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Large Handbag Collector. Obscenely Expensive Shoe & Handbag Lover. Blonde. Redhead. Brunette. Breastfeeder. Pug-fox terrier belly scratcher. Drunken Break Dancer. Bartender of the stars. Semi Conscious Writer. Earth loving. Tori Amos Listening. Loud Mouth. Chef Loving Lady...

The holiday season is upon us.  TV has turned into a giant toy commercial.  Walmart is a war zone.  And all my son can talk about is this weird ass card game that I have never heard of.  Tis the season.

In trying to spread education and respect for all I am putting forth my best effort to teach my kids about all holidays that occur in the next month.  Let me tell you, it has NOT been a cake walk.

I have been taking books and books and books out of the library all year round that focus on different cultures, celebrations, and peoples.  Now that holiday season is here I have made a serious effort (we’re talking 3 times a week library trips) to find the perfect books to inspire, educate, enlighten, and heighten interest in the boy.  So far I have had no luck.  The Hanukkah books are D-R-Y.  I’m not Jewish so I don’t really know the staple books.  But I know they can’t all be super boring.  It’s the festival of lights man!  The Kwanza books are ok, at least the ones I found, but I am renting them from a library in a town with a population of 20 African-Americans.  Probably not 20, but not 20,000 either.  The selection is slim.  And the winter solcitice books, NON EXSISTENT.  I’ve got Christmas covered, I think.  We usually do The Night Before Christmas & follow up with The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Although I don’t really have any books that explain the whole Jesus thing in a fun non boring & dry way.  I guess I’m not covered.

SO…

I have decided to buy a holiday collection for our library (built of wine boxes) but I desperately need your help.  Any suggestions pertaining to ALL holidays, cultures, astrological will be considered and appreciated!

 

***The first five readers to suggest a GREAT HOLIDAY BOOK will receive from me (and the Cuyahoga County Public Library) the award winning & beautiful illustrated Great Books For Kids 2008 book.  Just make sure to leave me your email.  Peace & War.

 

****CONGRATS MICHELLE V!

 

Man…I’m never getting laid.

Congrats Kelly!

Shoot me an email with your address so I can get this book out to you.  My apologies about the cover in advance, someone (a child under 3) spilled a wee bit of H20 on the sleeve.

 

PS***

Thank you for all of your captions, they were great.  In fact they were so great that we had three way tie and drew names to pick the winner!

Check out my new review blog (that I totally copied from this chick).
First review: something no woman should ever ever ever go without.

What is Catcher thinking?

Caption this amazing display of all things yultide and win the first book in the Twilight series written by Stephanie Meyer.

The Chef & I will pick our favorite and will announce a winner by this Friday.  Make ‘em good bitches.

DISCLAIMER****I absolutely DID NOT dress my children for this photo.

 

I am thankful for duck.  I am thankful for pig.

 

The Chef & our smoker friend Dan (many many thanks to him) check out dinner.

 

The Chef doesn’t mess around on holidays.  

Be sure to keep you radio’s tunes to NPR on Wednesday’s Around Noon, where The Chef , Chef Steve (from Crop), and Chef Heather (from Lucky’s Cafe) will be sharing their uber delicious recipes.

 

Chanel Chance Perfume, ummm yeah I smelled this last night when I went to hug another chef’s widow goodnight.  It almost knocked me off my feet and I absolutely had to know what her scent was…fingers are crossed for Christmas.

Shoparooni, I met this husband & wife team last night at an event for the 30 most interesting people in Cleveland (the Chef happened to be one:), then today I checked out their store and figured that I should probably never physically enter their store with any type of monies.  It’s that cool.

Etsy, I am becoming an etsy addict, got Biggie Smalls Haloween costume and plan on buying many a homemade presents for the holidays.  I also plan on buying this beauty for the Festivus festivities as well.

Girl Talk, My ex-raver ass used to date dj’s, wear Jnco jeans, and drive from city to city to go dance in asbestos filled abandon warehouses.  And I did it all for my love of drugs bass.  And I get to relive my glory days now (and not be as embarrassed of my glow stick toting former self) by listening to Girl Talk.  If you like a little mash up of bad ass drum & bass, old skool hip hop, and 90′s pop I highly recommend them.  

Mazzy Star’s Halah Video, Somehow this video came up on my phone one day when I signed onto YouTube and I was instantly taken back to my days as a flannel wearing, combat boot stomping riot grrrl, as much as a riot grrrl one can be while attending a Catholic school of nuns.  The song is so yummy and I can’t stop playing it over and over and over.

Sensory Overload, my new favorite source for la musica.  Every since I had the babes my musical sense has gone to shit.  I don’t go to shows and I don’t discover new music like I used to pre-kids.  But now I don’t have to!  Kelly & Jose do it all for me and make it hella easy.  If you are on the lookout for some new tunes (and or great recipes) check ‘em out.  Also send them some congrats on their upcoming nuptials!

The Jimmies, a new kids band I recently discovered.  In the nick of time too.  If I had to listen to Laurie Berkner for one more milisecond there might just have been a hole in my head.  Catcher is also a HUGE fan of the website.

Cool Mom Picks Holiday Gift Guide, as always a Classic staple of my Christmas shopping experience.

Pear Tree Greetings, just got my Christmas cards from PTG and I must say I heart them mucho.  I got these, a sustainable recycled card with photo.  How great are they?  And the price…unheard of.

of voting.  Darth, Obi-Wan, Annikin, Leia, & Luke command you to VOTE today!

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