Have you noticed that as your strolling merrily down the path that is your life, you occasionally stumble across one of those little lines in the sidewalk that reminds you that you're older than you used to be?  One of those little lines for me was the oft-repeated "If I was XX years younger, I would..."  That statement made me feel a little wrinkly every time I said it, so I just quit saying it.  I do not need to be reminded - especially by me - that I'm too old to shop at Hot Topic, date Robert Pattinson or pull my shirt up in a Girls Gone Wild video.

Sunday, I was chatting with a friend in Target who was holding a couple of the Twilight series books.  I said that I hadn't read them and didn't intend to but I liked the movie.  She replied that she was reading the books because she watched the movie and oh-my-god wasn't that Edward Cullen (the aforementioned Robert Pattinson for those who have been living in a cave far from any hint of civilization for the last few years) gorgeous.  I heartily agreed that he was indeed and then said:

"I want to watch Aliens in the Attic! Carter Jenkins is in it and he is so sweet.   I would love to be his mom!"

What???