Happy Birthday, Nancy Drew!

Yesterday was the girl detective's 80th birthday.  She looking pretty good for 80 (or 98 as it were).  I first started reading Nancy Drew when I was in elementary school.  I want to say around 4th grade, but my memory is a bit hazy.  I loved those books and read every one in the library.  There was just something about Nancy.  She was so smart, and bold, and good.  She could solve everyone's problems just like that and she was never smug about it.  I think I can credit her with my love of a good mystery to this day.  I moved from her original mysteries to some of the newer ones and can still remember the ones from when she was in college.  But it's the original Mystery Stories that have my heart forever.
Coincidentally I am partipating in a Nancy Drew Reading Challenge on The Little Bookworm and am trying to read all 56 Mystery Stories this year.  I post about them on Sundays during Sleuthing Sundays along with other fun Nancy Drew movies and shows and I'm up to book 21 right now.  It's so fun reading this old books and remembering them from when I was little.  They are so much fun even if a little formulatic.  They are so funny and awesome to read again.  Nancy never ages.  She is timeless. 

Adorible Photography - The BIG Photo Challenge

Louise from Adori Graphics has posted the BIG Photo Challenge on her photography blog, Adorible Photography.  I'm going to give it a try and see how I do.  I love taking pictures so this will be fun.

Here's how it works:
You will get a week to complete each assignment. The following Thursday you will post your photo on your blog, along with a copy of the meme link below. The meme link will link to this post, so that people can get information on the challenge. I will publish the next week's theme on my blog each Thursday. I will have a McLinky set up here each Thursday so that you can add your blog to the list. You don't need to sign up to this, just note down the theme, start working on it and then make your post and leave your link here next Thursday.

Conversation with Child.

BT: Do you want a brother?
Bub: Yes
Me: Do you want a sister?
Bub: Nope. Brother.

Nice to know he has an opinion.

Bad Mommy

My son just cut his thumb because I stuck him in the shower without looking first.  I feel horrible and guilty about this.  He was crying so much, but he is ok now that it stopped bleeding and he has a Scooby-Doo Band-aid.

In other news, someone stole a book review I wrote.  Really? Really!  So dumb.

Name in Daily Drop Cap letters