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    Slice of Life Day 15: Retreat

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    When I think of the word retreat, I think of a calm, spa/resort with fancy cocktails and lounging by the pool. I don’t necessarily think of work. But, that’s where I spent most of my day today… at a work retreat. And in all honesty, it went really well. I’m…

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    Slice of Life Day 14: Pi Day

    peanut butter pie

    What better way to celebrate math, than to eat a slice of pie?!?! In college, my roommate would bring Peanut Butter Pie to school and it was so very yummy! I found a similar recipe and thought I’d share it with you to celebrate 3.1415926. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients:…

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    Slice of Life Day 13: My Personal Library

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    I have a beautiful floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in my office that houses (most) of my personal library. It’s filled with books from board books to college class texts. But also includes picture books, middle grade, and fiction titles, and reference books for coaching, teaching, and photography. I’m very particular about what…

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    New Podcast Alert!

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    I was just swiping through Twitter and found an announcement for a new podcast from Book Riot – Kidlit These Days. It’s hosted by Karina Yan Glaser, author of The Vanderbeekers series and Matthew Winner (school librarian and podcast host of The Children’s Book Podcast). I just listened to Episode…

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    Slice of Life Day 12: Meetings

    Slice of Life Day 12

    Much of my time as a director is spent attending meetings. Some more helpful than others. Last night was our Library Board of Directors meeting – this is an advisory group of township residents who work with me on projects for the library and meet monthly. My Board is extremely…

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    Slice of Life Day 11: Rescue Dog

    Slice of Life Day 11

    This is Aria, she’s a 5-ish year old rescue pitbull mix. And she’s absolutely loveable, cuddly, crazy, energetic and weird. Her gotcha story is probably a good place to start: We started looking for a dog about 6 months after we bought a house (one of the main reasons for…

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    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/11/19

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    Last Week It was such a busy week! Monday and Tuesday were spent continuing to work on the garage renovation and I will tell you, it finally feels like we’re making progress! The walls are up, primed and painted and this weekend I finished up the lighting. Now, we’ve got…

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    Slice of Life Day 10: Spring Ahead

    Slice of Life Challenge Day 10

    It’s supposedly 7:15am and I’m all discombobulated! I fell asleep early last night after a busy day of garage renovation and deep cleaning the house (which now looks amazing)! After my dog woke me up requesting her morning walk, I realized just how dark it still is (plus it’s pouring…

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    Slice of Life Day 9: Accomplishment

    Slice of Life Challenge Day 9

    Accomplishment is a whole lot of wiringfive outletsfour LED lightsthree hourstwo YouTube videosone garage doorone light switchand one call to my Dadto actually work. If I don’t get anything else check off my to-do list today, that’ll be okay! I wired the garage! It’s coming along! The Slice of Life…

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    Slice of Life Day 8: A Delicious Dinner

    Slice of Life Day 8

    It has been what feels like a very long week – I’ve been getting back to the gym in the morning, head straight to work and then have had something to do every night this week! Last night, I had dinner plans with a friend and I was absolutely exhausted,…