Malie and Sadie

Aren't they cute??? These are the two youngest of my cats. They love to sleep on top of the refrigerator. Malie will be two years old in May and Sadie is eight months old. Now that Sadie is getting older it is sometimes hard to tell them apart.
For two cats that aren't related they sure do look alike!

Another joke of the day: What kind of balls do cats NOT like to play with?
Answer: Fur balls! :)

I'm back......

Good day, young Pomonans! I'm back from my week off and it feels like I've been gone for a very long time! I had a good week off with the exception of having to go to the dentist. I was there for seven (7) hours! It was horrible. Always remember, young Pomonans, to take care of your teeth!

Here is what's happening at PPL this week:

Tuesday: 12:15pm Preschool story time
3:00pm After school story time
4:00-6:00pm Homework Center

Wednesday: 3:30-4:30pm Grandparents and Books
4:00-6:00pm Homework Center

Thursday: 12:15pm Infant story time
4:00-6:00pm Homework Center

And, as always, we are here for you. Come on in and see us.

Joke of the day: Why didn't the hen go bungee cord jumping with the turkeys?
Answer: She was chicken. :)

43rd Annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable

Hello young Pomonans! Ms. Lois is taking a bit of break this week from the library. If you plan on attending tomorrow's storytime, you might catch a glimpse of her during her week off. ;-)


I hope you were able to attend this year's Sociable because we had a roping and rolicking time! Cowboy Ken entertained us with some prairie songs and tales that Laura Ingalls herself probably heard as a young girl. Cowgirl Christie taught some lasso tricks and cracked her bullwhip for us a few times. Grandma Sue had a great wagon craft that everyone got to drive home, but not before having some birthday cake and apple juice in honor of Laura's 142nd birthday. A big thank you to our Friends of the Pomona Public Library for sponsoring this fun event and refreshments!


Here's two western jokes in honor of our performers:


What do you get from nervous cows? Milkshakes!


Why did the cowgirl plant bullets in her garden? She wanted to grow bangs!

The Last Call for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable!

It's finally coming, young Pomonans! Our Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable is this Saturday, February 7, 2009. We will start at 1:00pm with Cowboy Ken who will tell cowboy/cowgirl stories and songs and do trick roping as well! At 2:00pm Cowgirl Christy will do her roping tricks and stories and songs. It will be a really fun time for the whole family. 3:00-4:00pm Grandma Sue will be doing crafts. You'll be making these Conestoga Wagons (like the one pictured) and of course we will have birthday cake and punch.

Hooray to the Friends of the Pomona Public Library who sponsor this event. They are a wonderful group of people who help us keep this tradition alive.

This is the last "official" notice of the Sociable. I have tomorrow off and I may or may not send one last shout out from home.

See you Saturday! We'll have fun, fun, fun!

Joke of the day: No joke! Be at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable! Saturday, February 7, 2009 from 1:00pm-4:00pm!

Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable, 1975

Good Wednesday young Pomonans! We are counting down to our annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable. This picture is from the year 1975 when Melissa Sue Anderson visited the Pomona Public Library to sign autographs. For those of you who weren't born yet, Melissa Sue Anderson played the part of Mary Ingalls in the television version of Little House On the Prairie. It was quite exciting at the time to have a television personality visit the Pomona Public Library. It still is!

Remember: Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable
This Saturday, February 7, 2009.
1:00-3:00pm Cowboy/Cowgirl stories, songs and trick roping
3:00-4:00pm Crafts and refreshments

On Saturday, steer yourselves here!

Joke of the day: What's a troll's favorite cowboy song?
Answer: "Gnome on the Range." :)

Four Story time kids excited for the Sociable!

Yes, indeed, young pomonans. We had stories about Laura Ingalls Wilder today at story time. We read about how she lived in a log cabin in the big woods of Wisconsin. This coming Saturday, February 7th is Laura's actual birthday. We will be celebrating her birthday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm here in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Children's room. Ken Frawley and Christy Lewis will be entertaining everyone with stories, songs, and trick roping. You won't want to miss this! By the way, if Laura were alive today she would be 143 years old!

Remember:

February 7, 2009
1:00-3:00pm Stories, songs, and trick roping with Ken & Christy
3:00-4:00pm Crafts and refreshments

Don't be near, be here!!!

Joke of the day: Who was the most underhanded cowboy?
Answer: Billy the Cad! :)

Laura Ingalls Wilder Sociable this Saturday!

Happy Monday, young Pomonans! We are officially counting down the days to our Sociable. This Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm we will be having fun at our Sociable. Ken Frawley and Christy Lewis will be performing cowboy/cowgirl stories and songs as well as performing rope tricks. Since Saturday, February 7th is Laura's actual birthday, we will be having birthday cake and punch. I'll drag out my guitar and we can sing happy birthday to her as well. I've never actually sung to a dead person before but I think Laura would really like it if she were here.

Feel free to dress up in period costume. Not everyone does but we usually have some that do. Personally, those bonnets would seriously get on my nerves but some like to wear them.

This is a fun, free, family event. You'll be tapping your toes and humming along to familiar tunes. It helps us to remember our past. They didn't even have electricity let alone I-pods. :)

These pictures above are pictures of the original handwritten manuscript of Little Town on the Prairie. Laura hand wrote all her books and this manuscript she sent to Miss Webber who was the first Children's Librarian at the Pomona Public Library. This is the only manuscript on the west coast and we are very proud to house it. Come in and see it!

I'll see you here this Saturday!!

Joke of the day: Where do cowboys go to ride horses and be impolite?
Answer: To a rude-eo! :)