I Have Nerdy Friends...

...and I am so thankful because then I can be my true nerdy self!  My wonderful friend Emily was an English major in college, and she is just as obsessed with books as I am.  I am already borrowing books from her, and I know I've got a few stashed around here that she wants to borrow from me.  I love getting to talk 'bookspeak' with people without feeling like a big dork. 

Last weekend, Emily and I went to the Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort and had a blast.  Apparently, it's one of the largest state book fairs in the nation.  We enjoyed perusing the aisles, making our 'swoop' through all of the books, chatting with the authors, and laughing at some of the characters we saw there.  Emily got a few books (I refrained, but was however sorely tempted), and we had some great discussions.  But perhaps the most defining moment of our 2009 Book Fair adventure was my exclamation of, "Emily, the Berenstain Bears!  Oh my gosh, look at Mama and Papa Bear! Oh, we have- we just have- to get a picture!  Can we please?"  And at that moment, we fairly attacked the Bears to procure proof that we have, indeed, meet Mama and Papa Bear.

Yeah, we're not sure why Madeline (whom some little girl was actually calling Raggedy Ann) decided to impose herself into our Berenstain Bear memory, but Emily didn't have the heart to throw her out of the picture...