This is a couple of weeks past due but life happened. April 16 was the UNCG LIS Alumni Luncheon. I was all set to go but as everyone knows the south has been plagued with severe storms this past month. And that Saturday was a really bad one. I live about 45 minutes away from … Continue reading »
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Visiting the Mountains
As of this past Sunday I can officially scratch a goal off of my 30 before Thirty list. #12: Eat a meal at the local diner down in my best friend’s hometown. Sunday a good friend and I made the 3 hr. trip up to Hot Springs, NC. We laughed, joked, and squealed joyously as we went up, … Continue reading »
ALA Conference Day Five
Tuesday was all about packing and heading back home. I must say that I’m a very big homebody but I do love to travel and see new places. However I was glad to touch down in the Greensboro Airport Tuesday afternoon. This time my layover was in Atlanta and I was fortunate to be traveling … Continue reading »
ALA Conference Day Four
Monday I found myself attending a panel on Graphic Novels, a recent personal interest of mines. It was a great panel talk and even though it was in the exhibit hall the speakers were great and able to keep me interested. I’m glad to see that graphic novels are starting to gain popularity among librarians … Continue reading »
ALA Conference Day Three
Sunday was another early day we started in the convention center once again and decided to walk the exhibit floor looking at the vendors because we had yet to do so. I’ll get to that later. First I want to talk about the convention center…this place was super big and everywhere you looked there was … Continue reading »
ALA Conference Day Two
Saturday started off quite nicely. My friend and I received a lift to the convention center where we sat in on one session about audiobooks and boys. The point was to show how by using audiobooks as a reading tool one can entice teen boys to read, or at the very least get interested in the written … Continue reading »
ALA Conference Day One
My flight for Washington DC left at 6am in the morning, I was groggy and a little bit agitated having only gotten less than an hour of sleep the previous day. It was my second time flying and I was a little unsure of how to procede but somehow I managed to get from my … Continue reading »
Back To Normal
Well almost. I’m still readjusting and I’ve seen to have a slight tummy ache. But I wanted to let everyone know that I’m back at home, I got back Tuesday afternoon and have been resting. I’ve got a great number of pictures to share and stories to tell. Stay tune for that. Here’s a sneak peek: