Monthly Archives: September 2006

less than 24 hours old

yesterday, i got to hold a brand new baby. two of my very good friends had a baby boy and i took a long lunch break so that i could go and meet him. he’s got that cute little scrunched … Continue reading

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an evening at the theatre

just wanted to give a bloggy hurrah to my friends (who sometimes lurk here, i’m told) who opened a fabulous play this evening. it was written and starred and was stage-handed by some people i know (and some i don’t … Continue reading

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mmmm… biscuits

some of you astute readers may have noticed a distinct lack of reports about the “bread of the month” for the past few months. how observant of you. i have to say that the summer months do not make me … Continue reading

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new music

last night, a friend of mine invited me to go to see a concert of a duo she had heard on the radio and loved. i ended up being rather late and caught only the last 10-15 minutes or so … Continue reading

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another successful program

today, one of my toddler storytimes had 41 people in attendance. normally, there’s about half that. the good morning/welcome song which we sing to each child took foreeeeeever! i was a little nervous about having a group that large (and … Continue reading

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arrgh, matey! yer on tv!

today is talk like a pirate day. i chose to host a pirate party at the library to celebrate the occasion. i had no idea it would be quite this popular. the registration list was full after only a few … Continue reading

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an update

the lighting in my living room is horrendous for photography, but here is a picture of the new, curb harvested piece of furniture i wrote about a few days ago. i’m sorry to report that mr. happy stuff wasn’t really … Continue reading

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visits from old friends

in the past two days i’ve seen about 5 people from my old library’s community. some of them i’ve just waved to, some of them i’ve chatted with for way too long (“erm, i’m doing reader’s advisory for these patrons! … Continue reading

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inspirationally insane

yesterday morning, mr. h-s and i woke up early and biked over to the lake to watch the beginning of an ironman triathalon (2+ mile swim, 112 mile bike, marathon). we got there a little too late to actually see … Continue reading

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little miss happy meets the neighbors

so we’ve lived in this house for what, about three years now? and yesterday i finally met my neighbor. i occasionally see him around town on his bicycle (with a big poof of wavy graying hair and a mustache, he’s … Continue reading

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