Friday, October 21, 2005

What have I been reading?

Should first put that I'm dead tired from driving for the last 6hrs after leaving Baton Rouge. I've been down there the last week helping out with the Red Cross. People are still homeless so don't let the news fool you saying everything is ok. Can't sleep so my thoughts on stuff that I've read.
1.Denise Swanson's Scrumble River series is great. The woman can't write fast enough for me. This last book Death of a Smart Cookie ended on a cliff hanger...oh the mystery was solved but other stuff came up. They have to be read in order to really see the hows and whys.
2.Tim Cockey's Hitchcock Sewell series is also very good. Well the one that I've read anyway. They all have Hearse used in the title as a play on words. I read the Hearse Case Scenario. Fast pace,and written in that real first person way. And the ending did surprise me.
3. Edmund Crispin. it was written in the 40s and I don't know what he's trying to do. Very stilted laugange and just bad. I must have picked these up at a garage sale I have two of his books. Not going to go looking for any more. the book I'm reading is Holy Disorder. I've put it down four times to read other books. Pg 112 of 238
4. Margaret Frazer. Here nun ones can get a bit heavy but her newest one with the actor joliffe is lighter and shows that she does have a sense of humour. The second of this books are The Play of Dux Moraud.
Oh it was hot,humid and smelled in Baton Rouge.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Unhappy Savannah Written on October 5,2005


I would like to lodge a complaint against the uncle. Who does he think I am...his personal dress up doll?
the short one and I are laying there having a nice evening bottle when suddenly uncle takes us and starts to change our clothes. I was happy in the what I had on. He puts this red top and plaid skirt on me then this pink furry thing on short one. He mumbles something about what they would look like on the other one and off these go and he put the other outfit on each of us.
I don't like the furry one because I kept losing the pants when I crawl.He did find out that I am a size 12 months and the short one is 9months. He took many pictures....
Oh the pictures. we thought we were safe here from the flashes....Everytime we are at grandma's house she whips out the camera and takes our picture. Now the uncle has gotten one. Laying there and suddenly BOOM! off goes the flash...Even when I'm trying to sleep and can hear the click.
Uncle is ok that he does play the pat pat game. He's getting pretty good at it.He likes to show off by doing both hands at once. We now have to teach the short one how to do it. She gets so excited when it comes her turn that she just throws her hands around...
Oh the short one should be avoided at all cost. She is still teething. She really smells bad,really bad...It makes the uncles eyes water when he changed her the other night. He wanted to just leave it for dad but thought better of it. She also gets real crabby real quick and all that drool.
We went in for a 9 month check up. short and I both lost weight 5oz or so...I'm 19 and she is only 14. She is too skinny.
We now have an aunt down here...I don't know if I like her. She keeps talking about Alexia,Serena and Javon...I'm the most important person and she better learn that.
Mom said that you are coming to visit next week. No gifts but if you do bring anything I do like balls. Yellow.
Savannah.