Build a blog hop Super Late

On man, I forgot, totally dropped the Christmas ornament...I mean....ball today.

So, while it may be too late, it's still the 20th, so here goes.

In celebration of 800 follows David Powers King is hosting

We're supposed to post our dream blog design element. I would pick a header with those cool old fashioned typewriters with my name coming out the top and then brown paper packages tied with twine with tags for my pages. So when the boxes boxes are hovered over they would open up, revealing bits of nature, a rock climbing quick draw, a yoga mat, my favorite toys, that kind of a thing. 

My other dream, that isn't even logical as I don't drink coffee is from Holly Black's blog. She has a coffee cup with letters that swirl her name when the mouse tracks over it. Of course as her last name is Black it makes a lot more sense. Still, every time I see it, I can't get over what a cool, simple, yet perfect element it is.

Thank you for the blog hop David. Sorry Christmas swallowed me whole and I posted late.

What Was Your Childhood Monster? Bloghop

During this month's IWSG I discovered Christine Rains and instantly wanted to be her best friend. I mean the subheading for her blog reads, My toddler has too much energy. So does my protagonist. I need more sleep.  I SO get that.
So I couldn't resist joining her bloghop this week in honor of her book Fearless coming out today.

My biggest childhood fear comes from a repeated dream. I'm kidnapped by this giant Big Bad Wolf. He throws me in a bag, dumps me in a boat on a lake, rows us across, makes a Robin sandwich (yup, that would be me between two enormous slices of white bread), and eats me. The moment his huge jaws lean in to take that first bite I always woke up.

A little too much of The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Gingerbread Boy at my house perhaps?

 I really hope it's not the way I go, as some giant wolf's meal. After watching City of Ember this week with all their giant moths and that giant star mole (eww) I really hope it's not a possibility. Animals aren't getting bigger, are they???

At least I've never seen an oven large enough to make bread my size, though I did see boats made out of bread in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs...

Did you join the bloghop? What's your biggest childhood fear? Does it still haunt you?

And thanks to David P. King for his links to safe public domain pictures. I found this one on wikimedia (click picture for link)