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Good morning

Gosh darn it, yesterday we did some major spring cleaning and rearranging, poor Alan had made a beautiful Murphy bed as a high school project which was in his bedroom, when closed it looked like a book case, when open it held a twin bed. Anyway, he has since bought a queen sized bed and was going to move the other bed into the room Eric moved out of, long story short, it would not fit through the hallway ~ rather than just taking it out the of the French door in his room and putting it in the basement ~ Alan and Dave tried to take it apart and promptly cracked one of the side pieces which led to the whole bed being in pieces ready for the dumpster. How sad, it was so beautiful. Over the years, Alan has made end tables, a gorgeous mission chair, many different shelves and all kinds of bowls and other wooden items. By far, this bed was the crowning achievement of his ~ sigh.



Gearing up for school again, after a nice week off, its back to reality tomorrow. Checked my email and saw that the powers that be are pulling some of my requisitions and moving money from the library budget to anther line item since there is a major pigeon roosting problem in the building and they have to pay to have it cleaned up. The money has to come from someplace so why not take it from where it will directly impact the kids? I. Love. Trenton.



Get off the pity wagon, it is a beautiful day and there is so much to do... got to pick up the old folks and take them to church, then off to the grocery store and get some Rutgers stuff done.

Girls ~ notice Vickie's pearls, in the middle of the day no less, ahh fashion

Going Going Gone

F = for finally...

Finally, I'm getting my LibrayThing page up, if you're like me and love to buy books, but sometimes come home with the same book once or twice - maybe three times, this site is for you! You can start out for free with 25 books, or subscribe by the year or for the ridiculously low price of $25 for a lifetime subscription, you can check by phone to see if you already have that book that is asking to be adopted. Geesh, this sounds like an advertisement, but I really have no vested interest in the company, just like the idea.

Friends - went to the Poconos this week with two good friends, we had a real nice time, it was a nice way to spend some of the spring break.

Fitness - maybe we spent too much quality time together, but my friends will be here beginning Monday at 5pm to start an exercise program. At first Dave thought we were going to try to exercise at 5am, and gave it one day, then when he found out it was in the evening he's giving us a week or so, hopefully we'll get hooked on healthy (hey save that for another post!)

Farewell...

D = for duh

Darn it!
Discussion of marriage by Eric was so exciting that I skipped the letter D and went straight to exciting E; and don't you know, it was discovered by my dear friend.

Duty as in jury, went in to Trenton, caught the bus, stood in line, plead my case and thanks to the nice man who excused me (and checked out what I had to say, luckily he was able to see that I volunteer every month for the JCC) was able to walk back to my car and get on my way before 9am. Thank you judicial system!!

Done for today!

E = for Easter and..

Easter has come and gone, we had a nice house full of guests for brunch then the guys went to play golf and I got to babysit the grandpuppy for a while. Little (?) Lewis is a pug/Boston terrier mix that Eric and Maia got about 2 weeks ago, he is settling in quite nicely and is getting used to their schedule.

Eric has made hints that there will be a wedding in the future, he said that they've been looking at going to the Belgium Grand Prix for a honeymoon. hmmm. fingers crossed. They are Formula 1 Race fans, they've been to Canada and Indiana to see races and Lewis is named for their favorite driver.

Eyucky (it is E day after all).. Today I have the great honor of going to jury duty, not that I mind, but come on, I was just there in July for two days and now I'm going back again??? I'm the chairperson of the JCC for my area which means that every month there are a few hours of time put in for the courts, can't they find someone else?? Besides how lucky that every time I get called its on my vacation days. OK enough whining, well not really but...

Email from Rutgers last week, I am now considered a graduating student ~ I take that to mean that all is well and I'll have that piece of paper in May saying that I'm done, done, done.

Employment ~ Which leads to the job front, so far no high school positions have been posted in my district, but a school right around the corner from home librarian is leaving, I have an interview next week. Not sure what I'd do if the job was offered, no sense counting the chicks ahead of time.

Enough, until next time!

C = calm not chaos

Calm today will be a calm day. Very little on the schedule other than finding a place to eat with 10 inner city kids whose idea of a gourmet meal is Red Lobster. Thanks to friends I've met through Rutgers, our school has been adopted by her local schools, both elementary and middle. They have gone above and beyond, donating books to our kids both for the library and for the kids to have as their own. Originally we were going to visit during an assembly that was kicking off a read-a-thon but due to bus schedules we have to leave before the assembly gets going. My kids are so excited about meeting the suburban kids ... they have the idea that they are really rich (since they were told the school does not provide free lunch they've decided that these are super rich kids) anyway, they are expecting to see lots of big diamonds, gold, and high fashion (as determined by hip hop music), they are also interested in seeing students who can walk in hallways without escorts. It's exciting to think that maybe a glimpse into a school where kids are focused might just rub off a little.

Crochet - eeeks!! I am almost finished with a knitted shawl and the edging calls for crochet, I. am. not. a. crocheter. This will be a challenge to say the least.

Children - my son's girlfriend's mom, got that? had a surprise birthday party this week, her friends rented out a roller rink for the evening ... it was great fun, although the next morning I couldn't move my thighs. The last time I was on skates had to be at least 12 or 15 years ago, like a bike, you kind of remember, but the thought of falling must have kept the muscles a little tight.

Cheers until next time!