My "Wind Up" Day at CPRL this Halloween

Hello this Halloween evening. I wanted to take the time to share a few pictures with you from today. This was my final day as Regional Library Director as I am retiring. It also happened to be Halloween. At CPRL, some of us would dress up on Halloween, some not. For my costume, I thought it might be appropriate "to graduate from CPRL" today. So, I used my academic robe, Master's hood, and cap (used during my tenure at Huntington College as a faculty member).

Sharon King became a Chic-Fill-A cow today-- complete with udder and sign board.

We had a good day, enjoying each other's company at coffee break and other times during the day, while still getting work done. I just finished up a few odds and ends of things, wrote some emails of explanation, and backed up the "my documents" of the desktop computer. We had a former staff member, Ruth Rapier, drop by. And, I had some very nice phone calls from folks. The flowers are from Sharon Shotwell, who is our vendor representative for the McNaughton Book Leasing System.
I am going to give you a link to the flickr file here. It makes it easier to load and share pictures. They will be in a set of "Halloween and J.G. retirement day." I hope you enjoy seeing them. Just go to the link below and double click on the thumbnail of the flowers that says Halloween and J.G. retirement day http://www.flickr.com/photos/indyfanjudy/sets/

I wanted to share the fun time of my retirement party

Hi to all: I haven't posted to my blog for awhile. I wanted to take this time to share with folks pictures from the recent retirement dinner that was given in my honor. The Clinch-Powell staff did a great job organizing and pulling off the dinner. It was held at Harrison's Restaurant here in Clinton. It was on the evening of Thursday, October 11th. I want to share my thanks to them with you through this blog.
I will be ending my 21 year career here at Clinch-Powell Regional Library on Wednesday, October 31st. (Somehow I think Halloween Day might be an appropriate time to make as my last day in the office.) I am not leaving Clinton, so I will be running into folks now and then. There may be some other library-related activities in my future life, but I will share that later, if it comes to be.
With help from my computer good friend, James Staub, at TSLA, I am now able to share the photos of my retirement dinner. The photos will be in a set, where at the end of the set are photos taken by Julie Webb, of Knoxville. Julie is actively involved in the statewide Friends of Tennessee Libraries. I also included pictures of the wonderful gifts that folks were gracious to present me. The pictures of the pictures: these pictures were all mounted in a frame. The glass was off of the frame so that folks present at the party could sign the picture frame matting. It was a very cool present from the CPRL staff. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Double-click on the thumbnail on the left of the opening page in Flickr.

Go to : http://www.flickr.com/photos/indyfanjudy/sets/ judy g.