It does sound wonderful. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Thu, 11/12/09, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Carrie should be back > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 8:10 AM > > > > #yiv881376831 DIV { > MARGIN:0px;} > > > > > Sounds very > cool. > Christina > > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > Carrie Karnos > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Thursday, > November 12, 2009 10:57 > AM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] Re: Carrie > should be back > > > > My vacation was quite fun! I went ziplining in Costa > Rica, in the Veragua > rainforest. Because the canopy is so high off the ground, > there were 9 trees > with little platforms around the trunk about 100 feet off > the ground. You wear > a harness and zip from tree to tree on a pulley system. > The trees are anywhere > from 30 to 150 feet apart. If you're afraid of > heights, this is NOT an > adventure for you! > Also went through the Panama Canal, which was very > interesting. I'm going to get a book about the > building of the canal, called > The Path Between the Seas. It's supposed to be the > best book on the subject. > > The cruise ship stopped at Aruba, Cartagena (a port in > Colombia), and > Jamaica. So I got a look at the southern part of the > Caribbean. > > Carrie > > > > > > From: > Christina > <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> > To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, November > 12, 2009 7:34:31 > AM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] > Re: Carrie should be back > > > #yiv881376831 DIV { > MARGIN:0px;} > > > Welcome back, > Carrie! > Hope you had a great > vacation. > Christina > > > ----- > Original Message ----- > From: > > Carrie Karnos > To: > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: > > Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:32 AM > Subject: > > [bksvol-discuss] Re: Carrie should be back > > > > Yes, I'm back, and yes, I'm snowed under. > There are over 600 books in > the approval queue, which I figure will take me about > 30 hours to go > through. And of course, I need to handle the student > requests and > bestsellers that popped up while I was gone. And the > rejection queue is > still waiting for me... > > Actually one of my coworkers yelled at me > when I got back yesterday. She said that 3 of them > couldn't do half my job > while I was gone, and that I should have told them how > much work I had to > do. I said that I've been whining about the amount > of work on my plate, and > she yelled "No! You didn't whine enough! This > is horrible! You need help > NOW!" But, since this is the end of the year, > there's no money left to hire > anyone, so we have to wait until January for the > cavalry to ride in and save > the day. In the meantime, I REALLY REALLY appreciate > your patience while I > try to handle everything. Serves me right for leaving, > I guess! > :-) > > Carrie > > > > > > From: > Valerie Maples > <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, November > 11, 2009 11:44:20 > PM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] Carrie should be back > > Looking in old messages > and quoting an older message from Carrie: " > In > other news, I'm > going to be on vacation from October 31st to November > 10th", > but my guess > is even with someone else filling in, she will be > snowed for at > least > another week or two. She sure does a GREAT job > and I, for one, > hope > she enjoyed her vacation. Smiles. > > Take > care! > > Valerie > > Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his > website: > > http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce > > > > > > To > unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put > the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject > line. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.