Writing, reading, and living a creative, awesome life.
When I was little, I had many dreams. I REALLY wanted to make a vending machine. I have no idea why. I’d only seen vending machines at my school, but for some reason I thought they were really cool. I’d collect cardboard boxes and string and I spent hours trying to figure out how I…
Hey everyone! First, let me say I had A BLAST! reading poetry aloud everyday in September. I’m almost done the Billy Collins book. When I finish, I will update that post with my FAVORITE poems 🙂 That way I can keep everything in the same place. Here is my poetry book for this month, featuring…
Everybody knows someone that just rubs them the wrong way. We’re convinced that this person is this, that, or the other. We just know we don’t like them. This happened at one conference I attended. I was in an intensive and one woman kept chiming in with comments. I don’t mind comments when they further…
It’s Kidlit Tea Party time again! Click this guy open! Speaking of winners, who won the prize? Well, I had three lovely people play along with this kidlit tea party idea. And I have to say, I appreciate all three of them. Yes, Priscilla, Jackie, and Chris, I’m talking to you! I have these…
What is 31 in 31? Click here to find out 🙂 I have a total of only two hats. It’s sad really, hats are so cool. Here in California, those trucker hats are really popular. Sadly, my hair is not thin and straight and blond, and cannot fit under those hats. I have one winter…
Yay! Year Three of 31 in 31 is back! Here’s all the info you need: What’s the challenge? Read 31 different picture books in 31 days. Yeah, that’s one a day in the month of October. Read it aloud. Read it to kids. Read it to yourself. Just read it! My goal is to try…
Hey everyone! Here’s the report from week one of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: not as long as usual but a little longer than expected. I only had two days of work, but one of those days I added on an hour each way to drop off and…
It’s banned books week! So my Friday Five this week will be: 5 banned picture books! Note: I believe parents have the right to choose which books their children read. I come from the “You can’t tell other people how to parent” mindset. Yes, it upsets me when I hear a parent tell their child,…
Hey everyone! I just finished reading The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau, and in it, he talks about finding your quest. I feel like my quest is to be super creative and make stuff all the time and make sure people have more fun. So, naturally, lots of little projects can fall under that…
Talk like a Pirate Day be September 19th, and I was online when I saw NaNoWriMo tweet out a request for pirate jokes! I jumped right on that ship, and even when I tried to walk the plank and move on to doing something else, I kept thinking of more! It was super fun! I…