The first day of school is quickly approaching. As is a 2-day getaway we have scheduled. As is a crazy 24-Hour Mountain Bike Race my husband will be participating in.

And quite honestly, I am in need of a break from the screen. So for the next two weeks, I’ll be scarce.

Fear not, I have some wonderful scintillating classic old posts of mine lined up to re-run. So if you’ve found my blog within the last year or so, these posts will be new to you. And if you’ve been around longer, you’ve probably forgotten them, so perhaps it will be nice to see them again.

I have a few new posts scheduled as well — a kids’ book blog tour / giveaway next week, a few Wordless Wednesdays, the unveiling of this year’s Fall into Reading button. So basically, it will still look like I’m around, when I’m actually doing laundry, traveling, packing, unpacking, packing again, and getting ready to transition into a new school year.

I’ll be back for real around Labor Day.

In the meantime, I recently changed my comment format — it’s now embedded on the same page with the post. What do you think about that? Be honest. I know it’s more like the Wordpress and Typepad blogs, so I thought that familiarity might be a good thing. But if it annoys you, feel free to speak up. And if you don’t really have a preference, let me know that too.

Also, someone asked me how I got my comments numbered (!) in Blogger (!). (Ah, numbered comments. They will come in very handy for future giveaways.) If you have a “new” Blogger template, and you don’t mind playing around in the html code, you can find directions for getting numbered comments here. [Just please back up your template before playing around. I'm just sayin'.]

Okay, dear readers, have a great couple of weeks. See you in September!