Ok, I get from your post that your house is as bad as mine with books spilling over in every room!
I failed to mention that Splinter Cell is a Bill Clancey book.
And I love ice cream! My kids love it more now because we make it. They get to design their flavors.
Mediterranean is my favorite food. I will proudly put up my Momma Nome's recipes against any restaurant. But I would rather enjoy eating at anyone's restaurant that doesn't have a human habit trail...and no children complaining that their is a colored herb in their dish.
So yes, I want stories! I'm pathetic! All my movies open with the disney castle!
We have a "formal" library, complete with fireplace and floor to ceiling bookshelves on every inch of wall space,where there isn't a window.
I have a study, with one wall of bookcases; my husband has his study, which has a wall of bookshelves. There are filled bookcases in our daughter's room; though she took quite a lot of books with here, when she moved away and now she and her husband have run out of bookshelf space, even though they bought a lovely antique secretary that has shelf space, for the overflow.
I have books in my living room ( I also have an antique secretary. LOL ), books in the guest room, books in the kitchen, books in the master bathroom, books still in boxes in the basement, two shelves of books in the train room, and I have now run out of book room! :-(
Oh, I don't read Clancey's books; not my cuppa.
We make ice cream too, though not often. There's a local Conn. ice cream that I love,but it isn't as good as the stuff in Florida.
A "colored herb" in their dish? LOL
My daughter started off as a rather picky eater, but just hang in there...children will grow out of that! Now, my beloved kiddo is a far more adventurous eater than I; she ate THE strangest stuff in South Africa!
My daughter was never much of a T.V. watcher and we didn't want her to be,so we showed her movies and then tapes (when VCRs came along ) of what WE wanted her to see and appreciate. If you want some suggestion re NON-Disney stuff, for you kiddos, just drop me a note in FREEPmail, with their ages and I'll be more than happy to give you a list. :-)