Ch. 42: It's Me

This is pivotal. PIVOTAL. At least I think so, anyway.

Get in here and let's discuss. If you've read the update already.

If you haven't, yet, just know... SPOILERS ARE INEVITABLE.

How much we are loving the cards and surprise goodies that we've been getting in the mail. We had fun sending them too. The Midget had lots of fun signing them.

A big en masse thanks and Whatever You Do/Don't Celebrate!

My rec:

Pinky Swear
Bella always knew she loved her best friend, but it isn't until she finds out he's engaged that she remembers just how much. How far will she go to make him see he's marrying the wrong woman? A story about finding your heart and losing your head. AH E/B Twilight - Rated: M - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 123,332 - Reviews: 4681 - Updated: 12-6-11 - Published: 6-10-11 - Bella & Edward

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7068944/1/Pinky_Swear

Merry Christmas to everyone of you guys. I love you all and I wish you all the best for this season.

*hugs*

Dennisse

So, I am always the last one on the bandwagon.  I resist change like nobody's business.  But today I was cruising around on Pinterest (I think I'm the last person on that wagon too), and I ran across this cute hairstyle blog.  And I got inspired to cut some side swept bangs.  I've thought about it off and on for years.  I always chicken out because bangs always sound alluring and then I inevitably end up hating them.  But I really had the itch.  Maybe I just need to get out more, idk.  So I watched a couple youtube videos on how to do it - because I hate going to the salon - and I did it.  And I can't lie, I totally love it!  See inside for the after pic, I didn't do a before, *shrug*.

Anyway, come on inside and share your do-it-yourself/at home triumphs and failures!  Share pictures, tips, strategies, whatever for what you've found to work!  This could be a hairstyle, a recipe for sugar wax, a plan for how to build an outdoor oven, or whatever you've done and wound up loving - or hating, as the case may be.  

And fyt, who hasn't experienced the home perm disaster?

Two Campfires in a row but I wanted to let my fellow Hunger Games fans know there is a beautiful song by Taylor  Swift and Civil Wars called Safe and Sound. Those who have read the books know this is what Katniss sang to Rue when she died. It's a beautiful song which I found on itunes.

As a rec I'd have to go with one of my fav writers, BadJuJuBe's Persephone, a funny 4 chapter read that is overshadow by her more popular The Red Eye. Sorry, I'm terrible at these copy/paste/etc.

 Persephone » reviews
Evil vampire overlords deserve love too, right? A chthonic love story in four parts. Originally part of FADV Spring 2011.

I was just reading the news and it seems Christchurch, New Zealand has been hit with a series of earthquakes almost as big as the one that occured earlier this year. I know that we have some readers in New Zealand and hope that you and your families are okay. Obviously getting on the internet is not a top priority but if you do just wanted to let you know we are thinking of you.

This is venite fedeli, i.e. Adeste Fideles in Italian, dedicated to LJ Summers and her lovely little story "Adeste Fideles" just posted on ff net. Ooops, here on ADF too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhrDIH6wwvk&feature=related

(I still can't post videos - I tried but there is something I do wrong)

Summary: A Christmas story written as a thank you to my readers. Mary Alice Brandon awakens alone as a vampire. She is first taught by two nomads before her visions teach her a way of life she would much prefer. Can she find the golden-eyed vampires on her own?

okay, for some of us- it's officially the last minute.

i wrapped the last gift last night. i felt so accomplished. it took me:

-16 hours of my time spread out over about 5 days (i'm rather serious about the trimmings and the trappings)

-8 rolls of paper

-9 rolls of ribbon

-12 tabs of tape (i use one of those hand-held tape dispenser things. mock all you want, if you get one, you will never be the same again)

-15 old episodes of bones

did my food shopping yesterday, forgot something, have to go back to costco today D: D: D:

but other than that, i am done. i think i'll refill the cookie coffers today.

and we're making gingerbread houses (from kits, i don't bake gingerbread because i can't stand it) today.

so, what're you up to until sunday?

enjoy my partial playlist fyt:

Which are your favorite fics AND WHY

Links and summaries please.

You can choose one AH and one AU because I can't print out that many before going on vacation.

Any excuse to post shirtless Robward and hopefully influence you so as to rec HEA FYT

Happy Christmas, everybody! My greeting card is dedicated to Adso, the dark hero of The Pilgrimage

The present we got is below

And Raum - who did the above card for me - has completed De Immortalitate. The epilogue is surprising indeed. Inside you can see the images for this last chapter, while the blinkie is here.

