MS Office 2007 test

I've been working in Office 2007 for about two months and I'm feeling very comfortable. Today, I'm testing the Publish " Blog feature in Word.

The staff at my library are playing a huge game of Clue for our summer reading club. Each week, we visit a different area of the library and learn something about that division. Today, I experienced the "cone of silence" in the AV division.

The summer reading club staff are also sharing clues of the mysterious murder of Mr. Boddy at our blog. Additionally, they post some fun cyber tools to use like these sneakers I customized. I need to write on my real ones so I could make a fashion statement during my evening 2 mile walk.



Still looking for a tag line, or rather a lyric.

Jungle Jim's Field Trip

Today, we played hookey and visited Jungle Jim's International Market near Cinci. We had heard it was a fun place and we weren't disappointed. First, we ate lunch at Jungle Jim's Subs & Salads and I had a fantastic veggie and black bean hummus (which they don't sell in the store) sub. After lunch, we got a map (yes, a map) and some guidance from the greeter at the door. We agreed to head towards the international section, followed by the Aisle of Inferno, marked by an old fashioned fire truck and contains just about every hot sauce known to man. I wandered off to the wines and beers and found more brands of hard cider than the now mainstream ones. Happy me :)
We are already making plans to return..... and IKEA is 10 minutes away!

The Transition

When I started this blog, it was an outlet for the Learn & Play activities sponsored by my employer, Columbus Metropolitan Library. Thanks for everyone who followed my journey of 23 things in Web 2.0.

However, what do I do with my blog now? I've been trying to make the transistion from work to a little more personally oriented. Some suggested that I take down this blog and begin a new one. However, I've got so much invested, I hate to restart. I'm not that motivated.

So now I'm struggling with how much to write and when; I like blogging, but I don't want to be a web nuciance. I think this is a good venue for family and friends to check in and see what I've been up to. If you fit into one of those categories, let me know what your thoughts are.

Still searching for a musical tagline

Happy New Year!

Today, instead of productive, I'm being retrospective. Which lead me to the 43 things page: www.43things.com. There is a quiz to determine your "personality".

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Romantic Spiritual De-Clutterer

Anyway, I find I'm truly unique:

0% of the 12718 people who have taken this quiz are like you.

I think I'm going to join and list my goals while I am in the pre-new year funk. Once the year turns to 2009, it's all about getting through the week, much less my goals. However, maybe if I really put some effort into this, some goals will be realized.

You know, I'm still searching for a tag line...

Happy Holidays!

Amazing what you can find just driving around and listening to the radio. I heard an OnStar ad where the driver and kids are looking for the North Pole. I also heard this group, Straight No Chaser. I found some of their videos on You Tube, which are really enjoyable. I've embedded their "12 Days of Christmas" as my musical holiday greetings to all.



Happy Holidays!

10 Random Things -- a superscript

Our Digital Strategies Director at CML issued this challenge: Why not blog ten random things about you and twitter me the link and that way I (& others) could also get to know you better.

So on my long drive over the river and through the woods, I compiled 10 random things about me:

1. I love traveling. My parents took our family camping for vacation every summer growing up along the east coast. As an adult, I’ve been to Colorado, Florida, Boston, Nashville, Italy (Florence was my favorite city) and London, England and my next destination is either Ireland, Scotland or Austria.
2. Lacy J. Dalton (country singer) is a distant cousin, although I have never met her. At family reunions, I have seen the branch of the family tree which connects us.
3. I had a déjà vu experience as teenager at Harpers Ferry, VA. I leaned on a table in a building which had been used as a surgeon’s table and I could hear sounds and smell the surgery. To this day I pay attention to how I feel when I visit places and I feel most at home when I visit historic sites in Virginia.
4. I survived Three Mile Island; I was a freshman at high school and spent mornings at another school to ease overcrowding. We were about 5 miles from the nuclear plant during the emergency and school officials exiled us unsupervised to the auditorium.
5. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger received an honorary degree from Allegheny College at my graduation in 1986.
6. I love to play Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit.
7. My parents opened their homes to exchange students during the summer and hosted an end of summer party for the exchange students in the area. At one time we had about 25 nationalities sitting in my back yard singing songs. Our family hosted students from Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, and Iraq. I’m still in contact with my friend from Iraq; she now lives in Canada.
8. I really like to cook, particularly for a special event. At the holidays, I make biscotti for family and friends who drop in for a visit.
9. My high school chamber choir competed at the Worlds Fair in 1982 in Nashville, TN and we performed in front of the Grand Ole Opry (the new one) at Opryland.
10. I read historical romance novels. My favorite author is Diana Gabaldon, writer of the Outlander Series, a time travel romance series taking place in the 18th century. The most moving line in her series of books (and I paraphrase badly): “If ever there comes a time when we are parted and I fail to tell you I love you, it will be because I didn’t have time.”

Hope your Thanksgiving was full of turkey and things to be thankful for.