Most cards done

Michael & I ran over to the post office this morning. I never can keep their hours straight. I hope I have the right amount of postage on the majority of the cards. i kept the heavier ones to be weighed and they needed more postage. I'm hoping the others are ok or I'll be getting 40+ back... We went to the bank also before coming home.

We had an early lunch since my dad came and got Michael for some ice fishing. They are going where it's safe to fish for a bit. It's too quiet around here. I got a few things done in the first 30 minutes or so and then wondered what to try and do next.... I can plan a whole day when he's gone but I'm not sure what time they are coming back so I don't want to start something and have him come home in the middle of it. Maybe I'll go read, or watch some adult tv ~ in other words not pbskids.

Chuc Mung Nam Moi

Sorry, I don't have the correct accents on my Happy New Year post.

Today we celebrated Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. It is the year of the Tiger.

We got to see a dragon dance and feed him lucky money for good luck through out the year. We had delicious food and had some fun. Michael also got to wear his new outfit- an Ao Dai- do not ask me to pronounce it unless you like hearing Vietnamese mangled beyond recognition. Michael had a blast beating a drum, running around and playing in a toy room set up for younger children.

After our party we came home. No nap today. I had to put the outfit in water to soak out stains. Why anyone thinks white pants on a young child is a good idea is beyond my comprehension.

We played outside for an hour. The mailman gave us our neighbor's mail which I put back in my neighbor's mailbox. Heaven only knows who got our mail. I wonder if the mailman comes in shelves fiction and genre at Roseville also....

Last night I was able to reserve our hotel for our WDW trip in Dec. Yes, it's early, but I got a great discount by booking this early and was able to get our first choice of resort. Thanks to all those who gave me input, especially Emily & Lynn. We will book our tickets and airline later. I think I might be able to get the tickets at MOA's Disney store from what the guidebook says, or I can always get them elsewhere.

Lovely Thanksgiving

It was quiet but lovely day. Michael & I went to my parents. Michael played with Grandpa, while Mom & I took a walk in the park. Michael & Grandpa joined us for bit. We had a lovely chicken for lunch. None of us are big on turkey. Michael tried pecan pie. He decided he liked it. He actually ate part of a dill pickle also.

His nap ended with a change of clothes. Luckily Grandma keeps spares. Dad burned up some sticks. Michael & I helped. We had our leftover chicken in soup for supper. We came home and packed, tomorrow we are off on a driving trip to Milwaukee. Dad is driving. I'm going to be trying to entertain Michael for 5+ hours in a car. Oh Joy. We return on Sunday. Still it will be nice to see my Aunt.

Windows 7

It was not nice to load, but the ned result has been fantastic. A week of no crashes rather than a crash every 30 minutes which what I was averaging with Vista. Bliss.

Windows 7

Well it's finally loaded. Still recovering from having it wipe out everything.

Short week ahead!

Well another 6 day week is over. Life gets so busy these days. Michael enjoys school and loves when we go to McDonalds before school. With 1.25 hours to get him, travel to school during rush-hour and eat, McDonalds or Subway are the most convient.

This next week will be interesting. I get to go to the Dentist again to finish with my crown. I have Thursday off due to MEA. My daycare provider tends not to work it. Our Saturday is booked up with 2 events, that I'm looking forward to in Washington County. Sunday, I'm thinking about Boo Zoo, I got the tickets today. The weather will probably decide what we'll be doing on Thursday & Friday.

I haven't worked on Michael's baby book since the scrapbook party. I did buy some more supplies and get some photos printed that I needed for it, but have not sat down and actually worked on it.

This morning was exciting chores like laundry and grocery shopping. We skipped church I really needed to catch up.

Depressing

I just read that Philadelphia is closing all their free libraries. They have not had state money since July 31. They want their materials back and plan to close down by 10/2/09. Now that is truely depressing.

Summer almost over

Summer is waning.

The summer reading program ends in 12 days.

The fair will be starting in 16 days.

Hopefully the bearing that went out in the A/C unit at work will be fixed soon.

It should be interesting to see how we do for business once school starts up again.

Start of the summer reading program

Today, the Summer Reading Program starts. Two reference staff called in sick. The kickoff party is at SV so we were already only running with 4 people here minus 2 equals 2. Rainy day, beginning of SRP, and 2 Ref? ACK! HH to the rescue. BM sent HH back to us from 10-3. Yahoo!

Uncle Edgars / Uncle Hugos

I was checking on Uncle Hugos/Uncle Edgars webpage today when I noticed they have their own blog on livejournal. So I dusted off my RSS reader knowledge and added them to my reader.

