Reference Area

The study rooms and the microfilm readers. And the pop machine that is surely causing librarians to roll over in their graves.
I don't have photos of the YA area yet as they didn't order enough shelving, so we're waiting for some to come in. It's a a very popular area and full of people after school.
M.H.

More Remodel

The upstairs lounge and some of the Grossheim photos hung on the 3rd St. wall. I don't like the art over the fireplace. It matches the wall color exactly and it's wider than the mantel. That's a decorating no-no isn't it? I think it should have been a painting with a frame to fit the traditional mantel. I really love this lounge and the laptop tablets on the chairs. M.H.

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