Last week?
Zoe was the star of storytime - not one, but two storytimes!
The kids petted and cooed, and totally erupted when Zoe did one of her patented jumps on command!
Zoe, jump!
Pimp My Dog
It's always a good time when I can pimp my dog for the library.
Last week?
Zoe was the star of storytime - not one, but two storytimes!
The kids petted and cooed, and totally erupted when Zoe did one of her patented jumps on command!
Zoe, jump!
Last week?
Zoe was the star of storytime - not one, but two storytimes!
The kids petted and cooed, and totally erupted when Zoe did one of her patented jumps on command!
Zoe, jump!
Winter Olympics
I am stupidly excited about the Winter Olympics in Vancouver starting next week!
I've always enjoyed watching the Winter Olympics more than the summer - both because I get really bored with all the track events in the summer, and because I have fond memories of really getting Winter Olympics fever in 1988 (Calgary!) because I was home with the chicken pox while they were broadcast.
In any case, I'm going to be wearing out my DVR recording all the figure skating, skiing, luging, bobsleding, freestyling and speed skating for two weeks in February.
(And ski cross? Omigod - I can't wait! Looks fun!)
Go Team USA!
Relay Roast
How much fun is this for a Relay for Life fundraiser?!
Relay Roast!
I ordered 20 bags of assorted Relay Roast, Colombian, French Roast and Decaf to sell at $10 a bag. And it comes in fun purple bags with a custom sticker!
Hopefully it will be a popular fundraiser for me!
We have our work cut out for us as a team this year...I've set our goal at $3,500, but I think we can do it!
Wanna help out my Relay team? My donation link is to the right!
Relay Roast!
I ordered 20 bags of assorted Relay Roast, Colombian, French Roast and Decaf to sell at $10 a bag. And it comes in fun purple bags with a custom sticker!
Hopefully it will be a popular fundraiser for me!
We have our work cut out for us as a team this year...I've set our goal at $3,500, but I think we can do it!
Wanna help out my Relay team? My donation link is to the right!
Moo Bookmarks
We recently redid the little bookshop/gift store in the library (it's called Treasures) and ever since we redid it before Christmas, we've been trying to search for unique, handmade, interesting items to sell.
I decided to help out the shop a bit, and since I just love Moo, I decided to order some Moo mini-cards and turn them into bookmarks!
I used some of my prettier photography, put a reading quote on the back, used some embroidery floss and a hole punch, and voila! Fun little bookmarks!
I decided to help out the shop a bit, and since I just love Moo, I decided to order some Moo mini-cards and turn them into bookmarks!
I used some of my prettier photography, put a reading quote on the back, used some embroidery floss and a hole punch, and voila! Fun little bookmarks!
Book Review: The Postmistress
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
The great folks at Putnam/Amy Einhorn books sent me an advance copy of this title, and when I heard it compared to The Help and blurbed by Kathryn Stockett, I was excited to start reading it!
For some reason, I've been in a total reading RUT since the beginning of the year, but I bravely dove into this one, though I found it pretty slow going at first. We have three main female characters in a novel set in the days before America entered World War II: Iris is the postmistress in tiny Frankin, Massachusetts, Emma is the newly married town doctor's wife, and across the Atlantic, Frankie Bard is a female radio correspondent, covering the bombings of London during early 1941.
Blake does a fine job of weaving the stories of these three ladies together, though it takes some time for the threads to pull fast. The part of the book that most held my interest were Frankie's observations of World War II life and struggles during the middle part of the book - towards the end, I found myself wandering away from the plot again, much as I did in the beginning of the novel, simply wanting to find the resolution and move on than to savor the story. I think this is probably more a product of my reading rut than from a poorly written novel, as it has won rave reviews from absolutely everyone else!
I can see why it has so many wonderful reviews, but for me, this novel didn't resonate as strongly as I had hoped, though Blake is a competent, lyrical writer and this story certainly will appeal to a wide range of ages and audiences!
The great folks at Putnam/Amy Einhorn books sent me an advance copy of this title, and when I heard it compared to The Help and blurbed by Kathryn Stockett, I was excited to start reading it!
For some reason, I've been in a total reading RUT since the beginning of the year, but I bravely dove into this one, though I found it pretty slow going at first. We have three main female characters in a novel set in the days before America entered World War II: Iris is the postmistress in tiny Frankin, Massachusetts, Emma is the newly married town doctor's wife, and across the Atlantic, Frankie Bard is a female radio correspondent, covering the bombings of London during early 1941.
Blake does a fine job of weaving the stories of these three ladies together, though it takes some time for the threads to pull fast. The part of the book that most held my interest were Frankie's observations of World War II life and struggles during the middle part of the book - towards the end, I found myself wandering away from the plot again, much as I did in the beginning of the novel, simply wanting to find the resolution and move on than to savor the story. I think this is probably more a product of my reading rut than from a poorly written novel, as it has won rave reviews from absolutely everyone else!
I can see why it has so many wonderful reviews, but for me, this novel didn't resonate as strongly as I had hoped, though Blake is a competent, lyrical writer and this story certainly will appeal to a wide range of ages and audiences!
Cross Stitch Display
We have a display case in the foyer of the library, and we often feature community organizations, clubs, as well as artists and just "pretty things" to display.
I decided to help fill in a couple of weeks, when it was going to sit empty, with my counted cross stitch projects from over the years.
I've been absolutely overwhelmed with all the compliments - glad to know people are enjoying my display (even if I had a booger of a time getting everything to fit in the case!)
I decided to help fill in a couple of weeks, when it was going to sit empty, with my counted cross stitch projects from over the years.
I've been absolutely overwhelmed with all the compliments - glad to know people are enjoying my display (even if I had a booger of a time getting everything to fit in the case!)
Sit. Stay. Heal.
Isn't that shirt that Dad surprised me with just PERFECT?!
(He found it on The Breast Cancer Site)
I love it!
(He found it on The Breast Cancer Site)
I love it!