The blog appears to list titles that have arrived recently at the store. I find their lists handy sometimes for more local authors and /or reissues of titles, but don't care for the format of the lists overmuch. It makes sense for them, but it's a pain in the neck for how I use it. I'll have to see how I like their blog.

Thing 47 Evaluation

Best thing - Ok, I really liked scrapblog.com. Some of my co-workers saw my at home project which was a Lifebook for my son. It turned out so much better than anything I could do at home.

Worst- Twitter- get over it!

I thought the first grouping had more things I actually had not done or used. This time through, I had to wait forever for the "things" to get posted. Please do not put up incomplete lists. It drives me crazy. I tend to go full speed ahead when I have time and when I have to wait for someone to finish something it tends to drive me crazy.

So goodbye for now. I will probably only post periodically on this site unless they come up with more things on a stick or some other online learning.

Thing 45 Cloud Computing

Ok, I read the PC magazine article. Yes there are advantages to having your stuff backed up at remote services. If there weren't do you think businesses and such would bother? Do I plan on doing it? No.

I tend to backup the most important stuff on flash drives these days. I had a computer crash last summer and lost stuff. I got the computer up long enough to retrieve my vital stuff before it crashed again. So backing up documents is something I'm trying to be better at.

Even the safest sites have security issues and I don't want my stuff out there. Paranoid, maybe, but I feel ok with that decision.

I tried Zoho & Goodgle docs and found them to be a pain. Too much advertising or not that easy to use. They bogged down my productivity since I had to figure out how to use them and then had to correct whatever it or I screwed up.

I glanced at some of the bookmarked cloud applications and at this time do not plan on using them.

Thing 44 Economy

I liked Yard Sale Treasure Map. It was missing sales though. The local paper mentioned that this weekend there would be lots of sales with a map benefitting the local high school.

I took a quiz on mymoney.gov. I got most correct. It was interesting. It had some nice educational information.

I have used FuelEconomy.gov site before. It has some useful info.

I have Quicken at home so I really don't need or want alot of the online financial sites.

Under construction

Ok, things 44, 45 & 47 still appear to be under construction. Obviously, it's being done in MN - under snow or under construction.

Still waiting

for things 44, 45 & 47

I'm glad it's Friday for me, I need to go home before I go crazy

P1 calls asking about Mueseum pass program. I give the spiel. Then she starts asking about the Children's Museum. This one not part of the program - I explain SPPL or DCL. She asks which musuems in our prgram. I list them. Then she asks about the Children's Museum again. I explain again call SPPL or DCL about Children's Museum.

P2 calls saying SV says call us we have VC. I check catalog - ours is in transit. MP has it in. I tell patron MP has it, but am a little confused why SV told her to call us. A couple minutes go by. She calls back MP said no they don't have it we do. I check catalog again wondering if it's been checked in. Nope. I do not understand. I IM MP to see why they said that we have it wondering if there is some glitch with the computer. It appears that SV & MP didn't double check the title. It's a series. #1 is not at RV. It's in transit. #3 is at RV. Patron wanted #1 not #3. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why isn't it 5 o'clock yet?

Thing 44 & 45 Still Missing

Hello? When will these be posted? Our library is getting ready to pack up and April looks to be a very bad month to do this. It would be nice if I could get this done.

Still waiting

Thing 44 & 45 still not posted.

Cleaning desks

I can see most of my desk top. This much hasn't shown in years. I got rid of weekend schedules from 2007 that BK had sent out. The paper clutter is unbelievable. I've been trying to clean out the clutter and take home personal stuff. What I have left can be loaded into a box now I think quite easily.

More things on a stick still has not posted thing 44 & 45. I wish they would hurry up and post them so I can finish it up.

Thing 46. WebJunction Minnesota

Ok, I registered with Webjunction.

I tried searching for friends on it. One of my coworkers was signed up for it and sent the friend request. Others may be out there, but with 14 pages of results for St Paul MN and a very slow connection, I gave up trying this feature.

I checked out the Calendar.

I browsed the course description and looked closer at the Reader's Advisory one. I did not sign up for it. The connection to this website can be very slow and it eats bandwidth. I also don't really have the time right now and do want to deprive someone who really wants a course from taking it.

I'm not interested in joing into a discussion at this time again due to website's length in loading anything.

If I had the time and a faster connection some of the courses looked interesting. I'm not sure if I'll be back here in the near future or not. Sorry, I don't have any great ideas at this time of what I'd like to see.

Now if they could get thing 44 and thing 45 up, I could get this batch finished....