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I got a new car!
Friday, in a grand "4th times the charm" adventure, Brian drove two hours away and back in a snow storm to procure me a new automobile. It was time. I love my Volvo to pieces and miss it a lot, but it...
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DQS8 Received
I don't think I ever showed you the quilt I received for DQS8, which is really too bad, because it's awesomesauce! And since I'm not one to leave you hanging, here you go: It's pretty much the greatest...
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Put on your bandit caps!
Back in March, I received these fabulous mittens from Sarah as part of a swap. I love them to bits and I've gotten to wear them a couple of times and I'm really looking forward to next winter just for...
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Catching up on Bee blocks... again
Wendy wanted us to make ourselves out of fabric. So I did. I'm going to pretend I'm not really that fat, but I'd wear that dress if someone handed it to me! Also, my embroidered hair amuses me. Jacquie...
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"You can take the girl out of the library..."
Janeice, who has been the director at my library for the last 17 years, retires on June 30. In honor of her years of service and all-around awesomeness, we threw a little soiree for her last Friday....
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Make a Splash at your Library!
So, did you miss me?! Sorry about the absence. Summer is crazy busy for me, this year more than most, and I just didn't have time to blog. Summer Reading Program is sort of an all consuming thing and I...
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The Second Annual Small Fox Ornament Swap!
*please pardon my all lower case life style. one of my shift keys is not working and it's just easier not to capitalize at all. i had so much fun last year, i decided to do it again! i proudly present...
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Yesterday, I did two preschool story times. During the first one, I read "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." A boy in the back of the room stared at me and the book with an incredibly concentrative face...
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2010 Year in Review
Sometime in the next few days, I'll type up the list of books I've read and listened to this year, but I thought I'd take this time to list some of the other things that happened this year. I know I've...
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What I Read: 2010
*just to clarify, the book total is the total books I read and listened to each month. Pages is the total pages of the books I physically read. Time is the total time I listened to audio books for each...
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One World, Many Stories :: Week 1 :: Global Citizens
We Read: Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class, by Eileen Spinelli and Beatrice's Goat, by Page McBrier We Made: "Mite boxes" so that the children may save money for our service project. Every year, we do...
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One World, Many Stories :: Week 2 :: The Stories We Tell :: Trickster Tales
We Read: Jabuti the Tortoise, by Gerald McDermott, Anansi and the Magic Stick, by Eric A. Kimmel and Love and Roast Chicken, by Barbara Knutson. (Love this story! Cuy is such a tricky little Guinnea...
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You Are Here :: Week 1 :: Self
In addition to the children's program, I am also running a teen and an adult program this year. You Are Here is the theme for the teen program. For our first of four activity sessions, we explored the...
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One World, Many Stories :: Week 3 :: How We Live :: International Food Day!
We Read: Everybody Bakes Bread, but Norah Dooley and Yoko, by Rosemary Wells We Made: Tangrams! I love this ancient Chinese puzzle game. I even have a tangram app on my iPod. The kids got a pretty...
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One World, Many Stories :: Week 4 :: Special Guest :: Martial Arts
We Read: Jojo's Flying Side Kick, by Brian Pinkeny We Watched: A Tae Kwon Do demonstration! We Learned: First form! Special thanks to Shelia Long and her sons for their fantastic Tae Kwon Do...
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One World, Many Stories :: Week 5 :: Arts and Dance :: Aboriginal X-Ray Art
We Read: Ready to Dream, by Donna Jo Napoli, Koala Lou, by Mem Fox, and The Biggest Frog in Australia, by Susan L. Roth We Made: Aboriginal X-Ray Art! AND... Aboriginal chalk painting!
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