Actually, that was yesterday, so I’m already one day behind! Who knew that little old not quite employed yet me (still running paperwork at my new job before I can start) would be so busy on my first day of Barrett being out town? I had big plans to do coffee shops every day while …
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Rick Riordan
Eek! The whole week has gone by blog-free. I had all sorts of great Teen Read Week celebration ideas and things to blog about. And then the week disappeared. I’ve been feeling healthier than I’ve ever felt in my life since I moved — lots of exercise, plenty of time to cook healthy meals, fresh …
Happy Teen Read Week!
Spent the weekend viewing many overly large things like Silver Falls and the Oregon capitol building. One was too scary for life (you’re up so high at the top of the waterfall!) though gorgeous and the other was locked against us. Who knew that the government wouldn’t have an open door policy here? It’s closed …
Fiction Before Noon (and other rewards)
I’m a huge believer in rewards. You write one word, you get a cookie! Or a pat on the back or a nice hot shower or something. How else do people get anything done? I guess there are those strict worker bee types who maybe don’t need rewards. I’m not one of them so much. …
Portland Kidlit Conference Part 2
There’s something intimidating about blogging about a blogger’s conference when you are surrounded by a million serious bloggers. Alice, one of the lovely people I met at the conference, said something similar in her blog, so I feel like I’m not the only one. Whew. But then she went on to post a great conference …
Kidlit Bloggers Conference 2008
Wow. The Kidlit Bloggers Conference on Saturday was awesome! A lot of super fun bloggers and writers, a lot of great information, and plenty of new blogs to read. The food wasn’t even too bad. Hurray for conference planners who like vegetarians and don’t feel like it’s okay if we starve, knock off, and quit …
super fun weekend, give or take
Super Fun Things we could not afford to do this weekend due to one member of the household (okay, me) not having an income of any kind: Flying to our friend Amanda’s wedding = $800 plane fare Going to the Portland Pirate Festival = $25 entry fee + $ for food and activities once inside …
Beware Reservations.gov
Probably I’m the only person in the world who would wholeheartedly trust the directions on the reservations.gov website. But, come on, it’s got dot gov at the end, surely the government wouldn’t LIE to me? That’s what I thought last Friday when I was still niave and trusting. BEFORE I tried to go to my …
New Drivers License, The Swoop and Non-Existent Secret Labs
My Oregon Drivers License has been attained! Why is taking an exam and passing it SO satisfying? And why don’t we get to take exams like this in real life all of the time just to get that feeling of Yes, I got them all right!!! I passed! Because that’s just plain fun. It was …
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Sunday with Eoin Colfer and Artemis Fowl
Powell’s had Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl series, in town and we went to see him at the very cool Bagdad Theatre. He is so Irish and SO funny. Some of his stories though — yeesh! They were really, really, really, really gross. Really. In a non-subtle kind of way. I almost …