Bookstack Girl

I recently found this artist who I really like and purchased this print. You can see it in her Etsy store here http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6130111 She also has a blog here http://www.theblackapple.typepad.com/ By the way I also got the pirate girl print...too cute!

More Books!

Amazingly I have been getting some reading done recently, I know I am shocked too! First off is Larklight by Philip Reeve. Victorian space adventure...need I say more. It was a great book and I hear there is a sequel coming which should be fun. Next is Shrimp by Rachel Cohn, the sequel to Gingerbread, I enjoyed this book as much as the first. Lastly is Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot, again I seem to like all of her books and again this was a good one.

As for me I am learning more and more on my new job. Also preparing for my first ALA Conference in my old home Washington DC. I cant wait to get back and have a look around, not to mention I am finally going to the BIG conference. I will be sure to post all about it.

Crafty Weekend

I have decided to begin putting my craft projects here, rather than continue to fill the side here with too many links.

First of all I took a two day class to learn how to crochet, our goal was to make a purse. I struggled to get this done for the week between classes, on the drive back to Palmdale I fiendishly crocheted and got all 16 inches done. Here is the result




And then with the joy of finally finishing that project I made a few more things.

Here is a domino bracelet




A pink mahjong tile bracelet



And finally a beaded bracelet

New Discoveries

So as part of me getting into the technology mode for work I was forced to discover bloglines...whoa who knew there was something to make my life so much easier! I could check all my favorite blogs daily and all in one place. Well then I progressed and found Google Reader, which was even better but also led me to iGoogle, oh my! So now I have iGoogle on my computer and on one page I can see my calendar, the traffic, the weather, I have a wikipedia search box, Google Reader, spell checker and gas price monitor. It is versatile web page that I am a huge fan of.

Second life...well I am trying. I have created my avatar (although she still has a bald spot on the back of her head I cant get rid of) I am still exploring the first little island. It just takes up so much time and patience! I will keep trying though.

Crocheting, finally I am learning how to do it. I enrolled in a two week class and am making a purse. I will post pictures when it is done. Right now I need to finish the homework part of the class. You see the first session teaches you how to do it and gets you started, then you have to make your small creation become a 16 inch long piece then the second session makes these 16 inches into an actual purse...we will see what happens.

So far in May...

On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney

I have not had as much time to read, its no longer part of my job each month, so mostly my reading had been done audio. I of course lived the Richard Peck, is stuff is always great.