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Just checking in!  Honestly, I really do want to post more.  Now if I can just find the time. ;) I've got so much to talk about-a weekend trip to Minnesota, the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra, Italian Band, my adventures with my new camera, work, life in general.   The last two weekends have been really busy for me.  First there was the Feast of the Assumption, then I did a quick weekend trip to Minnesota... Yeah, I know-Ohio to Minnesota-not really 'quick weekend trip' material, but it had been so long since I had been back, anything was better than nothing! ;)   This weekend is the St. Rocco's Festival, and next weekend is our Tippit Reunion.  Hmmm...not much sleep is in my forecast! LOL.  It's a good thing I got my DWFO submission in for The Impossible Astronaut Suite.   It's not due until the 7th of September, but if I hadn't finished it before the Feast, I doubt I would have been able to contribute to this one! Well, that's about ...

OMG!!!!  A co-worker of mine told me about this blog-I haven't been following Dollar Store Crafts  for very long, but I love them!  Check out this awesome contest they are holding!!!! Craft Challenge: The $5 Challenge (sponsored by Dollar Tree) : That's right DSC readers, it's time for another challenge, with another $100 gift card prize generously provided by Dollar Tree !  This month, rather than picking a specific theme, we're doing something a little different: The Five Dollar Challenge! Start crafting now, and come back to enter on July 1st. USB Desk Lamp by Rebecca Made It Dollar store crafting is not only about creativity, it's about big ideas on a small budget.  You might be surprised at just how far $5 can get you! Take, for example, this USB desk lamp by Rebecca Made It .  Can you identify all of the dollar store parts she used? (Of course, we always encourage the use of stash items, so you don't need to count on-hand items in your ...

 Wow-due to the unprecedented interest in the Impossible Astronaut Suite, they have to limit the number of applicants to the first 600!!!  Better hurry! ;)

I know, I know-I should be posting about the Venus Transit (which was AWESOME by the way!) I would like to include pictures, so I just have to decide which ones I would like to share here. :) Until then, I would like to share with you the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra's fourth collaboration, "Dalek Suite!"  I would have to say this was the most fun to work on so far. I'm really excited about our next piece, "The Impossible Astronaut Suite". TIAS will include bits from "I Am the Doctor" (the DWFO's first collaboration). I really enjoyed "I Am the Doctor" and have often said the only thing I regret about joining the DWFO is missing out on the first piece! ;)

Happy June!  As usual, I've been pretty busy!!  But I want to try to make more of an effort to post here-as I've neglected this blog (well, all my blogs) quite a bit. Here are a couple of updates in my life. I've played around with the telephoto lens that belonged to my dad-I've been taking pictures of the moon throughout it's current cycle.  I need to learn to focus it a bit better, but it's still pretty cool.   Too bad it's been cloudy the past two nights...  Speaking of astronomical events-the transit of Venus is this Tuesday! At first, I wasn't as excited as I should be-after all, it's not going to occur again for over 100 years.  However, I didn't have any eclipse glasses or arc welder's glass, so I wouldn't be able to see it with my own eyes.  Then I went to storage and brought home a box of some of my dad's camera equipment.  As I was going through the box, I discovered a piece of no. 14 arc welder's glass!!!  Not only ...

Yes!  I'm still here!  Man, I haven't posted since January!  Yikes!  Well, alot has happened.  Sports-wise, in football the Pack went 15-1, but lost in the first round of the playoffs. (boo.)  That's ok-they did pretty well in the draft-I can't wait to see what happens in the fall!  Baseball...eh...wah.  As of this moment, we are 8-23.  Gah!  I can only hope we will get better.  I refuse to be a fair-weather fan, and will stand behind my team-WIN TWINS!!!! Hmmm...let's see, what else has been going on?  Lots of stuff-a week from Sunday I will become a godmother again!!  :)  Stormy is sooooo cute!!! He's such a sweetheart.  Perspeh and Paul are very lucky parents! My sister finally has a new house-woo!!! Also, I have a new camera!!!  I decided I'd finally get a DSLR.   It's a Pentax K2000.  An older model, entry-level DSLR, but it's in great condition-already took some fantastic pictu...

Happy Year of the Dragon! Saw this on Craft-I want to make some-they would be perfect for the mantle above my fireplace! :-D Illuminated Houses : These illuminated houses seen on Anthology Magazine are simply gorgeous! So romantic and dreamy, I must make some.

Just a quick post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!! I've got some more baking to do, so I better get back to it! *hee* Well, it looks like once again my New Years Resolution will be to post in this blog more! 0:-) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Here's a little something I contributed to over late summer/early fall. :)

I'd Walk 500 Miles! : The video from which this came from has finally been put online for public viewing! It was originally made for the cast's eyes only and was part of Russell T Davies' farewell, but here it is!! From me: I'm trying out the 'Send to' feature in Google reader. The first test was a dud, but the second was ok-trying again with the original item I was trying to send. This time there is actual content in the title and body of the post. (first time there wasn't) Despite me being upset over some of Google's changes to Reader-this might actually be an okay one. I can post an article from my reader to any of my blogs, then add my own comments on the same post. Ok, that's pretty neat. Can't add a tag, though-wonder if it's something I can edit later... This vid, in a word: AWESOME. :) UPDATE: why, yes-not only can I edit to the post to add tags, but I can edit my font as well. A bit cumbersome, but I guess it will do for now. ...

