PaLA Conference: More Author Selfies!

Tuesday night found me attending the final dinner for the annual Pennsylvania Library Association. I sat with friends and had a good last night but there was the opportunity to meet more authors! Lindsay Barrett George was there to present original artwork to one of the librarians being awarded a service award. Lindsay was so lovely. I merely wanted a…

PaLA Conference: Author Selfies

It’s time for the annual Pennsylvania Library Conference and the venue for the conference is absolutely beautiful. We are at the Seven Springs Resort and there is a mountain outside of my room. Wow Today I was able to met several of the authors who presented on panels (put together by my friend Karl) and I was able to get…

Book Bites: Five Halloween books to share! #vlogmom

  I linking up with Vlog Mom and the prompt this week is a review of something. Around my neck of the woods, Halloween is met with mixed reaction; some do not celebrate due to various personal reasons but there are a few who are a buzz with excitement about Halloween parades, costumes and candy. I feel like I have…

Guess the Pumpkin Character Game #TBCCrafters

We don’t “do” Halloween at my library but the event cannot be ignored. We have a selection of Halloween books available for check out, the after school chatter from my tweens and littles includes Halloween costumes and I may or may not be keeping bite sized bags of snacks near my desk. As I looked on Pinterest for non-holiday ideas…

Revising My Fitness Goals #fitforty

  Remember that goal I had to “Look Better Naked“, the ideas and bold declarations to lose weight, get in shape and not sound like Darth Vader? Not only am I sounding like Vader having an asthma attack, but I am beginning to feel like I look like some awful mash-up of Vader and Jabba the Hut and it’s not…