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Slice of Life Day 8: Daylight Saving Time
It’s the dreaded Daylight Saving Time! That’s correct, I’ve been calling it Daylight Savings Time, which is not right. I don’t necessarily mind in the fall when we gain an extra hour, but in the spring when we lose an hour, it’s wicked. Arai, my pup bases much of her…
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Slice of Life Day 7: Spring Cleaning
I can’t say that I like cleaning the house. But, I do love the results! And when I get in the mood to clean, you better watch out because it’s happening! This week, my partner is away at a conference, so I’ve spent time every night cleaning up the house.…
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Slice of Life Day 6: Most Adventurous Dog Walk
I had a great day yesterday, a couple of crazy things happened at work and I stayed calm and rational. I’m trying hard not to overreact about something if it’s not necessary. I mean, overreaction is never necessary, but sometimes it just happens. Then I got home with a plan…
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Slice of Life Day 5: Keeping an Orchid Alive
My partner has gifted me at least five orchids over the past 10 years. And every single one has died an untimely death due to my lack of expertise in the orchid field. So for our anniversary last year when another orchid showed up on our dining room table, I…
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Slice of Life Day 4: Blog Comments
I’m not an IT person by any stretch of the imagination! I can do the basic turn it off, turn it back on again suggestions and can Google answers to a lot of things, but an IT person I am not. That being said, when I realized yesterday that I…
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Slice of Life Day 3: Musicals
I’m loving the new television series, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, on NBC. I don’t have cable television but came across this fun musical series on Hulu. The basic storyline is about Zoey who works as a computer programmer in a hip office space filled with male coworkers and a really angry…
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Slice of Life Day 2: Meeting Authors
I’ve been lucky in my life to meet countless children’s and young adult authors. Granted, being a librarian and book blogger does have it’s advantages! But I also met authors as a kid at school visits, the public library, and at other programs and festivals. Our school district had Robin…
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Slice of Life Day 1: How Many Books?!?!
Today is Day 1 of my 2020 Slice of Life Challenge! I often get incredulous looks and this common response when people find out how many books I read. “You read how many books?!?!?!” Many probably think they’d rather do a hundred other things than sit down with a book.…
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Slice of Life Challenge
There are only a few more days left in February which means that the Slice of Life challenge by Two Writing Teachers is getting ready to kick-off on March 1st. I participated last year and was so surprised by how many comments I received on my blog and in person…
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2019 Blogging A to Z: Theme Reveal
This will be my fourth year participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! And it’s their 10th Anniversary this year, so there is plenty to celebrate. If you haven’t checked out my other themes for the A to Z Challenge: 2016 – Storytime Plans 2017 – Leadership Traits…