Gillan Will Welcome New Companion : Karen Gillan has said she will welcome the next Doctor Who companion “with open arms” when her time is up on the show. Speaking on G Read more ... Just trying out a feature from Google Reader-maybe this one will work...

Dance, Timelord, Dance!!!

Thanksgiving cannot get here fast enough: If you haven't seen the trailer this was parodied after, you can check out the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trailer here . Special thanks to Den of Geek for posting this. You guys rock!

My name is Romana, and I have a pumpkin problem. :) I don't know when, or how it started, but in the past few months, I have come to realize that I have a problem. ;) I love pumpkins!! I already have the Libbys pumpkin for Thanksgiving and Christmas pies. Last weekend I went to the Country Living Fair down in Columbus with my friends Bob& Julie. Of course, this was my favorite display: (by the way, this was a really cool trip-will have to post more about this before the season is over ;)) I was the one who insisted on trying to grow pumpkins in the Garden@Case-since the garden was new this year, we didn't really know what to expect-certainly not this! At one point we had 5 pumpkins growing-unfortunately, two rotted out, and a third was picked and then tossed on the sidewalk by vandals. *arrrg* I really, really wanted the surviving pumpkin, so with the help of my coworkers, we brought this bad boy home! We weighed the pumpkin using my bathroom scale-it is about 85 pounds!!!...

Sky & Telescope illustration  Don't forget, the Perseids peak tonight!!! Some observing hints from Sky & Telescope:   "The Perseid meteors appear to stream away from the shower's "radiant" point near the border of Perseus and Cassiopeia. This is the perspective point where they would all appear to be coming from if you could see them approaching in the far distance. In fact we see them only in the last second or two as they streak into Earth's upper atmosphere, and this can happen anywhere in your sky. Under dark-sky conditions, you may see an average of one a minute around the time of the shower's peak." For more info about this year's display, check out Off Year for the Perseids

Hey Blogger, what's up with you today?  I can only access my blogs in draft mode-that kinda sucks. :p At least you still work with dial up (sorta-you're very slow.) *sigh* If this is eventually going to be the new Blogger, I'm not sure how I like the layout of things... Well, after that major hot spell we had back in July, I decided it was time to dig out my A/C from storage.  Hadn't used it since I left Coventry back in 2007!  (My co-worker Brian called me 'hard core'.  LOL)  Yeah, the heat wave was just too much this time around... Now to my main points-the Feast starts tomorrow night!!!  We'll have our usual walk around the neighborhood starting at 6, then we will have a sitdown concert around quarter after 8.  That's the plan for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  Monday, the 15th (and the last day of the Feast) we'll have our usual morning procession, walk around the neighborhood in the evening, then the evening procession after 9.  (a...

Those in the Cleveland area-where were you when that crazy storm blew in around 4pm? Sharon and I were in the stacks on the third floor of the library when it happened. We watched the clouds roll in extremely fast, with some pretty impressive flashes of lightning. Didn't have my camera but did have my cell phone. Here are a couple of pictures I uploaded to Twitpic: 3rd floor KSL, facing west This one's my favorite: 3rd floor KSL, facing north When I got home, one of my pots of rose moss had tipped over (it's ok!) and my lantern lights were on. What's the big deal with the lights you say? Well, they are on a solar timer-when the sun goes down, they switch on for a few hours. It was so dark because of the storm, they switched on!! And no, that doesn't always happen when we get thunderstorms during the day. I think it happened at least once before earlier this summer. Well, the air has cooled a little bit-my house is still warm, but it's at least a bit more tolerab...

YUCK! It is waaaay too hot!! The heat index was at least 113 today. Bleh. No way I could walk home in this weather. (thank you Ron and Michele for the ride home!!!) . You know what's worse? The weather in Minnesota-we've only been at this extreme heat for about a day-they have been like this for a while now-along with the rest of the midwest. Gah! Not sure if this extreme heat is good for my plants-can't get out and water them fast enough!!! Speaking of plants, I've decided to devote this post to them-since I haven't done that in a while-sure this post would be more interesting with more photos-perhaps I will add some later. ;) (although I have posted some to my Twitter account , or, for more direct access, check out my Twitpic ) This year my outdoor container garden consists of most of the same plants I had last year-with the exception of no pumpkin or cucumber attempts. The marigolds are slightly different in terms of blooms, but the colors are still the same (ye...

Wow...just...WOW. :) Must...get...soundtrack....

Happy Fourth of July everyone!!! Not surprisingly, once again I neglected this blog for a month. Gah! As I'm typing this, I hear my next door neighbor's radio blasting-wow, I haven't heard that song since the 80s/early 90s. That takes me back... ;) Tomorrow I'll be playing at the Shore Acres Fourth of July parade with the Italian Band. Hopefully I'll get the chance to see fireworks tomorrow night. :) Well, I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday! If it's gonna be sunny, don't forget your sunscreen! (I've already had too much sun this weekend!) LOL.