Library Jo's acceptance speech

Here it is everyone, Library Jo's acceptance speech for the 2008 Margery C Ramsay Scholarship.

Congratulations Jo.

Happy listening.

The Webolution is addictive......

As you can all see my blog now has a new theme, not sure what I think of this but I will give it a go. It's very school like, although it's probably fitting given that I will be studying again next year. It's Lea's fault that I have spent the last three hours playing around with new templates, she downloaded a new template for her blog the other day which is fantastic and I guess you could syay it got me inspired. There are a number of free Blogger templates available from the web which can add a totally different look to your blog and they can be downloaded to your blog in a few steps. Interested in exploring a new template for your blog, why ask myself or Lea and we can step you through the process. The good thing is that if you don't like the one you select you can quickly change it or revert back to the previous template.

I have added a new game widget to my blog which Ali pointed out to me sometime ago, it is called Wic Wac Woe. How appropriate!!!!! I couldn't resist when she told about it. As we all know in the world of the Webolution we have our own vocabularly as all words commence with the letter 'w', so how fitting is that we have Wic Wac Woe.

Farewell for now and keep up the good work.

Warning, Warning!!!

A Warning Sign that I generated using one of the sites in Learning Activity 5: Play Week...oh so much fun!

Photos from Byron Bay and Surrounds

Here are some snaps taken on my recent holiday to Byron Bay.

I thought Byron was fantastic and would recommend to anyone who loves to holiday by the beach.

Enjoy.

Hello from Byron Bay

Hello fellow Webolutionaries,

I am writing this post from a backpacker internet cafe in Byron Bay. I just wanted to checkin with everyone and to say hello. I would love to say taht I am writing from sunny Byron but that's not quite the case, it has been raining intermittently over thye last copuple of days. I am hoping that it will improve so that I get one beach day in before leaving on Saturday. It is a totally different lifestyle up here, a bit alternative and a bit yuppiesh, an amazing journey for me.
I hope that everyone is well and that you are continuing through the Learning Activituies of the webolution. I look forward to seeing everyone's progress when I return.

Stay well, take care and see you all soon.





P.S. Check out the Library in Brunswick Heads, I have named it the rainbow library, pretty fitting don't you think? I have enquired about working up here so I may not return, who wouldn't want to work in the rainbow library? hahahahah!!!!

Like all true Librarians I have visited the many local libraries but this is my fav.


Goodbye.

Vote for your preferred recipe?

Webolutionaries are now invited to vote for their preferred recipe from the list provided. As promised, the recipe that receives the most votes will be cooked by Wosemary and Watie and distributed to all branches. The poll will be open until Friday, 21st of November.




Thankyou to all Webolutionaries who posted their recipes.

Funny joke I just read on a website.....

Ha-ha funny...

Three fonts walk into a bar… The barman says "Get out! We don't serve your type here.”Ha-ha funny...


Then again maybe it is only funny because it is late and I am very tired and delirious!!!!!!

My Recipe: Chocolate mint swirl fudge

This is my recipe....have you posted yours yet????

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Serves 20 pieces

Ingredients

4 cups pure icing sugar
155ml cream
150g unsalted butter
225g peppermint cream-filled chocolate, broken into pieces
1 tablespoon liquid glucose
2 x 35g peppermint crisp bars, chopped
80g white chocolate, roughly chopped


Here's how

1. Line a 20cm (8 inch) square cake tin with aluminium foil and brush lightly with melted butter or oil. Combine the icing sugar, cream, butter and the peppermint cream-filled chocolate, with the glucose, in a medium heavy based pan; stir over medium-low heat until smooth. Stirring constantly, bring the mixture slowly to the boil. Keep stirring while the mixture boils for 5 minutes.

2. Remove the pan from the heat and use a wooden spoon to beat the mixture until it has cooled, lost its shine and has thickened slightly. Quickly stir the chopped peppermint crisp into the mixture. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.

3. Place the white chocolate in a small heatproof bowl and stand it over a pan of barely simmering water, until softened. When soft, stir with a wooden spoon until melted and smooth. Take care not to overheat the chocolate. Drop spoonfuls of the white chocolate randomly onto the surface of the peppermint crisp mixture in the tin. Use the tip of a knife or a skewer to swirl the two mixtures together. Allow to set.

4. When the fudge is firm, remove from the tin and carefully peel away the aluminium foil. To serve, cut into squares or rectangles. The fudge will keep for up to 3 days, stored in an airtight container. Refrigerate only if the weather is very hot.


Source: Brownies, Fudges and Toppings, (Murdoch Books). Retieved from the Better Homes and Garden website.

A non-Whocolate Theme

What great joy it gives me to see so many staff members engaged in the Webolution. However, I am a little concerned that it is bringing out the cheeky side in some people.

It amazes me how one particular staff member who mind you, broke the world record for the number of attempts it took to get her blog working, has the nerve to tell me that I need an RSS feed on my blog so that she could subscribe and receive email notifications when I add new content to the blog. Saving her the time of getting onto my blog to discover if anything new had been added. MY MY MY!!!!

Only kidding Wosemary! I love how everyone is posting comments on each others blogs, it is adding to the interactivity of the Webolution and making it FUN which is what it is all about.

Tomorrow is Friday and I am tipping it might be a chocolate day!!!!

The Chocolate Template

Some of you are probably asking, 'Why a Chocolate' theme? This is a special template that I downloaded from the Internet and from the first time I layed eyes on it I was in love and I thought to myself how fitting! Yes, I do have a love for chocolate, who doesn't? Although I must say one thing that I have learn't during my many years at Hobsons Bay is that Librarians love chocolate. I often recall people in the Workroom at Altona, saying 'I feel like Chocolate'. I once thought it was refined to Friday afternoons however, I soon realised that it applies all day everyday. People even have lolly jars on desks so that there is an endless supply of chocolate and lollies for staff in the event that someone needs a pick me up. I won't name names (Wonnie) but some staff just can't decline the tempation of chocolate or in fact to any treat! The mere mention on chocolate and everyone's mouths start watering. Fortunately for us we have a Coles Supermarket and Lolly Shop nearby the Altona Library which is visited frequently to fulfil the many staff cravings. Let's not forget the times that staff bring in the fundraising chocolate boxes, they never last long. I say anytime you have chocolates to sell for fundraising, Altona's the spot to bring them!

I often wonder whether it is just Hobsons Bay Librarians who love chocolate or Librarians on the whole. Maybe one day I will find out but until then I will continue to enjoy sharing the love of chocolate.

Share your love of sweets and chocolates with me and LONG LIVE CHOCOLATE!

Speaking of Wonnie.....

This wasn't her as a child by any chance.....