IT'S OFFICIALLY OPEN!!

After 9 months of reconstruction, 3.5 million!! $$$'s, boxing and unboxing an entire collection of material, as well as major changes in library staff.. the Pikesville Library had it's grand opening ceremony yesterday. Hoooray!! Kudos's for the new improved space, lighting, ceiling, furniture & express checkouts. This is a well deserved upgrade for the very popular hang out for the mega readers in the community. Kinda nice for the staff as well!

Moving on with 23 things (#10-12)

Been on a bit of a hiatus here with the blog..have been keeping some of the other part time librarians on track with their progress along this pathway and now they are ahead of me!!!! ( #11)Looked around at the website http://www.generatorblogspot.com/ and they have an extensive list of online image generators -- I chose this flash pix generator below on right side..the old tree with the hanging sign!! This is the URL for that http://www.profilepitstop.com/myspace_flashpix/ Just a lot of options for something to add to your blog or just to play with on your own.
(#12) Library thing-for those who have not explored this topic or want the quick version of what is it? LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily~~ very well set up and easy to negotiate..this is a place I will revist later to check out the hidden treasures that only time can reveal. (#13) Rollyo... great idea..I had no problem with making a nice seach tool to manage my cruise websites under one search window but did have problems trying to add to my blog..Check out the right hand side. I think I did get it to work!!
... and now I am UP to Maryland 23 things # lucky 13 and my brain sayyyyysssss time to let it all simmer for a bit before trying to injest any more.

Escaping to FIJI!!

Times when the drag of day to day life gets to me I tell sum of the buddies in my world!! OH..just want to jump on a plane to FIJI!! no reason..really have not researched the location to see if it would live up to the Shangri-la! of my dreams.. so today lets take a quick trip to there and see just how that might be.

OK..trip planning... BWI-SUV --$1665 ....20 + hr plane ride..

OUCH..might think of getting a ONE WAY TICKET!
($939) Wonder if they might need sum librarians out there on the beach?

Maravu Plantation Resort hotel looks to be bout $180-$335 per night with breakfast for a single..

And WHY FIJI??

Fiji's 322 islands float in a sea of shimmering blues on the flip side of the international date line. Here stunningly gorgeous beaches are the norm, and sea breezes flit through thatched houses, stirring the gauze that drapes four -poster beds. The sound of "Bula" - hello, good morning, welcome - is the only clue you'll need to sense the genuine friendliness of the Fijian people. Fijian massage reflects the local way of life - relaxed, deep and natural, using coconut oils and tropical plant essences. "Many Fijian people are natural healers, and this reflects in the massage as well,"

Here's sumone who did just that..escaped to FIJI!!!http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/64/Travel_To_Fiji.html

Minature music machine (#23 things, activity 7)

Creative Zen Nano Plus 1 GB MP3 Player Orange

Dimensions(WxHxD) - 1.32 x 2.58 x 0.51 -- this is probably a life size view-- My kids have ipods but being the frugal one that I am I really wanted something basic as well as ....hummm C H E A P!! so found this delivered to home by the friendly UPS man!! for less than $25. OK.. lets see how it goes!

Takes 1 AAA battery..ok easy enuff I even found one there where I stash batteries cuz the usual battery eater toys in the house take AA.

SPECS:
Stores up to 500 songs on 1 GB internal flash memory
Includes an FM tuner, voice/FM recording, and line-in encoding
Super slim and lightweight design
Drive mode allows you to store data files such as photos and presentations
High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity

Battery installed, turned on ,, had to fool with the online display some. Instructions are very limited -- loaded the software on the computer and then did a bit of shuffling cd's and abracadabra!! have bout 60 songs loaded on so far. Sound quality is good.. have even tried using external speakers for it with decent results. Only problem so far is not being able to get the preset 32 FM radio stations to go on it. Can scan individually. Still working on solution for that. Overall opinion.. decent toy for the $$

Update 9 out of 23 things..

that makes 14 to go!!! learning along the way. Today the time to access the progress to date so far..BOORRRIIINNNGGG!! Yawn Yawn Yawn now!!

THING #1 read the 23 things blog and started on this journey!

THING #2 Listened to the power point presentation on life long learning..and survived!!!

THING #3 Set up my very own first ever amazing wonderful blog place here on the wonderful world of the internet ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the tuffest part was trying to find a bit of a creative name to choose..that maybe captured a bit of my personality as well. LibraryLunaSea was born.

THING #4 Register ur blog .. all done and listed on the BCPL participants page! hey..sum other library lunacy is there too! great minds think alike I guess!

THING #5 Explore Flickr.. yep even moved my pix from yahoo photos over and had a bit of a time getting that photo stream in a way that I was happy seeing the pix displayed when u log in. Still learning the little bits and tools on there but has a lot of flexiblity.

THING #6 Flicker fun..well still working on that one. I did try to understand just what a mash UP might be...thanks to a coworker I think I have a bit of a handle on it.

THING #7 technology related blog post..well thats on the to do list??? I promise I will complete asap.

THING #8 learn bout RSS feeds and set up blogline reader.. hummmmmmmmm ok got that done.. now sumthing else to tune into as I find more and more internet related time wasters to fill in more of my day...nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo says all in my family!! she already has an addiction--looking for rss feeds on online addiction now!!

THING #9 Locate a few useful library related blogs and or news feeds..well have a few from our participants page that I am rather impressed with. yes Doug!!! subscribe to library link of the day..shifted librarian, super patron.. so...

done with NINE!! yawn!!! nap time over.

The Longest Day.... 6/21/2007

Summer solstice - the longest day of the year, when the Sun is at its most northern point in the sky.

Read Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"The "midsummer night" is actually the night of the summer solstice. It is said that on Midsummer Night elves and fairies come out in great numbers. In some traditions, the summer solstice is the time of the Sun God.

Good Day, Sunshine! The Summer Solstice Quiz

http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,22-7128,00.html

Are u brighter than a lunasea librarian?????
You (me) scored 80 out of a possible 100 points.
How bright are you? Compare your score to the ranges below.
0-20:Candle.

40-60:Halogen lamp.
80-100:The sun!

sing a tune for Tuesday!!

One of those days u dream bout in mid January when the wind does blow and the snow/ice forecast has you scrambling for the vestiges of civilization before you are in cabin fever land. So enjoy nature's furnace blast~~like all things in this world..it won't last.



Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer....Those days of soda and pretzels and beer.....Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer....Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer....Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies....Then lock the house up, now you re set....And on the beach you ll see the girls in their bikinis As cute as ever but they never get em wet....~~~~~~~~~~~~-artist: Nat King Cole-peak billboard position # 6 in 1963-words by Charles Tobias and music by Hans Carste.