<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Just Plain Ranting @ libraryladymom.blog-city.com</title><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Just Plain Ranting) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 libraryladymom.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Just Plain Ranting @ libraryladymom.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Why The Blog Has Changed Color For the Week</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/why_the_blog_has_changed_color_for_the_week.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/why_the_blog_has_changed_color_for_the_week.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=why%5Fthe%5Fblog%5Fhas%5Fchanged%5Fcolor%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fweek</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The green is for St Patrick's Day. But so is the orange, because they're both in the Irish flag.
I'd better explain here that I spent 4 marvelous years working in the Irish section of the North Bronx. It was only a mile or two from my own neighborho]]></description></item><item><title>The Workmen Are Gone, But The Work Isn&apos;t Over</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_workmen_are_gone_but_the_work_isnt_over.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_workmen_are_gone_but_the_work_isnt_over.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fworkmen%5Fare%5Fgone%5Fbut%5Fthe%5Fwork%5Fisnt%5Fover</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Man thought the workmen wouldn't be gone till Friday, even though I'd told them they had said Thursday at the latest, and we knew how good these guys are.
Sure enough, they were finished by Wednesday night.
Told him so! Heh,heh,heh,heh,heh.....]]></description></item><item><title>The Workmen Are Here!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_workmen_are_here.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_workmen_are_here.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fworkmen%5Fare%5Fhere</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Even as we speak they have already removed the hideous wallpaper from JR's room and are doing the same in the upstairs foyerl and the stairwell.
The Man got MOST of the stuff from JR's room. There are still some things remaining, but they will go be]]></description></item><item><title>The Foolish Librarian--A Cautionary Tale</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_foolish_librariana_cautionary_tale.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_foolish_librariana_cautionary_tale.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ffoolish%5Flibrariana%5Fcautionary%5Ftale</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Once upon a time there was a foolish librarian who was afraid of blood tests.
You see, many years ago, when the librarian was expecting her first child, she had blood tests and got news that she might have a serious medical problem. The problem neve]]></description></item><item><title>We&apos;re Making Progress, But We&apos;re Not Having Fun Yet--Maybe Not Ever</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/were_making_progress_but_were_not_having_fun_yetmaybe_not_ev.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/were_making_progress_but_were_not_having_fun_yetmaybe_not_ev.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=were%5Fmaking%5Fprogress%5Fbut%5Fwere%5Fnot%5Fhaving%5Ffun%5Fyetmaybe%5Fnot%5Fev</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Man got the third bookcase out of JR's room tonight, and he is NOT having a good time doing so. 
He is also not happy because I had a contractor come in today and give us an estimate on:
1)Pulling the hideous paper off of JR's walls, fixing the]]></description></item><item><title>Well, Romance I Won&apos;t Get, But I&apos;ll &quot;Settle&quot; For True Love</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/well_romance_i_wont_get_but_ill_settle_for_true_love.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/well_romance_i_wont_get_but_ill_settle_for_true_love.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=well%5Fromance%5Fi%5Fwont%5Fget%5Fbut%5Fill%5Fsettle%5Ffor%5Ftrue%5Flove</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For various reasons I  am voting this one of the most UN-romantic Valentine's Days I have ever had, right up there with the one right after SC was born, when I was having trouble feeding her and  she wailed if she was put down!
But th]]></description></item><item><title>Today At Our House</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/today_at_our_house.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/today_at_our_house.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=today%5Fat%5Four%5Fhouse</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have done 6 loads of laundry, which combined with yesterday's laundry, makes 12. And if you want the Baby Blues cartoon about this, but if you haven't seen it before it's here.  Come to think of it, that blog entry dates almost 1 year ago exac]]></description></item><item><title>Mrs White, Come Home!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/mrs_white_come_home.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/mrs_white_come_home.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mrs%5Fwhite%5Fcome%5Fhome</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Mrs White" is my car-- the white Mazda Protege that used to be the Man's car before we got "Cosmo", our blue Matrix.
JR named both cars. She is the sort of kid who does things like that...............
A week and a half ago, I t]]></description></item><item><title>Two Down, One To Go, So the Man Got A Reward</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/two_down_one_to_go_so_the_man_got_a_reward.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/two_down_one_to_go_so_the_man_got_a_reward.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=two%5Fdown%5Fone%5Fto%5Fgo%5Fso%5Fthe%5Fman%5Fgot%5Fa%5Freward</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am amazed to report that since the Man was off on Friday, Saturday and Sunday he managed to empty 2 of the 3 bookscases in JR's room. The books are still there, boxed up, but the bookcases are OUT OF THE HOUSE! 
