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A Bee and Her Books

We've been busy bees preparing for school to begin.  Since we are a home~schooling family, we have a library and classroom in our home. Fortunately, our new house has loads of Craftsman era bookshelves built all around our family room.  I get all giggly and grin-ish whenever I look at them.  I feel like I'm in a public library...one of my favorite places in the world to be! Yesterday, while I was putting away the final box of books, my mind wandered back to my childhood when I would spend HOURS in the library.  I grew up in a small Ohio town and we had a haunted library.  The Pickaway County Library...isn't it awesome?! There was a resident "lady in white" ghost who was known for tossing books around (especially in the children's area.)  My aunt was a volunteer there and would tell me all about the spooky antics of the ghostie. It was a bit creepy if you were there after dark! I n the summer months, the Bookmobile would come to our neighborhood....

Friday Fragments: Confessions & Questions Edition

It's short and sweet today! I can hear your hallelujahs to the heavens already! lol! Just a few fragments this fabulous Friday! Join the Friday Fragments Fun over at Half Past Kissin' Time ! Let's rock this thing... . No More Name Calling... My kids have finally threatened me with torture if I don't stop calling them "Children of the Corn" ... (they don't know what the movie is about....they just think I've completely lost my marbles and made it up...) *********** The Perfect Red Dress I gasped out loud when I saw Cate Blanchett wearing this dress in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." It's lovely, isn't it? ************ Confessions of a Book-aholic I am about to admit something that might cause a few of you to fall right off your chairs, weep in sadness for me or maybe you'll think I should be committed to the local mental institution... I watched the movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" yesterday...and wait for ...