I Made It

23 things completed!! Hooray!! I must say I am glad to be finished but I did learn lots of 'things'.  My favorite thing would have to be Pinterest.  I also feel it will be the most useful for both work and personal use. I was pleased to discover that I was able to do most things with very little assistance.  Perhaps there is hope for this 'old dog' yet!
Overall the exercises were good for exploring new 'things' online- things that I would never have tried without a little push. I think I will be more confident when trying to do something new on the computer.
Thank you 23NB Team for the experience!

AA-Apps Anonymous

Hi to the crew at NB23Things.  Week 9 Apps has been a challenge since I do not have a device on which to download anything!  My daughter kindly allowed me to download and return a library ebook on her Kobo.  Aside from that I've read through the information and should I ever get a device it will prove helpful.

What's the Scoop?

I managed to join Scoop.it this week and even 'scooped'  a few items which I tweeted about-at least I think that's what I did. Personally, I long for the day when I can sit on a bench along the boardwalk enjoying a scoop of my favorite flavor while listening to the robins tweeting in the branches overhead. 'Just saying'.

Connie Reads

 I have recently read The Orenda  by Joseph Boyden and Annabel by Kathleen Winter so I decided to listen to Q: the Podcast with Jian Ghomeshi.  Although I have yet to read the other 3 contenders for Canada Reads-I cannot imagine that any of them will affect me the way The Orenda has. I completely agree with this choice and arguments made in its defence by Wab Kinew.  As Kinew stated in his emotionally charged  argument this book "is more than just lessons about aboriginal issues" and importance of "dialogue with indigenous" populations.  He mentions the themes of forgiveness and perseverance in the face of tremendous loss. Could this be the book that inspires social change in Canada?  There was much dialogue about the violence in the book but it is a time of war. Yes, it is graphic but it helps us to understand our history. Joseph Boyden reminds us "we need to know where we came from in order to know where we are going." 
If Canada is on the verge of change The Orenda could certainly be a catalyst.  Apparently many others agree as it has been chosen as the People's Choice as well!

Uplifted by YouTube

NB23 Things is featuring videos in week 7.  I have watched some clips on YouTube but this will be my first attempt to post something from YouTube.

 

This video contains some of my favorite gospel songs. This video is so uplifting!  I hope others will enjoy it too!

Pinterest Interest

I completed Things 13 though 15 last week but forgot to blog.  I have used Pinterest as a resource for craft ideas but had never registered before so that was good.  I created a few Pinterest boards which will be helpful for story time programming and I am following a few people who seem to have interesting ideas. 
We have a few ideas of our own as you can see from this colorful guy.

SRC 2010 Dragon-The kids loved it
Photo courtesy of Andrew & Laura McCain Public Library

Hurdle the Wordle

Thing 12 is creating a word cloud. Hear the thunderous applause as with lightning speed, I hurdle the Wordle!

 

This should not have been so difficult.  Making the word cloud was simple but actually getting it in my blog was extremely frustrating!  Just saying-I doubt I could ever do it the same way again.  Thanks Kate.

 

Prickly Reader

Photo courtesy of Jeremy Johnson, Meddling with Nature
via Wikimedia Commons

Today I shall attempt 'thing 11'.  It is all about images.  Can I add an image to this post?  We shall soon see.   What do you think of this little guy?  Getting up at 6 a.m. to shovel on Saturday morning before I have to walk to work can leave me feeling a bit prickly so I figure he is in good company!

Seeing 'Vision' With New Eyes

I made my first list on bibliocommons a few days ago!  Now this is one tool that I find convenient.  I can think of many uses for this service.  I am sorry that I didn't take the time to try it sooner.  Thank you NB23 for giving me the incentive.

I walked to work this morning and I must say it was refreshing after another storm.  Is it just me or has this been a looong winter?  On days like this, we may or may not have anyone show up for
Story Time but we still have to be prepared.  Valentine's Day and we're all ready-come on in.

Twit, Tweet, Twat

I just tweeted for the first time!  What an interesting concept.  I personally will probably not have much use for this form of communication-just saying, but I can see where others might find it useful.
as requested find me here-https://twitter.com/conniefrenette1.
On another note-I must say we are enjoying the increase in our staff count these days.  Sorry L.P.Fisher but isn't it good to know that some good is coming from your inconvenience? 

Bad News / Good News?

 
The big news this week is that we are losing our Regional Director.  Johanne Jacob is retiring after 13 years with the Haut-Saint-Jean region.  Everyone is dreading this transition.  So many changes ahead and how many of us really embrace change?  I am happy for Johanne and her family of course but she is going to be hard to replace.  I feel sorry for her successor as he or she will have very big shoes to fill-'just saying'.
I am supposed to add tags/labels to this blog.  Doesn't that mean I should write something worth tagging?  That is the hardest part of this exercise, I think.  I'm blocking on my blogging!  Tag-you're it!

Very Little About Me

In case you are wondering who I am and why you should read this blog I'll tell you a bit about myself.  I am currently a library assistant but I also have accumulated almost 55 years of wisdom as a daughter, sister,  wife, mother.  You get the picture!  I'm not sure this qualifies me as an expert on anything but occasionally I come up with something that sounds relatively intelligent. Actually the very thought of me having a blog is absurd as I am not that accustomed to stating my opinions-not that I don't have them!
The truth be told I am only starting this blog as an assignment but why not have some fun with it?
the most difficult part so far has been finding a blog address that was not already in use!  Who would have thought that someone else would already have picked-'sinking' or 'you'vegottobekidding' or thisisdrivingmecrazy'.  I guess I am not the only frustrated blogger out there. Just saying- I did not expect it to take so long.

Foggy Brain

Did you ever have one of those days when nothing seems to go as planned?  Usually it starts with the alarm not going off or just simply ignoring it when it does!  Yeah, we've all been there-right.  After such a great start you find yourself in a brain fog for the next while.
  One Story Time Mom said to me this morning, "You've been calling them (meaning the children) by the wrong names all day?" Oops!   And here I thought Story Time was going so well!