The Julie & Julia movie got me to thinking. What project could I do to change my world in a year? I'm needing a change. Our 3 foster children went home last week so we're experiencing our first weekend in quite some time of being able to do what we want- for the most part. What do enjoy or what would I like to learn? I'm still working that one out. Until I get it figured out, I'm just gonna blog here for awhile.

This evening, in the interest of changing things up, I watched Arachnophobia (for the first time- lol). Not a movie I would normally choose to watch. I hate spiders, hate this type of movie. In any case, I made myself watch the whole thing. I can honestly say I wouldn't watch it again. However, some of the filming locations were beautiful and the most interesting character was John Goodman as the exterminator. He did an excellent job. Now playing: The Animal. But I'm blogging more than watching. :)

I think since I have a week off from work, I'll start with JulNoWriMo and see how far I get writing the first draft of a novel during July. Maybe I'll participate in the 365 project where you take a pic of yourself each day and post it. ANY IDEAS, FELLOW BLOGGERS?

xoxo
HappyGirl

Tags: julnowrimo
Current Mood: satisfied

I always wanted a house with a secret room, a hidden staircase- something fun and exciting like that!  Once when my kids were little, they went with their grandparents to a family reunion.  While visiting some older relatives, the older relatives took my kids to an upstairs' bedroom closet.  In the closet was a hidden door that led to a hidden playroom in the attic.  It was the highlight of their summer and they still talk about it today.  I must admit, I was jealous!!  Who wouldn't want an experience like that to remember for a lifetime?  One day when I build my own home, I want a hidden room.  What fun!  Reminds me of the Nancy Drew novels I used to read as a kid- remember The Hidden Staircase??  If you've lived in a home with a secret room, hidden staircase- anything like that- leave a comment!

~ttfn

Current Mood: creative

The Practical Librarian knows that money ain't everything- but it sure makes life easier. So how can the PL (Practical Librarian) find money? Let me count the ways...there's always the paycheck. But that just covers the PL. What about her baby- her library? Grants are one way the PL can fund all aspects of her library- both the aspects that already exist and those of which she has only dreamed. But that begs the question, how do we find the grants? Well...let's start with http://librarygrants.blogspot.com. This site is run by librarians and is designed to lead other librarians to grants to help fund their library functions, improvements, and acquisitions. Regional grants are not included on the blog. You'll have to find those elsewhere. Grants included on this site are ones that will apply to the most libraries/librarians. These librarians also have a monthly webinar designed to assist rural librarians. You can locate the webinars at http://il.webjunction.org/. You can also sign up for webinars to learn how to write grant proposals at http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/training/webinars/bys_webinar.html. The webinars are free - yea! So, ya'll- know you know where to find the money honey's so let's get moving 'cause everybody knows that the library is the place to be! :)

Tata for now-

The Practical Librarian

Tags: grants, librarian, practical librarian, webinars
Current Mood: happy

I just found NaBloPoMo today so I'll only have about 16 posts for the challenge but I'm jumping in and having some fun.  I see the theme is lists so here we go.  I have dedicated this year to writing and am enjoying it.  I tend to start things and never finish so this year I'm finishing things I've started.  My list will be the writing groups I've found online starting with this one:

NaBloPoMo

NaNoEdMo- National Novel Editing Month (March)

NaPoWriMo- National Poetry Writing Month (April)

Script Frenzy- April

NaNoPubMo- National Novel Publishing Month (May)

JulNoWriMo- July Novel Writing Month (July)

NaNoWriMo- National Novel Writing Month (November)

InaDWriMo- International Dissertation Writing Month (November)

 February Album Writing Month- February

RoDiWriMo- Romance Divas Writing Month- February

Sounds like fun, doesn't it??  So let's get writing together!  See you on the forums!

 

~Happygirl24

Tags: writing
Current Mood: creative