Ya'll, since you don't really know me you don't know that my everyday self is a housewifey/writerly/mommy type (you probably could have guessed that) but all of that hides the real me: IDEA LADY.

I have five hundred "amazing" ideas a week. Typically they come to me when I'm in the middle of something else, like trying to write a blog entry or folding laundry or revising something that's due in 24 hours. My husband just rolls his eyes when I tell him I have an idea; my friends are in awe (and they wonder how I ever get anything done from thinking so much). My mother sighs. My sisters laugh.

But every once in a while I have a FANTASTIC idea. Just fantastic. Like when I thought of my book, When I Met You, or when I thought of adopting Little J, or when I thought of dropping Chemistry my freshman year of college after getting 5 consequetive Fs on 5 consequetive homework assignments.

Yesterday I had one such FANTASTIC ideas. I was thinking about this blog and about my next book about Russian adoption that won't be out until next November (have you seen my illustrator's website yet? www.mirandarmueller.com SHE IS GREAT!) and about summer break and all the crafty stuff I'd like to do with my kids and IT HIT ME.

I should start a newsletter about crafty fun cultural stuff to do with kids adopted from Eastern Europe. Of course, FRUA publishes Family Focus, which you get it you join, but it's for adults and is very factual and the cultural stuff (while fabulously well written by yours truly) is kind of interesting, it's definitely not for the children. But I could do one for children. That's what I do: write for children.

So what do you think? Do you think people would subscribe? Would kids enjoy getting a newsletter with crafts and recipes and interesting cultural info?

In the meantime, if you are reading this blog entry in the hopes of actually getting fun cultural crafty things for kids, check out this page on kidsculturecenter.com. Very, very fun coloring pages. For older kids, this site has word puzzles, word searches, and a printable map as well.