Go the F**k to Sleep

This book slays me! I read about it in a publication at work months ago and I immediately told my director we had to get it for the library!

What poor mother or father hasn’t had that moment when you just look at your precious baby and say,

“Please, just go the fuck to sleep…”

I personally loved my time putting my little one to bed. I would rock her and sing to her and hold her till she feel asleep and then lay her in her crib.

I would also turn a hair dryer on or put her in a bouncy chair on the dryer. I would promise her whispered treasures if she would just close her eyes….please…just for a minute…

Ten On Tuesday

I love summer and the beach!! We don't go that often, but I do love the sand and the salt and even the seagulls dive bombing us for a morsel of food!

I wouldn't take my iPod to the beach, since I am sure it would get wet or sanding or broken some how, but if I did I would want to listen to my favorite beach songs.

Unfortunately, I don't really know how to work my iPod, therefore I do not have a play list of beach songs, I am a shuffle girl. So, IF I took my ipod and IF I knew how to work it this would be my shuffle list of Top 10 Favorite Beach Songs...

1. Toxic by Britney Spears (hopefully this is not an accurate representation of the water quality)
2. Wet the Bed by Chris Brown (the ocean is the worlds toilet)
3. Love Is All Around by Joan Jett (the beach is full of half naked people, so someone is getting some love I'm sure)
4. Marry You by Bruno Mars (see above)
5. Golden Years by David Bowie (a little sunburn turns golden with time)
6. There He Goes by Loretta Lynn ( In reference to the very old man in a Speedo, because every beach has one)
7. Firework by Katy Perry (fireworks on the beach is summer personified)
8. Life Your Life by T.I. ( Rihanna is the best part of this one)
9. My Adidas by Run DMC (personally, I prefer flip-flops for beach wear)
10. Oompa Loompa by The Oompa Loompa's (If you look like an Oompa Loompa it's time to pack up and leave the beach)

Now I want to get my suit on and go to the beach!! It's going to be 90 today, who's in ?

Miscellany Monday

1. It is hot, super hot, summertime hot...and I love it!
2. We have eaten dinner at our picnic table more in the last month than the entire time we have owned it.
3. Our garden is a jungle of tomato vines and zucchini flowers. I have already run out of ideas on what to make with it all...
4. My drink of choice this summer is sun tea....ice cold.
5. I caught myself thinking about Christmas the other day....
6. I am longing for a boat trip like we used to take when I was a kid.
7. I lifted the skirt on my bathing suit yesterday and got a sunburn on my pasty white thighs....ouch.
8. It was 85 degrees or more everyday this weekend and I baked a pie, a cake and a loaf of zucchini bread, because I wasn't quite hot enough.
9. I have barely knit this summer.
10. We went to a picnic Saturday and laughed in the shade with a beer and our friends...heaven.

my heart

Forever can never be long enough for me

To feel like I’ve had long enough with you

Wildly Inappropriate Comment #27,352

I recently took a few days of to go to the Adirondacks with friends and family. All my regular (I hesitate to call them normal) patrons at the library have been so thoughtful and sweet about missing me and inquiring about my trip.

Then comes Big D...

Today he asked if I enjoyed my vacation and where did I go anyway? I said we went camping in the Adirondacks and it was wonderful. I told him about the beauty and grandeur of our surroundings and finished up with my standard, "...and I didn't get eaten by a bear!"

To which he leaned down and mumbled into the book drop,

"I'd take care of that for you, honey."

Wow, really? I can hear you....

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10 Favorite Snacks

1. [Dill Pickles] My grandmother used to (and still does) can the most fantastic dill pickles every summer. We spent a lot of time at my grandparents house when I was growing up, just hanging out and watching TV. My sister and I would go down cellar and get a quart jar of pickles and systematically eat every single one.
2. [Doritos] I have an unhealthy obsession with these delicious treats. My mother suffered from this as well. She would eat them until she got a headache. I don’t get the headache, but I could easily eat the whole bag.
3. [Cheese] I love all kinds of cheese, hard, soft and spreadable. I love cheese on crackers and cheese on fruit, cheese on pie and cheese on cheese. I love it cold or hot and melted and gooey…... I
4. [Chocolate] My favorite chocolate to have is just a small piece to pop in my mouth after a meal. I love to finish something savory off with a little sweet. DOVE dark chocolate singles is my current favorite.
5. [Yogurt] Chobani Greek yogurt is delicious. A little bowl with some peaches, cinnamon, honey and a small sprinkle of granola is like a delicious peach cobbler...mmmmmmmm
6. [Hummus] Homemade is the best with carrots and pita chips.
7. [Turkey Pepperoni] Hormel makes great TP. It’s not greasy and 17 of them is a single serving for 1 point. They are so good!
8. [Popcorn] This is another great memory from my childhood and time spent at my grandparents house. My grandma had a special bowl for popcorn and I have spent years trying to find one just like it.
9. [Cookies] Just out of the oven oatmeal cookies can not possible be beat.
10. [Saltine Crackers] After school my sister and I would get a sleeve of crackers and a jar of Ragu tomato sauce. Dip the crackers in the sauce and enjoy! My Aunt Molly taught us this and we thought it was the best thing we had ever had!

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10 Reasons to Use the Public Library
 
I am very excited about this topic. I have worked at my local public library for 10 years! It has been my very favorite job and I have had many, ice cream scooper, pizza maker, bank teller and county employee, but library assistant has been the best!
 

1. Your public library has 1000's of resources available for free! In this economy the more fun things you can find to do with your family for free the better!
2. Not only can you come check out a good book, but you can get a newly released DVD, an audio book, a Playaway, a video game, tax forms, copies, faxes, notary public, concerts, family movie night, a free book for you NOOK, story time for the little ones so many things.
3. The people at the library are the best, their main goal is to find you something good to read, what a great job!
4. When you walk in the door, you are transported, to a quieter place, a calmer place, a place where all that laundry waiting to be done...just doesn't matter.
5. You can sit and read the paper, any paper, even The New York Times if that is what you want.
6. It's the only place you can walk into and say, "I found the weirdest looking frog in my backyard! Can you tell me what it is?" and they will tell you.
7. When you want to spoil your little ones, but just don't have that extra money this week. You can take them to the library, cuddle up in a beanbag and read them a story. They will think you are the moon and the stars ♥
8. You can use the Internet or a wifi connection, for free.
9. You can research you family history and find out you might be related to a king or a murderer.
10. You can learn a new language, get help with your homework or just find the next best thing for you to read!

Make sure you go visit your library and maybe you will see me!