Share your library finds tomorrow!

I don't know how I missed this before, but every month Sarah from This Heavenly Life hosts What We Found at the Library. I'm so excited about this, because there are some books I've been thinking I should tell you about, and this is the perfect occasion!

Sarah's latest picks were children's books that (as you may have guessed) they found at the library. But she confirmed that you can share about whatever it is you're reading – even if it didn't come from the library.

The next What We Found at the Library is April 1. (Nope, not a joke.) I'll be posting what I'm reading, and I'd love to know what you're reading too!

Perfectly Poetical Tuesdays

In celebration of National Poetry Month, I'm going to be posting a different poetic style each Tuesday in April. It shall be called Perfectly Poetical Tuesdays. And you're welcome to join me if you'd like!

Here's how to join in the fun:

1. Each Tuesday, I'll let you know the style for the next Tuesday.
2. Blog about whatever you would normally blog about, BUT do it as poetry (in that week's style) instead of prose.
3. Include a link in your post to my Perfectly Poetical post for that week, so people can see what it's all about. (On Tuesday, I'll also have the code for a button if you'd like to use it. I'm still working on the one above.)
   
4. Stop by, leave your link on the Mr. Linky, and leave a comment.

This coming Tuesday: Let's start easy! The style will be acrostic, so rhyming is completely optional. Just spell out a word with the first letter of every line (see, even a child could do this! If you have school-aged kids, they might like to give it a whirl, as well.) - the topic is up to you.

Remember, every life writes a poem. So let us know what yours says!

Bloggy lo-o-o-ove!

I feel like this is kind of a self-serving post. And, yet, I continue. But, really, it's not all about me. Just partly.

From February 1st to Valentine's Day, Happy to be at Home is encouraging everyone (yep, including you) to Spread Some Bloggy Love! They've created a fabulous list of 14 things - one for each day - to give a little something back to the blogs you enjoy.

Since some of you (yes, more than one!) are new to the whole blog world, before I get to the Actual List, I'm gonna break it down (yo). Try out at least a couple of these things over the next couple weeks.



To sum up:

• If you like it, share it! Email a friend, link to it, social bookmark it, tweet it, etc.
  
• If you've been quiet, speak up! Leave a comment (here's how) and/or email the blog's author.
• If you haven't, click it! Visit the blog's sponsors/ads or author's shop. Here that would be Bold Avenue.
• If you're in a rut, explore! Most blogs link to other blogs. My list of "A Few Great Blogs" is on the right, past the "Little Stuff Being Said."
• If you keep coming back, subscribe! You can sign up to receive my blog via email or RSS. Pretty much any blog will have a subscribe link somewhere.

Ok, for the bloggers and pro blog readers out there, can ya handle it?!! Here is the Actual List:

1. Comment, comment, comment! Stop by your favorite blogs and leave a comment on one or two posts.
2. Subscribe. If you don’t already, subscribe via RSS, e-mail, or follow the blog on blogger.
3. Social bookmarking. Choose a great post or two on your favorite blogs and bookmark them using StumbleUpon, Kirtsy, Digg, Del.icio.us, or any of the other social bookmarking sites out there.
4. Tweet. If you have a Twitter account, send out a few tweets with links to your favorite bloggers.
5. Click through an ad or visit a site sponsor.
6. Send a thank you email. Let your favorite bloggers know just how much you appreciate the dedication and hard work they put into their blogs.
7. Mark your favorite blogs as a favorite in Technorati.
8. Read through the archives. Then comment on a post or two that’s new to you.
9. Write a post on your blog and share links to some of your favorite bloggers.
10. Visit some of the blogs in your favorite blogger’s blogroll and let them know how you found their link.
11. Nominate your favorites for blog awards or a BlogHer of the Week post.
12. Find some new favorites. Spend some time exploring new blogs found through memes or carnivals.
13. Grab a button. If your favorite bloggers have a button for their site, grab it and put it in your sidebar.
14. When or if your favorite blogger hosts a Mr. Linky, do your best to participate.

