Fozen Fridays #6

One word: REFRESHING.

My friends and I enjoyed these (yep, this batch got shared!). Best part of it is that it gets yummier as you eat it, because the fruits are arranged from tartest to sweetest.

Top layer: kiwi

Middle layer: strawberry

Bottom layer: peach

Puree your fruits in the blender with your desired amount of sweetener and a little bit of water. Freeze each layer before adding the next fruit to it.

Tag- You're It.

I came in to work today to discover we've all been given spiffy new name tags.
Wow, I feel so official! I thought to myself.

What would it be like, being tagged? I'd never been tagged in the library before. The librarians all had name tags, but never the pages.
Goodbye, anonymous existence. I stuck the magnet-held tag to my shrug (or, basically, a short sleeved sweater, for those who do not know what a shrug is).

I figured I would instantly get along with my new tag. Why wouldn't I?

As it turns out, the tag had other ideas.

It behaved for the first few minutes. Then as I reached to put some books to the top shelf, it decided it would play hide and seek in my armpit. After that it decided it would be fun to poke me on numerous occasions.

Enough with this! I thought to myself, and inched my tag closer to the edge of my shrug. It helped, for a little while, until the tag came up with a counter move to my little solution. I picked up a big stack of books and it jumped off of my clothes and sprawled out on the floor.

You aren't getting away that easy, tag! After putting away the stack of books, I picked the tag back up from the floor. What am I to do with you, little tag? I wondered, trying it out in different locations.

Putting it at the bottom of my shirt or on my jeans would not be acceptable, I was pretty sure. It didn't want to ride on my shrug, for sure. Finally, I decided to try pinning it on the upper left-hand portion of my shirt. Low enough that my hair wouldn't cover it, high enough to look professional, and on a stable enough piece of clothing that it wouldn't try hiding or poking me in the armpits again. Perfect.

Perhaps the tag was just uncomfortable. We got along well after it's little move. I am happy, the tag is happy, and we both can do our jobs as we should. At last, we came to an agreement.

I think we will get along.

Frozen Fridays #5

Oops... I just learned that Nesquik syrup does not freeze. At all. After I discovered what a mess this was, I let the entire batch melt, mixed all the ingredients together, then refroze it. Didn't have a cool looking ring around the center like I had initially planned, however for some strange reason all the Nesquick migrated to the outside of each popsicle, so I ended up with a soft chocolate coating over a batch of strawberry popsicles. I failed to get a photograph of the second version of these, but I can assure you they tasted rather nice. In the future, I should probably find some sort of chocolate that I know will harden when froze.

Ingredients: Nesquik syrup, pureed strawberries, water, sugar, and milk.

Frozen Fridays #4

With last week's tea popsicle being a bit of a flop, I am coming back armed with more tea to try and redeem myself this week! I know, we can never quite redeem ourselves, but if nothing else, we can come back next time just a little better than before- which is precisely what I have done this week!

This time around, I combined Celestial Seasonings' "Sweet Coconut Thai" tea with vanilla creamer and came out with brilliant results. I am pleased!

Recipe:

1. Brew 1 cup of Celestial Seasonings' "Sweet Coconut Thai" tea. Let sit overnight in the fridge, or cool with ice cubes to obtain faster results.

2. Fill each popsicle mold with half vanilla creamer and half tea; mix contents.

3. Freeze until solid and enjoy!

Book Making!

So, just in case the fact that I have been doing work in the library for almost 10 years doesn't clue you in enough, I happen to love books. So much so that I recently decided to MAKE a book. Read a few tutorials online, mashed all the parts of the instructions that I liked all into one design and spent my weekend bookbinding. Fun!

 

Quarter folded paper! Ripped to perfection.

 

Getting it a little wet helps. No worries, this book is for me.

 

Paper is thick; So, I got a hammer.

 

Sewing paper!

 

All sewn up! Now to glue the 3 layers together.

 

Glued and holding!

 

All glued and ready! :)

 

The lovely spine of my book.

Now, I just need to get my hands on some leather to make a cover. Excited! Will post a finished photo when I get the remainder of the supplies and complete the project.

Frozen Fridays #3

I learned a valuable lesson this week: never make a completely water-based popsicle. The idea of having a layered tea popsicle sounded lovely- and I will say, it did taste quite nice. That being said, because I did not include anything in it besides the tea, these popsicles were rock hard hunks of ice! Tasty ice, but nevertheless, ice. While refreshing, these took WAY too long to eat, since I could not bite into them. Next time I make a tea popsicle I will be sure I put some milk or cream in with it, so that it will have a softer consistency.

Even though they took an extremely long time to consume, they did look rather pretty:

 

Bottom layer: red tea

Middle layer: black tea

Top layer: green tea