Sorry, Doggie.

A little post-Christmas appology:

Christmas kitty is sorry

really sorry

for teasing Santa dog.
Who knew he'd take it so seriously?

Or carry it to such heights?

Ahhh, Christmas!

Like Santa, I made a list and checked it twice: Tree and mantle decorated?- check.

Presents wrapped ?- check.

Chirstmas music loaded into CD player? - check.

Cards made? - check. Cards sent? - mostly....

Shopping done? - check.

Wishes wished? - check.

Cookies baked and goodies bought? -check.

Christmas blog post?
Ahhh, the visiting Bloomingtonaut took care of that!

Check it out: http://bloomingtonautica.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-in-indiana.html

Time for a new list....new year....maybe resolutions?

To be gifted

To be truly gifted... is to be the school librarian at Christmas.
I am reminded why I love doing this. (NOT for the candy!)

Wednesday's Child is full of Woe

When the librarian has a bad day....

you bet they're sorry.

Just in time for the holidays

Long ago, back in the now-unimaginably hot summer, the vacationeers went shopping with us. Everyone tried out various chairs and seats
at a gallery of hand-made furniture.
We liked this chair, and after much debate and consultation, we ordered it.
So off in a workshop somewhere, wood workers went to work.
Apparently they worked slowly and carefully.
After about 12 weeks we began to wonder. Where was our chair?
A few more weeks went by.
T. took to calling the gallery once or twice a day.
Any word about the chair?
Finally....
here it is!
Just in time for the holidays.

The Bazaar

The annual UU Bazaar was this past weekend.

I was meeting Mimi there, and when she was late arriving I wandered around taking pictures. Here's a glass artist who makes lovely little vases.

And here's an interesting stained glass artist.
Somehow all the booths I photographed were all the glass ones.
Then around the corner I spotted yet another glass worker-
just look at the lovely things Abby is making!
Fun to see this former library kid calling her studio "Tweedle Beetle" (and you do remember which Dr. Seuss book that's from, don't you?)

Bye, bye Book Fair!

All last week regular library activities were suspended.

The sales racks for the school book fair covered our regular shelves.

Classes were wildly excited about the transformation of the library into a store. I spent the week trying to persuade children to buy books instead of bendy pencils, pointer fingers and smelly highlighters. And don't get me started on the rubber duckie erasers!

I carefully tried to teach every class that .99 really means you need another dollar.

I spent the week trying to help children understand why their clutch of quarters wouldn't buy the expensive book they wanted. And I only put a couple of dollars in to cover the little ones who just couldn't get it. I tried to explain that even though the book company promised they would restock anything in the promotional brochure, apparently they would not.
Now, many children did end up buying some great books. Lots of parents came to support their school library and took home wonderful presents for their families.
I myself took home several full bags of books, which some of you may unwrap later on this month. I kept a huge pile of books for the library as our profit. I had some fabulous parent volunteers every hour the fair was open and they had lovely conversations with each other and all their friends.
So it was considered a successful event, all in all.
But how satisfying it will be to open up on Monday as a library again.