-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!