Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah (if the wishes don’t come til the 3rd day, are they late?) to all of my friends and peoples.

Wanna give? Here’s a free quick way to make an impact…
Here’s a shortened link…
http://is.gd/d0BE

Here’s the real link…
http://blog.firstbook.org/2008/12/19/a-call-to-action-post-a-comment-to-help-share-the-magic-of-bedtime-stories/

First Book is an organization that encourages literacy and reading by providing low-income kids with new books to read and own. Please take one minute using one of the links above this Christmas Eve or Day to leave a comment over at the First Book blog on a post sponsored by Disney to promote the new Adam Sandler Bedtime Stories movie. For every comment until December 25, Disney will donate a new book to First Book. They’ll donate up to 250K books and there are less than 500 comments so far. Honestly, I don’t know why this idea touches me so, but I am for some reason compelled to spread this around and encourage as many people to comment on the post. I guess I just feel like there’s a wasted opportunity there if Disney’s willing to donate up to 250K books and there are way less than that.

So, please forward this around a bit via Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, email, blogs, etc. and let’s try to help them reach that 250,000. It’s something free that requires little time that can really make an impact.

And as a special bonus, I will donate $2.50 to First Book for every comment on this blog entry between now and 11:59 PM EST on December 27 through First Book’s special that allows gifts to be matched by Random House and make double the impact. Normally, a $5 donation gets you 2 books, but until December 31, the organization will get 4 books. If 10 people comment on this post, we’ll be able to give 40 books.

So, promote your business, share pictures of your family, whatever…do it in my comments and I will donate some $$$ for books.

Rob and I enthusiastically wish you a happy holiday season, while Beans and Nico are more reluctant about it.

I’ll write more about my extended absence from my blog after Christmas, but for now I’m going to enjoy the rest of the holiday season with family and friends because I feel like the last 3 months has been crap/blah/whoa and I’m done with 2008. Bring on 2009.

Nothing but love.