Happy Birthday to the Geek!

Actually, his birthday ended about 14 minutes ago... but I wanted to get a post out to celebrate anyway! Hopefully the kids and I helped to make his day special!? He's a great husband and father and deserves only the best!

Little Golden Books...

I wish I would have been able to grab my camera in time to get a picture today of DS sitting in his Pottery Barn chair "reading" one of the Little Golden Books that his aunt/uncle/cousin got for him last year.

I LOVED Little Golden Books growing up. Well, I loved most books, but I remember the Golden Books rather fondly. I spent much of tonight searching Ebay for titles I could remember. My mom would probably remember better than I, but I think my favorite was, "We Like Kindergarten". As soon as I saw the cover, I almost felt myself tear up. I see that the copyright was 1977... seems about right. I must have gotten it new when I was very young.



We only have a few of the Little Golden Books, but I predict I will be searching for them at thrift stores and garage sales this summer. I would LOVE to replace all the "Dora" and "Diego" books that we have with something less commercial. In fact, the kids haven't really been looking at the "Dora/Diego" books that much lately.
Just goes to show you... sometimes newer isn't better.

Sad, Sad News

DS woke me up rather early this morning, so I've been passing some of the time watching a retrospective on MTV of Michael Jackson. I remember the "Thriller" video being one of the first videos I ever saw as a child (back in 1983- wow!). Even now, I think it's a great video. And I choose to remember him for what he was then not what he became later in life.

Free!

One of the best things about having a Kindle... free books. Once I finished "Harry Potter" I was all ready to purchase a bunch of books I had on my wish list. Then I found at least 10 free books for download. I don't know how good they are... most of them look like Harlequin smut to me. But they're free... and should keep me busy reading for another week or so!

Not Really Surprised...

I have to admit I watch "Jon and Kate Plus 8" rather religiously. Admittedly, this season has almost been painful to watch. I feel like I've been observing some sort of marriage counseling session... and not a successful session at that. And because I buy nearly every tabloid with Robert Pattinson on the cover... I find myself buying nearly every tabloid with Jon and Kate on the cover.
So, the announcement last night that they were divorcing did not come as a surprise to me. But I am still sad for them... especially the children. They keep claiming the kids don't know what's going on, but do they watch any television? Do they go to the grocery store? Those kids aren't stupid... they know what's going on.
Unfortunately, it has been brought to my attention that the geek and I have a relationship very similar to the Gosselin's. The geek has said more than once during arguments "Okay, Kate..." or "When are you going to pull the stick out, Kate?" (Do you remember that episode? Talk about uncomfortable). If nothing else, this has made me TRY to be a better wife. Not that it's that easy, but I'm trying.

Less Than a Month...

Less than a month until my "Twilight" convention.
Isn't the new blog design fun? I've got a few different ones to try out... leading up until that weekend!

Finally...

Well, I stayed up until 2am this morning to do it, but I finally finished the "Harry Potter" series. It was excellent. I told the geek that if I wasn't completely obsessed with "Twilight" I would probably be obsessed with "Harry" instead.
One obsession at a time...