Monday, August 15, 2005

It's Monday...

...and I can't wait till Friday. Yes I know I'm wishing my life away but the sooner the next two weeks go by the sooner I can take a vacation!!!!!!
The authors of Knightscares will be at the library tomorrow and we are expecting a fun program that will encourage kids to read. Wed. night our SS Class will be setting up for the church yard sale and that will run Thurs, Fri, and Sat. Mom, Dad and I will be working it Saturday and then the YA's will have a class party that night.
Library Yard Sale and Poker Walk will be the 27th, and then it's full time vacation after Celebration Sunday on the 28th. If my life is this busy why do I feel like I haven't accomplished anything?
Just finished Elizabeth Lowell's new book "Always Time to Die". Good suspense and I wasn't even 100% sure who the suspects were until the end. There was some genealogy and family history writing involved in the book but I enjoyed it anyway.
Next on my list is "Carpe Demon" by Julie Kenner. (She did a great job with 'Givenchy Code') and then on to the other 10 books I have stacked up at home. I'm trying to keep up with my teen and junior level reading by listening to them in the car. Right now I have "Bucking the Sarge" by Christopher Paul Curtis. (MI author from Flint) I have "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt (MI author from Grand Rapids) for my vacation trip. I hope gas prices go down some before then! It just went up to $2.70 today and the lines were to long to wait in.
Bogus Thought: Why don't all cars and trucks have gas tanks on the same side? You know how difficult it is to wait for gas when the lines are going the wrong way! What am I suppose to do, go through the line in reverse just to get gas? I think we should start a petition that would require all vehicle manufactures to locate the gas tank filler on the same side! IS ANYONE WITH ME?

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Too many things...

...to come up with an interesting heading. It has been a busy week. Last night was the McDonalds fundraiser dinner for the library. All eat in sales between 5-7 brought 20% to the library fund. We had a good turnout and I'm glad I don't work at McDs but they sure were nice. We haven't got our total figures of how much we made but I'm hoping for around $500.
Next weekend if a fundraiser yardsale for the church. We are trying to raise money to reside the parsonage. Mom and I will be spending Saturday cleaning the garage of last years yard sale stuff and getting it ready for the church. Jen and I are also having a Pampered Chef party next Thursday and I need to get food for that. On Tuesday the authors of 'Knightscares" will be at the library. They writed a fantasy adventure series for upper elementary kids. That will also be a busy day. But tomorrow will be that last of Summer Reading Club and our Medieval Faire. I will be manning the Quinlan game and working with set up and lunch prep before comeing back to the library for work the rest of the day. (Fun, fun, fun)
I'm anxious for my vacation and looking forward to seeing Darren & Hazel, and Greg, Jeanette, and Lauryn. (J&G I'm praying your job interview goes well, and it's what you want!)
Well, I have a little bit of time left on my lunch hour and I want to finish Fern Michaels new book, "The Nosy Neighbor".

Thursday, August 04, 2005

The truth about men...

...as only a single woman can tell it!
Men are like mascara...they run at the first sign of emotions.
Men are like lava lamps...pretty to look at but not real bright.
Men are like coolers...load them up with beer and then you can take them anywhere.
Men are like copiers...good for reproduction but thats about it.
Men are like commercials...you can't believe a word they say.
Men are like blenders...you know you have to have one, you just don't know why.
Men are like plungers...they spend most of their lives in the hardware store or the bathroom.
Men are like coffee...the best ones are rich, hot, full-bodied, and keep you up all night.

If you want to know how men are like Chocolate bars, vacations, and snow storms check our Marianne Stillings book, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evie". (There are also several good comebacks about what women are like.) If you can't find the book

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

School's Out...

...schools out! A whole month with no classes or homework! Finally some time to read and relax. (Only in my dreams) Two top books on my list are required reading for a library program we are planning for next spring. We offer a Community Reads program and we are choosing the next book.
Plans are underway for the relocation of the Lucas households. We're praying that Bruce and Jen will hear back on their loan soon and that Greg and Jeanette will find the additional work/income to stay in Tennessee like they want to.
The library is hard at work raising money for a new building. Everyone who can needs to come to the Lakeview McDonalds on the 10th from 5-7 and order a weeks worth of food. (Bring your own bag because you have to make a eat in purchase.) Pam has started requesting authographed books for an auction and received 3 of Henry Winklers 'Hank Zipzer' series. (They are cool)
I am getting my feet wet in Grant Writing and I really don't like the water. We are trying to get an A/V Learning Center for the library which would provide a listening center for cassettes, CDs, and DVDs. I'm also working on one with the Greenville library to get a CD/DVD repair machine for the county libraries to share. (I don't like writing grants!!!!!)
Other aspects of my life are just as busy as always. I'm taking a sabatical from church duties in Sept-Dec as I will be taking 2 classes in Lansing. My classes will be Saturday and Monday so I will be spending the weekend with Uncle Doug and Aunt Nelda in Potterville. It will be a nice time to relax and keep my homework done.
No more to say for now. Would appreciate feedback on any of the books I've recommended. I forgot to add some to my humor section but if you want some laugh out loud Christian authors try Linda Windsor's "It had to be you" or "Along came Jones".