little lizard

little lizard
Originally uploaded by groserita

Caught this little one on of our palma plants. Seems to have made the plant his home.. He just scurried from my view away a little while later..

new street

new street
Originally uploaded by groserita

They are preparing to make a new street in our development. I have mixed views on this. I'm sad that this beautiful undeveloped land is going to be touched and new homes will be built.. but at the same time I understand the need for growth.

landscape at riverwalk

landscape at riverwalk
Originally uploaded by groserita

The landscape at the riverwalk is so beautiful. My husband and I have always enjoyed the lovely plants that surround the riverwalk. Thank you to those who maintain the Riverwalk and keeping it a place for people to enjoy.

salsa chips and horchata

salsa chips and horchata
Originally uploaded by groserita

Mmmm... I love salsa and c hips! And then Horchata!! Wow you can't get any better than that! :) I have lunch here occassionally and I love that I can order Horchata for a drink. Many Mexican Restaurants don't have that on their menu.

fish art

fish art
Originally uploaded by groserita

We attended the Riverwalk Expansion Grand Opening last weekend. Though we didn't get to see all of the art pieces that they have, we did get to see a couple. One of these art pieces is the fish art that hangs underneath one of the bridges.

They light up the fishes at night, so that would be a fun thing to go do one evening.

cows that are territorial

cows that are territorial
Originally uploaded by groserita

I guess it's just nature, but I didn't know that even cows would be so territorial! We were walking by and I noticed the cows next to us. One of them stopped walking and just stood there staring at us. My husband wanted to walk on the side street next to them and I was hesistant because of the way the cow was looking at us. Well sure enough when we walked closer the cow stamped its foot and stood still, staring.
So then my husband said yes lets walk away to the other side.

Flower

Originally uploaded by groserita

Flowers have been blooming around my neighborhood. I love the light and dark of this flower.

The bears at the Zoo

Originally uploaded by groserita

We visited the San Antonio Zoo a couple of weekends ago, and I noticed this sign in front of the bears. Thought I'd share with you all.. ;)

Rose

Rose
Originally uploaded by groserita

This is a closeup shot of a rose. One of our neighbors has roses in their yard and their little kid was selling some cut roses for 25 cents each. We bought some. They really are a beautiful color of red. A very vibrant red.

Brackenridge Leaves

Brackenridge Leaves
Originally uploaded by groserita

Brackenridge Park is so beautiful and a park for a nature lover. It is a great place for biking, walking, picknicking, etc.. Check out this link if you want to know more http://www.wildtexas.com/parks/bracken.php.

I always have loved leaves that are this beautiful orangy/burgundy color.

Lupita's Enchilada Plate

Lupita's Enchilada Plate
Originally uploaded by groserita

Delicioso! This is what I usually have when I go eat at Lupita's Mexican Restaurant on Culebra. The nice thing about eating at Lupita's is that you also get chips and salsa before your meal and with most dinner plates you also get tortillas.
One thing I have to say about the enchilada dinner in San Antonio that is different from El Paso, is the cheese. In El Paso, enchiladas are served with a white cheese not a yellow cheese. And another difference is that there is no meat gravy in El Paso Enchiladas. I don't get the meat gravy at all, it must be a tex-mex thing..

San Pedro Park

San Pedro Park
Originally uploaded by groserita

I had to include this picture in my blog. I just love these trees! They are so beautiful with the perfect rose color - they always remind me of Spring and since today is officially the first day of Spring here it is.

If you get a chance, go outdoors and enjoy nature. :)

San Pedro Park

San Pedro Park
Originally uploaded by groserita

We visited San Pedro Park last Sunday and this is one photo I took of while we were there. It was such a lovely cloudy day at the park.

Drawing from storytime customer

Drawing from storytime customer
Originally uploaded by groserita

This is a drawing made from one of my storytime kids. It's funny because I had read Flying by Kevin Luthardt that day and if you notice in the picture, I am flying! I had told the kids that with imagination, anything is possible..

