Welcome to Litsy!

1. My husband @tiedyedude
2. My pets: Cady (dog); Black Jack (cat); Jupiter (bird); Francis (frog); Fuzzy Toe Rusty Beaux (tarantula)
3. Books

#WondrousWednesday @eggs

*Don't mind my shitty camera skills (my son had to help with the lighting! Haha)*

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks u are such a sweet and kind person for sending me these goodies. I do not have these books so I will add it to my collection. I love love love the 2 back pics. The side girl fits with my decor for my desk area & I love the quote. Thank U so much. Please pick a book from ur TBR that u have been wanting and I will send it to u. Beautiful work!

9 Things You need to know about health care workers😘

https://youtu.be/jPAc2wPIx6Q

In The Thank You Book!, Piggie wants to thank EVERYONE. But Gerald is worried Piggie will forget someone . . . someone important. ... #thankful #wordsofoctober @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

I love how my grandkids all love books and these 2 spend some quality book time together! #grammaslibrary #ilovemygrandkids #kidsthatread #myheart #mowillems

I am overwhelmed by all of the love, y‘all ❤️❤️ This is a beautiful leather bookmark with a dove and olive branch, and says “peace” at the bottom. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @TheBookHippie thank you, this is lovely and I am so grateful ❤️🧡

Just sending out a big thank you to those who‘ve sent me sympathy cards - I am feeling the love and am just so grateful ❤️❤️ I‘ll write each of you back soon! If I miss anyone, I‘m sorry! Know that I am thankful ❤️
@Crazeedi @Allylu @robinb @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @magyklyXdelish @MoonWitch94 @Stacypatrice @AmyG @BookNAround @ElizaMarie

Whoo hoo!!! Thank you, @Kaila-ann for the book mail!!! 😍 It totally made my day!!

THANK YOU, @HarperCollins

Thank you for all of the birthday wishes today! 🎂Thank you for the support and love yesterday! 💕 Thank you for being friendly, loving people who can all help to support each other during this weird time! 🙂 Thank you for being you! 💙

❤️❤️❤️ #KeepLitsyPositive @LoverOfLearning
I adore Elephant and Piggie 😁

Thank you everyone who sent me well wishes for my Birthday! I loved all the #litsylove cards ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you!!!

I‘m in our school library shelving books for the librarian so often that he offered yesterday to show me how to check books in and out. Uh, YES PLEASE. 😄 I can now fulfill my fantasy of being a librarian.

Thank you for the sweet card Misty! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I wish you another fabulous fun filled year ahead for you as well birthday twin! 👯
🎂🎉🎈📚💐❤

Repost for @Eggs :
Thanks to everyone who played #Augustabc with me💗🌺💗😍. I love reading all your responses 🥰🥳

Here is September‘s challenge: just tag/post a book and post a photo that, in your heart and mind, fits the daily prompt.

How can it be September already?? I hope yours will be wonderful!!

#soulseptember

Thanks to everyone who played #Augustabc with me💗🌺💗😍. I love reading all your responses 🥰🥳

Here is September‘s challenge: just tag/post a book and post a photo that, in your heart and mind, fits the daily prompt.

How can it be September already?? I hope yours will be wonderful!!

#soulseptember @Eggs

Visit the #litsyhappenings page to see other challenges:
#selfseptember
#redroseseptember
#quotsysept19
#septembersins
#poetrymatters

This isn‘t even for the Litsy Reading Response project but I couldn‘t help but post this! At B & N right now reading this book from the Elephant & Piggie series... If anyone remembers from my Author Study, one of my fun facts that I shared was how the pigeon is secretly hiding in every Mo Willems book. When I read this part, I couldn‘t help but laugh! #ucflae3414su19

#5000LitfluenceGiveaway

My Litfluence reached the 5,000 milestone this week, so to show my appreciation for all of you, I will be hosting my very first giveaway on here! Since I‘ve joined Litsy, you all have been so friendly and welcoming, and I have made so many wonderful friends on here. Details for the giveaway will be coming in a couple of days, but this is my way of thanking you all for making Litsy such a fun place to be! 😊🎉📚

Despite our frustration (see previous post), we are thankful for our library and make good use of it. There‘s another one already being devoured, plus two DVDs. #bookhaul

Also, I‘m training the kiddo to carry some of the haul. It‘s only fair. “But it‘s HEEEAAAVVVYYY!” Um, yes, that is precisely my point.

RF / Good Reads Choice / S
• This book is about a pig who wants to thank everyone but forgets someone important, is it his best friend? The pigeon? OR YOU?
• https://ideas.demco.com/blog/mo-willems-writing-activity-thank-notes/
• #UCFSU19
• UDL 9.2
• EL: This book has very little words and is very expressive to catch an ELs attention and keep them motivated in the literature

A little non-bookish squishiness. 🤗💛

#AMonthOfSongs Day 8: #YouSay Thank You and Please to show that you have good manners. Fats‘ review: “The magic and whimsy of Mo Willems are ever-present in the book. Readers are led to believe that Gerald was referring to himself when he told Piggie that she would forget someone. As with other E+P books, the ending comes with a twist.” Full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-eoX

This book #25 is sadly Mo Willems last one in the series. Along with the book inside there‘s a cute stand-up cardboard cut out saying “thank you for being a reader.”

