tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post22691901367291574..comments2024-03-28T09:10:39.441-04:00Comments on ben and birdy: We Are All Winners!BenBirdy1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-34933344228531189232014-01-23T16:13:32.689-05:002014-01-23T16:13:32.689-05:00Amy, did you send me your address? I need it so th...Amy, did you send me your address? I need it so that I can send you the book! xoBenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-14595230862147835372014-01-21T01:58:39.876-05:002014-01-21T01:58:39.876-05:00Oh my goodness, the journal is fantastic! Isabell...Oh my goodness, the journal is fantastic! Isabelle has been holding it close and won't even let her sisters look at it while it's still blank--funny girl! We are planning to start writing on her birthday (1/23). Thank you so much, Catherine! You are the best! XO bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282599528422960974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-44615475992584072022014-01-17T10:39:09.704-05:002014-01-17T10:39:09.704-05:00OMG, in 34 years I have never won anything. (Clari...OMG, in 34 years I have never won anything. (Clarification: never won anything random. I've won a couple things because I worked hard, but nothing that the universe just decided to award me for no good reason.) Seriously, nothing. Not even a two dollar lottery ticket or a free milkshake when I was in middle school and they used to draw names from the students who had all A's. You've turned my entire idea about my life on it's head. I am no longer the person who's never won anything! Holy macaroni! Stircrazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13220551022935424717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-49643340411999105612014-01-15T09:23:33.031-05:002014-01-15T09:23:33.031-05:00GAH! So so so excited! I've been smiling for t...GAH! So so so excited! I've been smiling for the past 10 minutes. I actually came here to find that other tofu recipe! I've wanted VCFE for YEARS. Yay, a thousand thanks!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111019119717032861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-67841300059997014772014-01-14T20:58:29.456-05:002014-01-14T20:58:29.456-05:00You are amazing beyond words! I didn't enter b...You are amazing beyond words! I didn't enter because I simply don't need more stuff. It was fun to read the comments and get to know everyone who hangs out here. However I have decided I really do need a copy of the great coffee table book you promised us, you know the one about Jews and their bacon.... xoxo BethBethYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-90658902871977501832014-01-13T21:35:36.126-05:002014-01-13T21:35:36.126-05:00Wow! Thank you thank you thank you! I was just tal...Wow! Thank you thank you thank you! I was just talking about Snake Oil with my teaching partner the other day, and ruefully regretting my purchase of Life as my students squabbled and boasted about how many babies they had. Ugh. I'm so appreciative, and eager to share such a fantastic game with my otherwise-lovely students. A bazillion thanks!melissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-62322906271401022932014-01-13T10:59:14.450-05:002014-01-13T10:59:14.450-05:00Such a lovely start to 2014.Such a lovely start to 2014.as gretta growshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190480516763460762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-88764141087664883192014-01-13T10:50:48.649-05:002014-01-13T10:50:48.649-05:00Interesting - I will have to look into that. The ...Interesting - I will have to look into that. The library is a county organization for us - but it never occurred to me that overdue fees were going into the general budget. I will find out - because that is the sort of thing I definitely like to know!<br />elsiroomomUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961643251250039596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-10344609672352013882014-01-11T23:11:52.429-05:002014-01-11T23:11:52.429-05:00I love your support of libraries. I especially lo...I love your support of libraries. I especially love this quote from you<br />"I know the wait-list at your library is four thousand million patrons long, but just add your name patiently to it. Think how delighted you'll be in February, when you suddenly get to read THE BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD. Just saying."<br /><br />Because that is exactly my life. I put the book you recommend on hold and it eventually comes in and I have forgotten about it and it is like a treasure to receive the email saying it is in.<br /><br />But movies are different, especially the old ones because I hate watching them and then it stops working and I say I'll rent it to see the rest and I never do and I just have to sing the songs from the movie to my kids and they would really rather watch the movie. But I hope Kat's library is better.