books, dogs, and sewing

I read quite a few books and so sometimes I will want to read a book that our library does not have. This is becoming more frequent the longer I read, since the library only has so many books (and only so many of these are actually decent and well written). So today I received a notice that one of the books I had requested a couple weeks ago was in at the library. I waited until Ben got off work so that we could go together and we went to the library. At our library, when someone requests a book there is a set of shelves near the checkout desk that the book is put on wrapped in a piece of paper with the requesting person’s last name. So when we got to the library I walked over to the shelf to find the book that I had requested. It wasn’t there though! So I asked at the counter and they couldn’t find it anywhere (including in the place it would have been if it was not requested). Well, I was kind of bummed since I had been waiting for the book, but they put me back on the list of requests for that book since another couple of libraries in the area also have it. I am still first on the list too, so hopefully I will get it soon:)

Today I had to go to a class/presentation on dog introductions for work. It was basically about how to introduce two dogs in a shelter environment (be they two shelter dogs, or one shelter dog and one dog owned by someone who wants to see how it interacts with a dog they are considering). For the most part it was just a review for me about how to read dog reactions and expressions (yes, dogs do have facial expressions:). Although it is always good to review that kind of information, plus I learned a little extra.

Last night was supposed to be the first night of my sewing class, but it was canceled so next week will be the first week. We had some icky storms come through in the late afternoon and I think power was out in some parts of town (it wasn’t in our part of town though). So I can’t wait till next week and finally getting to learn how to sew. I even checked out a book at the library tonight that a website I had seen recommended on sewing. I need to learn soon, since I have already seen some patterns that I want to try!