Self Care Sunday: YOU MUST STOP

The last couple of months have been a blur of activity both at work, professionally outside of work, and in my own brain on non library stuff. I’ve been able to squeeze in some relaxing days watching movies with a … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Physical and Mental

One of the things I haven’t always been great about is taking care of my body. As a kid and teenager I was so active it never occurred to me to watch what I ate- I stayed skinny and healthy … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Epic Road Trip 2015

I’ve been self caring a little too much on Sundays and haven’t even had time to blog about them! In April I spent a weekend planning an awesome adventure into Oregon. Over the 4th of July weekend we took that … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Outside Adventures

I’m so behind on my posts for this topic so this is from a few weeks ago. We took advantage of a rare sunny day in April and took a lovely walk at the Tacoma Nature Center. We got some … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Friends Are Soul Food

Last weekend my good friend had a birthday. To celebrate another good friend and I decided to visit her and spend Sunday being tourists in Seattle, where the birthday girl lives. As a surprise, another friend showed up for the … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Planning Epic Adventures

The past several years we have been so broke the only times we took trips was with our parents (on their dime–we LOVE our generous parents!) or by charging things (never ever again! debt free, ftw!). Now, we are financially … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Family

I have missed the last couple of weeks because I’ve been a little bad about dedicating time to myself and not library stuff and the time I have been spending away was playing video games. And pictures of video games … Continue reading →

Self Care Sundays: Why Self Care is an Important Part of Your Job

To this day I am still realizing the importance of self care in professions dealing with the public. As librarians we don’t see nearly the kind of heartbreak and horror social workers, child counselors, public health nurses and even teachers … Continue reading →

Early Literacy Messages in Action: Be Enthusiastic and Engaging

This post is part of a blog tour discussing the use of early literacy messages in storytime and other early literacy programs. Each stop on the tour will include practical information for ways to include messages and why we feel it … Continue reading →

Summer Reading Visits: What’s My Name?

Summer Reading visits are right up there with storytimes for my favorite part of my job. The kids are always so excited to talk about books and see someone from the library. Books and reading are so cool and fun! … Continue reading →