He was stranded home with the]]></description></item><item><title>We Really Did Get Married On Superbowl Sunday-It Just Doesn&apos;t Fall On Our Anniversary This Year....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/we_really_did_get_married_on_superbowl_sundayit_just_doesnt_.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/we_really_did_get_married_on_superbowl_sundayit_just_doesnt_.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=we%5Freally%5Fdid%5Fget%5Fmarried%5Fon%5Fsuperbowl%5Fsundayit%5Fjust%5Fdoesnt%5F</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And the Man is NOT a football fan. Nonetheless, this one did make me chuckle....]]></description></item><item><title>Marriage Is More Than A Piece of Paper, Mrs Kelley-- In Fact, Sometimes People Have the Real Thing WITHOUT The Paper</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/marriage_is_more_than_a_piece_of_paper.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/marriage_is_more_than_a_piece_of_paper.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marriage%5Fis%5Fmore%5Fthan%5Fa%5Fpiece%5Fof%5Fpaper</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You are, after all, in the first year of your marriage, when a couple's relationship is tested as it never was before -- even a couple who have lived together for six years. In your case, you moved from a casual living-in approach to life to a perman]]></description></item><item><title>With No Apologies to Monty Python--They Wouldn&apos;t Expect Any:</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/my_brain_hurts_with_no_apologies_to_monty_pythonthey_wouldnt.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/my_brain_hurts_with_no_apologies_to_monty_pythonthey_wouldnt.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Fbrain%5Fhurts%5Fwith%5Fno%5Fapologies%5Fto%5Fmonty%5Fpythonthey%5Fwouldnt</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It's Friday and my body is at work, but my brain is NOT supposed to have to process a lot today. So why did Cheryl (the Mad Baggage) have to put this on her site today?
See how well you can do. I've managed to get 19, so I'm not feeling too HUMILIAT]]></description></item><item><title>She&apos;s Stealing My Life Again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/shes_stealing_my_life_again.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/shes_stealing_my_life_again.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=shes%5Fstealing%5Fmy%5Flife%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>My Emotional Reaction to the Washington Redskins Having Lost In the Semi-Finals Yesterday:</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/my_emotional_reaction_to_the_washington_redskins_having_lost.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/my_emotional_reaction_to_the_washington_redskins_having_lost.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Femotional%5Freaction%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fwashington%5Fredskins%5Fhaving%5Flost</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[YAAAAY!
NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH-NYAH!
No, I am NOT a Seattle fan. In fact, I'm not a football fan, and (thank GOD!) neither is the Man.
As a matter of fact, we got married on Superbowl Sunday. But at noon, so the sports types in the family didn't m]]></description></item><item><title>Winter Blues</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/winter_blues.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/winter_blues.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=winter%5Fblues</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>Things That Have Irked Me This Week</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/things_that_have_irked_me_this_week.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/things_that_have_irked_me_this_week.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=things%5Fthat%5Fhave%5Firked%5Fme%5Fthis%5Fweek</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[1)Our next door neighbors (nice enough, just no one we really wanted to be pals with) moving out and not following condo policy by getting a few parking spaces reserved for their moving van in our half circle lot.&nbsp; Instead, the van just pulled i]]></description></item><item><title>Is It Spring Yet?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/what_id_like_to_be_doing_this_week.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/what_id_like_to_be_doing_this_week.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fid%5Flike%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fdoing%5Fthis%5Fweek</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>Lights To Remind Us</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/lights_to_remind_us.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/lights_to_remind_us.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lights%5Fto%5Fremind%5Fus</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently a newspaper advice column had a letter from some whiney tsatskelah complaining of how little emphasis is placed on Hanukah at the shopping malls and places like that. "There are lots of Christmas decorations, and then just one litt]]></description></item><item><title>As It Says In Peanuts (And Elsewhere)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/follow_up_to_yesterday_what_i_know_about_christmas_i_learned.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/follow_up_to_yesterday_what_i_know_about_christmas_i_learned.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 06:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=follow%5Fup%5Fto%5Fyesterday%5Fwhat%5Fi%5Fknow%5Fabout%5Fchristmas%5Fi%5Flearned</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA['Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men. That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.' 
Linus Van Pelt in "A Charlie Brown Christmas"]]></description></item><item><title>What I&apos;ve Been Doing Since Last I Blogged</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/what_ive_been_doing_since_last_i_blogged.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/what_ive_been_doing_since_last_i_blogged.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Five%5Fbeen%5Fdoing%5Fsince%5Flast%5Fi%5Fblogged</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[1) Made it up to NYC with my family though it took longer than it should have thanks to the usual mess at the George Washington Bridge.
(And it would have taken a lot longer if the Man had been driving. But he wasn't, ho-ho-ho..................)
2)]]></description></item></channel></rss>