, she is… 100 years old! That’s right! She’s a Century old and she’s AWESOME!

Why my Grand-Mother is awesome :

• She’s lived a 100 years (!!!!)
• She still has a great memory and a great sense of humor.
• Her favorite birthday present is balloons!
• She likes to read mysteries with serial killers.
• She always keeps a chocolate box for her guests
• She had 12 kids! 12! My mother is the second youngest and the youngest of the girls. Which makes me the baby of all my cousins. Which also means that :
• My Grand-Mother could build her own army : some of my cousins are grand-parents themselves (!!!), which means we have 5 generations in my family. It’s like bunnies!
• When I was a teen I tried to shock her (God knows why) by saying I would dye my hair neon blue, and all she answered was : “Oh, that would be SO pretty with your blue eyes!”
• She’s a though cookie. About 4 times a year they drive her to the hospital in ambulance and the doctors tell us “not to get our hopes up” and that “there’s little chance she’ll be with us more than a few days”. 10 years later, she’s still there.
• She was married for love. When my grand-father passed away, 20 years ago, she said, crying : “It’s worst than divorce, because neither of us wanted it!” He was her one true love. *sigh*
• She just is! She’s always been there for us and I love her!

I can’t imagine living a hundread years old. When I think of all the things she’s seen, it makes me dizzy :

• She has seen wars, among other WWI and WW2 (although she was quite young for the first…)
• Television appeared.
• Then computers.
• Telephones, too.
• And then, cell phones.
• Think of all the presidents! And Canadian Prime Ministers!
• The Beatles!
• She has seen Michael Jackson’s birth and death. It seems silly, right? But calculate : she was 48 when he was born!

In the family, we have theories that she might be a zombie (but she smells good) or a vampire (but she can go under the sun… without sparkling!). She has a theory of her own : “I think God just forgot to pick me up!” 100 and still funny : did I say she was my Super Hero?

And now, on to the Bookish things!

Books I read this week :

• Vampire Diaries, omnibus edition tome 2, The Fury and Dark Reunion, by L.J. Smith
• Twenties Girl, by Sophie Kinsella
• Before I Die, by Jenny Downham

Reviewed this week :

• Someone Like You, by Sarah Dessen
• The Demon’s Lexicon, by Sara Rees Brennan
• Before I Die, by Jenny Downham

Also, if you haven’t already, click here to help me pick up my 50th review!! It will be posted at the beginning of this week!

Question of the Day : Is making lists a hobby? The OCD in me enjoys this way too much!

Today I’ll be reading The Ghost Writer by John Harwood. I borrowed this book from the library over two months ago and couldn’t get into it before now. It’s really slow but well written with a certain air of mystery. I’ll also be reading the tons of blog posts that are invading my Google Reader.