Of Bookstores and DD's

Blog Challenge Day 6? Maybe....

This Blog Challenge went to hell on an express train. After some consideration it has become abundantly clear that I don’t do things worth blogging about… at the moment. I was going to review a book then I was like but what book? Then I got distracted with writing. I wrote five stellar pages. Then I decided I was tired and went to bed with my puppies.

But tonight I vowed to write something and not totally give up. I’m home alone right now. I get to play designated driver tonight with my parents and brother. Should be fun. Two bars, three people, should be easily managed.

In the mean time I shall bore you with activities of today. I went to a bookstore. I’ve got a birthday party for a 6 year old to go to in like 2 weeks. He’s my brother’s girlfriend’s son and he’s just the cutest thing ever. So I was thinking what to get a little kid. I can’t toy shop for my life for a little boy. I was going to get a star named after him, then surprise surprise you don’t actually name a star you just pay for the fancy paper certificate. Boooo. I settled on a book a month for a whole year.

I could have done it through a website, but 1 that was expensive and 2 the book choices were sucky. So while my mum and I were out today I made us stop Barns and Nobles. I spent about 2 hours in the kids section looking for books. I had to google the authors of a few of my childhood favourites like Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and the Miss. Nelson stories. Then I read through new ones I’d found that looked cool and I wanted to make sure they weren’t shitty or too tough for a kid to understand and/or read. Over all it was 2 hours well spent.

I’m off to the post office tomorrow to grab envelopes. Then I’ll write something cool in the books and warp them up all cool like. Set a reminder in my phone and put the books in a half inconvenient place (like the side table in the dining room) so I don’t lose them or forget about them. After all I’ve got to remember them for a whole year.

Well picking up the parents has thrown off my mojo so it’s good-bye for the night!

Cheers,