Noel

Christmas was great this year, filled with a lot of family, a lot of friends, and a lot of food! Here is a picture off our crooked little fir tree. And I wanted to give yáll a glimpse of a couple of my favorite ornaments: the christmas turtle and the infamous leg lamp!

I received a ton of books for Christmas, which I was totally stoked about! I told my students that most of what I got was books and that just further confirmed that I am the biggest nerd to ever live. Some notable ones were receiving the collector's edition of Beedle the Bard (a Harry Potter Book), a French copy of Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, and a passed down stack of my mom's favorite mysteries that she knew I would love! I also got Dewie the Library Cat which is an awesome novel about a cat who lived in a library and inspired hundreds to read!!!

throw in the truck while you're at it

Okay, so my family never owned trucks, it seems like something I would never be apart of. Not that I'm against trucks, in fact we have probably borrowed YOUR truck a time or two. However, this is something I may need some adjusting to.

Since Matt is already buying Keith's biz...he really needed a truck to complete the outfit. And so far, so good....I'm actually enjoying riding around in it....driving it on the other hand is a different story! The truck is a good 4 of my Scions and therefore I feel like some dragon on the road among mice. And parking it is something I will never master.

Here is Matt enjoying his new toy... I mean work expense.

shark attack

Fortunately for me, there are brief moments of humor while working in a bookstore. This greatly helps pass the time while shelving books and begging people to join the membership club. Last night was one of those nights.

I was working at the Info desk, as I often do, and we were pretty busy. Actually I was on the phone checking to see that we had a particular book in stock, when a 5 year old girl marched right up to the counter (that she could not see over) and tried to hold an open book into my face. I politely asked the woman on the phone to hold, knowing this should be good. Because when children come to the info desk, it usually is.

The girl was holding a small chapter book for boys about sharks and she loudly declared,

"Do you see what you keep in the children's department!!!???!!!"

While indicating an illustration of a shark biting a scuba diver. I seriously doubt I can give justice to the appaling nature of her voice, but I tried to keep a straight face as I described to her that even though she might find such an image disturbing, some people, {especially boys-yuck} actually enjoyed reading about shark attacks, and that's why we kept it here in the store. I apoligized if the picture frightened her, but showed her an area of the store where she could find something that was more to her liking and interests.

Here is the book that disturbed her so.