This is my new little bloggy segment called “Mini-Blog” in which I combine a few or several little things I’ve been meaning to blog about that don’t seem to fit in anywhere else.

I forgot to mention in my daybook this week that we took the kids to see Despicable Me at the theater this weekend. How was that possible since this movie is out on DVD? Well Marcus Theaters is doing a $2 Frosty Flicks promotion over the next several weekends showing kids movies that recently out of theater.

Last weekend was Despicable Me which was super exciting. I have heard such good things about this movie but hadn’t been willing to pay full price to see it in theater. We’d been just about to get it from Netflix when I heard about this promotion and mentioned it to Dan who was equally excited.

Even better is little BB got in free being so young so for $6 we were able to take our little family of four to the movies (not including snackage of course). We’re definitely planning to see another movie while this deal is going on. And yes we all loved Despicable Me – such a cute, clever movie and fun for the whole family. If you haven’t seen it yet, see it now!

Have I mentioned that my kids kinda play together lately? I love seeing them actually hanging out and doing stuff together. They are both infatuated with this steering wheel toy and they looked so cute yesterday “cruising on the couch” together. There may have been swooning on my part.

So I have several bookshelves where I keep “books I’ve read” and “books I haven’t read” and “books I should probably read soon” and even a little pile of “classic books I swear I’ll read this year” – super, sort of organized and works pretty well. On my nightstand I keep the books that are like “in progress” or “to be devoured soon” which means usually there are two or three books there – this is where the essential reading of the moment goes. I’ll keep whatever book my book club is reading next, books I’m reviewing, the book I’m currently reading and / or whatever book looks so amazing that I know I’ll want to read it as soon as I can.

Well things are starting to get a little out of control on my poor little nightstand. I’m not sure when it happened or when it got this bad or what I plan to do about it, but this is just ridiculous. The worst part is that the libraries, book stores, book blogs and amazon.com recommendations are still whispering sweet nothings to me, saying, “Common, just take a quick look, maybe the most amazing book deal of the century is over here and you’ve just gotta find it!” And I’m like, “Shut up and leave me alone. I officially have TOO many books. Officially. As of now.” Which is why I keep requesting new books to review, but shut up, who turns down a chance at Mia King’s new book? She’s like ah-mazing and cannot be refused even if my nightstand pile is in serious danger of falling on top of me in my sleep.