Last nights bedtime reading to Mimi. Her school is participating in the Pizza Hut Book It program. My children were in it and I love they‘re still offering it. What a fun incentive - who doesn‘t love pizza! 📖🍕

It‘s Read Across America week and today I read The Thank You book to my younger son‘s kindergarten class and got this cute “Volunteer Reader‘s Survival Bag”.

I was very surprised to receive a big variety of bookmarks from @LibrarianRyan for participating in #WeAreTheReaders, a Queen-inspired photo challenge. Thank you R.A. for the gift and for hosting the fun challenge.
What makes this extra nice for me is that I had lost the bag I kept my bookmarks in and was reduced to using paperscraps until now 😀

Look what I found in my letterbox just now.

Thank you @LibrarianRyan! It was a pleasure to take part in your #WeAreTheReaders #photochallenge.

So, now I have a large amount of "quitter strips", means I can be just like my daughter and start a stack of books at once. ?

Thanks to the generous @RavenLovelyReads for sharing some #LitsyLove with a Starbucks gift card! I grabbed a berry hibiscus tea after library story time with my daughter today & now I'm taking a few minutes to catch up on Saga!

Thank you so much, @LibrarianRyan or the book sleeve! I love it - the butterfly stitching along the top is so cute! It‘s actually the perfect size for the book I need to take in to a workshop I‘m attending tomorrow, so the timing was perfect

Gotta love a well played cameo that brightens your day.

Slowly but surely. Hahahaha!

I don‘t know when I will get a kid free moment to take proper pictures of my #lgpogsecretsanta or my #LitsyPenPals present so until then I just want to say a HUGE thank you to @Owlizabeth and @AmandaL for your gifts. You ladies are so great and I absolutely LOVE everything!

#litsygoespostalog #lgpogsecretsanta #litsypenpals #secretsanta

This the 25th and final book of the series. Loved reading these books to my sister‘s kids. Now I just need to wait for my brother‘s girls to be old enough. #novemberbythenumbers

I love Litsy because in the last week or two since I discovered it I‘ve felt more ‘at home‘ with you all than I have in months. I struggle daily with MS (and personal things at home), and finding this little community has brightened things exponentially! Thank you for hosting this #Grateful1KGiveaway @DebbieGrillo ❤️❤️ and a hug to both @MinDea and @BookishTrish 😻 THANK YOU, ALL! 💓📖

Getting ready for #alaac17!!!
#librarian

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! @BookishMarginalia for all the time and effort you put into organizing #summersantagoespostal . THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! @Wife for being so incredibly thoughtful & generous.

I apologize that I won't be very active tonight as my youngest is graduating 8th grade & is also the Valedictorian of his class (I'm a super proud mama). I look forward to catching up with everyone tomorrow!!!
I 💗💗💗💗💗 Litsy!!!

Thank you to everyone who contributed a post or two to #jennasfinalproject -- I am overwhelmed with responses! The video is not yet done, but I will post a link when I finish. As promised, my bribe was to send a random person a box of random books. I put all the names into a random name picker and @drbethandherkindle is the lucky recipient of random books from my collection that need a new home. Email me your address: mermaidpants@gmail.com

A huge thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday! I love this community and as Littens, you all made my day even more special! There are just too many people to tag but I want you to know what you mean to me! Thank you and hugs! You are all truly amazing!!😍❤🤗

A huge thank to my cohost @Bookworm83 for doing a birthday shoutout yesterday! And to all our wonderful Littens who wished me a happy birthday! You all are amazing and made my birthday one of the most special ones that I have celebrated! Thank you so much!!🤗

Mo Willems‘ Elephant and Piggie books are the Dick and Jane books of this generation. They are simple beginner reader books with simple concepts and funny stories. In this book, Piggie is going to say Thank you to everyone he knows for all the ways they help Piggie. But Elephant is sure that Piggie has forgotten someone. Do you know who he forgot? Share this book with a beginner you know.

This end of year schedule brings a little skip to my heart. BOGO Scholastic book fair! It's a dangerous event for my checking account. 🤑

Oh #Litsy, just a note of love and gratitude. It's such a relief to come here after catching up on the daily news. I feel it's important to stay informed, but it's so depressing. So thank you for creating a space that feels kind and hopeful in dark times. ❤❤❤

I just hit 10k litfluence! I want to thank all of you fantastic people for your comments & terrific conversations. Happy New Year! Happy 2017 reading!

Not book related - I wanted to give you all an update on the Lucky dog. He's a little limpy and sore today, but he wasted no time in going outside to play with the Grumpy one, which is a good sign. I'm so relieved and so thankful! Thank you, lovely Littens, for caring so much ❤

Thank you @LibrarianRyan for the cute Star Wars holiday card and gifties! Your #12daysofxmasphoto challenge was great fun. I hope you and yours have a very merry holiday season, and much peace and love in the new year.

Thank you #littens!! This app has been such an amazing experience and I have discovered so many fantastic books. ❤️

I like round numbers. Thanks everyone.

I have tried to be more productive than whiny in the past week (though my conservative relatives would probably call my participation in protests, etc. "whiny"). But between removing the FB app from my phone yesterday (FB friends, I still have my groups/messages) and reading your #booknerdproblems and coming up with my own, this is the first day I've woken up feeling just a little bit lighter. ??? ROCK ON READ ON

On Veterans Day I say thank you to my brother, my papa and my pop! Thank you to any and all!! #thankaveteveryday 🇺🇸🇺🇸💕