From Tracie: -Thursday Thirteen #4

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

-Thursday Thirteen #4


Another week of randoms...if you want to play along, you can go here.
1. One Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth....because apparently people don't have anything better to do than to than collect spider "thread".
2. Down there on the left side is a button that says "Search Earn Redeem"....here is my shameless plug--click that button and sign up for swag bucks.  You are going to search anyway, you might as well earn points for it!!  (and eventually an Amazon gift card!.......and one for me too, because I have got to do something to supply my book habit!...and if you don't have a book habit, you can get other stuff, but I can't imagine anyone living in a book-loving-less world)  Please....and Thank You!!
3. Last night Thomas bought these cookies that are just like Girl Scout Thin Mints.  Bless that man!
4. American Girl is canceling Kirsten after Christmas.
5. Last year they canceled Samantha.
6. It makes me feel like my childhood is slipping away a little each time they cancel one of these girls, so they need to stop now!!
7. Talking about Kirsten, did anyone else want to celebrate St Lucia after reading those books?  I always associate Kirsten with the picture of her dressed up in the long white nightgown and wreath.  I remember that I  kind of always wanted one, but the candles freaked me out a little.  I have this fear of fire located too near my hair from a hair dryer incident I will have to share at another time.
8. I tried googling St Lucia to find out more about her and discovered that St Lucia is also the name of an island vacation destination.......there are approximately 7 million websites that want to help you find cheap airline tickets and hotel reservations.
9. In fact the only info that I could find about the actual Saint Lucia was a wikipedia page (I have a general rule about not using wikipedia, but I will break it just this one time)
10. Okay, after reading the w-page, I get better results when I search for Saint Lucy.
11. The main thing that I notice is that there is no picture of her wearing a wreath with candles........
12. I did find information about how to celebrate St. Lucia Day, (since I don't currently have the Kirsten books which probably have a great section all about it) apparently the celebration and the wreath are all a Scandinavian tradition, and particular to that region.  (If you know any of this information to be wrong, feel free to correct me, since I am in no way claiming to be an expert!!)
13. And now, the faux thin mints are all gone....and so is this Thursday Thirteen.  Have a great Thursday everyone!

28 comments:

  1. my daughter who is 21 was a little sad they were canceling Kirsten too and What was the name of the cookies?

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  2. wikipedia really gave a lot of informations, thanks for sharing this.

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  3. I will try to join here too, this is nice.

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  4. Love this, may start it next week!

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  5. *Gasp* They're cancelling Kirsten? What is Mattell thinking?! I also can't believe I had not yet heard this, especially since they are made here. So sad!

    My Thirteen pics from Eplegaarden

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  6. Not to put in my own shameless plug, but I just posted about the book war between Amazon, Target, and Walmart, you may wanna check it out!

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  7. Alrighty, I'll check out the swag bucks hehehe.. I love those stuff anyway hehehe..

    Here is my first Thursday Thirteen

    PS.. I am following your blog now..

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  8. Swag bucks is still around? I remember deciding not to mess with them some time back but can't remember why.

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  9. My 23 year old daughter just gave her Elizabeth to the daughter of a family friend.

    Thursday Thirteen - Fiendish Facts

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  10. UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....Thin Mints. I'm going to the kitchen right now and find some chocolate.

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  11. My daughter just got Rebecca, the newest doll. It's our first American Girl doll experience. She's in heaven.

    I suppose it's good that the older dolls are retired. Gives more shelf space for the new ones. Hopefully the books will still be around, even if we can't play with the dolls.

    Yes, I said "we" can't play with the dolls.

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  12. Interesting list. I never even heard of American Girl until last year when i saw an episode of Jon and Kate visiting there with the twins.
    Happy T13!

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  13. I'd love to wear a spider woven garment. I'm lost about Kristen and Samantha. Are they from a TV series?

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  14. I always use Wikipedia when I look for something I think it is the best !
    We have a Sandinavian school here in Waterloo and they celebrate Santa Lucia and invite the Belgians. I saw pictures in our local Newspaper, but have never been there. Maybe I should one year.

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  15. A cookie that tastes like Thin Mints? What brand?

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  16. I was aware of Saint Lucia from reading about her through Tasha Tudor's Christmas story books.

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  17. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kirsten is my favorite!!!!!! She's Swedish, I'm Swedish....OMG, this cannot be happening! I don't even have an excuse to buy a Kirsten doll because I don't have a child!!!! Are they getting rid of the books too. Crap, this totally blows my day :( :(:(

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  18. Kewl random list ;-)
    Happy Thursday!
    Hugs and blessings,

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  19. What folks need to do is learn how to make cloth out of cat hair.

    And now I'm peeved at the American Girl folks. Grrr.

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  20. I'm actually pretty fascinated by that golden spider silk weave.

    And I've also always been attracted to the Saint Lucia procession with the girl wearing the wreath of glowing candles - fills me with wonder and joy.

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  21. Love your train of thought!

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  22. I'm with you regarding the candles on the head. I just don't think my nerves could take it!

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  23. I never collected the American Girl dolls, but know a few who did. I am totally with you on the book habit, though!

    Just here via T13. Mine's up at Music Savvy Mom today instead of my own site.

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  24. Please do share your hairdryer incident!

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  25. thin mints, real or feaux, never last long!

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  26. Thin mints, whether real or faux, would earn a bug hug and kiss over here.

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  27. Wow, I've never heard of American Girl or St Lucia's Day, but you've piqued my interest. I gotta go google them now! =)

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