Happy New Year!

With our son and his girlfriend visiting from Boerne, we haven't had much time to write. We've taken MANY pictures and will gallerize them soon for the blog. It was Sonny's 18th birthday yesterday--my children are all techically adults now! Very hard to believe...

From our family to all of you out there in cyberspace--have a wonderful and blessed 2006!

Later, that same evening...

...and the lion lay down with the lamb...or was it the cat lay down with the dog?

Peace to you and yours, my dear friends!

"Coochie, Coochie!"

Last week, Hubby took us to look at Christmas lights and such on the Strip. There's a beautiful tree in front of Ceasars Palace that we wanted to see, but we saw more than we thought we would. They're always filming something around here, but I've never seen anyone that I've recognized before. That night, however, was different. The set where they were about to film looked like a news/sports desk, and there were a bunch of guys walking around, then suddenly this leggy blonde with a red leather mini appeared on the set. She turned around, and much to our amazement--it was Charo! She really doesn't have the body of a person who is as old as she must be--gosh--my dad used to watch her on TV in the 60s, I think. Anyway, she really looked good. We took some pictures which you'll see below, and there's also one of Sonny in front of the tree. See Charo in the background of the pic of Hubby and I?

New Job

I have survived my first week with the Henderson District Public Libraries! Everyone has been so nice, and this is a much better fit for me than my previous employer was. Workers are not unionized in Henderson, so I'm again allowed (as in Boerne) to do things that are not specifically on my circ tech job description, like storytimes and senior outreach. Next Wednesday, I get to go caroling with other staffers. We'll be visiting seniors and giving out gift baskets. I trained at the Paseo Verde Library on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at the circ desk. On my first day, the HR person took us (there were 2 other new people) on a tour of each library. I'm told that Henderson has over 200,000 people living there, but it seems smaller to me. I finally worked at the Pittman Cybrary, my home branch, yesterday. Mary and Scott were a delight, and I think it will be fun and challenging. Pittman is located inside the same building as the Boys and Girls Club, and it is about the size of the Youth Services area at the Boerne Public Library. We are in the process of weeding out a lot of the collection to make room for more computers. Not many adults actually come in, so the adult collection is very small. We are in the process of educating folks that they can place holds on materials that will be ready for pick up at the Cybrary the next day--we have a lot of work ahead of us. We are not really as visible to the community as we need to be, but there are plans to hopefully change that. I could go on and on...if someone really wants to know more, just call me! :-)

I Guess I'll Be Staying

Photo taken this morning at the DMV in Henderson.

I have finally turned in my Texas license and now have officially become a Nevadan. I had heard horror stories about the DMV and it was quite a big and busy place--a far cry from the one in Boerne! When you arrive, the first sign that you see says, "Your visit today begins at the end of this line." So, you walk down the way, past about 40-50 people and wait in line to take a number, and so it goes...

Here's a picture of Hubby with my number:



And here's one of me: