Fun things happen at the Library Book Shop

Well, today, we had to make our own fun because no one wanted to buy "our" books.

We are Friends of the Library !!   We are all volunteers who accept donations ( bring yours by anytime  10:15 - 4:00 daily )  then we mark them, and then we display them in our very nice shop, just outside the main doors to the Bellevue Library.  Then we sell them.

But not this morning.  
And that's ok.   My team player is one of my favorites and we can chat about almost anything.  One big difference is that she knows and reads many of the latest books.  She is in a book club.  She is very smart.  
I do not read novels.  I appreciate getting a recommendation like

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Rebecca Skloot

,  Very amazing story

Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century: Peter Graham    Hard to believe this very famous writer was convicted of murdering her friends mother when she was 15.  

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up:  Marie Kondo   This one I have read about 1/2 way.  But that is another part of the story. 

Though we are different we are a great team.   And today, we had plenty of time to catch up on what happened during the holidays.   

I told her about my girl Anita, who was in the middle of  "decluttering" her house . Did you guess ?   She had heard about Marie Kondo and her book because Marie now has a program on Net Flex on that very subject...decluttering... yes it's really a word.    Anita has the book on hold at the library, so I thought I would check the shop shelves to see if we had a copy I could buy for her.   Nothing in the shop. And my team player was not surprised.  She had seen the Net Flex show too and knew it is very popular.

Now it is my turn to go to the marking room and find a few more history and cookbooks ( a another one of my favorites, but that is another story  ) to restock the shop shelves .  A few ladies were busy with a great stack of donations  ( you are still welcome to bring in yours).

"There is just one more book I am looking for, The Magic of Tidying up "  I announced   ( ok, i did not know the real title then, so I am just  telling the truth ). 

Nancy shot her hand up in the air, with that very book in her hand !   " I was just making it for the shop".   

I was thrilled.    $1.50 for a $16.99 book that looked like it had not been "used"

The ladies began to "blame " the book for all the donations. 

  People are decluttering and that means they are parting with books.

( seems like every time I bring up her name, people have heard of her, seen her, read her book.  Now I see that if you google her on U-tube you can see it free...sounds like an ad for U-tube, but I refuse to pay to view....for now) 

End of story number one, almost

Sunday evening our neighbor, young mom, came to visit. She had also seen this popular program !
Before she left, she stood up in my living room and said.
 " This is what I would like my home to look like. There are memories here.    This "Program" is for young people like me who just go out and buy things that we really don't need.  You have a collection of things that have meaning. "

Speechless....so to speak..

BOOKS, and more BOOKS

 cook books 
    they make good reading material
              and I have many
     ( Martha, since I know you are probably the only person who reads these things, I am thinking about you and want you to know that most people don't spend time "journaling" if no one is going to read it. So, I appreciate when you take the time to let me know you understood my story and smiled )

And the rest of you , I know you are out there, because I can see behind the scenes how many people have opened ( maybe not read the entire story ) but just not WHO?   So, feel free to leave a little note
                 ♪  ♫  will do   ☺

 Favorites: Joy  ( I have 3 copies )
Barefoot Contessa ( thanks to my girl Anita who gave me my first one ) 

    Favorite:  My mother's copy of Betty Crocker
        ( my mother Betty was a great cook )

 Favorite:  How to be a Domestic Goddess
    ( I am still trying, just not hard enough )
         there are others upstairs, I am too lazy to go there

Well, I was looking through a number of books trying to find something for Easter.  I was totally engrossed in one,when the singing stopped and David Jeremiah started his message. ( mind you, it was only 15 minutes.  While in N. Y. he has special singers and they had entertained for 45 minutes.)

In 15 minutes he shared the value of reading a book.    THE book.  The Word of God.

He said:  It is all I need to know about salvation and how to be happy along the way.

I said: It even has recipes. Recipes for what is important in life. 

Knowing that God has given each of us gifts.

Mine is hospitality and that is right there in 

I Peter 4,  Acts 28,  and my favorite chapter in the whole Bible Romans 12  (verse 13 ).

My second ( and I am pretty sure I have only two) is encouragement.   

I know you will be encouraged if you pick up your Bible and read for a few minutes right now.

( and now the second reason I am thinking about you Martha, I was reading the book you gave to me )

The book by Shirley and Danae does not have recipes, but talks about the  lost tradition of entertaining.   ( They do not know that, entertaining is my gift   ☺   )

Enough !

I live an exciting life ! 

 A Baby Shower
                      Starting with a Book

                         I think you get the idea. The hostess had a "sweet" idea.

                                            and fun decorations and there were lots of gifts.
                                      Many brought a book to add to the baby's collection

                        
   
                                    We played a couple games - tricky games - 
                                                            "Write the children's book name on
                                                                         the line provided."    No clues.
                                                                               No mutliple choice.
                                                     
                                                        Example:    All involved Produce Droppings.
                                                                         ___________________________

                                            Got that answer?
                                                    Well, I'm not telling. 
                                                     Obviously I did not do well on that game.

                                                          The cake was delicous.  


 

                                   OH !  
               Hostess and happy guest of honor