A peach of a story!

James and the Giant Peach turns 50 this year. If you visit followthatpeach.com, you can print out and send a peach to someone in the world - a little like Flat Stanley.



Roald Dahl books are wonderful, wild, wacky rides so, like a peach, pick one and enjoy!

My Yearly Post

It seems to be that way. I'm too tired at the end of the day or just too plain forgetful to write in my blog so it has been sorely neglected. I have finished my first year back in an elementary library and starting my second tomorrow. I have seen many, many movies, read not enough books and visited New York for the first time.

I signed up for a Facebook account to be with the "in crowd" and have neglected it about as much as this blog.

I still have my two boys and my quiet, peaceful life so it's all good.

Finally!!

I am a librarian again. I am working in a PK-4 elementary. The school was new last year but the librarian became ill during the fall so they essentially did not have a librarian last year. They were so excited to see me which really made me fell I made the right decision to return to the library.

The school has a Western theme so I found Woody, Jessie and Bullseye to introduce the library rules and procedures to the kids.

I am having fun and glad I made this decision.

Just around the bend

13 days left of school (not that I'm counting) and I can only look ahead to August and a new school year in a new school in a new district. Somewhere where I am greeted with big smiles, hugs and "we are so glad you are here!" What a difference from where I have been.

I am reading books like crazy after a many months-long "drought". I am reading through the 2008-09 Texas Bluebonnet Award list, the latest Stephenie Meyer's book, The Host, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, The Road by Cormac McCarthy and any new children's book I can get my hands on.

Life is looking up!! And just in time for summer - Grand Canyon, here I come!

Are you still here??

(Duffy pretty much sums up his attitude about the holidays.)


Hi, how are you? Have you been here long? Sorry, didn't see you there but then I haven't been here since August!

Actually, my blog is one of my opening tabs so I do see it from time to time as I skim across the top looking for another tab.

Nothing really to say - just trying to get through the school year with the hopes that I will be somewhere else next August.

Times flies and I wish I had more to say about my life but it is what it is. Don't you hate that saying? I can't believe I just used it.

My boys are doing great. I am devoted to them and when my friends with human children start complaining about the things their kids are doing and/or saying, I am really glad to have my canine kids.

I've been in an astoundingly long "reader's block". I have had the same YA book sitting by my bedstand since December. I have rechecked it once then checked it out and rechecked it on my aunt's library card - that's twelve weeks and I still haven't finished it. I hang my head in shame.

I went to a crop last night for the first time in a while. It was fun - I got to use the Cricut for the first time. I cut letters for a title on one of the pages I was creating. I have just ordered some more supplies from scrapbook.com - somebody stop me!!

That's it for now. I feel the need to go do something so I can add it to my blog before summer. We'll see - later!!

Just don't know what to do with myself

I haven't posted in a while due to summer schedule and - who am I kidding? - because I'm writing for me and I haven't felt like talking to myself in a while.

My job situation has thrown me for a loop. Four of my very dear friends left to work together somewhere else and three others quit in the last two weeks. I feel lost and abandoned. Sounds silly but when most of your life revolves around work and you don't see those familiar faces anymore, it really affects the whole atmosphere (and attitude) at work.

Speaking of... we were instructed on how to be empathetic recently. I was telling a friend about it later and she thought it sounded so silly (as did I). "You are either empathetic or you aren't by now!" I concur!

Duffy's got allergies in his eyes - or so thinks the vet. Both eyelids are covered with bumps and his eyes are matted closed in the morning when he comes out of his crate. Poor baby!

I went to my first crop Saturday night. I was intimidated by everyone there but especially by this one young woman who has been cropping three months and was creating the most adorable pregnancy books for her friends (11 in her group are pregnant, OMG!) made from small brown paper bags folded over and loaded with cute papers, tags and embellishments. I look forward to going back, though, because they are such nice ladies!

Plug time: http://www.thecraftyscrapper.com/

Dam it!

I must be in the writing mood today. Two posts in one day!

I am sitting at a crossroads at this point in my professional life. I feel like everything is backed up, waiting for a dam to burst loose so I can find my way to smooth waters. There are a number of logs in the dam. Here are just a few:

My "boss" who has been a co-worker and friend for many years is moving on and I'm not sure I like what he's leaving behind for the rest of us. I have been more sensitive lately (allergies=medication=mood swings) and I am letting this get to me more than it should.

I like what I am doing now but I know it will change significantly next year. I can hold out for one year and hope I get a position at (another) new school but I can't guarantee I would get it. Things have changed quite a bit in this district over the past few years. No more guarantees about anything anymore!

I also have a dilemma about teaching summer school. I applied to two campuses and have been hired for both. Now, I have to decline one of the positions without burning my bridges for next summer. Boo-hoo, poor me with two jobs - I wished I could feel ashamed for the excess but a girl's got to do what she can in the world of poorly paid educators.

Maybe a new profession? I don't feel financially stable enough to make a choice that radical just now.

Maybe it's the spring weather that's got me so conflicted - oh, well, it's already heating up for the summer and I will be indoors where I can think about my life until I am nauseated!