I Live in New England!

...and it's Super Bowl Sunday, so what do you think-who do you think?!?!?!? I'm not a usual football fan, but today, let's say I'm following the crowd! (PS- Uh Oh! -Monday morn)
  Speaking of following, I was awarded the

Thank you Marcie Colleen   http://writeroutine.blogspot.com/

It's an honor bestowed on a person that has fewer than 200 blogs. That is an honor for sure. I think I have 3! Oh well....

There are a few rules that go along with this award. I must list 5 things about myself that you might not know, so here goes:

       1. We used to raise pigs and I had a great system for getting the tiny piglets away from their mother while she finished birthing-I'm sure you want to know what it was. Lean over the pen with a regular garden hoe and scoop the baby to the awaiting lighted corner! there...

       2.  I met Cynthia Lord online to ride to our first NESCBWI conference together. It was when you just didn't "meet" people online. Her mother worried I might be an axe murderer (her husband came out and met me to be sure, though he still comes out to greet me when we go somewhere together) My husband was appalled that I was rooming with a stranger!

       3.  I won a Barbara Karlin Award, Letter of Merit in 2011-you probably all knew that but I can't stop yelling it out. (wish I could sell the PB manuscript!)

      4. I build weird snowpeople when there's snow...this year, not so much of the wet, white, stuff.

       5.I'm a cheerleader-well not one of them- but I'll cheer and call out for all my friends. Help spread their good news!

       6. I couldn't leave this out...I love Peeps, Zumba, and the internet!!!!

      

Bloggers that I nominate for this blog award are:

       

        Alison Kipnis Hertz Fun story starters. I really never thought that someone else's ideas would help me write my own story-wrong!

Genevieve Petrillo    http://www.cupcakepetrillo.wordpress.com/ - I just love the her name! Her blog is told
                                                                                                          from the POV of her dog!
Donna Martin http://donasdays.blogspot.com/   Donna offers words of encouragement

Susanna Leonard Hill  http://susannahill.blogspot.com/  she is an ambitious blogger who mixes it up a bit-quite a bit
Weekly Schedule: Monday: random topics Wednesday: Would You Read It Friday: Perfect Picture Books

Monthly: Pitch Pick, Straight From The Editor, Interviews, Contest-and author of Punxsutawney Phyllis!

Beth Stillbornhttp://www.facebook.com/bstilborn - she keeps us connected with lots of writing "stuff" and  with author and teacher Emma Walton Hamilton

The other thing on my mind is to tell you how much I love my Kindle. My son showed me his and I told him I didn't think I could read on something that stiff and not being able to turn pages...blah blah blah, but he bought me one anyway. (he may have already had it when I was bashing!) I don't have the kindle fire. Mine is a reader. It is so easy to take a library of books anywhere you go- on trips, while waiting for something to begin. Just today, Marcie Colleenhttp://writeroutine.blogspot.com/ reminded me of the free offerings for Kindle. I added two more to my collection.

    Now don't hate me, my children writer friends. I do buy your books. My upstairs will probably need reenforcement to hold up the weight. I buy them for gifts for all the kids gifts. We are book people. I do love holding the books, reading them, and sometimes even studying them.

     It's a full moon week....I'm mesmerized by the full moon and take tons of photos. February brings us the "Snow Moon". 

I hope this moon brings a bit of snow with it!

Happy week..... Listen Learn and don't forget to Dance!