Craaa-zzz BizzzzEEE Day - TGIF

It was a busy day at work.

After work, I rushed off to celebrate a friend's birthday.

Then, I hurried from that celebration to The Lucky Labrador to catch up with Kidlitosphere blogging conference attendees. It was a quick reunion - my son Jake stopped on the way home from work with me.


I ran home picked up my daughter and drove to a friend's party in Vancouver, Washington.

It was a fun - but busy - night. How'd you spend the evening?

Kidlitosphere Blogging Conference - Portland, OR

I went to the blogging conference at the Sheraton Hotel at the airport in Portland, Oregon, on Friday night. It wasn't far for me to go, about 10 minutes from my home. It was a perfect night for us to meet at the hotel and head downtown to Powell's Books. We mulled around chatting and checking out the books. Maureen Kearney was here from California, she's a children's librarian. Visit her at Confessions of a Bibliovore. Alma Alexander rode with us to Powell's. Then everyone was going to go on over to The Deschutes Brew Pub for dinner and a drink. Tomorrow the actual conference begins. I can hardly wait. Jone MacCulloch and Laina Taylor (author of Faeries of Dreamdark) put this entire conference together. Laini's husband, Jim Di Bartolo, was there too. He did the cover art for her book.

BLOGGING BRAINIACS - Share their advice

I’m new to this wonderful world of blogging and the one thing I’ve noticed is it can be very addictive. Meeting new and interesting people who are willing to share words of wisdom and advice for FREE!

I’ve only been blogging for about two months so, being a newbie, I want to learn more about this forum. I’ve signed up for the Kidslit Blogging Conference here in Portland, Oregon. If you want to read more about it, check it out here and here.

I am so hoping to meet up with so many people.