May 18, 2009 and May 19, 2009

Well happy Rainy Monday to you! I wish I could have just stayed in bed today. My rainy Monday actually began with the first crash of lightening and drum of thunder. I have this really great Golden Retriever- so cute and fuzzy and playful and big and stinky! Yeah, anyway, he is terrified of thunder and lightening. Before I even know it's going to rain he starts the whimpering. He decides that his bed is no longer comfortable and that he needs mine. Hello! Big, sweet, cute, fuzzy, stinky crybaby! It's 2:00 AM and he's crying and breathing (which is good really, I might not like his smell at all if he were not actually breathing) in my face as if it were the end of the world! I tell ya, it's like having a baby all over again... Any way, I have to comfort him or he will cry the whole night! So I am up and not getting the preferred seven to eight-and-one-half hours of required adult sleep! This sleep deprivation may affect the way I write in my blog or the way I am at work- This can not happen!

And now it's Tuesday; and raining... gee whiz... Well, the good news is that This Day, This Actual Day is the day it all began one year ago. Yes, one year ago our sleepy Lil' library re-opened it's eyes and it's doors in a brand new location! This day remembers from whence we came. The musty, dusty, sleepy little home for so many wondrous reads... The bugs and elbow-room-only spaces... I spread rumors that we had so little space for our wonderful novels that staff had to take turns balancing stacks of books on our heads. It was a colorful rumor... Novels of all types listing and swaying and teetering... Ingredients would dangle from the pages just barely hanging on... sigh... Characters would poke their heads out, threatening with gestures of nausea. The sea would spill out onto our clothes... Oh Thank YOU all! Thank you for rescuing us all! The staff, the novels, the books can BREATHE! We can all breathe!! Our new and spacious wonderful library is embraced by one and all!

I do thank you. The public made it possible. The county folks made it possible. Thank you again...

May 15, 2009

Okay, today is the day! We are celebrating the 1st anniversary of our library in it's Sparkly, Clean, New, fresh, friendly, fantastic building. Be sure to come down and rock-n-read! Have some cookies and pop and share your thoughts! Let me tell you, we have over 500 cookies... Did you catch all them zeros? We will be up to our eyebrows in cookies if you don't eat some. Oh, and the Friends of the library are having a special on books in their store; may be just the bargain you are looking for... C'ya soon!

May 11, 2009 and May 13, 2009

Yet another quickie: I feel as though I haven't been here in ages! I missed a few days because we were so busy. Last week we had sensitivity training and upgrades and tons of food! We shelf read and cleaned computers and dusted and mopped and well, you get the idea. We gotta lot goin' on. I've been chasing this little bug around my desk. He looks like any other annoying critter only he wears a soldiers pattern on his back...? Any guesses? Red undercarriage? I haven't squashed him yet because he's not bitten me yet. We just keep playing tag... Where oh where has the time gone?

We are preparing for our big celebration! One of our splendid PS A's came up with this great idea. It involves a small cut-out (shaped like a book) that reads,"I Love My Library because..." The idea is to get everyone to fill in the blank....Here is my response: "I love my library because it is so clean and shiny. The lighting, nature, comfort of the library is fantastic! The staff (yea- me included) is warm and inviting and helpful. The flower boxes are gorgeous! This place is peaceful. It's the perfect place to be! The world is in such chaos... I am blessed to be here; and grateful that I'm paid to be here. Working in peace is great; it's why I Love My Library". Now, you can come in when ever you want and fill in your response. The book shaped cut-outs are on the Check Out counter...

Monday May 04, 2009

This will be a quick one. We have just finished a week of survey and I have so much to do. Let me tell ya, tickin' off every question, every book and computer screen, every person, can be quite the challenge! Remembering to answer a question during survey can be rough! I'm thinking,"Okay, that was a question; a reference question..where's the form...? WHat? Oh, what was the question...? It was something ref..." EEeeK! Okay my mind is not THAT jumbled but you get the gist! It can be tough. And you're probably thinking,"what an idiot! Anyone can remember that!" Yeah, that and the twenty seven other things I have to remember in that moment! I think we should enhance our staff with Yoga classes. If we held them throughout the day it may teach us to clear our minds.... focus....remain calm....peace and butterflies....
Oh alright! Survey was great. We were busy and I can prove it. C'ya late ta!