The Back of the Police Station is...

Orange juice, canned or cartoned, is now evidently OUT.

[I think only my dad will understand the title of this post]

Yup. Still Reading.

I really do need to hurt my sister-in-law as she was the one who INSISTED I just take ONE more course to get this whole certification thing over with. She doesn't even read my blog!

Please don't get me wrong, however. It is a lot of reading but do you understand the JOY of HAVING to read? I mean I can't fail the class. And I can't waste tuition fees and...honey, can you put the kids to bed? I have to READ. Can you give the kids a bath (okay, Green Husband does that anyway)? I HAVE to read. Honey, can you get up off the couch and make me some coffee. I'm very busy over here. Reading.

So, two quick things -

Bumper Sticker of the Week: "Recycle Yourself - Be An Organ Donor"

and...I just had to steal this quote that's featured on a new blog I'm catching up on Walk Slowly, Live Wildly:

"Beware of activities that require new clothes"
~ Henry David Thoreau

The Ultimate Craft Closet

I'm sorry to say that I hate going to the craft store, a la carte, every time I think of a new project that Pip and Sprout might like to do. It seems quite ineffecient and it is probably quite expensive in the long run.

So...I am asking for your help. What items would you keep stocked in your Ultimate Craft Closet? Felt? Glue? Pencils? What's around your house? Old yogurt containers? Toilet paper tubes? Bubble wrap? Ribbon?

SusieJ is looking for a film canister, some balloons, an Alka Seltzer tablet and a box to get her through another snow day. I wouldn't have any of those things on hand either, I'm afraid. Would you?

The Bookworm Emerges

for a moment (this week's reads are My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan).

This should really be Green Husband's post because he has gone ahead and selected this year's seeds for our garden. Can spring be far behind? This year he ordered exclusively through Seed Savers, purveyor of heirloom seeds.

Here are his picks for Garden 2008. What are yours?

Henderson Bush Lima Bean
Buran Pepper
Calabrese Broccoli
Brandywine Tomato
Large Red Cherry Tomato
Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce
Early Scarlet Globe Radish
Rossa di Trento Lettuce
Early Fortune Cucumber
Quadrato Asti Giallo Pepper
Pride of Wisconsin Melon
America Spinach
Amish Snap Pea
Green Arrow Pea
Early Snowball Cauliflower
Amish Melon

The Bookish Life

This week's required reading is:

A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer

and

Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye

And yes, I have read six books so far in three weeks!