I know that I have mentioned this before, but Hannah has a very strange attraction to Pez Dispensers. She now refers to them as Pez Holders instead of "Cup Holders." So that's a step in the right direction. About once a week we take a package of Pez candy and put one piece in each dispenser. Fun for hours!
We have a few missing in action. Santa Claus, Snow White and The Joker (2nd runner up for Creepiest Pez) are nowhere to be found.
Here it is! The winner for Creepiest Pez ever. It's a nurse in case you can't see the little white cap. A very manly looking woman nurse Pez. Why?
She still sleeps with her bag of Pez. They go to Grandma Lisa's house everyday and at night she decides which one she will sleep with, which one Boo will sleep with, and which one her baby will sleep with. At least she is a quick decision maker.
I've read how to end your child's addiction to the bottle, blanket, or pacifier, but no where is Pez addiction mentioned. Do you think this is in the DSMIV?
I am so sorry. You have heard this before. I have vowed to never again cut your hair... and I haven't. However, the desire is apparently genetic as your Nana reached for the scissors within 10 minutes of being left alone with you. Everything was going fine until you moved (as two year olds do occasionally) and Nana took out a big chunk. So, after an emergency trip to the hair salon in Walmart you now have serious BANGS. I am so sorry.
Hannah and I made our annual trek to Florida for my conference. We fly down together and spend a few days with Nana and Papa then I go to my meetings in Orlando while Hannah stays behind and gets spoiled rotten. The past two years have had their challenges in the flying department, but this year couldn't have gone smoother. Hannah watched her videos and ate snacks and did a little coloring on the way down. On the way back she slept before we taxied out and I had to wake her up when we were home. She left a little pool of drool on my lap!
The conference was once again wonderful. We stayed at the Shingle Creek Resort and had a beautiful view of the golf course (not that I ever got to go outside!) Along with lots of information that booky types adore, we also had some very interesting speakers:
John Hodgman, also known as "PC" in the Apple commercials. Oh my! He was so very funny and dry. He moved into my secret boyfriend category! We also had:
Janet Evanovich, who was a little flighty and scattered, but very engaging. She was quite funny at the bar later! She hung around to sign books and drink (I'm pretty sure the drink was a fee for her autograph.)
Ted Turner was also there to discuss his life and his new book Call Me Ted. He was amusing and had lots of stories to tell. I was surprised to hear what a philanthropist he is. He was a bit hard of hearing and a little forgetful, so during the Q&A session it especially difficult when a question had two parts. He had to be reminded of the second part.
Then came this guy. So interesting (and flamboyant too!) Gregory Macguire discussed his newest book in the Oz series. He also talked sweetly about his family and his love of musicals. He sang, he danced, he did a strange puppet show. Unfortunately his talk was cut a little short by an unexpected fire drill (OK, so I guess I did get to go outside once!).
Raphael Saadiq was our entertainment. I didn't think I would be quite as impressed as I was. He was awesome!!
The trade show with over 200 publishers was pretty scary. I'm not sure if you have ever been in a huge room filled with 900 bookstore people and rows and rows of free books, but I was afraid for my life. I managed to get some great new books that are coming out this fall.
All in all, it was nice to hear that our company is in really good shape going into this difficult holiday season. Nice to see once again how well employees are treated at Barnes & Noble. I'm proud to work for such a great place.
