Josh’s grandparents bought us a dustbuster, and in walking by the box just a bit ago, I read “cordless vacuum” as “godless vacuum.” Hmm. I suppose maybe *all* vacuums are godless. Perhaps?

That reminds me… a couple of weeks ago, we drove past a store called “General Supply,” which I read as “Genital Supply.” My mind has not been itself lately. At least it keeps things amusing…

Less than a week to go now till the wedding… trying to get everything wrapped up and ready. I’m not panicking yet. Yet.

When I was a kid, my parents got me (ok, all three of us) a subscription to Cricket magazine… and I loved it. I read every issue cover-to-cover and couldn’t wait for the next to arrive. So… I was just remembering that today, and thought I’d go in search of a website so that I could order it for the baby (in several months…). I found out that you can order Cricket online, as well as a host of other children’s magazines they publish for all kinds of age groups. They even have a magazine for 6mos-2years, called Babybug. You can bet I’ll be ordering that one in a few months. :) Anyway, thought it was cool… looking forward to reading to baby!

I also had other mags as a kid… I remember Ranger Rick, World, and one when I was 5 that I’ve forgotten the name of. I had lots of books, too… I loved to read! My favorites were mysteries and spy stories (anyone remember Encyclopedia Brown?), and also horror stories that made me afraid to go to sleep at night. I also liked magic… I remember a book daddy bought me when I was about six– Zack and the Magic Factory. That was my first “novel,” I think. I was so proud when I finally read the whole thing! After that, I loved the Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary, and anything by Madeleine L’Engle (I recently bought the whole “A Wrinkle in Time” series and read it again).

Lately, I’ve been reading more… partially because I’m not sleeping well at night, and also because it relaxes me. I’ve recently read: Memoirs of a Geisha, Ayn Rand’s We the Living, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and a book by Judy Blume called Summer Sisters (she writes adult books, too!). I’m currently reading the third Harry Potter book, the Catcher in the Rye, and re-reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged is HUGE, and that makes me SOOOO happy! I am a very fast reader, and there’s nothing worse than a good book ending before you’re ready for it to be over. Speaking of, I’m STILL waiting for Stephen King to finish the next book in the Dark Tower series… I’m going to have to read them all again once I start hearing rumors that the next one is ready.

So, 1 week til the wedding. 14 weeks til baby arrives (or 16 if he decides to wait and be a Leo like a good little boy!). There’s a lot to be done. I should extract myself from computerland and get busy.