Looking for an interesting book for a girl in grade school or junior high? The Daring Book for Girls might be something to check into. For my write up go here. If you are interested in what others thought of the book (reviews written on behalf of the Parent Bloggers Network), go here.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go to bed and take drugs. Thanks to “the boy” who felt compelled to touch EVERY LIVING THING while at the aquarium and in the French Quarter in New Orleans this past weekend, we’ve all got coughs, sore throats and feel like tired poo. (Why didn’t he just lick the street car handrails or french kiss that homeless man at Cafe Du Mond? Geez!) Needless to say that while I love New Orleans, if I could dump that entire city in a vat of hand sanitizer, I would.