So much for frequent posting

I've been feeling quite lousy this week, probably due to poor sleep and stress at work. But it's the weekend and I seem to have miraculously recovered! We're off tomorrow for an overnight trip - yes all 3 of us! - to my aunt & uncle's 50th wedding anniversary party/family reunion. They're not exactly my aunt & uncle, he's my mom's cousin & she was my mom's foster sister. Close enough... The picture shows them with my Mom and uncle in the 50's.

There could be 200 people there I hear, and I expect I'll know about 12 of them! I was volunteered to put together some kind of family tree which really turned out to be impossible. Instead I've made a poster with photos and run off a whole whack of family tree forms. We'll make it up as we go along!

I don't go back to work till Tuesday which is great (especially since Thanksgiving is NOT a long weekend for me). Next week is going to be a nightmare at work with the switchover to Horizon. We're all stressed out & anxious. At least on Tuesday (we're closed Monday & Tuesday) we are having a potluck and can all have lunch at the same time for a change. That part will be fun!

Oink!

I cannot believe how much I've eaten in the last two days! Starting last night with my birthday crop: pizza, artichoke & asiago dip, cookies, cake... And then today I went out for breakfast and then out for lunch! And leftover pizza for dinner. No wonder I feel like a blimp.

The crop last night was fun although not very many people. I didn't get a heck of a lot done. I had decided to do a mini-album for my friend who's turning 50 at the end of the month so I did get some of that started. And I brought along a couple of other LO's to work on but by that time I was too tired. I was very touched as well to get a birthday present from the store which was really kind of them. Thanks guys!

Book Club Thursday night was fun as usual, although it ended earlier than normal for some reason. 3 new people came which was great; we were 9 altogether. And I did get the book finished in time (during my dinner break that night!)

I arrived home just in time for a phone call from my cousin who is planning her parents' 50th wedding anniversary celebration in 2 weeks. She asked if I could give her a hand with a couple of things - it will also be a family reunion of sorts, with a side of the family that we don't really know. So she had the idea to have some kind of book where people could write in their memories or stories about the 7 siblings who we're descended from. I said I'd look after that. Then we started talking about creating a family tree while we're there too. Nothing too fancy, but something so that people could fill in where they fit in which line. So I was pretty pumped about that as well and said I'd look after it. But this is happening in two weeks! Aaaacckk...

So that doesn't even include the pressure at work. We're switching to a new automated system in just over 2 weeks; we've just started virtual reference; and in October the new provincial 'one card' system starts. It's going to be a stressful fall.

Oops

I did intend to update this nearly every day. What happened? Yesterday's excuse was a migraine and before that - well let's face it my life is not that interesting!

Tomorrow it's book club at the library (I'm the one who runs it) and I have to go shopping for supplies (snacks, coffee, tea, etc.) and I also have to finish the book! The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which I'm amazed to say I've never read before and I'm not sure that I'll be done by tomorrow (especially since I'm frittering away my time by doing this...)

Also I have to get organized tonight for a crop I'm going to on Friday night - think I'll work on some birthday cards (my fellow 50's) and maybe a layout although I don't expect to get much done. I'm also getting my Stampin' Up order that night so I can always just play with that!

OK enough, too much work keeping the kitties off the keyboard!

lazy saturday

I haven't really done a thing today. Holly and I went to Blockbuster to pick up a couple of movies and then to the A&W for some junk food on the way home. Greg and I have been watching Carnivale on DVD. It was on HBO although we never saw it on TV. A very good albeit weird show set during the Depression about a travelling circus and the age-old battle between good and evil.

But the film I'm really waiting for is this one http://www.scrappedmovie.com/index.html
I've ordered a copy (I hope). Wes was having some trouble with Canadian orders but I think that's been fixed. I'll be anxiously waiting for the mailman for the next couple of weeks. Check out the promos on the site - I particularly like the last one where all the scrappers are reacting to the presence of this big burly biker in their midst.

TGIF

So nice that the work week is over (and I only worked 3 days this week!). And I even dragged myself to work out afterwards.

I was relieved to find that my work colleagues had not ignored my birthday after all; yesterday I got in at 1:00 to find the staff room and reference desk decorated. Lots of hard work and it looked great. Weird though how the patrons just didn't seem to 'get' it. Signs all over saying Ferns 50, two book trucks by the Ref Desk - one with fern books and one with books on being 50. Absolutely no comments. Well one (thanks for noticing Merv!). But the tiara did attract a few odd looks. They did a great collage on the staff room wall - I took this photo and will have to scrap it!

Another Day

How can it be time to get ready for work already?? Working 1-9 is great but the mornings are certainly not productive for me. Never mind, I'm still recuperating from several days of company. My good friend AM came to visit me for my birthday and we wore each other out. Thank God at least I don't have to get up at 6:00 to go to work - EVER!

Had a nice compliment at work yesterday, a fellow told me I was a very good researcher when I found a picture of his great-grandfather's ship online. It wasn't exactly rocket science but then I am an information professional after all (he he).

First real day of school yesterday for DD and she was so hyper last night. So far, she seems to like high school better than the elementary schools she's gone to. I'll keep my fingers crossed for her.

Well I guess I should comment on the fact that I turned 50 yesterday. At least I can console myself with the knowledge that (according to others) I don't look anywhere near my age. But you know, it isn't really any big deal. And I did get into the Aquarium for free this summer (it also turned 50). I have all those seniors discounts to look forward to in just 5 short years!

We are fostering 2 kitties from the SPCA right now. I think there's a way to post their photos. Let's try it out:

On the left is Timmy - he's very calm & laid back.
Cookie is on the right; he's a wild cat!

but they're both very nice.

What Have I Done??!!

Say it isn't so - I now seem to have a blog that I'm not at all sure I want. On the other hand, it may prove addictive. Time will tell!