Ups and Downs

Let's get the bad out of the way first....

Poor Jenn has been in the hospital with pneumonia for the past two days. She had been feeling bad, and went in for a doctor's appointment on Friday. Her vitals were extremely erratic...her pulse was 150 because she wasn't getting enough oxygen. So, they've had her on I.V. anti-biotics and potassium for the past 2 days. They've also been giving her breathing treatments with a type of steroid. Gracie's also been sick with a milder version of the same thing. The light at the end of the tunnel is in sight now, though. "Someone please tell me it's not a train." Sorry, couldn't resist one of my favorite Cracker lyrics.

For the good....

I finally launched my redesign of the library's website on Wednesday this week.

I think it's pretty good, considering I had very little experience. My method was to go through the basic tutorials for Dreamweaver 8, and then alter them to fit what I wanted for the library. I also found some awesome free services to enhance the site, like Google Calendar's embedded calendar feature and a blogger blog for library news. My favorite thing is the blog widgets for current bestsellers. I used LibraryThing to create those. Check out the site and tell me what you think. I'll be going into more detail in future posts, just in case anyone wants to know how to set some of this stuff up. I think they're valuable tools for anyone creating a decent website for a small rural library. Especially if you're not a professional web designer...

Jenn will be home in a couple of hours...so I'm off to wash the dishes and clean the litterbox!

We're having a Halloween Party on Friday! Be there, suckers! I'll be attempting to look like Tom Waits...