We went to finish up our shopping today. We went to this dumpy little junk store called Mike's Merchandise in Guntersville. (Why did we go to a dumpy little junk store you ask? Because it has BOOKS!!! LOTS of books. Sometimes really good books) While digging through the disarrayed mounds of children's books, with all three boys going "I want this one!" To which I quickly replied "No, we are not buying for ourselves today." Mark walks up carrying two books with a sheepish grin on his face and says "Hey, want to get me another Christmas present?" I gave him the one eyebrow up look and said "what is it?" Would you believe that they had Calvin's Institutes of Christian Religion Volumes 1& 2 for $4.00 each!!??!?!? HARDCOVER!!!
(That is not a misprint-they were really marked $4.00 each) How could I say no to that cute kid at Christmas look and a remarkable price all at the same time????????
The Joy of Learning about Space
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When a child looks up and sees the small dots of light shimmering against
the night sky, the moon shifting over the earth or the sun setting on the
horiz...
9 years ago
8 comments:
Can't say no to that!
You got that right!
Hope you bought extras to share!
Berean Wife
You know, I did not think about that until this morning. :( Sorry!!
Oh, well. Not that I have time to read it anyway. :)
Berean Wife
I really wish that I had thought to go down there!! I'm kinda jealous
I really wish I had thought to go there!! I am really jealous!!
So, are you really jealous, or just kinda jealous????
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