It's been a hard year for a lot of people and our church hasn't been exempt - one of the things going on at this point is we found out the old grade school people, who already caused us so much misery in the past that ended in our abrupt and traumatic closure of the school, have come back to haunt us. Turns out they never completed the permits for ( Read more... )

I was grocery shopping and ran into a lady we used to go to church with/visit/etc. about ten years back but haven't seen much since - don't you hate it when you get that "So, what are you up to? What do you do?" question ( Read more... )

Gracious, it has been a while hasn't it? Thank you dear Kimby for the nudge... I've been up to my ears in work, I'm busy running a bookfair this week (with a Robin Hood theme - for which I sewed mountains of felt hats for the kids) and both of my daughters have birthdays within a week and a half... Tea party successfully pulled off, relatives ( Read more... )

I am completely humbled and flabbergasted by the generosity of our dear ((((SirAda/Onono/ Onomir))))... He and his stalwart brother and others he has gathered are taking a precious Saturday morning in summer and coming out to my town just to help me move books and bookcases as I relocate my library - there was no way I could move many of these ( Read more... )

Long ago I found a gumball machine at a garage sale from a fellow who had tired of refilling it at his business. It's paid for itself and raised money for my library ever since, repainted to not look so utilitarian in the school hallway, a good and faithful companion to the coat-racks. Early last week I found it broken, much to my surprise - a ( Read more... )

I really don't know quite what to do - I feel like I know all of you so much better because of your LJ entires, but then I'm always lurking instead of posting myself which feels a tad unfair. And yet I have a hard enough time keeping up with what I need to care for online that I also find I have little time to just 'play and socialize, or write ( Read more... )

A little while ago I asked on the boards if anyone would like to send me a postcard from wherever they are, to help with the decorating of my 'travel' themed bookfair I have to put together mid-October - what a response, and what a blessing it has turned out to be! I've so enjoyed every one of them, and so many have come in, I am humbled by the ( Read more... )

For those who don't already know it, I work as the librarian for a private elementary/middle school - and anyone who works around a library will know that the work never stops, there's always something that needs repair, replacement, relocating, etc ( Read more... )