Who Is Linette Gerlach?

Ranked #3,753 in Squidoo Community, #266,726 overall

My Story

I've loved to create, and write since the second grade. I started writing corny poems and stories as soon as I could put words to a page. You can check out some of my favorite things, and favorite sites all together on this lens.

I spent many years in the corporate world, and now I am taking the time to get back in touch with my creative side. I am enjoying the process and I hope that you enjoy what you see here. Blogging is my passion, but Squidoo is my addiction.

I think blogging and Squidooing go very well together. I think of my Squidoo lenses as blog posts on steroids. I enjoy taking a subject I've blogged about and expanding it into a Squidoo lens.

A Few Of My Favorite Things:

I'm a professional blogger, and writer. I have my own home and garden blog The Home and Garden Cafe, where I share home decorating tips, recipes, gardening tricks, and gadgets.

I love to plan parties, for all ages. I have a party planning blog called The Kid's Birthday Fun Review. I have a series of lenses on party planning, check out a few of them below. I'm hoping to add a series of party lenses on food, decorations, activities, cakes, and more!

I love reality TV, especially Big Brother (check out my Big Brother lens listed below), and American Idol. I also enjoy going to see movies (I have a collection of movie lenses) on opening weekend is another favorite, especially family, or children's movies, since it's usually a family outing. Check out Kid's Movie News, to find out the latest on your favorite children's movies.

I have a hard time focusing on one thing (can you tell?), and I love to write, and blog about a variety of things. You can check out all of my blog feeds below. Please stop by and say hi.

I have a short attention span for one subject. I think another name for it is adult ADD. I think that's why I enjoy blogging and Squidooing so much. I can write about whatever I'm in the mood to right that moment. If it doesn't fit in a blog post, it'll make a great Squidoo lens:)

Citizen Squid Mentoring Program: Groups Mentor

I am the new Content Mentor for the Squidoo Mentoring program. Soooo... If you have a question about writing content for your lens, finding content ideas for your lens, how to write the best content, or...anything content related, drop me a line, or leave me a quick note in the guest book of the Content Mentoring lens. I'd love to answer your questions.
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I Got My Angel Wings!

I'm done with my tour as a Squidoo Angel, and I have to say I really enjoyed it! I'm still an honorary angel (which means I still have my wings, it's one of the perks that goes along with being a Squidoo Mentor. I do enjoy flying by lenses and leaving thumbs up, but many times I don't even let people know I've been there. I guess I'm a secret angel:-)

My Best Cookies Ever Lens Won Lens Of The Day!

On March 17th 2008, The Best Cookies Ever was bestowed the Lens of The Day Award. It's truly an honor to receive this recognition. I feel so blessed to have one of my lenses chosen when there are so many awesome lensmasters (and lenses) out there.
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I'm Very Proud Of My Purple Star Lenses

Squidoo has a new Purple Star Program for Giant Squids, and I'm very blessed to have a few lenses blessed with a Purple Star!
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Animals and Nature

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Squidilicious News!

I found out in the fall of 2007 I'm in the Giant Squid Top 100 club! This is a project I worked hard to achieve, so when I received the email telling me I'd made the cut there was dancing and screaming at my house!

My son and the dogs all thought we were having a wonderful party. My husband just looked at me like I was crazy.

But I am honored to be a Giant Squid, and I will try my best to continue to create great, fun lenses!

In The Top 100

The Best Cookies Ever spent over 180 days on the Top 100 List at Squidoo, and The Top Animated Children's Movies of 2007 was on the Top 100 List for over 400 days.

Woot, Woot!
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The Kid's Birthday Fun Review Blog

Like I said above, I love to blog. Kid's Birthday Fun is a blog all about children's parties, games, cakes, and activities. Let us help plan your next party, and more.

Here are the latest entries.
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I Love Birthday Parties!

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I Love Children's Movies~ The Kid's Movie News Blog

I think it's because I'm a kid at heart!

Find out the latest news on your favorite children's movies at the Kid's Movie News blog.

Here are the latest entries:
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My Movie and TV Lenses

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It's Just Business

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More on Parties

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On The Home Front

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My Favorite Authors

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Squid Who Featured Lenses

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Squid Who Fictional Characters

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Have You Seen This Child?

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My Groups

These are my groups, if you have a lens that fits in either group, please join us!
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The Home and Garden Cafe Blog

My own personal home and garden blog. I love to discuss home decor, outdoor spaces, gardening, landscaping, recipes, gadgets and more.

Check out the latest from The Home and Garden Cafe:
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Where You Can Visit Me

Here are some social networking sites I am a member of:

Linette's My Space Page(I'm Linettewrites here)
My Blog Log Profile Page](I'm Barkely here)

Twitter

Facebook

My Technorati Favorites

Gather -Keep informed on Gather.com! Content ranges from politics to cooking, and we earn Gather Points or cash for using the site! It's an excellent place for networking, and you can share some of your Squidoo lenses in your profile, or write an article, post a photo, and lin

My Tagfoot Favorites

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The Big Brother Blog

I have a blog to tie in with my Big Brother TV Season lens here at Squidoo
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I Love to Take Photographs

To use on my lenses and blogs. Here are some of my favorite recent shots.
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I Blog About Being A Squidoo Lens Author

There is so much buzz and conversation surrounding Squidoo, I had to get involved.
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I would love to hear from you, leave a short blurb to let me know who stopped by.

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My Favorite Camera! It Fits In My Pocket and Takes Great Photos

Canon Powershot A540
My other favorite toy, which I just got for Christmas last year is the Canon PowerShot A540 6MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom. I love this camera because it fits in my purse! I have it with me everywhere I go. I don't have to miss a shot because I didn't want to carry a big bulky camera along. It is easy to use, and takes beautiful pictures. Another thing I like about this camera is, it only needs two AA batteries to operate. It also doesn't eat batteries as fast as some of the digital cameras I had in the past. I highly recommend this camera to anyone.

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