Dr. Seuss Week

First off – KUDOS TO KRISTINA for our amazing logo.  We all love it!  The T-shirts are ordered and we are ready to …

…Kick off our Summer of 100,000 Pages.  It will begin on Monday bright and early.  Any books that you finish can be counted.  I am currently reading seven different books but won’t finish them until next Monday.  The more I think about this, it may be pretty cheap to count those 1,308 pages.  I am going to defer to the Justice and Ethics Committee, which I am hereby appointing as Whittie Leigh and Ben to determine if I should count them.  (The same determination will go for the rest of you who are reading books but not finishing them until then.)

I do want to clarify the completely amazing charts Daniel created and which you can find at the bottom of the blog.  THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION.  Should I be bolder about that?  THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION!!!  We are all working toward a common goal—reading 100,000 pages.  So, if the line following your name is soaring out in front, you should feel proud of yourself: you are contributing to the common good.  Go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back* and say, “Good job to me!”  If, on the other hand, your name has no line or a very small line moving to the right, then you should feel proud of yourself because you are allowing and encouraging others to better themselves by reading.  Give yourself a pat on the back* and say, “Good job to me!”

*When patting yourself on the back, I recommend patting over the opposite shoulder, i.e., using your right hand to pat your back over your left shoulder.  If you try to pay yourself over the same shoulder, you might dislocate something, which would impair your ability to hold a book. 

We will be kicking off Dr. Seuss Week with the book SEUSSY and some little creatures to help you read.  Whittie Leigh and Ben’s should arrive in the mail on Saturday, and the rest of you will have your books hand delivered.  I currently have 18 Dr. Seuss books from the library sitting on my hearth begging to be read.  Feel free to drop by the White House.

One interesting thing about Dr. Seuss is that in 1959 he wrote the book Happy Birthday to You!  How appropriate.  Do you know who was born that year?

The minute you finish your first book, shoot off a text or an email to Adam because he has declared that for your first book you receive a 100 GRAND bar.  We will get those candy bars out posthaste. 

Get your reading engines ready.  Jared and Amanda will be visiting the Irvine Rickses this weekend, and the Nielson family is welcoming little Violet.  It’s going to be a great Memorial Day Weekend.  Just remember to make time each day for books.

Looking ahead to the next week:  Library Week.  As you plan the week of May 31 – June 6, hopefully you will pencil in a trip to your local library.