I’ve been trying to figure out why I’ve been so bleh for the last few days and it just occurred to me that it was a year ago this week that I walked away from everything that meant something to me. Well, maybe not everything, but at least everything when it came to my career.…
Day 8: Sharing My Favorite Posts
I’ve found that interlinking posts probably benefits me more than it benefits my readers. You know, I go back through old posts and I’m like dang, did I really write that? That’s pretty good. Sometimes you have to pat yourself on the back, especially when others won’t or don’t do it. Usually when I interlink…
Doll Houses and Memories of Family
As a young child, I spent about six months living with my father in Spotsylvania County, Virginia before we relocated to Washington, D.C. There, we shared a cozy four-bedroom home with my grandparents, uncle, and aunt – the quintessential close-knit neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. I lost count of how often I heard: “When your…
Wordless Wednesday: The Library
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Book Review: What to Read When by Pam Allyn
Even though I’m a librarian, I sometimes have trouble finding age appropriate books. Don’t believe me? Then read this post. I mean, I know how to help college students conduct research, I know how to preserve documents and I know how to make early American history relevant to today’s present but sometimes finding a children’s…
The Best Laid Plans
I’ve been excited about Family Movie Night every since I found out about The Jensen Project from TwitterMoms. I forced asked my children to come back home from Grandma’s so we could make a big thing of it. My sister~in~law lives next door to my mother~in~law and she has a pool, need I say more?…
Coffee Talk: The Jensen Project
Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, I just think it’s great that Proctor & Gamble and Walmart sponsor Family Movie Night. However, my husband is employed by Proctor & Gamble.
Libraries are Hawt
Everyone knows that I heart the Old Spice guy (Isaiah Mustafa). Who else could make riding a horse backwards look so cool? Now thanks to a Twitter campaign by @wawoodworth, the Old Spice Guy is defending libraries and making them sound so hawt… Is that not hilarious?
Coffee Talk: Thank You
Wordless Wednesday: Monkey Love
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