Does your mother know about this?
So the other day the doorbell rings and its two little girls. One starts in awkwardly and a little disjointedly about how she’s raising money for something. “Are you selling something?” I ask. No, she says, kinda twisting around, she’s raising pledge money so she can do a run for a good cause. What good cause? I don’t know for goodness sake, there’s some poor little kid at my door who can barely look at me but gosh darnit she’s knocking on doors for whatever it is. I get some money out of my purse and sign my name to the form. She takes the money and I say, “Thanks for doing something good!”
Her sister, a little older, finally gets her chance to speak. “I know you!” she says. “You bought from me before!”
I think back and oh, yes, now I remember.
Does you mother know you’re here? I want to ask
Hubby’s Bad Night at the Ranch
Hubby and I are cleaning out clothes to give to Goodwill and I decide its time to part with my Little Miss Virginia dress, previously featured in this blog post. I say something about something to which he responds:
So, you mean you didn’t win?
The contest? No, I didn’t win.
Oh, I thought you won [pause] Well, I mean, did you… ommm… like, I mean….
Was I a finalist?
Yes, were you a finalist?
No, I was not a finalist.
[Blurt] Well, did you beat anyone?
It’s not Survivor, dude, they don’t kick you off one at a time.
5th Local Library Card – 4.18 Miles from Home
A new library opened up one township over – the Delta Township District Library. The board hasn’t realized that they can charge people for non-residency cards so I got one (for free) immediately. Why do I need a 5th library card? This library is definitely the Cool Cat library around here now. Let me show you:
That’s the floor plan. See how the whole building curves? It backs up right into woods and they have enormous windows all across that side of the building and comfy chairs. The most comfy chairs are in the teen area. Bummer. I just can’t pass for 16 any longer. They have murals by a famous Michigan children’s illustrator on prominent walls. They have tiled art work. They have a women’s history reading room. They have recycling.
They don’t have a cafe but DT has just now become my “place to go” when I need some place to snuggle in and read, hop on a computer, have a meeting, see friends and/or be in a library. Cause I do. Need to be in a library sometimes. I like them. I want to go to them. Going to a library is like going to a coffee shop. You don’t need a reason. You just do it as a course of nature.
Also, this is a green library. Built from the ground up green. They had an open house for librarians yesterday and I went with colleagues and got a tour. Below is their statement on the matter. They also have special parking for alternative fuel vehicles. I couldn’t figure out how to scan in color but the brochure is very nice.
Even Lansing changes.
Prarie Home Companion in Ann Arbor
If you tune in to Prarie Home Companion you may be feathered to know that they’re broadcasting from Ann Arbor this Saturday at 6:00. Mom, hubby and I tried to get tickets on the first day they went on sale and they were already sold out. Kinda a good audience here for Prarie Home.
Library Humor
this is from the comic strip Unshelved, which you can find at http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080603
Go Unshelved!
