This week's episode of Vampire Diaries held a twist that I did not see coming! 

Caroline, who everyone assumes is the typical blonde bombshell is repeatedly underestimated, but she's the one who works out why Elena has altered so dramatically since she became a vampire.  It's all to do with the sire bond and once it was explained, even I was thinking, "Why didn't I consider that before?"

The result of the sire bond is that Elena now listens when Damon speaks, where before she was all about Ste...
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It has been such a busy month for me.  Becoming a grandparent was probably my scariest moment and in spite of my best efforts my daughter refused to call her daughter Wednesday.  :(  Well, she was born on Halloween, so I thought it was appropriate!

For all the fear and worry, though, sometimes I wish that life had a pause button so I could appreciate those incredible moments for a few seconds or minutes longer.  I know that Adam Sandler didn't really use the remote control to his advantage in ...
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One of the television programs I'm avidly watching presently is The Secret Circle.  This particular series is written by L.J. Smith (same author of Vampire Diaries) and I am hooked! 

As a brief synopsis, a teenage girl (Cassie Blake) gets a flat tyre as she's returning home.  She calls her mother to let her know what's happening and the phone goes dead.  Outside a mysterious man causes Cassie's mother to die in a fire and Cassie goes to live with her grandmother, sparking a whole series of ev...
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