Youtube Tuesday: Portable Restroom Prank

This is too funny - I don't know who thinks these things up, but I'm glad they do!

Me Monday: Time To Rhyme

It occurred to me that I've only written one rhyme on this blog, which is pretty pathetic considering my blog's title. So, here's a new rhyme I just wrote:

Who am I?

I'm a writer, a rhymer,
An I'm in my primer,

A traveling teacher,
A play at the beacher,

A wife and a mother,
A sis to my brother,

A happy dog owner,
A talk on the phoner,

A tarot card reader,
An I hate to weeder,

A big movie goer,
A vegetable grower,

A spicy food eater,
A fearsome competer,

An avid game player
An I sing all dayer,

Well, that's all I've gotter
Believe it or notter.

SCBWI Conference Envy

I admit it - I'm so envious of the people able to attend the annual SCBWI Conference in LA this weekend! To make matters worse, my agent, Jamie Weiss Chilton, is presenting there and I would have loved to meet her in person and hear her speak!

For those of you who want to live vicariously through these lucky few, here's a link to the SCBWI Conference Blog.
For those of you who did attend, I hope you had a great time and thanks for sharing on the blog!

Favorite Friday: Picture Books

Here's a list of some of my favorite picture books. What are some of yours?
- A Fly Went By
- Are You My Mother
- Five Chinese Brothers
- Go Dogs Go
- Green Eggs And Ham
- Happy Birthday Moon
- Harold And The Purple Crayon
- Hurry Hurry
- Jumanji
- Little Bear Books
- Little Critter Books
- Love You Forever
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
- Polar Express
- Sylvester And The Magic Pebble
- That Terrible Halloween Night
- The Giving Tree
- The Little House
- The Mitten
- Thomas' Snowsuit
- What Do You Say Dear?

Thoughtful Thursday: Volunteer Match

I found a great website: Volunteermatch.org. Volunteer Match is just what it sounds like - they match up organizations in need of volunteers with people looking for ways to help. According to their site, they currently have 68,837 participating organizations, 59,077 volunteer opportunities, and they've made 4,266,106 referrals since 1998.

Through this site I found an opportunity to volunteer with the American Cancer Society. I went to training yesterday and soon I'll be driving cancer patients to and/or from their doctors' appointments. Before I read about this on the site, I had no idea that there was a need for this. It makes sense, though, since so many people live alone or with people who can't drive them to their appointments. I'll let you know how it goes after I've gotten started. I'm really looking forward to it.

Let me know if you find a volunteer opportunity that works for you.