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Help to reestablish hurricane-devastated New Orleans Public Library

When New Orleans’ levees broke under Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge, a natural disaster became an urban catastrophe. Eighty percent of the city’s area was inundated by water that remained in place for weeks. Total damage to the New Orleans Public Library System is estimated at over $18 million. As New Olreans has begun to recover, the New Orleans Public Library is renewing itself as well — helping people get the information they need to rebuild their lives. With your support, the New Orleans Public Library is coming back better than ever.

Please donate a book today!

Alibris: Wish list for books, music and movies.

lots of other stuff.  mainly organizing -finally– my study/stash room.  i seem to have a little energy today and am taking advantage of it to get the remaining boxes unpacked so that the hallway is finally free of boxes …the other half (where the bedroom is)is done.  maybe photos tomorrow , too embarrassed today to show them.  and then hem the other lace panel and put that up and the hall windows will be done. 

this is one of the holdbacks that are now holding back the curtains (sage velvet to match the sage green walls).  since the entire side of the house (its a railroad apt) faces south i needed heavy curtains for the winter wind (there are old double hung windows with LOTS of holes) and the summer sun – so i got velvet curtains on e-bay and then double lined them with that wonderful heavy blackout lining.  it seemed to help this winter – i could tell the difference between the one that has the double and the one that doesn't – have to finish that one too.

and then i found beautiful lace on ebay from a wonderful ebay store in england – unhemmed panels for very reasonable prices – so did one of them in a spurt of energy awhile ago and will do the other this week (energy holding up).

My carpenter (wonderfulman!) built fabulous shelves in an old corner closet and then a beautiful extension on the side of it to extend out to the edge of the room .  the shelves in the new side are done.  now i have the old closet to rearrange and organize. 

ok, so enough procrastination . ;o   maybe photos later this week.