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Then And Now--Fifth "Blogiversary"

LibraryLady — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Maggie of "Magpie Musing" led me to Wordle, a way to take text and turn it into a word picture. So today, on my 5th (really) "bloggiversary" is a Wordle from my very first post:

That's Good, That's Bad--In A Nutshell

LibraryLady — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:57:00 GMT

One of the only good things about my assistant's leaving is that it means she is no longer bringing in candy to tempt me.But before she left, she went out and bought us some peanut M&Ms.Not a little bag, mind you. A 3 pound bag.And not just o

Monday Morning Weigh In: Not Today

LibraryLady — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:25:00 GMT

I am still where I was last week. And there will be no ticker today as a protest. Because De of "Shilly Shally Dilly Dally" has abruptly taken down her blog again--this time without so much as telling anyone she was going to do it. And

A Friday Morning In August

LibraryLady — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:04:00 GMT

The rosebush that we planted in July in memory of Nanay has grown and thrived. The first two roses opened this week. Several different types of tomatoes "Sun Gold", "Sun Cherry" and "J

Monday Morning Weigh In: Up and Down on the Merry Go Round

LibraryLady — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:56:00 GMT

This is what the scale was saying this AM. But I've given Weight Watchers the same 147 as last week, because the scale keeps going up and down. Especially since I always seem to have menstrual bloat right AFTER my period!I hoped going back to bal

She's NOT "Hot", She's Nine!

LibraryLady — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:03:00 GMT

JR was in tears bordering on hysterics yesterday afternoon when I picked her up at the Y.Apparently a 6 year old girl told her:A)That she has several older brothers, and that one is 19 and that they think JR is "hot".(And JR was embarrassed

On My Own Again

LibraryLady — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:59:00 GMT

First my assistant leaves, now my 15 hour a week librarian is quitting, also to take a full time job.And for some reason, I had a feeling this was going to happen!Both came in just last year, and now both are going to be gone.I don't blame either

Monday Morning Weigh In: Please Don't Laugh, But:

LibraryLady — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:41:00 GMT

The scale moved! And in the right direction I've got ballet twice this week. And we are acquiring a Play Station 2 so that JR can play "Dance Dance Revolution". They have it at her Y camp and she loves it, and I want to play along too.S

Why I'm Going To Be Making A Lot of Pesto Tonight

LibraryLady — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:06:00 GMT

This is basil harvested from my garden this morning. And just in case you can't tell that this is a LOT, let me add another shot, showing the pot it's in:This is the stockpot I use to cook Ham In Coca-Cola. It holds at least 12 quarts of liqu

Reality, My Tuchus

LibraryLady — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:38:00 GMT

There's a photo of the reality show family "Jon and Kate Plus 8" on the cover of this week's "TV Week", and it just happened I flipped past their show a few nights back. And it brought this to a head:Why the heck should an

Thursday Thirteen #34: Help Wanted

LibraryLady — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Today is my assistant's last day. It's only a part time job and she wants to move out of her parents' house and so she has taken a new, full time job. We're going to miss her--she's a lovely young lady. She's also tremendously

"Good Reads" Deserve Good Writes

LibraryLady — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:40:00 GMT

I just got a nasty e-mail message from someone on Good Reads because I DARED to correct her trivia question.Let me explain. The Good Reads website hosts a book trivia quiz. And mostly it's a lot of fun, but there are some pitfalls.One is people p

Monday Morning Weight In:No News Is NOT Always Good News

LibraryLady — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:44:00 GMT

SIGH.I'm on the plateau and it looks like I'm going to be for a while. Probably at least until September, when life goes back to "normal". Whatever that is....I'm going to eat well, try to up my exercise (I can go back to

Mama Cat and Her Kitten

LibraryLady — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:01:00 GMT

That's how JR described us this weekend. The Man and SC went up to NY to my in-laws to collect more things that belonged to Nanay (mostly cookware) that Tatay and our cousin now want to give away, and to get some of the things they gave us last t

Thursday Thirteen #33: How Do I Adore Thee,Zucchini? Let Me Count The Ways

LibraryLady — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:40:00 GMT