Thing 7

Yes, I am doing the tasks out of order - Gasp! I was all set to try Flickr, but I can't remember our library's password for the internet filter. So I can go directly to some pictures there, but can't browse around. There is hope for me - I do know next month's password, so will try then.

In the meantime - this post is to be about anything technology related! Although I do find it ironic that I wanted to do something technology related, but our computer system foiled that!

For the most part, I really enjoy the internet. I like being able to shop from home - even though I live in a city. I don't enjoy going to a store and trying to figure out where something might be. Drives me nuts. I want to find what I want and buy it. Amazon is great for this! I just type in what I think it might be and usually I do find what I am looking for! Love it. However I don't get the whole connecting, socialization thing. It is not for me. I understand why people like it and want to, but hell I don't even turn on my cell phone! I am still in the age where you kept everything private.

Now it is good for me to learn. I have two kids who will probably be very into it. I want to know what they could get into! Nothing like panic to keep you on your toes.

The picture is my husband, Scott and our kids Talia and Ryan. This is from last year up on Lake Michigan just after a storm came through. It just blew the soft dry sand completely off the harder packed damp sand. You can still see it blowing.

And for the final plea from our Thing 7 moderator: I did look around at a few other CMLer's blogs. I liked that several always started with a picture, so I am going to try that as well.

Photos from my daughter

I'm trying to add images to a post today. I realize this isn't hard, but it is my first time and that is a sort of a big deal for me.

My daughter, Talia got a camera for her birthday this year and has been taking pictures ever since. She has a good eye for composition (I think) It is better than mine. I try to hard to get that 'casual' look. She's got it at nine years old. The images could be clearer, but I blame that on the camera itself - it's cheap. I am curious to see how she progresses. Of course I had to wade through the dozenz (and I mean dozens) of fuzzy/blurry shadowed pictures to find these tow. And for some reason she really got a kick out of taking pictures of the TV. Once she forgets about what is in the file, they will be gone!

The flowers are from our back yard and the cactus is from the Frederick Meijer Gardens in Michigan.

Learn and Play Journey

I watched the video on life long learning. Now I need to write down which one is the hardest for me and which one is the easiest, or something like that. I find that actually writing down my goals is difficult. I am not sure if it because I am eager to get started and I already 'know' what I want to accomplish - so why do I need to write it down. Yeah, I know it is suppose to help and keep you on track, just have a hard time with that. Oh, well.

All the other guidelines (there are 7 1/2) I do. I did like seeing the last one about teaching/mentoring others. I teach a dance class and have found that my skills and technique have inproved because I teach. I am definitely more aware of how a dance move should go and I like that I can help others learn how to as well.

First Post Ever!

OK, I set up this blog for the library I work for. We get to learn how to use many fun tools that are out on the internet, including blogs! So here I am. Amazingly typing away. I just start with writing about my experiences with learning (some) new web tools. I will have to see how far afield I will want to stretch myself.