El Milagrito Cafe

El Milagrito Cafe
Originally uploaded by groserita

We can't get enough of El Milagrito! We eat breakfast here regularly on weekends. Mmm just thinking about it makes me crave the spicy salsa and good coffee..

animoto

This is my first animoto video.

Thing #23

(Pats self on back.)
My favorite discovery for this program was creating and maintaining a blog. It's so easy and so much fun. Yes maybe all the stuff I blog about won't be of interest to anyone but myself but who cares! I can blog and do!
Another fave was the wiki. I like that I can play play play with the sandbox wiki. I like being able to post a favorite thing and adding it to the wiki.
And of course a fave is always flickr - flickr flickr flickr *bats eyelashes* I like taking pictures and I've just started to play around with images. I'm still playing around with the animoto one..

This program has assisted my lifelong learning goals by expanding my mind. Making me think and have fun at the same time. Making me want to learn more about technology and even though I'm hesistant at times to try and play around with technology - to know that I can't mess it up - well maybe not too much. :) And also making me realize that I love being a student - I love learning!

Hmm.. unexpected outcomes from this program? It was unexpected that I understood the answers to all this technological stuff when asking the DSA. But then again after a lot of questions - I would hope that I'd get it.. :)

I would definetly partipate if another program was offered in the future. I would also expect some cool prizes like tshirts from Unshelved, a gift card for Java Nook, a day pass to Sea World.. am I listing too big prizes? ;)

Thanks for creating this program and most importantly letting us play at work. :)

Thing #21

NPR rules! I love NPR and so I decided to select a podcast from NPR - and found a section on Authors and I tried to include the Cover to Cover podcast but it wouldn't take. I thought I was doing something wrong - but alas my coworker saved me again and explained that the podcast preferes itunes and yahoo accounts instead. So then I found the section Books and put Book Talk as a podcast into my GoogleReader account and it worked! Since it had Zunes then it would be able to go into my Googlereader account :) Yipee! This is really good to have - that way I can be updated on what's going on in the book world.
This is so lovely - everything organized into my googlereader account. Which is really good because it seems that I have a lot of stuff I like to look at.. :)

Thing #22

I used to use netlibrary alot when I was a grad student. I would view ebooks for research and found netlibrary to be such an invaluable media. I thought that I still had an account but since I've changed emails, my old account is lost somewhere in cyberspace. So I started from the beginning creating an account and found a book that I've been meaning to read, but haven't had the chance.. The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I had two options on downloading - either downloading to radio or CD quality. I downloaded to the CD quality because I was downloading to a flash drive. I was doing this from a staff computer since I don't have internet at home. (We've had to tighten up financially since we have a little one..) I figure that I'll listen to it at home and hopefully the quality is still good. The estimated time to download is 8 minutes, but it seemed longer as I anxiously waited for it.. anyway I'll be listening to this book at home. I've heard good reviews on it and wondering what I'll think of the quality of the downloaded version.

When I went into Overdrive, I had to view the ebooks because I was viewing from a staff computer. I put a book on hold and hopefully I will get to check it out soon so I can post my results.

Thing #20

Thing #20 was kind of hard for me cause' I tried to copy and paste but it just wouldn't work. Luckily my coworker who is so familiar with technology helped me post this. :) My coworker showed me what I did wrong - I was cutting and pasting the link for email instead of the embed. Now I can add more youtube videos to my blog!

Actually when I first found out about youtube I was so adamant on not watching youtube. I just thought that everything that was posted was ridiculous and didn't warrant my attention. But I've learned. Sure there is stuff on there that I wouldn't even watch at all, but other things I would. So I'm the controller.

Having youtube videos on educating the public on how tos would be really beneficial for library customers, examples: How to go online and do an ILL, how to search a database, how to attach a document to email..

I just adore George Lopez and so I had to post this Youtube video of him. Esta chin***! I was so upset when the George Lopez show got cancelled. I don't know why ABC did that, but they made a huge mistake.

