Smokin" Seventeen

Once again I am deep into another Stephanie Plum who-done-it.  Janet Evanovich has written 18 number books of which I have read 14 with an assorted Stephanie Plum holiday books scattered between.  This evening my two eldest grandchildren are coming over to spend a fun filled evening with Grandma creating a Gnome Garden and seeking any other mischief we can get ourselves into and here I am fantasizing with Steph rather than preparing for the evening.  My house can be falling down around me and disaster around every corner but if I have a good book to read I am oblivious to the danger I am personally in.

Stephanie now has three hunks hot after her cute little bod and is finding herself contemplating on her life here and now while fearlessly chasing the bad guys in Trenton NJ.  Each hunky hunk has something special to give her (besides what is throbbing in their pants) and she has to choose only one.  After all, she is a good Catholic girl even though she hasn't been to church in some time.

No wonder Evanovich's books are # 1 New York Times Bestsellers over and over again.  This is what every red blooded American woman wants from the age of 12 to 80.  We no longer want to be just the good little woman who keeps the house neat and clean for her hard working husband and raising a bunch of snot nosed kids who are never satisfied with all the sacrificing their mother does for them.

There are some of us who still try deceiving ourselves into believing they are happy with their lot in life but in times of complete truthfulness even those perfect housewives with their devoted husbands will quietly admit how lost a body can feel day in and day out cleaning, cooking, running errands, doctoring, etc. and getting so little in return.

All I'm saying here is "Stephanie, be careful with what you wish for."  To get just half of the adrenaline flowing excitement you get as a bounty hunter the average woman has to make more personal sacrifices than we would like to admit.

But look who's talking here; a 61 year old grandmother whose little granddaughter brags that she can look like her grandmother by sitting in the bathtub for a long time so that her skin looks like a prune.  What can I expect?  Still even this old woman can dream, can't she?