Does anybody know what happened to High Noon? It was one of the few fics I was reading (I do occasionally read fic) and I dearly miss it.

Somebody please tell me what happened?!? Did the plot bunnies decide to move away?

Breaking News updated, and I think I peed a little.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AWESOME CONCLUSION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AWESOME EDWARD (in my honest opinion, one of the best Edwards in all of Twilight fanfic and certainly my favorite Edward, that foxy NewsFox).

If you haven't started this story, what in baby Jesus's name are you waiting for?!

Breaking News

Two network news anchors. One desk. In a race to get the story, love might become the headline - if they don't kill each other first. AU/AH Canon Couples, smart people, particle physics, and tap dancing.

Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 25 - Words: 177,154 - Reviews: 6038 - Updated: 12-22-11 - Published: 10-5-09 - Edward & Bella

also probably spoilers

We've played this game before - tell us 3 facts or stories about yourself, 2 true, 1 a lie.

To make this festive, make at least one of the stories or facts Xmas/festival-related.

Spot somebody's lie or come in and tell some fibs yourself.

A request by iheartrpattz made me try to remember a fic, too, and now I need your help:

Bella's parents are killed by James while Bella and her nephew escape and end up at Alice's. Vicky is Renee's sister and the mother of the boy. She's a druggie.

Edward is a police officer and he takes Bella and the boy into hiding. Emmett is his partner, I think? Rose finds them and helps them too.

I can't even remember if it was completed...

Please help?

EDITED TO ADD: TWINB gave me the name!!! THANK YOU!!!

I think the story you are looking for is Pretend He is Not There by SunKing, who no longer writes FF. I don't believe the story was ever completed, but I would have liked to know how it ended.

For your Christmas reading pleasure, two recs:

For the Love of Leah by Leelan Oleander

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7654942/1/For_the_Love_of_Leah

A Christmas story about believing in miracles, hoping for the best and a little Christmas magic. Be warned, you will need tissues.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13,347 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 12-20-11 - Bella & Edward - Complete

and

The Little Drummer Boy by SydneyAlice
 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7658541/1/The_Little_Drummer_Boy

On a snowy Christmas Eve, millionaire Edward Cullen finds the perfect gift for his wife in the most unlikely of places. AH.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,252 - Reviews: 237 - Published: 12-21-11 - Edward & Bella - Complete

Bella is taking care of her sister  Alice and Jasper's son who calls  her 'lala'.. Alice is in rehab or somthing. Jasper is drug dealer I think.  Edward comes then after. He's very sweet in this one. I cant remeber more than this. Help? :)

My recommendation:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7465550/1/Love_Comes_After_Wedding

Edward Cullen is in for a Marriage of Convenience with his best friend's Tomboyish sister- Isabella Swan.

Tradition......(Sung in my best Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof)

As- as the holidays approach at the speed of sound, tell me about your favorite traditions from childhood. It can be anything related to whatever you celebrate (i.e. Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Druid Pagan etc...etc...)

For me, other than baking the brownies to leave out for Santa, my favorite Christmas tradition was the Angel Chimes.

When the candles are lit, the heat forces the middle piece to turn and the Angels hit the bells making a chime. My mom found them for me when I moved out of the house.

Even though DH and I don't really celebrate the holidays the way everyone else does (no tree, no religion at all) the chimes still come out.

Share away and maybe we'll all pick up a new tradition or two-

J

Doesn't need much fanfare. Let the screen licking commence...

Chapter 3 Impossible of The Archer is up here on ADF. Here the fustration of Alexios and Kallia reaches new highs ....

(the blinkie is inside for modesty reasons - don't miss it)

Rec.

One of the stories I am reading now is Before the Bloodlust Begins by Kalinka62

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7504908/1/Before_The_Bloodlust_Begins

Summary: Edward Masen and Isabella Swan meet and fall in love in the Autumn of
1918. Before the Influenza strikes...before he meets a mysterious doctor and
most especially, before the bloodlust begins... Can their love survive?
 

I don't even know what to think?!!  The finale wasn't at all what I expected.

Your thoughts?

Spoilers are inevitable!

Think Nor Want

Loving it (and googling 'amaranth')