I'm a proud mama!

Jason got me a beautiful hedgehog for my birthday! My hedgie is a little boy who was just weaned. He is a cinnacot I think. I'll get some pictures up soon. Right now he is sleeping. He has the best personality. As soon as I picked him up, I knew I couldn't put him down. Usually these people only have flying squirrels, but their friends had a couple hedgehogs. It was perfect timing! Another set of their friends run a pet store across the aisle. We were there to get things for the fish. I love flea markets. Now I have to find a name for him that is not a cliche.

Apple did it right!

All those rumor mongers had me worried. Making it sound like it was going to be some oversized, puffed up ipod. Who needs that on the market? No, Apple did me proud and put out an extraordinary product. It is definitely on my christmas list already.

Apple launch today

I'm really looking forward to the release of the Apple tablet today. I have very specific expectations, though. This needs to be a new line in their computers, not their phones. Rumors have been flying for weeks now. There have been a disappointing amount stating the tablet would run on the iPhone os. If they do that instead of making a sweet mobile laptop, then I may have to give up on them forever. I love my ipod. I like the iPhone (though my Eris is wicked awesome!) They haven't done anything new for their laptops. Apple fans want mobility from all their gadgets. We like flaunting that bitten Apple logo because it means sweet technology. Please Apple, make a sweet tablet laptop (not an oversized ipod) so I don't have to buy a PC. I shudder to think of using Windows.

The release footage begins at 1:00, but it will ne the last thing they talk about to make you watch all their other sweet announcements. Those will be awesome too.

Love my new Droid Eris

I'm typing on it right now. I seriously love this thing. I've watched movies, played music on it, and surfed the web. The battery life is pretty good considering it is a smartphone that does a million things at once. Jason got a Droid. He loves it. I don't think that one is better than the other. It all depends on your taste. Go to the store and just play with them both. You'll ne amazed either way.

If you live in the small world we do, then you may rim into a relative. We were checking out at the same time as a lady who was spelling her last name. It is the same as Jason's. Weird because the spelling is usually different. We mentioned this and she said her father-in-law is from PA. Getting even weirder. She called them and it turns out they know his family and are related! Whoa! It's a tiny world I'm telling you.

No more typing now. More playing with my awesome phone.

Meet the Natives

Everyone must watch this show. Now. Sundays at 10:00 p.m. Listen to these men.

My favorite moment so far was the Peoria episode where they were taken to a pet shop and looked at all the clothes for dogs. They did not understand snakes and rats as pets. Rats are pests and they don't have snakes. The one guy actually screamed when he saw a garter snake.

It was Thanksgiving. They were watching football while the women cooked. One of the men began to bleed. Hilarious moment ensued. "The point of this game seems to be death."

"If only they would take care of each other as they take care of their dogs." These are men we need to listen to today.

'Tis the season

Previous holidays in a nutshell:

Halloween was spent at Gramps helping pass out Trick-or-Treat candy. Polite kids for the most part. All said trick-or-treat and thank you. Whoopers are not a candy kids like to see. There were several who looked inside my treat bucket to see if there was another option. Two kids got extra candy for their costume ingenuity. They were farmers who brought their own goat! The little kid was riding around in a wheelbarrow being adorable and bleating. That is how Halloween is supposed to work.

Thanksgiving was spent with my family. All of them were in town for the first time in several years. It is strange seeing my cousins kids all grouped around realizing that once it was my generation that young huddled together. Very strange. Time is trippy.

Now we are moving into the Christmas season. Tomorrow is the time for decorating and beginning Christmas movie season. Here is what's on the list of favorites:

Emmett Otters Jug Band Christmas

Mickey Mouse's Christmas Carol

Donald Duck's short

A Charlie Brown Christmas

White Christmas

It's a Wonderful Life

Miracle on 34th Street

The Santa Clause

Home Alone

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Garfield Christmas Special

I love Apple and Amazon

I want one of these!!

Ok. Now on to Amazon. I'm completely hooked! I have 30 books and 30 games on my wishlist now. And it only continues to grow. The recommendations tab is creating a never-ending monster. I'm going to have to live a very long time to ever make it through this list. Not to mention having a very good job to supply the never-ending expense. I don't smoke, I don't drink; so it should be easy to buy an entire library. Now the addition to the house to hold all of the books is a different story. Reading is good. Do it more often. It's exercise for your brain.

My biggest recommendation is Brandon Sanderson. Thanks Caitlin!