Sunday, February 26, 2012

Mom's Choice Award!!

This month, 1 Zany Zoo received a Gold Level Mom's Choice Award for Picture Book 
Humor! The Mom's Choice Awards® Evaluates products and services created for children and families.  


Here's info about their esteemed panel of judges (I swiped it from their website - why re-
invent the wheel!).


Dr. Twila C. Liggett
Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of PBS’s Reading Rainbow
Julie Aigner-Clark
Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project
Jodee Blanco
New York Times best-selling author
LeAnn Thieman
Motivational speaker and co-author of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books
Priscilla Dunstan
Creator of the Dunstan Baby Language.
See Priscilla on Oprah.
Patricia RossiEtiquette expert and host of NBC’s Manners Minute
Dr. Letitia S. Wright, D.C.Author, movie producer and host of the Wright Place TV ShowDr. Wright is ranked in the top 50 Most Influential Women in Social Media.
Catherine Whitcher, M.Ed.Special needs expert and founder of Precision Education, Inc.
Bettie B. Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D.Pulitzer Prize nominated author of 34 books and director of Professional Development, Inc.
Carley Knobloch 
Certified Life Coach and founder of Mothercraft: Coaching the Modern Mom

Monday, February 20, 2012

Comedy of Errors # 5

I was at the deli counter of the grocery store today, waiting for my number to be called.  While  waiting, I remembered an embarrassing thing I said years ago at another deli counter.  I had been waiting to be helped then too and, while I waited, I read the labels on the different deli meats.  I saw one that said Red Sod Turkey Breast.  I was intrigued - what kind of turkey breast was it?  Had the turkeys been fed red grass?  Russian grass?  Boston grass?  The deli clerk finally called my number and I asked, "What's that Red Sod turkey breast?  I've never seen it before."  The woman was really polite and said, "Um . . . that's short for "reduced sodium".  Talk about RED!!




Thursday, February 9, 2012

Liebster Blog Award!

Jennifer Young gave me, and four other bloggers, the Liebster Award.  What is that, you ask?  The Liebster award is an award designed to bring traffic to bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.  Thanks, Jennifer!

This award is a pay-it-forward kind of thing meant to help others get blog followers - what a great idea!  Please check out the following five bloggers that I am passing this award on to:



Winners are supposed to say five things about themselves so, here's my five:

  • I have a twin sister (we're fraternal).
  • I love to untangle jewelry chains - weird, I know!
  • I'm very political.
  • I used to climb trees and buildings when I was a kid.
  • I'm tri-lingual - I speak English, Sign Language and Pig Latin.