Thursday, July 22, 2010

Madam Librarian

I have been busy doing things in my library. I am visiting almost every morning to get things up and running. Other than that there is not much going on. Serge and Jenny's blog continue to be the highlight of my week. They have such precious children that I just wish lived closer so I could spoil them more easily and help give Jenny a break from a very busy 4 and 2 year old and get to play more with a darling 3 month old.
I have got to go because Mom is helping me out at my library today. I might add more to this later.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

"Surely" Handel's "The Messiah" is amazing

I love the Mormon Tabernacle Choir cd of The Messiah. I have it in my car and it has been great to listen too. When Michael drives he puts the Hallelujah Chorus on repeat. Anyway it is nice to have- today Michael and I drove down to the Ogden Temple and listened to the cd there and back. In high school the choir I was in sang 2 songs besides the H.C., including "Surely He Hath Born Our Griefs..." and "He Trusted in God." I love both, the instruments are amazing and voices great. Anyway you can get the cd at a Distribution Center, I also got the Children Songbook (instrumental only). It is great too.

As usual my life is pretty ho-hum in general. I do have a lot of work stuff to do with barcoding, putting new call numbers on books, and possibly completely redoing the AR information for all the books in the library- but things have to get done and I am finally moving forward now that I have learned how that library's printer works. I think I mentioned before on here that I have been transferred to a different elementary school this year and while it will be a lot of work it will also be a pretty neat challenge. I have always loved the movie "The Mummy," one of the main characters says, "I may not be an adventurer or explorer .... but I am proud of what I am. I am a librarian" (please excuse paraphrasing). I too am a librarian and while I may not be battling ancient mummies returned from the underworld I combat apathy towards literature and strive to find that perfect book for each kid that makes them want to keep reading.