Ready, Set, Read!

I love our amazing Seattle-area library systems and am a proud, card carrying patron of the King County Library System, the Seattle Public Library System and the Sno-Isle Library System. I never take for granted that I . . . → Read More: Ready, Set, Read!

Snow days...and days and days and daze!

Well, you’ve gotta know that days like the last few make a Midwestern girl like me smile. However, I could do with out the nonstop news coverage of our “blizzard”. Blizzard? Pfff! Yes, that’s yours truly above, in much more copious snow conditions, circa 1972. It . . . → Read More: Snow days…and days and days and daze!

Cheating

Happy New Year, all! Hope your new year is off to a great start. Mine is but a little more hectic than expected with a new computer and some technical difficulties in migrating files from my old, obsolete computer. The poor, little gerbils are working harder . . . → Read More: Cheating

Enjoy!

Hope you’re all having a magical holiday season.  I’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, groovy Winter Solstice…or just have a great week! Hope the New Year brings you all you hope for…including many sleep-filled nights!  ;O)

Ho Ho Holy Cow, that's a Bad Santa Photo!

A lot of things have improved since the 1970′s – fashion, women’s rights, Santa Claus. Above is the only picture from my childhood of me with Santa and, man, that is a bad Santa! Or should I say, woman, that is a bad Santa! I swear . . . → Read More: Ho Ho Holy Cow, that’s a Bad Santa Photo!

Thankful

This little Pilgrim, shown above at age 5, has a lot to be thankful for this year. (Regarding the photo…I have three older sisters and my mother was a great seamstress. What can I say, they were always dressing me up in some crazy get up!)

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Most Awesome Finalist

Red Tricycle announced the winners of their Most Awesome Awards this week, as voted on by their readers. Hop to Signaroo didn’t win but was a finalist for Seattle’s Most Awesome Language Class. Sometimes, it’s just an honor to be . . . → Read More: Most Awesome Finalist

It's All About the Numbers, Baby!

In my formative years, numbers were my nemesis. Two comments were consistently written on my report card all the way through school, “Nancy talks too much in class” and “Nancy needs to work on her math skills”. Both, proof that I’m a word nerd and that . . . → Read More: It’s All About the Numbers, Baby!

For the Love of Books

I love to read. I can attribute this love for learning and escapism to two things…my family reading to me as a child and Mrs. Tausend, my all time favorite teacher, who read Laura Ingall Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books aloud . . . → Read More: For the Love of Books

Where's the Booty?

I heart Halloween. I heart Halloween so much that I’m dedicating a second post to this hallowed holiday. Last week, I wrote about Costume Swaps across the country where you can pick up a fabulous, new get-up with a swap of a costume you’re ready . . . → Read More: Where’s the Booty?

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