The ABCs of Brass

Anticipation, Begging, Crying



Deliberately Edgy, Fidgety



GO



Hyper, Irritated, Jumpy, Keen



Leave, Mom, NOW



Oh, Please, Quit, Reading



Squirmy, Tail Undulating, Valium



WORK

Night Terrors aka Sleeping with a Six Year Old

Ok so here is a picture of me and my niece.



I love this kid to pieces and for some odd reason she is crazy about me. From here on out I will lovingly refer to her as Little Sassy, Sassafras or maybe just Sassy. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE this kid, but she is a terror to sleep with! Whenever she visits my house, or I visit her house or we go on family vacation, we end up in the same bed. I am not at all complaining, it just works better this way, but I have never slept with anyone that is so rolly polly. I often get a hand or foot in the face, feet under my side, or quite often a head on my ribs. So this last week, I decided to document Little Sassy every night before I slipped into bed with my full football gear on.



Just to let you know, her pillow is the polka dot one . . . and that is also her side of the bed . . . hum





How can six year old Sassafras need more bed space then me?







And you know what’s funny? By the end of the week I would wake up and wonder why she was not next to me . . . and when she went home, the bed felt very empty. Can’t wait for your next visit Little Sassy!

Problem Solved

Have you ever had something so small but so irritating that it just ruins your day? I have one of those things and I just recently found a great fix for it. My little toes tend to overlap and rub very bad blisters. Just ask Susan about the first time I was in Denmark and how one night we sat and burst blisters that completely covered my whole baby toe. Not nice. It also just makes walking a lot very difficult and no fun. So after many different pseudo fixes I finally caved and ordered some toe socks. I always just thought they were silly little things, but after I talked to the owner of toe-socks.net he convinced me to try them out. He assured me that I would fall in love and have no further problems. Well having tried many other ‘fixes’ to this problem I was very skeptical. So off to Italy I go with my toe socks on uhhh foot – to try out this little theory. Well let me tell you something . . . I walked all over Europe and the only day I even got a hint of a blister I had not worn my toe socks. I am a total toe sock convert and wear them almost every day now. They are fantastic and I do not even notice that I have on toe socks. So I decided to document myself on this trip in my toe socks. So enjoy! And let me know if you have any questions. Also check out the link at the bottom of the post to buy your own!
Malta toe socks


Naples toe socks


Roman toe socks

Lucca toe socks

French toe socks

Danish toe socks

click here for toe socks

Reading Wednesday

Hi all, I thought it would be fun to share with you all about what I have been reading this year. I found my love of reading in high school and have had my nose in a book ever since. It was harder to read what I wanted while I was in school, but it is much easier now. One author that got me interested in reading was Bill Watterson. Almost daily I would get lost in the adventures of Calvin & Hobbes. Often, I will still grab one of my many comic books to read, so I was thrilled to find out that in November of 09 a biography was published about Bill.

Poor Bill seems like a very bitter man, and I was disappointed about that. As a large fan of the comic I recommend this book to anyone that read Calvin & Hobbes.

Another favorite author is James Patterson. I feel like I have grown out of many of his books, but I was interested in this one.

My dad has always been a nut about Egyptology and this was a very intriguing book.

My next read of the year was The Clan of the Cave Bear. Susan recommended this book because she was reading it and it had been her grandfather’s favorite as a child. This book explores the possibility of the dawn of modern humans and their interaction with cave dwellers. Very interesting and the day I finished, I went out and bought the second in the series.


A nice quick read for me was The Lightening Thief. I really love the story and just think its pretty much genius. We studied the gods and goddesses for years in Latin and it was so fun to explore them again in this way. It has also been made into a movie, in theaters now, and that intrigued me. I have not seen it yet, but I hope to soon!

And my second biography of the year, I have started Going Rogue. I like Sarah Palin and have enjoyed it so far.


So what are you reading? Have you read any of these books? What did you think?

Flashback Friday

Far Away Family is getting to move back to Texas!! So in honor of them and their sweet time out in NC, I dedicate this post to them!































love you guys and cannot wait for you to be back home!