Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, anybody?

Have you seen the new Harry Potter yet? OMG....it's AWESOME!!! Although, I have to say, it makes me want to see the final movie now! If you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for? And those of you that don't know, there are three more movies coming out soon that are based on children's books.

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2. Where the Wild Things Are
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians--Lightning Thief (book one of a series of five)
   

Today was a busy day. Our school office staff returned to work today. As usual, I took them breakfast. I do this about once a month during the school year to show my love, support, and gratitude to/for them. They love it! Anyway... I moseyed my way up their this morning about 9:00. I should know better by now (afterall, this is my 4th summer to return as a librarian) that the library would be an absolute PIGSTY! Of course it was. I didn't leave it that way, but that's the way it gets after the cleaning crew deep cleans it over the summer. I only got about 1/8 of the things put back in place. I would have stayed longer but the heat got to me. Yes, the a/c in the library is broken, once again. ARGGGG!!!! I think this happens consistently after the a/c being off all summer long. I had our head custodian call it in, but by 2:45, they weren't out there to fix it and I just left. After all, I think it was about 80 degrees in the library, and about 95 degrees outside. There's so much more work to do still. It will all get done in time.

Anyway....
I finished reading another book today. I've read more books these past 6 days then I have all summer. You are probably wondering what it is. It's called Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters. If you haven't read it, you should. You'll be laughing out loud. I know...it's a children's book, but you should know me by now. That's all I ever read. After all, it's my job to keep up with what my students are reading. I have posted on my Shelfari list to the right the other latest books I've read. Let me know if you (or your children!) have read any and what you/they think. And if they need a suggestion, look and see what I've read.

Off to start my next book... Punished!
Have a great week.

Ode to Paint and How We Hate Thee!

Okay, okay.... So it's been forever since I last posted. Things here have absolutely been NUTS!!! Where to begin, and no, I don't want to write a novel tonight!

Let's see....
Since March, Tim and I have been mostly working around the house doing little odds and ends. Last week his best man from our wedding, Juan, came up for a few days to help us paint. Yes, paint. It's not that the color was bad (in fact, I really liked the color!), and painting definitely wasn't in our plans, but it just had to happen. You see, the week before I had gone around the house spackling the nail holes, all in tent to later get the can of paint out of the garage that was labeled and slap some paint over the spackle. Easy right? Better think again. You see, after Tim attempted to slap on that paint, we had, well, as he called it, a dalmatian house! We quickly figured out what the previous owners had done. You see, the walls were originally a chocolate brown color. When they went to put this house on the market, they just painted right over that color--one coat, no primer. So, needless to say, the chocolate color bled threw. When Tim went to put paint over the hole, the true color came out. It didn't look pretty, and after all, we were throwing our House Warming Party the next weekend and it had to look good. So we ended up painting the dining and living room, along with one hallway in about three days. We finished just in time for our party.

Ok, so other than painting and doing odds and ends around the house this summer, I have busily been creating new cards. It's hard to create anything, yet alone mass produce things during the school year! Believe it or not people are constantly asking me what's new, and what do I have ready to sell. One must be prepared!

I've also been to a few workshops for school. I had one today all about the latest and greatest in tween books. Yes, books for tweens--children age 10-14, if you don't know. And on that note....

You can't doubt that I've been busily reading children's books, too. Afterall, I do have to keep up with the latest and greatest! It's my job. Check out my shelves on Shelfari. It will tell you what I've read, and what I am currently reading. You can also check out my Wiki I'm writing for school. http://www.whitcombreads.pbworks.com

I'm off to bed. Tomorrow morning I am meeting a girlfriend of mine and her two daughters to see the latest Harry Potter movie. Can't wait.

I'll try and do better with my postings.