Well, this is embarrassing. Talk about long absences from the blogosphere! I haven't posted in over thirteen months. Months!I remember precisely when I stopped writing, too. It was just around my 30th birthday and just before Christmas. I found out I was pregnant...but I just couldn't talk about it. I was so elated and excited and nervous. I ( Read more... )

Oh, and I think I can mention this in public now...

I've been asked to be on the 2010 Caldecott Committee!!!! WOO-HOO ( Read more... )

1. Why in the world did I play the clarinet instead of the drums? 'Cuz I'm telling you, I could have been a star! Our friend J got Rock Band about a week ago and ever since I've been the master of that drum set. I recently got an 87% on hard with no formal training, thankyouverymcuh ( Read more... )

This is probably the longest I've been away from LJ since I started it. With all the doctors' appointments, work responsibilities, broken computers and holidays I think I just fell out of habit ( Read more... )

I really thought I had mentioned this already, but apparently I didn't. So this is a belated announcement...I'm going to Philadelphia ( Read more... )

I'm alive! Really, I am. I know I've been going away for periods of time, but I have good reasons. Some are work-related (wow! the library's really busy!) and some are personal. Regardless, I still log in to see what you all are up to even if I don't have time to post myself ( Read more... )

In the past few weeks I've taken to compiling Pop Culture tidbits from various sites and sending random emails to my friends. Usually the links are related to our childhood (Transformers! Strawberry Shortcake! Gremlins!) or have some sort of book/library link. But, every once in awhile I find some award-winners. Today's one of those days so I ( Read more... )

I'm a big girl. I'm 5'8" and I'm curvy. I've always been on the heavy side, though now I'm more on the muscular/athletic line. I say all this not because I'm upset about it, but because it's who I am. I'm not a small girl and I'm okay with that ( Read more... )

Last night were the Horn Book Awards. I would not have even remembered had wildiris not offered up her Candlewick Press dinner ticket. Did I take it? No :( If it had been almost any other night I would have jumped at the opportunity. I mean, how cool would it have been to have dinner with M.T. Anderson??! But, S and I already had plans to have a long ( Read more... )

I recently promised myself that I wouldn't post to LJ again until I had some good things to say. That hasn't been working so well because it's only meant I haven't been posting at all. So, I'll try to put some good stuff in this entry along with the frustrating things ( Read more... )