Work-Related Fun! (March 2026)

 I like my work. I have two editing jobs that I do from home, and up until last month, I worked at my town library as a sub. That changed in March, when I interviewed for a part-time position at the library. I got the job, so I'm no longer a sub! I'm now a senior library assistant. Ooh la la! I've been enjoying the increased responsibilities and things I get to do. Here are some work-related pictures (mostly from the library) from March. 

You may have heard of the recent workplace social media trend of showing pictures of employees when they were young. Two out of three of my workplaces did this:

Speaking of City Mom Media...

I get to do an endcap display each month at the library, where I pick the theme and the books, make the poster in Canva, and set it all up. I really enjoy doing it! The theme I chose for March was "Readers' Favorite Books From 2021-25" (based on Goodreads' polling).

In March, I was the guest librarian. There was a little biographical blurb about me in the library's monthly newsletter, and this display was up all month with books I like. As people checked them out, I'd restock it with more books.  

Restocked. I felt special all month! 😄

One afternoon, a kind and thoughtful man brought in two beautiful floral arrangements for the library to have. They were from a family funeral he'd just come from. What a generous thing to do! 

A perk of working in a library is getting to check out some of the fun programs and things that come through. On this day, there was an inflatable brain you could explore.

This is the large room in the library where big events are held. 

When I was in high school—many years before the library was renovated—this room was lined with bookshelves (which I perused) and study tables (which I sat at). And many, many years before that, this room/building was a church. 

Another exciting thing that happened at the library in March was the Friends of the Library's annual gift basket auction. I put a bid in on a basket I liked, and I ended up winning it!

It had some great things in it, like four free backyard yoga classes, honeycomb candles, a lists journal, and more.

The popular seed library started up again in March, and I helped package and label many packets of various vegetables and herbs.

I got my new endcap display ready for April at the end of March: "Read the book, see the movie."

And of course, as a lifelong reader whose numero uno hobby is reading, I get to see lots of books come through that I'd like to read at some point. Here are a few that I snapped pictures of to remind myself for later.

Bee books always make me think of Mr. Honey Bunny. 😁

There are good children's books, too! I'll always love children's books.

Who put that one in there? 😅

David likes C.J. Box.

And here I am at home, reading a library book. To heck with all this, I wish I could just be a professional reader!

February 2026 Randoms

(That's from my page-a-day calendar, in case you were wondering. 😄)

This brought back such sweet (pun intended) memories when I saw it! I loved the Sweet Valley Twins series when I was in elementary/middle school. I read and owned all of the books. I still have several of them in a storage container somewhere. 😊

David's birthday was at the beginning of the month. It was his first birthday married to me. Last year, we were less than a month into our relationship, and I made him dinner and got cupcakes. This year, there were presents, a small family get-together, and homemade cake.

I made this lemon sheet cake from scratch (the frosting too), and it was really good! 😊

David took these pictures of the Boston Temple at the end of a winter day. We really do love it there.

My friend Meredith saw this kitchen towel at the store and got it for me. My friends know me well!

This is my new favorite nail polish.

A cozy scene for the TV

This looks like a good book. I like the cover and the title.

Fun topiaries up the street from our place

Another cozy scene, this one for Valentine's Day

David went to Montana for five days to visit his father, who sadly passed away at the end of March.

This was his dad's last visit to the lake house that he built and loved.

There's David's winterized sailboat, and the frozen lake (also winterized). 

More Valentine's Day things!

Roses galore in the backroom at the florist shop in town!

 Pale pink roses are my fave 😍

There's my valentine with pale pink magnolias behind him 😍 (picture from April 2025, cropped for supreme handsomeness 😉).

I organized a Galentine's lunch with friends at The Wayside Inn the day before V-Day. It was fun!

I explored upstairs a bit before lunch. I like old desks like these.

We thought it was funny that they put a lemon rind in the hot cider drinks like this. 😆

Their French onion soup was cheesy and delicious!

This is one of the companies I work for as an editor.

Another book I want to read. There are so many!

A pretty picture that John sent from his mission in Colorado:

Speaking of John, he turned 21 in early March! He's now officially an adult! We sent him a package with a card and gifts. He's doing well on his mission and will be home this summer!

Sam, Veronica, David, and I went out to dinner at Ichigo Ichie, a hibachi grill we like. Yum!