I am thankful for cute Ozzie socks from a distant friend.  <3
( socks! )

What nice/meaningful/fun/shiny! gift did you get for Christmas?

What did you give somebody, that they loved?

Stolen from everyone else...

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The last bit, I promise.

The Printz Reception
This was quite different from the banquet the night before.  Informal and more relaxed, it was held in the huge auditorium with about 700 people there.  The chair of the Printz committee was not irritating like the Newbery lady, though she sighed often as if she were too tired to go on.  Perhaps she was, ( Read more... )

I had dinner with Alex's mother last night.

If I EVER complain about ANYTHING in my blessed, wonderful, in-comparison-PERFECT life again, I want all of you to promise me that you will hunt me down and smack me upside the head.  Repeatedly.

In case you don't frequent Chatzy, Alex is the 19-year-old son of a friend, and he has lymphoma.  He recently ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick and will be recommending it to everyone age 11 and up.  I hate sad books, but I liked this one, and can't stop thinking about it.

Kirkus Reviews (9-1-05) says it much better than I ever could:
"First-time author Sonnenblick has pulled off a rare feat. Not only did he make ( Read more... )

Back from Ohio.  A nice trip, but I'm very tired and very glad to be home.

Kate:  Want to do a three-day walk to raise money for breast cancer research?  We would walk 20 miles a day, then sleep in bubble tents.  We can choose from several cities to walk around.  It would be fun!

Me:  20 miles a day, huh?  Do you think the bubble tent have enough ( Read more... )