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531397997879859531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-60919856970522281712014-01-11T16:53:01.278-05:002014-01-11T16:53:01.278-05:00Love this community of kind-hearted people, brough...Love this community of kind-hearted people, brought together and inspired by you Catherine. Best wishes for a spectacular 2014 xxJulieAWayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05770439806329984329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-89441338548436737092014-01-11T15:56:26.560-05:002014-01-11T15:56:26.560-05:00This was wonderful. That's all. Just wonderful...This was wonderful. That's all. Just wonderful. Kate Shttp://www.katesettlephotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-73832337449891231752014-01-11T10:22:54.712-05:002014-01-11T10:22:54.712-05:00So much fun! Congratulations to ALL the winners an...So much fun! Congratulations to ALL the winners and all the readers, too! It was great fun to read through all the comments. And I feel like a winner simply because I got a mention in this post! <br /><br />This community of folks makes me feel good all the way to the core of my being. Thank you for that. All of you.maxanyamomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-76233191084615978112014-01-11T05:54:33.477-05:002014-01-11T05:54:33.477-05:00What a great set of winners, good choosing and con...What a great set of winners, good choosing and congratulations all! :) As for libraries, ours is great and even has board games (Germany) BUT then things have to go back, and there are some we just want to HAVE, materialistic as we are!! So we try things out, and then buy what we love most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-89946401469388632632014-01-11T04:55:11.588-05:002014-01-11T04:55:11.588-05:00I've wondered about American libraries - there...I've wondered about American libraries - there are so many things I read about in blogs that I can't get here (Ireland) and probably don't need anyway - but my library will order me any movie and most books. In that States people seem to wait for certain tv channels to have stuff? So anyway, if you like Downton, ask your library to get you the Cranford series. Its a few years old, so they should have it and its great. Hope this all makes sense!Lucy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08492340196238278129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-78963078146284130472014-01-10T23:37:26.519-05:002014-01-10T23:37:26.519-05:00This is fantastic! I have been reading your blog f...This is fantastic! I have been reading your blog forever and I think this is the best thing you have ever done. I took notes and made long lists of things to add to my Amazon gift list. We got the Slack Line for our daughter for Christmas (I know I used the link initially to mark it, hope it gave a credit)- you should have seen us out in the yard measuring distance between trees with a finicky measuring tape that kept snapping at our fingers or gaping at all the tricks kids can do on You Tube. I've bought other suggestions in years past for both my daughter and the speech and language impaired children I work with. I love the "Just Between Us" book you gave away and will be investing in copies not only for my daughter and I but, to give to my mom friends who all have daughters turning tweenish this year. I sent the names of Watsi and Kiva out to all my Girl Scout Leader friends so that the girls can learn to give their cookie money globally to benefit specific businesses and individuals that they can read and learn about easily online. It was so nice to read all the lovely comments from everyone. According to the news, the world is a dark and selfish place but, this blog full of lovely readers proves that there are perfect strangers in the world who reach out and support and encourage each daily. My heart is warmed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-8049659484585409032014-01-10T21:16:02.155-05:002014-01-10T21:16:02.155-05:00Congratulations to the winners!Congratulations to the winners!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-48434474013266622882014-01-10T17:22:57.310-05:002014-01-10T17:22:57.310-05:00I'm not sure how it works in your city, but in...I'm not sure how it works in your city, but in most places libraries don't get the funds from overdue materials. They go back in a city/county/district pot and are distributed out according to that municipalities determined needs/priorities. Best way to support libraries is to patron Friend's groups book sales and vote on any and all bond issues that have designated funds going to libraries.<br />-your friendly neighborhood librarian who could, at one point, have built an entire new wing with her overdue fees.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-43724220729938140052014-01-10T16:57:06.965-05:002014-01-10T16:57:06.965-05:00Holy cow!! Wait... maybe that is not the right phr...Holy cow!! Wait... maybe that is not the right phrase since I am all dried up (hahaha!) Woo hoo! Thank you, Catherine! DanielleHhttp://chillycatt_at_yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-33344889385178627402014-01-10T16:00:10.559-05:002014-01-10T16:00:10.559-05:00Hahaha. Libraries. It's not them, it's u...Hahaha. Libraries. It's not them, it's us. We are SO bad at getting things back on time - movies in particular. (And, to really gum up the works, movies have a different return time frame than CDs, which are different yet again from books.). We DO use the library - and I have decided to congratulate myself on the fact that our delinquent ways are helping to fund the library for those who need it more - if only we could categorize overdue fines as a charitable donation and get the tax benefit - ha!<br />This whole thing was SO much fun. Thanks Catherine!<br />elsiroomomUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961643251250039596noreply@blogger.com