madmommy

Been gone for a long time...

Ok, here are my lame reasons for not posting in forever.

1. Had to give back my school laptop for upgrades.
2. The very same day, my personal laptop hard drive crashed, irreparably.
3. Taught a week's worth of vacation bible school, to include the week before spent decorating the church.
4. Planned a long overdue summer vacation to visit the folks in Wisconsin.
5. Cable (and thus, internet) down for three days due to severe thunderstorm.

And I'm sure there are more, smaller details. But I've bored you enough already.  I shall return!

New email

Yahoo was just getting too full of junk, so from now on I'm moving over to gmail. The new address is posted to the right, on my sidebar. The old yahoo address still exists, but I'm trying to organize my blog/etsy/sewing stuff under on email client, and leaving the "junk" behind. Just another way of letting you, faithful readers, know that I've got your back.

Google Booksearch

Run, don't walk, over to Material Mama's site and checkout the video about Google Booksearch.  Then try the Booksearch site yourself!  Amazing!  Enter a book title, subject, author, etc.  You'll receive what looks like a standard response to a Google search.  That's where the similarities end.  At this point, you can find a book you like, find out where to purchase it (or even where to download it/view it for free!).  Or find it in a local library.

Example...I typed in the book "The Art of Embroidery".  Clicked the link to find a library with a copy.  Brought up a huge list of libraries with copies of the book and how far from my home they were!  Then allowed me into my local library online system, where I was able to check availability and put a copy on hold!

This is an amazing tool that I'm sure I'll be using quite often!  Thanks Meg!