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So this school thing is actually work! Imagine that! After being thrown off almost a week due to an error made by the school, I am now playing catch up trying to get two weeks worth of work done before next Tuesday. I will probably be up till O Dark 30 Monday night getting it done, but s’ok. I work best under pressure. Some people pace themselves and do a bit at a time but why would I want to do that? That would make sense!

The kids’ school year is winding down and seems to be drama free, so I’m happy about that. It has gotten stupid Texas hot the past few days and so I spend my time indoors between sun-up and well, bedtime. If I must go out, I scurry from air conditioned car to air conditioned building and back. Like I’ve said before, I am a delicate flower, not made for heat. I had heat stroke last year, and even fainted from the heat as a child.

My kids are currently banned from taking out library books due to the whopping fine I recently had to pay for a lost book. It was either that or go to court as not paying fines is considered a misdemeanor here. I’m not kidding. I bet the library ban goes out the window once school lets out…or maybe remembering those fines will keep the ban in check.
Anyway, I have reading to do, so I better get to it!

Cranford is on the spring lineup of Masterpiece Theatre! I read it last year when looking for books by Elizabeth Gaskell after seeing Wives and Daughters (which I still want to read).

Updated!

I went to a book sale this morning and got my favorite year (1980) and volume (Volume 1, Poems and Rhymes) from the Childcraft series. I am so happy. It’s in perfect condition and I paid maybe 50 cents for it. What makes it even more special is that the inside cover is stamped with the name of a school near here that no longer exists.. When I was four or five, I would go to my great aunt’s house and pour over the entire Childcraft books. I always wanted a set of my own, but I don’t think I told anyone. So now I’ve started to collect them. I have three volumes of my favorite collection, and 6 from a more recent one.

I was flipping through it and found my very favorite poem as a girl:

I had a little tea party,
This afternoon at three;
‘Twas very small,
Three guests in all,
Just I, myself, and me.

Myself ate up the sandwiches,
While I drank up the tea,
‘Twas also I
Who ate the pie
And passed the cake to me.

-Jessica Nelson North

Girlie is having a tea party this afternoon and I’ll be sure to read the poem when I attend.

Updated my book-log! Now I’m off to curl up with a new one.

Click over to flickr for notes. The library is having a book sale next weekend, can’t wait!

I finished four books this month. I might have time to finish a fifth before Friday.

I was supposed to go to an auction on Saturday (just to look, of course), but I was too scared to drive the country road in potentially bad weather, so I didn’t go. Instead, I somehow ended up at Goodwill on my way to the supermarket. So what that it’s in the opposite direction? This was my purchase:

I was bummed about missing the auction, and needed a consolation prize, I guess. Oh, a bit of advice: At a thrift store, it never hurts to ask for a discount if you think something is too expensive. For the most part, I find Goodwill overpriced for what it is and what they sell (except for the cool garage I got the kids for Christmas brand new for $5) and asking got me a 10% discount. Hey, it was like getting everything tax free!

• Started working on my goal of appropriate photo storage last night (just a little): I’m putting them all online, something that is going to take a tremendous amount of time.
• After reading Betty’s comment below,I’ve decided to give Noro a chance. I’m making a hat for DH.
• I wanted to wish my salsa good luck, she’s starting school today! I know she’ll do great.
• I’m going to update the book-log today.
• My kids had a day off from school today. It’s supposed to get nice enough for us to go outside.

Don’t forget, Jane Eyre on PBS tonight!

Hat tip: Brontëblog