One of my last long talks with Puffy included a conversation about a book I'd enjoyed as a child--Tornado! by Hilary Milton. I read it multiple times between 3rd and 5th grades, and probably would have kept reading it if not for my 5th grade homeroom teacher, who when she found out that I'd read it before made me go pick something else on one of ( Read more... )

Dad and I went shopping yesterday so that mom and I could head downtown today. It was library book sale day--it's held once a month--plus the farmers' market was going on. We also hadn't gone to the Boardwalk Shops during Windmill Fest and I wanted to see what was there. Mom was unaware that they change every year, so she agreed to go ( Read more... )

Back in my bookstore days, it wasn't uncommon for family members to request books. When my cousin wrote her book while she was in high school--which, oddly enough, I was thinking about this morning--my grandfather asked me to order him some copies. I ordered four total, one for me, one for him, and two for him to send to his brother's daughters. I ( Read more... )

We were back from our break this week, just in time for another wave of heat and humidity. This is my week to stock up on camp stuff--and make sure to get my parents a card for their upcoming anniversary (it's a milestone one!)--so on Wednesday I found myself at Target after work. First odd thing: Two Target workers standing outside talking to ( Read more... )

It's been a long day--not bad, just long--so it wasn't a surprise when this happened ( Read more... )

My Latin teacher would be very disappointed in me ( Read more... )

I can't believe I've spent much of the day watching HP.
I'm still watching it now.

(Note: Aside from the title and this paragraph, this entry has nothing to do with HP. I just wanted to commemorate the day. Once a book geek, always a book geek ( Read more... )

Scorching heat + cool mall + Bargain B4G5 = 159% to plan ( Read more... )

It figures that I would remember this *after* writing about today ( Read more... )