Today

Today is full of...

• dangly earrings (but not too dangly)
• storytime preparations
• new books ready to be cataloged
• crockpot leftovers
• summer reading program planning
• time at the reference desk
• sunshine, melting some of our piles and piles of snow
• anticipation of dinner out with friends
• two baby sweaters, ready for buttons to be sewn on

Eight on Ten: March

 

 

 

Perfect day for soup in the slow cooker

My garlic philosophy: two heads are better than one

I only left the house once, for yoga class

Our backyard is not usually a pond

When you are married to a librarian, you get to do things like hang your work clothes on a card catalog

Needlepoint by my mother, now proudly displayed in our guest room

Afternoon page-turner

 

More ten on ten here

 



The best thing about today...

is knowing that the Crock Pot will have a hot supper waiting for us when we get home. 

 

Snow has been falling steadily ever since I walked out the front door at 7:00 this morning.  I looked like a snowman by the time I got on the bus.  At work, I quickly traded the "baby chicks" storytime theme I had prepared for a "snow" theme, and when only a handful of families braved the weather, we got to do all kinds of fun small-group activities.  Every time I look out the window, the snow seems to be falling harder, in huge cotton ball-y chunks.  I love it, I really do.  But what I love more is the promise of a hot meal from our slow cooker!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On my desk right now

I'm trying to figure out how to make a kaleidoscope with kid-friendly materials.  Plus they have to be cheap, simple to assemble, and fuctional.  So far, my best combination is:

 

Paper towel tube

Eyepiece made of construction paper

3 rectangles of glossy clear plastic that is meant for covering paperbacks, rubber banded together and inserted in the paper towel tube

Small plastic petri dish

Sequins

Glue dots to hold the petri dish in place



This always happens to me.

I woke up this morning with a hilarious joke in my head.  I told Karl, who of course laughed (or maybe that was a snore?).  During swimming, I thought about how great it was going to be to post my joke here on Team Struckmeyer.  Everyone would leave comments complimenting my joke-writing abilities.  I would be an internet sensation in no time.  People would be posting my jokes on their facebook walls, chortling about them with co-workers, offering me book deals.  But by the time I got out of the pool, my joke was gone!  I could not think of it to save my life.  And I still can't remember it, hours later.  All I can remember is that it had something to do with lice.  Hopefully Karl will remember the joke in all its glory and I can post it tomorrow!

Best Birthday Ever

I turned 36 on Monday.  Typically, I'm not a big birthday lover.  I may have actually lied to my roommates in college about my birthday to try to avoid celebrating.  But this year, I decided it was going to be great.  And it was!  Here's why:

• 6am hot yoga
• Oatmeal from a bowl, at the kitchen table, with my husband (not from a Thermos at my desk!)
• A very short work day
• Lunch at my favorite coffee shop (I had been looking forward to the mocha milkshake for weeks)
• A pretty drive in the country to pick up our new kitchen table
• An afternoon latte
• Ice skating outdoors
• Drinks and dinner downtown

Can't wait to do it again next year! 
 

Golden Girl

 

Our sweet niece/goddaughter turned two on February 2nd!  She had a delightful party at the Children's Museum, complete with cake, friends, family, and lots of time to play. 

 

 

 

Because it was her golden birthday, I thought it only fitting to knit her a sparkly golden cardigan:

 

 

I used this pattern (which, by the way, is awesome) and Cascade 220 Superwash yarn, stranded together with a superfun sequined thread from our local yarn shop.  Sparkle-o-rama!