Library day!  Being library-lovin' people, we skipped over the blood-stained and gang-monogrammed steps of our usual urban blight branch and went booking in a nearby affluent neighborhood for some adventure.  This new library has become sort of mythic as word of its grandeur spread through the 'hood.  Apparently this place is the venue for chic events: high-end weddings, inaugurations.  Toe and Roo did enjoy scampering through the expansive indoor forest, complete with bubbling brook, waterfalls and bridges.  We quickly made friends with the head librarian (as the parents of loud, showtune-crooning autistic children often do in any library), and since his son was also autistic, he and Toe immediately were buds. Roo had "tea" with some other toddlers in the "castle" area of the children's wing, played in the ball pit of golden Kroner, that sort of thing.  When I went to check out materials, the circulation librarian was all like, "Yeah, check 'em out, take em, whatever.  We have more."  It was interesting, but I do retain a fondness for our home branch with its overworked and world-weary staff, crumbling brick facade and little chalkboard sign proclaiming, "We have been murder-free for 20 days!"

Well, well, well...the puppet believes he's a real boy!  On this first day of my foray into the Blue Blog of truth, my beloved hubby is banned from the University of his long-time employment for telling the truth.  He just can't help himself--it's like a disease. Steve demanded the U honor both the labor law and its contracts with the state employees' labor union (AFSCME) in his recent "layoff."  In response, he was awarded a severance package only when he agreed to a contract stipulating he never seek employment at the University again. Never. Never, ever. As in, being shunned.  His Rumsprunge into the world of truth-telling has left him excommunicated, but not shaken.  His first reaction was a plan to street-vend tee-shirts emblazoned with "Banned From the Univerity of X:  Pepsi Cola, General College, and BlueCollar Hubby"  at the Labor Day AFL-CIO picnic.  And that's where we'll get the school-clothes money for the little BlueCollar Lads this fall... 
On a different note, welcome to the Blog--it's a work in progress!  Please visit often--there will be new photos, features and additional content being added often as I create my site. I look forward to hearing from you!