TTFN

Hello everyone. How has this first week of August been treating you? I hope well.

As it is a Wednesday, this blog post is supposed to be about a book that I’ve read and now have something to say about. I have a confession to make. I didn’t read a book this week. A few Weekly Updates ago, I mentioned the many things that were keeping me busy over the summer. This week all of these things are kind of coming to a head because I’m getting ready to go to a week long summer camp, and all of these things need to be done before then. For that reason, I didn’t have time to sit down and read a book this week.

I also wanted to explain the lack of blog postings for the next couple of weeks. From August 8th-15th, I will be helping at a church camp that I participated in as a camper, and now I’ll be going back to help as staff. When I get back from the camp, I am going to be gone that next week as well because I’m having a surgery done. So from the 8th through the 21st of August, I will officially be falling off the face of the library world, and so I figured I would let anyone reading my blog know what is going on.

But, just because I’m going to be gone for the next couple of weeks doesn’t mean we aren’t having some fun things at the library. On August 13 from 6-8pm, Whilce Portacio will be coming to the Hayden Library. Whilce is a comic book illustrator that has done work on several different titles, including X-Men, and he will be speaking on how to get into the comic book business. He will also be having an open Q & A period, and if you want an autograph, he’ll be doing that as well. All ages are welcome to come.

The North Idaho Fair and Rodeo is running from August 25th-29th, and the Hayden Library will have a table set up on the 26th from opening til closing. Because the fair is the last week in August, I’m going to be able to make it. We’ve had a chance to do the fair for the past couple of years, and it is always a good turnout and a good time. We have a few different crafts we’ll be doing, and we’d love to see you.

The day after we’re at the fair, we are having a Karaoke night. On August 27 from 5 to 8pm, we are going to be singing along with our favorite tunes, enjoying some refreshments, and awarding Teen summer reading prizes. Todd Alexander, a local KJ (Karaoke Jockey), is coming in for the event, and he has thousands of songs to choose from. Hope you’ll come down for a ridiculous time of singing and having fun.

This is basically the last blog post for a couple of weeks, so I’ll say TTFN (Ta-Ta for now), and have a great rest of your summer.