Thanks to @summerm for tweeting a link to Profitable Mommy Blogging's post, which is how I heard about Spread Some Bloggy Love!

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Button from Happy to Be at Home.

7 random facts about Stephanie

Heather tagged me, so it's my turn to share with you...

SEVEN RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME!

1. My brownie girl scout troop was on the Wallace & Ladmo Show.
2. I don't understand why people make oatmeal raisin cookies when they could make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Or even oatmeal cranberry cookies.
   
3. My hubby and I don't remember for sure when we first met. Maybe it was at our friends' house. But we wouldn't swear to it in court or anything.
   
4. I came up with Every Life Writes a Poem when I was driving one day.
   
5. Unless you count my semester abroad, I've always lived in the Phoenix (AZ) area, and yet...
   
6. The first time I left the U.S. was when I went to Spain.
7. It usually takes me longer to write short blog posts than long ones.

Here's who I am tagging:

• Megan at SortaCrunchy (a break from The Big Project!)
• Summer at Loving my 2 kids
• Ian and/or Christine at Aqua Vitae (are you each going to do one? combine efforts? just one of you answer? work it out amongst yourselves! :) )

Mobile (cell) phone quiz

When I headed over to My Little Drummer Boys to respond to Trish's comment, I got inadvertently tagged for this quiz. So....

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Your mission: Get your phone out...and if you already had your phone within arms length - you are tagged.

01. What color is it?
Some kind of metallic I don't have a name for.

02. Who is the first person that comes up under the letter M?
Manoush.

03. Who is the last person you called?
my dad

04. Who was your last missed call from?
my dad (which is why I was calling him back)

05. Who is the 2nd person who comes up under A?
Ali H

06. Who is speed dial #2?
Hmmm...do I have that one programmed? Nope.

07. Who is the 3rd person who comes up under J?
Janet B. (these questions are getting a little repetitive!)

08. Who was your last received call from?
OK, this is funny. My mom.

09. Who is speed dial #3?
Nope. Nothing there either.

10. What is your background?
A faint image of some birch trees.

11. How many text messages are currently in your Inbox?
As many as they'll let me get away with...let's see...77!

12. Who is speed dial #1?
Voicemail!

13. What does the 5th message in your Inbox say?
On way home. C U soon. Luv u. (from the Hubs, of course!)

14. Who is the first person that comes up under B?
Becky C.

15. Who was your last text message from?
Lisa

16. Name every person you have text messages from:
How many more questions do we have left?

17. Who do you have the most received calls from?
Probably the Hubs. Or maybe my parents - hehe.

19. What does the 6th message in your Outbox say?
It doesn't save 6. Last one was "Happy birthday, girlie! Hope you're having a great one!"

20. Who is the first person in your phone book?
Aaron

21. Who is the last name in your Phonebook?
Yantz

22. Do you have a camera phone?
Not yet. But if you wanted to get me one instead of filling out this quiz, I'd be fine with that.

23. Who is the last person under G?
Grandpa. (Not that he answers his phone.)

24. What does the first text message in your inbox say?
Didn't we do this already? It says, "Thanks."

25. Where do you usually carry your phone ?
purse.

26. What is your best advice for mobile/cell phone etiquette ?

If it's a place/time you can't talk, either don't answer the phone or let the person know at the outset of the conversation that you only have a moment and would prefer to call back. Trying to treat it like a regular call is rude to the person who called and doesn't know why you have such an impatient tone.

Advice of the day

1. Clear the clutter from your in and out box ... write down the special messages , recall special moments that inspired them.
   
2. Re affirm friendships and neglected relationships ... is there someone you haven't spoken to or heard from recently. If you are still too busy - just send a quick text message to say Hi - thinking of you today hope you well (to everyone in your address book if you need to).
   
3. Ignore or turn off the phone sometimes ... important calls always ring back.

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Photo by me. Add your own phone photo to your quiz. :)