More Remodel

The new book/reading lounge and more of the childrens department.

Library Remodel

Here's the children's department and the magazine area.

A Week of Fog?

I don't know how many days of fog we've had. Lost count.

Yesterday was a busy day. L was at show choir all day. I went down to work at 3:00 and stayed until 9:30 when the kids I was working with said they could take over. Meanwhile, M&E had left for the Y dance after 6 of M's friends dropped off their sleepover stuff. S stayed home by herself for a few hours. I wasn't too worried about her, as time flies when you're playing computer games. She probably hardly moved.

I picked up M&E and friends from the Y at 10:30. Then ordered pizzas. Picked up L from show choir at midnight. Every one stayed up late and was wound up - except me. I went to bed at 1:00 and missed the birthday party. M is 13 today. Now I have 2 teens, though E is so close she acts like a teen too. I'm very impressed that M organized the whole party on her own and everything worked as planned.

M.H.

Christmas photos

Wanted to show you some decor. I love decorating the house, putting different things on the stand in the hallway. We usually don't have the alphabet table in the hallway. I never got around to covering the Christmas tree stand. I like the little houses on the mantle and our Chinese decorations are always up through CNY.

M.H.

Almost the New Year

Christmas is over. Almost New Year's. I haven't had time to say or post any photos. I took 4 hours off work today and what a difference that made. Didn't do anything exciting - ran errands. No activities tonight so I played chess with E - she won and I played Mancala with S and she won twice and I watched a DVD of my choosing and not another episode of Hannah Montana or Wizards of Waverly. Please..... I would rather watch endless reruns of Gilligan's Island - which is what I did do as a child.

We had a nice family xmas. I'm still working at mailing xmas cards. I have about a doz. done.

I'm not thinking about resolutions this year, because I never keep them. I'm more fantasizing about what I wish the new year would be like - lots of money - enough for me to work part time, my excess weight would just melt away with wishful thinking, my kids would continue to excel in school and in their chosen activities - now that is likely to be the one thing to come true. That work will continue to be fun and new and interesting. And that I will quilt and catch up on scrapbooks and not procrastinate about anything. Yeah, there are a lot of things I would like, but honestly, I've got it really good and should appreciate what I have.

Happy New Year if I'm not back for a few weeks,

MH

Wallpaper

Here's my bathroom that I've been wallpapering bit by bit. I will probably never wallpaper anything again. It's slow going, but it's not hard. It's difficult to get the seams to stay closed. I see why some people over lap them. Anyway, I like it and I'm glad I did it. It's hard to take a photo of the tiny room.

M.H.

Thanksgiving at J&Y's

Some photos from our trip. These are murals Joe painted long ago, but I had never seen.

And I love to watch my kids sleeping. I think they are so beautiful when asleep.
M.H.