The Muppet Show was one of my favorite shows when I was little. And, strangely enough, my Dad loved it as well. He would be as excited as I was (if not more so) when it came on.

So, it gave me great joy to see that the FAO Schwartz “WhatNot Workshop” went back online two weeks ago.

What’s a WhatNot? Quoting the website:

Whatnots are those zany-looking extras you see in all the Muppet productions. Wacky! Fun! Totally unique!

The only thing that tempers my enthusiasm is the $129.00 price tag.

I wish they sold Ralph the Dog. Or Sam the Eagle. Hell, I’d even settle for Fozzie.

Wakka wakka.

And it’s underway – Ginny kicked off the web portion of the Make Room for Kids fundraiser on Monday morning, and in the intervening 36 hours $3,000 has already been raised. We’ve still got a long way to go to make the $10,000 to get the game room for Children’s hospital.

There’s a lots of wonderful charities operating at this time of year, some of which I’ll be highlighting in subsequent posts. But, please… take this opportunity and give what you can to the ailing kids at Children’s Hospital by clicking on the button on the right.

(Special shout-out to Mrs. Woy who came up with the name!)

So, many of the eyes who have fallen upon these words have also been over to Michelle’s blog or Twitter stream and will not find this to be anything new. For those who haven’t seen it, then it’s new to you!

If there’s one thing I know –  when Burgh Baby runs a no-huddle fundraiser to benefit anyone, it’s one hell of a two-minute drill.  She takes a cause, even something which should need no convincing to motivate you to donate, and makes it even more meaningful and personal for her and for you.

The cause this time? Getting toys for kids that won’t have anything under the tree – or, hell, might not even have a tree at all.

She’s already exceeded her goal of $1,000 and did it in record time – but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any more kids that could use your help.

Give. Please.

WoyGirl went and got herself a favorite Sesame Street character. While she loves Grover, she loves Elmo even more.

Whoooo boy.