A little girl, about four years old, came up to the desk. Here is the extent of our interaction:
Little girl: Can you help me find a true story about a butterfly?
Me: Absolutely! Let's take a look... (I begin to pull up the library's online catalog)
Little girl: I can count to 90 without anyone's help! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35... (the little girl promptly leaves after being distracted by a lego).
Best ever!!
(Oh, and just to let you know, Sammy is currently licking a piece of cardboard. I really do feed them, I swear!)
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Cats and popcorn
I have two very strange cats.- Cat A (we'll call him "Sammy") walks around in the other room, the one you are not in, and talks to himself (at least that's what I call it, he coos and meows and hums)
- Cat B (let's call him "Monkey") eats plastic and licks my patio door... I'm not kidding.
And now for something completely different, I went on a search last night looking for giant bags of pre-popped popcorn because today at the library we're having a family movie day and showing "Aladdin", the Disney version. You can't have family movie day without popcorn! I was hoping I wouldn't have to mess with popping agregious amounts of popcorn today. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find giant bags of pre-popped popcorn? It's really hard! I'm still hoping against hope that it might work today, I have my favoritest favorite checking Sam's Club for me. He's a star! If that doesn't work I'm going to be filling the entire building with the smell of microwaveable popcorn which I find to be a nauseating concept. Oh well. Such is the life of a children's librarian, right?
Monday, April 17, 2006
Summer quickly approaches
Since I've been a librarian one of the big changes I've noticed is my complete 180 degree turn regarding my attitude toward summers. During school, summer meant time for several things: relaxing, putting in a few more hours at a job, catching up on some reading, swimming, hiking, etc. When I have been employed full-time in the past (before my current job) summer has not held too much meaning other than a change in the weather and more reasons to take vacation days. Now, where I am currently employed, summer has taken on an entire new meaning, a life of its own.
As you may already know, summer is the quintessential time of the year for children's and young adult librarians. It is a time of increasing programming, more performers than usual, an influx of children and teens in the library, and general chaos. For a while I was plain and simple nervous. I was looking as these two months as a trial by fire situation. I knew that I would have my first gray hairs by the end of the summer. Well, that is all still the case but now instead of nerves and fear, I am getting more and more excited. I will more than likely be exhausted most of the time but still...I get to do programs with names like "Backyard Bugs" and "Slither and Slink", as well as a talent show for teens! How excellent is that? This year's summer reading theme is "Paws Claws Scales and Tales" and you know me and animals...what a great theme!
I wish I had a good reference question story to pass along but at this moment, I got nuttin'. However, we do have a pretty excellent program coming up. A group of elementary school kids who play dulcimers are performing at the library. They're called "Swingin' Dulcimers." Quite a name, right?
As you may already know, summer is the quintessential time of the year for children's and young adult librarians. It is a time of increasing programming, more performers than usual, an influx of children and teens in the library, and general chaos. For a while I was plain and simple nervous. I was looking as these two months as a trial by fire situation. I knew that I would have my first gray hairs by the end of the summer. Well, that is all still the case but now instead of nerves and fear, I am getting more and more excited. I will more than likely be exhausted most of the time but still...I get to do programs with names like "Backyard Bugs" and "Slither and Slink", as well as a talent show for teens! How excellent is that? This year's summer reading theme is "Paws Claws Scales and Tales" and you know me and animals...what a great theme!
I wish I had a good reference question story to pass along but at this moment, I got nuttin'. However, we do have a pretty excellent program coming up. A group of elementary school kids who play dulcimers are performing at the library. They're called "Swingin' Dulcimers." Quite a name, right?
Friday, April 07, 2006
Change is good, y'all
I'm back I'm back! I apologize for the long delay in posting to my blog. I'm sure everyone has been on the edge of their seats just salivating at the opportunity to read a new post from li'l ol me. :)
Lots has happened! I went to Boston for a library conference. It was amazing! I hear Terry Trueman AND Jon Scieszka speak, I was in the same place as Ella Jenkins (though alas did not hear her sing) and ran into an old friend from grad school. It was an amazing, albeit exhausting, trip. I highly recommend the city if you have the means. Boston rules!
Things have been going along swimmingly around here. Work is crazy busy but incredibly fulfilling. The cats are ornery as ever. I've met someone very special to me (many of you have met this person). AND it's almost summer! Today's high I believe was 73 degrees. Although I've been inside for the majority of the day, I'm still in a much better mood. I like winter but I don't like the ickiness of between winter/between spring weather. Ew!
As you've noticed, I've changed my blog template. I decided it was time to start looking different. I was getting very sick of the old background. Change is good! I also have some pictures to post but I don't have them handy so I'll get around to them later.
A quick shout out to Aunt Norma! Thanks for the article, it was hilarious! You might be surprised as to how many cranky patrons with no manners librarians run into on a daily basis! Yikes!
More to come...
Lots has happened! I went to Boston for a library conference. It was amazing! I hear Terry Trueman AND Jon Scieszka speak, I was in the same place as Ella Jenkins (though alas did not hear her sing) and ran into an old friend from grad school. It was an amazing, albeit exhausting, trip. I highly recommend the city if you have the means. Boston rules!
Things have been going along swimmingly around here. Work is crazy busy but incredibly fulfilling. The cats are ornery as ever. I've met someone very special to me (many of you have met this person). AND it's almost summer! Today's high I believe was 73 degrees. Although I've been inside for the majority of the day, I'm still in a much better mood. I like winter but I don't like the ickiness of between winter/between spring weather. Ew!
As you've noticed, I've changed my blog template. I decided it was time to start looking different. I was getting very sick of the old background. Change is good! I also have some pictures to post but I don't have them handy so I'll get around to them later.
A quick shout out to Aunt Norma! Thanks for the article, it was hilarious! You might be surprised as to how many cranky patrons with no manners librarians run into on a daily basis! Yikes!
More to come...
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