The Sunday Salon: December 21, 2008

It’s been an interesting Sunday. We headed out to the cemetery to visit those loved ones that are no longer with us and my husband and I ended up getting into a spat, right there at the grave site. The spat was over the dead plant he picked out at the Home Depot (of all places). Enough said.

After the spat, we ended up at Vroman’s, one of my favorite bookstores. I picked up a copy of Loving Frank for myself. I could have spent all day there but I managed to pry myself away after about an hour of wandering around.

Now that I am home, I am feeling a tad under the weather. Just a tad. I am going to pop some vitamin c because it would be my luck to get sick right at the beginning of my two weeks off. While sitting in bed for a bit, I did manage to write my review of The Rest of Her Life which will post here tomorrow.

Tonight is the arrival of the Holiday Toy Express. It’s a train that is decorated for the holidays. It stops at a local station and puts on a twenty minute show. Each year, we take some friends that have Down Syndrome to look at Christmas lights, but this year we are checking out the train instead. We have been doing this since my son was born so that’s a good ten years. We’re hoping that Adam and Debbie enjoy it too as well as our friend Yvonne.

Well, off to tidy up the house a bit. All I did was sit in bed for an hour or so and when I came downstairs, it looked as if a hurricane hit it.

Review: Paper Purses by Klutz

This is not a true review in that this book does not have a storyline but I just hit my favorite indie bookstore and picked up Paper Purses by Klutz. I went in there to buy Loving Frank and my daughter had to have this book so she used some of her Christmas money to buy it.

I have to tell you, she has been downstairs playing with this for well over an hour now. Think “paper dolls” but with purses. The book has four purses that you can punch out and decorate (goodies included). In addition to the four purses, there are “accessories” such as punch-out lip balm, cell phone, credit cards, etc. At first I wasn’t thrilled with her selection because ripping pages out of a book just doesn’t sit well with me, even if that is what you are supposed to do with it, but after playing with it for awhile, I see the draw.

This would be a neat gift for any little girl that loves arts and crafts, fashion or just make-believe in general. At $14.95 it is a tad pricey but seeing how she loves it so, I feel it is well worth the money. There are some small parts (glitter, sequins, etc) so kids four years-old and up would enjoy this.

Chatting with friends about books and life…