Rock Stars, Book Clubs and more!!

Did ya watch RockStar last night? Oh, I had forgotten how much I enjoy this show!! I was addicted last summer, and I am very excited that it is back. There are some pretty incredible artists competing this season. They performed everything from Janis Joplin to Coldplay. It will just be interesting to see what the band, SuperNova, is looking for. I have a couple of faves, but I think it is too early to really see how good they are.

Tonight is my book club meeting! Whoo hoo! There are a few other moms in my neighborhood who have girls that are my daughter's age. And we try to get together every month or so, but truthfully, we hardly discuss the book. But it is a lot of fun to get together and chat without the little ones trying to get our attention. Tonight we are supposed to meet at Bahama Breeze - Yum!! And the last book we read was called "A Girl Named Zippy"...

FROM THE PUBLISHER
"When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would run around like a circus monkey, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back in time to when small-town America was still trapped in the amber of the innocent post-war period—people help their neighbors, go to church, keep barnyard animals in their backyards. "To three-year-old Zippy, it makes perfect sense to strike a bargain with her father to keep her baby bottle—never mind that when she does, it's the first time she's ever spoken. The words never stop once Zippy finds her voice, and it is a voice that Kimmel captures perfectly page after page. In her nonplussed family, Zippy has the ideal supporting cast: her beautiful yet dour brother, Danny, a seeker of the true faith; her sweetly sensible sister, Lindy, who wins the local beauty pageant; her mother, Delonda, who dispenses wisdom from the corner of the couch; and her father, Bob Jarvis, who never met a bet he didn't take. The world seen through Zippy's eyes is vivid and occasionally mind-boggling, especially when Zippy grapples with the meaning of time and has to go lie in a "worm hole" to recover. "Whether describing a serious case of chicken love, another episode with the evil old woman across the street, or the night Zippy's dad borrows thirty-six coon dogs and a raccoon to prove to the complaining neighbors just how quiet his two dogs are, Kimmel treats readers to a heroine as appealing, naive, and knowing as Scout Finch as she navigates the quirky adult world surrounding Zippy."


I really enjoyed reading the book. The author was a bit of a trouble maker, and I loved seeing the world through her eyes. The book was a very quick read, and also very touching. I would definitely recommend this book!

On to fun stuff! Here are a couple of layouts that I have completed this week...


I finally scrapped Natalie's Birth Story! Here she is at her second birthday party. Credits: Papers and Elements from Heather Roselli's brand new *Growth Spurt* kit available today at The DigiChick. I used Laura Alpuche's Arrows from her *Stampworks* series, also available at The DigiChick. Fonts are kids and ashleighshand.


Here are my girls with Grandma and Grandpa the morning of July 4th. They were going to a parade!! Credits: Papers, Elements, Word Art, and Alpha from Heather Roselli's brand new *i pledge* kit available today at The DigiChick. I used Laura Alpuche's Messy Frame from her *Frameworks* series, also available at The DigiChick.

Thanks for looking!