Not much new....

We've gotten started on some stuff at the new library building -- spent a morning stripping old wallpaper on Monday. Oh, fun.... Hopefully the painting can get started soon. We're having some disagreements with regard to the paint colors in one room. I knew we'd run into this problem... a group of women trying to agree on paint colors... oy... An even bigger problem is finding someone to build the ramp and renovate the bathroom for wheelchair accessibility. All the local contractors are very busy and don't have time until at least summer, and we need it done within the next month or so.

The move is going to be a huge job, but the payoff will be great!

Two weeks until I leave for Arizona. :-D I finally finished scrapbooking my pictures from my summer trip... lol.

Chantelle's gone to Perth for a few weeks with a friend from England. I haven't heard from her since she got there, it'll probably be a little while before she calls again.

That's about it for now...

Hmmm... do I have anything to update?

Let's see... Valentine's Day was low-key. Josh and I have postponed it for a month... lol. I go to AZ on March 14. ;-)

I was thankful that the pseudo-stalker I had talked about elsewhere didn't do anything for V-Day this year. I was worried, cuz he was here when I came into work that day, but other than wishing both the other librarian and myself a Happy V-Day on his way out, nothing. *Whew* There hasn't been an opportunity to talk to him, anytime he's here, there's lots of other people around.

I had a few moments this afternoon of really missing my grandma. Not sure where it came from, totally unexpected. Oh, maybe it was because I was wondering how my uncle was doing. He's in the hospital, again. He's had heart trouble for many years, several surgeries, etc. He hasn't been well for some time, especially this past year. Apparently he has a "spot" on his lung that they are checking out. *sigh* Waiting to hear more.

Sheldon got back from his school skiing/snowboarding trip late last night/early morning. I'm not sure what time he got in, but I know it was after 2:00 a.m. He was still asleep when I left for work, so I haven't talked to him yet. Hopefully they had a good time. :-)

I talked to Chantelle about a week ago. She's still doing great, still at Surfer's and working in a seafood restaurant for now.

We had our church's annual meeting a couple of weeks ago. I gave up the one position that I had. It doesn't make much difference as far as the various "jobs" that I actually have, it was more of a responsibility thing. I knew that I wasn't doing a good job, I didn't want to be in that position and felt like a hypocrite for being there. I feel better about that now, but feel some slight guilt because no one has been willing to take it on. But I knew that would happen. I feel like I've pulled some support out from under my friend -- she has way to much to handle already. It was something I felt I needed to do, though.

Our diocese elected a new bishop last May. He's been going around to visit all of the parishes to get to know people, and he visited us two weeks ago. It was great. Bishop Gregory is such a down-to-earth and engaging person, and so easy to talk to. (He's the same age as me.) I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the day -- and that hasn't happened with church stuff for a long time. It was nice to feel uplifted, even if it was only temporary.

We are starting to get some things done with the new library building... it's exciting. Sooooo much work for the next few months, but exciting nonetheless! We are planning to move at the end of April, if all goes according to plan.

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Currently reading: Blue Like Jazz ~ Donald Miller
Currently playing: Launchcast at work

Winning basketball

The boys won all their games, and won the tournament. I'm proud of them. They not only played well, but they demonstrated great sportsmanship, as did their coach.

One of the other teams had a terrible coach. All he did was yell at his boys constantly, he never seemed to have a word of encouragment, and he harrassed the refs to the point where he got called with two technical fouls. Two technicals, and a coach is removed from the game. Because they didn't have an assistant coach with them, the game had to be called. The game itself had been a good game -- good competition, lots of excitement. But one stupid coach ruined it. His players were embarrassed. When the teams shook hands afterward, the coach did the whole patting-on-the-back, "good game!" phoniness... but his players apologized. Thankfully they had alot more class than their coach. Then he went up to the ref that he had been harrassing, and started into something again, and the principal had to step in and tell him to stop.

I don't think the school will be inviting them back again next year if he's still coaching. It's too bad.

Aside from that, though, it was a great tournament.

The coach did a display of all the players with their pictures, their #, nickname, their favorite sports person, favorite sports moment, etc. On each was a comment from the coach. For Sheldon's, he wrote: "Sheldon is the absolute heart and soul of the team. He makes us believe in each other." I liked that. :-)

Basketball

Sheldon's last home basketball tournament is this weekend. They've been having a good year, and really enjoying themselves. The past couple of years weren't so great (issues with the coach), but they're having a blast this year. The home tournament is the highlight of the year. Should be fun. :-)

There is a school break next week, and the grade 11's and 12's are going skiing in Fernie, B.C. again. Hopefully they'll have good weather. It's been soooo cold here in SK.

Okay, gotta run. Have a great weekend!!!

Yay!

I booked my flights to Arizona today... I'm going the last two weeks in March. :-) After that, it's going to be incredibly busy at work for quite awhile with moving the library, so this is my chance to get away before then.

I'm excited! :-D