Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The Mason List by S.D. Hendrickson

Have you ever had a book keep you up at night? Well, I have... many books actually. But this one not only kept me up at night but also the handsome dude that sleeps next to me, because every few pages ugly sobs would break from my chest, the ones I could no longer hold back then I'd get an elbowing to my side. Yes, this book was sob worthy. 

This book left me emotionally drained, I mourned it for weeks, I couldn't get myself to start any new ones because none could hold a candle to this amazing, life changing story. This book was deep, powerful and held a beautiful message. S.D Hendrickson is nothing short of what I like to call magically gifted. You get so wrapped up in the story, you actually believe you're friends with the characters and you've known them your whole life. 
-Can I tell you a secret? I like to pretend that the characters I read about in books are actually out there living their lives somewhere and their story goes beyond the pages... Is that weird? Oh well, it helps me sleep at night.  



Synopsis from Goodreads:

Today, 8:15 p.m. 
I hurt. I hurt so deeply, I felt the pain searing in my bones and jabbing like a hot poker into my heart. I knew nothing would make it better as the memories pulled from the crevices of my mind, detailing the bad and the ugly, filling my thoughts with regret as I slipped into the darkness. . . 

When I was eight, my mother was dying of cancer, my father lost his job, and the bank kicked us out of our house. I was forced to move to the strange town of Arlis, Texas where my father and I slept in our car in the hospital parking lot. Desperate and hopeless, we lived on fumes of our former life. 

Then one night, everything changed forever. A knock on the car window brought a family into my life that I only wanted to shut out. I hated charity and I hated the Masons. Well, except one. He made it impossible to hate him. 

Jess Mason had the biggest blue eyes and ornery smile of any boy I had ever seen. He was a ray of sunshine in my dark world. A boy full of adventure, dragging me across the meadow of Sprayberry Ranch; a beautiful Texas paradise full of horses and tree houses that got us into more trouble than anyone ever imagined. 

Jess was my everything as a kid until we grew up and the rules changed. Instead of living happily ever after with a boy full of love. . . I destroyed it.
Alex Tanner 

AMAZING! 

Oh and did I mention, that I have a signed copy??? S.D made my life by sending me this baby!!!




Hope I made you want to take a trip to Barnes and Noble and grab a copy. 



Love, 
Camylla

Thursday, June 4, 2015

5 Weeks

That's right, I'm PREGO! 5 weeks pregnant to be more exact (it says 4 weeks in the picture but I found out the next day that I was actually 5 weeks) and if I told you I'm scared i'd be lying, I'm freakin terrified! This was not planned. The plan was to travel Europe, finish school then in 2 to 3 years start thinking of having a baby. But since when do things always go according to plan? whats the fun in that anyways? So here I am... 5 weeks pregnant and completely lost. Well, not completely, I have so many amazing family and friends that are more than willing to share their wisdom with me.

So this is how it happened... Not the actual baby making part, ya nasty, how it went down when I found out I was pregnant.

First it was the very basic missing of the period, I was four days late. My monthly gift is usually on time but every once in a while it decides to scare me a little, so this month I didn't think much of it but I did have an extra pregnancy test in my bathroom so I though "why not?" this was late at night and I drank tons of water before peeing on that little stick. I put it down behind me on the toilet and went on to get updated on my instagram feed, after a few minutes I had already forgotten about the stick behind me so when I turn around and see a '+' sign I almost drop my phone in the toilet (literally). My heart starts beating wild on my chest and my hand is shaking so hard I almost drop my phone and the stick in the toilet. I start to talk myself out of it, I told myself "there's no possible way i'm pregnant, the little line that makes the '+' is so light i'm probably imagining things, and it's a target brand so this thing probably doesn't even work." But that night I barely closed my eyes for longer than two seconds. So the next day I woke up extra early and passed by a pharmacy on my way to work and bought the good stuff (clear blue). I ran to the bathroom at my job and with my hands still shaky from the night before I peed on the freakin stick again. As I waited for the results I convinced myself that there was no way I could be pregnant, a whole movie of my *cough *cough sexual life crosses through my mind and I know I was responsible. But when I turn around, I see a beautiful, sweet and oh, so intimidating name appear on that God forsaken stick "pregnant" and all I could think was. "damn condoms, you cant trust anything nowadays." Oh, and the very typical What now???

    Never did I think i'd be posting a picture of my belly, pregnancy is already changing me ;)







Love,
Camylla

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Welcome!

Hi everyone, and welcome to my little corner in the cyber world!
This isn't my first rodeo, but i'ts been a while so i'm a little rusty. I'm just happy to be blogging again, I've always loved it, but sometimes life gets in the way and blogging loses to school, work and wifely duties (you know, all the fun stuff). Here i'll share recipes, book reviews, DIY's, makeup up tips, latest fashion trends, and since I just found out i'm PREGNANT! i'll bring you along on my journey to motherhood, I guess my pregohood (is that a thing?). Come by every once in a while and see whats new.







Love, 
Camylla 


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