Like Mother, Like Daughter

It has been a challenge finding enough (appropriate) books

to keep Adrianna's reading appetite satisfied.

She reads far above grade level but I still hesitate to hand over some of my favorite books

due to the more mature themes running throughout.

She devoured The Hobbit years ago

and has been persistently begging to delve further into the world of Tolkien ever since.

Early in December when we were at the library,

I led her to Teen Fiction, and while I quickly searched for To,

she found a trove of Star Wars books that she had always overlooked.

As she loaded up her bag, I walked over and gave her Tolkien, Volumes I and II.

She gave me "the look" and said "You're serious"???

She quickly emptied the bag, lining up Luke Skywalker for another day

then went and found Volume III for good measure.

She read the entire trilogy over the weekend. 

I had been telling myself no to a Kindle for her,

not wanting anytime internet access available.

After chatting at length with the knowledgeable, cool, Best Buy dude,

I was convinced that this was the perfect gift for her.

Access to Amazon store for Kindle, no web browser.



Adhering to the reputation attached to being a salesman,

he lied.



AJ loves her Kindle.

I'm wondering if the library ebooks and Amazon

can keep up with her though.



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Fast forward 8 hours...

I set aside my pride to post the following pics.

The are not at all flattering but I have decided I do not belong in Hollywood after all-

SO WHO CARES?

They do however, capture the true "shock and awe" of the moment.

(me, thinking: "it's that little ceramic room heater I saw at Menaards")

(me to self: gasp! doesn't he know that I have Columbia snowpants JUST like these?)

(me stumbling along, aloud: "Oh. Huh. Wow.")

(Me, after removing (my) snowpants from the box and seeing my real gift.)

(Me: really, truely surprised, having declared my new glasses
and phone my Christmas gifts)


The kids had been waiting all day to recount the story
of pulling into Best Buy late one night with Doug
to buy my Kindle
and seeing my van was parked right there as I was in Michael's.
After waiting a long while, they parked descretly
and made a run for it.
My van was still in front of Michael's when they walked out an hour later.



Live Shock and Awe photos
captured by Adrianna.
She did a great job.