Adventures in Life, Love, and Librarianship

To My Lovely Readers

by Elizabeth on February 15, 2012 · 7 comments

Despite my goals to blog consistently and create better content, you may have noticed that I am failing. My content has been sparse, and when I have blogged, it’s about things you probably don’t care about. In fact, my internet life in general (except for Twitter…I love me some Twitter) has seriously fallen by the wayside.

There are a lot of reasons why things have gone this way. Being busy at work, having lots of social obligations, and my depression and general lack of energy are just a few excuses I can give you.

But the real reason is that I am going through some very difficult, very personal things right now; the kind of thing that you can’t talk about online. I want you all to know that I (health-wise) am fine and so is my family (including Caty!), so this is a different kind of personal issue.

The thing is though, that I WANT so much to be able to share what is going on at the moment. I want to be able to tell my story and get feedback, compassion, and advice. But I am afraid that I will share too much. That I will damage things permanently. I have to protect myself.

Unfortunately, the world we live in isn’t as understanding and supportive as my blog readers are. The right to free speech isn’t really the right to free speech when you are saying or writing things (no matter how vague) that someone doesn’t agree with. I blogged about this in the past, how they can’t stop me.

And they aren’t stopping me. I’m stopping me. I’m doing what I can to prevent anything else from happening. From making a mistake that I can’t take back.

So here’s what’s going to happen. I am not quitting or leaving this blog. I want to be very clear about that. I just may not be here as often as you like. This will cease to a be 5-6 days a week kind of blog. And when I’m here, I might sharing a funny list, a lolcat, or a recipe. If that’s not your thing, I’m sorry, but it’s all that I could give at the moment.

I want you to know how much I love you all. How I’m crying as I write this. How much I want to wrap you all in hugs for being so wonderful, so understanding, so consistently here, such AMAZING readers.

I will be back when I can, but no promises. However, if you really miss your daily does of me (lol), I’m am always accessible via email at lifelovelibrarianship [at] gmail [dot] com or on Twitter.

Much love,

Lizy

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A Tuesday List

by Elizabeth on February 14, 2012 · 4 comments

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1. I’m sorry I don’t have a recipe post today. It’s research season at work which means I’m doing literature searches and filling article requests nonstop. Needless to say, I’m tired.

2. I ordered a light box! My therapist thinks that I might have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so I’m going to try it out and see if it helps. Does anyone have any experiences with light boxes?

3. I really want everything in this pin. Too bad it’s all super expensive.

Source: Uploaded by user via Elizabeth on Pinterest

4. I really want to make these. Like right now. So I can eat them.

Source: howsweeteats.com via Elizabeth on Pinterest

5. Last week it was pushing 70° and all the flowers and trees started blooming. This week its in the 40s and sleeting. Alabama weather is weird.

6. I’ve been thinking about starting to plan my garden. I’m thinking of growing tomatoes, basil, and maybe zucchini or squash. My rosemary from last spring is still alive (and huge!) so there’s no need for more of that. What are you thinking of planting this year.

7. Today is Valentine’s Day. Do I care? No. What am I doing? Eating dinner with my parents and then going home to clean out my DVR.

8. I got Netflix Instant recently and so far it has been an excellent tool for procrastination. I’m almost done with season 2 of SVU, halfway through the first season of Gossip Girl, and am forming an obsession with Friday Night Lights.

9. I have made very little progress on my house list. All I’ve done is hang some pictures. I need to get busy.

10. I’m out of things. What are you up to today?

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Food Waste Friday

February 10, 2012

Did you know that popcorn goes bad? Yeah, me neither. I always thought it was one of those products that the “best by” date was really just a suggestion. Maybe it is, but it’s certainly not okay 6 months past the “best by” date. Which is how I ended up with this: Yes, a full [...]

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BlogHer Book Club Review: The Weird Sisters

February 9, 2012

Of the four books I’ve read for BlogHer’s Book Club, Eleanor Brown’s The Weird Sisters is my absolute favorite. (You can read all my book club reviews here.) From the first few pages, I was captivated by this book. It’s both humorous and tragic, intense and lighthearted. I identified with the three main characters (a huge plus [...]

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Recipe: Easy and Delicious Rice and Beans

February 7, 2012

I know what you’re thinking. Rice and beans? How is that special? How is that delicious? Rice and beans are cheap and filling. They certainly don’t deserve their own blog post. Wrong wrong wrong. This is not any rice and beans dish. This is rice and black beans with apple salsa. Yes, I said apple [...]

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Weekend Reads

February 5, 2012

First up is The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. I’m reading this for the BlogHer Book Club, so expect a review this week. I’m enjoying the book so far, despite my appreciation for literary fiction. It’s funny, dramatic, and slightly heart-wrenching thus far; can’t say what I’ll think at the end, but I think that [...]

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Weekly Wanderings #41

February 3, 2012

Cupcakegate – I’m sure most of you have read about this, but it’s just too funny not to share. Apparently a cupcake-in-a-jar was confiscated at TSA checkpoint recently for having a “gel-like substance”. Because we all know if you are going to blow up a plane, the best place to hide part of your bomb [...]

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Food Waste Friday

February 3, 2012

After a lack of posts about food waste, it would make sense that this would be one of my worst weeks ever. However, I’ve been good at keeping my fridge cleaned out and, since I haven’t been doing a lot of cooking, I haven’t had many leftovers. My fridge is actually really bare at the [...]