I have been terrible at being consistent with writing new blog posts. I think I need some inspiration. So sorry about disappearing off the blogging world for a bit. Here's a short little library story that happened yesterday.
A gentleman came into the library and checked out some books and his account said "Please ask for ID." I have seen this message before on some other patrons accounts but yesterday it really felt like I was working in a liquor store asking for a person's ID to check their age. :)
I was helping an 11 year old boy find a movie at the circulation desk. He was standing next to me and said "you are working so hard. How much money do you make working here?" Dead silence. I didn't have a clue what to say. Luckily I was saved when his mom was motioning him to go back to the kids area.
My dad said I should have said "I make enough." Someone else said I should have said "I make enough to drive back and forth from home."
There is an older gentleman who comes into the library almost every day. He speaks very little English but I am always smiling and waving hello when he comes in. He usually says something in Spanish and I never quite remember how I need to respond but today was the day I would say something back in Spanish!
He came and walked by and said Buenos Dias. I said Buenos Dias back and he got the hugest grin on his face and put a big thumbs up and you could tell he was proud. I pretty much had a grin on my face all day. I think he has been trying to teach me and he succeeded today with getting me to say two words.
I was telling this to a co-worker who also speaks Spanish and he was saying the older gentleman seems like a wise man. This older gentleman reminds me of my grandfather who always had a sparkle in his eye. It was a good day in the library!
Who doesn't love a good fairy tale? I have been enjoying the hit new ABC
show Once Upon a Time immensely. It has
all the fairy tales most people know about and they will have some lesser known
fairy tales as the season progresses. The
latest episode was about the huntsman who is supposed to kill Snow White.
Under the curse the queen has put on the town none of the townspeople remember
their true identities. Emma, the main
character, is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. She comes to the
town of Storybrooke, Maine under the request of her son Henry. Henry was
adopted by the Mayor of Storybrooke who is actually the Evil Queen.
Each episode feels like a mini movie and each hour goes by way to fast.
This episode was very emotional because I started to really like Graham and Emma
together and then they go and take it away.
I am probably reading into this to much but the actor who plays
Graham/The Huntsman is in all 22 episodes this season. It is too soon to know
but I can’t wait for the season to begin again.
Book Description Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
Excerpt from the book The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.– from The Hunger Games, page 18
My Review
The Hunger Games is not a book that I thought I would ever read. It is not the type of genre that I generally enjoy, but I decided to give the book a chance. I am so glad that I did. Since it's a teen book it's a pretty quick read. I read it in a day and a half. I could not put it down! I have seen this book being checked out at the library a lot and never put a request in for it to read. I seen the trailer for the movie coming out in March and thought it looked pretty interesting so I thought I would give the book a chance. All the copies were checked out so I put my name on the list and in about three weeks it came. I started reading it almost immediately. Katniss is such a strong character throughout the story, you can't help but encourage her until the end. Here is the trailer for the movie coming out in March 2012.
Back in October my mom and I went about making some
pretzels. We had made pretzels a long time ago and I remembered them tasting
delicious. I went online to www.tastykitchen.com
to try and find a pretzel recipe that sounded good. Pretzels are a pretty basic recipe so I found
a pretty simple recipe. Sweet Basil on tasty kitchen has a really good
recipe. We sprinkled half of them with
salt and the other half with cinnamon sugar.
They were both equally delicious.
Ingredients
·4-½ Tablespoons Yeast
·3 cups Warm Water
·2 Tablespoons Sugar
·6 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
·2-½ teaspoons Salt
·8 cups Flour
·2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
·2 cups Water
·¼ cups Margarine, To Brush
On Pretzels
Preparation Instructions
Dissolve the yeast in the 3 cups warm water. Combine the
sugars, salt, and flour into a mixer. Add the yeast mixture and mix on high
speed for 8 minutes.
Put dough in a greased bowl and let rise 1 hour. Roll into
12-16 ropes about 18 inches long. Let rise 15 minutes.
Roll ropes again till about 24 inches long. Twist into
pretzels. Dip in a mixture of the baking soda and 2 cups of water. Put on a
greased cookie sheet, or parchment sprinkled with flour works best. Let sit
10-15 minutes.
Bake at 450F for 8 minutes. Brush lightly with melted
margarine and sprinkle with coarse salt, sea salt, Parmesan cheese or cinnamon
and sugar.
Note: for cinnamon crunch pretzels, just add an equal portion of brown sugar to the cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top.
I'm a 24 year old first time blogger who adores reading Inspirational fiction. I luckily also get to work in a library so I get to be around books all the time! Thanks for visiting my little corner of books.