Thing #19

I selected the Questions and Advice category and chose Minti, http://www.minti.com/, as the site to explore. Since I'm a new parent I like to find sites that give good advice on parenting, have Q and A's, and also allow you to connect with other parents in similar situations. One site I check out regularly is www.babycenter.com. It's wonderful - I've used it since I was pregnant - I would get frequent emails from them saying how my baby was developing at each week.. I still get them.
Going back to Minti, ah, that reminds me of the commercial for mentos...
Anyway, going back again to Minty, I started noticing the layout of the homepage - how it's different than babycenter. They do have a section labeled tag cloud which was nice because I explored the tags breastfeeding and teething. So although I still prefer babycenter, I can see myself using minty again.

Thing #6

groserita
Originally uploaded by groserita

It took me awhile to do this librarian trading card not because it's hard but because I couldn't decide on the picture.

Making the trading card is fun and I hope to make more.. Flickr has so many features - I'd like to try Animoto when given the chance.. maybe not for the deadline of the 23 things but I'll still try it. So look out for it if you're following this blog!

Thing #18

I created a Bday invite for my Google Document. Fun, fun, fun! This is a good thing to know about - because you can create invitations through templates or create your own. I used a template and it was so easy to manipulate that I'll have to go back and edit and print up my invites.. I didn't know about Google Docs before. I know Google has a lot of stuff that is easily acccessible but who has the time? But since this is on the 23 things I'm able to go and explore!



I can imagine using this at work - being able to go and create a document and share it with coworkers is a good thing. Let's say you need to share your knowledge with coworkers - you simply could create a Google Doc Presentation and share it with them by letting them view it online.. especially if time is a factor and there is no way you can all gather together.

Thing #17

Thing #17 was so much fun! I think if I had tons of time I would add my favorites to a lot of things.. but I only added my blog to the favorite blog list and I also added my favorite poem, http://plcmclearning.pbwiki.com/Favourite+Poems. Of course I didn't add all of my favorite poems that would be never ending.. I'd like to go back and add my own page to the Sandbox webpage when I have the chance.

So since #17 was all about Favorites - I'll list #17 as my Favorite of all! :) Let's see if this changes since I'm almost done with the 23 things.

San Pedro Park

dancers
Originally uploaded by groserita

We went to San Pedro Park this past Sunday and we sat down to watch the Native American dancers. Listening to the drums was magical because I started feeling the rhythm all around me. It wasn't coming from one area anymore but from everything around me.
My son also felt the rhythm because he was bouncing to the beat.

Thing #16

I went into Book Lovers Wiki, http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton+Public+Library, since I'm an avid book lover. I quickly found out on the main page that this wiki is no longer active but is left as an archive page. So that in itself is disappointing.

The Contemporary Fiction section caught my attention and I wanted to read the reviews interesting, but I really didn't see anything that spiked my attention. I think it's because a lot of the books I've already read and since it's no longer an active site - then really they're not very contemporary..


So then I went into Librarianchicks Wiki Collection, http://librarianchick.pbwiki.com/, and thankfully found that this is an active wiki. Yay! :)

The great thing about this wiki is that Library Chick provides links to free resources on the Internet. So I scrolled down the list of subjects and quickly clicked on Foreign Language. Wow! This is really handy - Library Chick provides a great list of internet links that provide free foreign language tutorials - either video, dictonary, online communities, etc. This is a good resource for our library community because we have a lot of ESL learners and they need all the resources they can get. I linked onto FSI Language Courses.


For fun, I then went into the subject of Culture, Arts and Music. I found the Take Lessons link http://takelessons.com/ and clicked on it because one day I hope to take lessons in guitar. The great thing about this website is that you can search by type of lesson and zipcode.

I also found the link Craftpop, http://craftpop.com/. This is a great site for all of you crafty people and even people like me who aren't so crafty, but like crafts. I went to the Beauty and Bath link because I love bathing products - lotions, cremes, hair products. I found a simple lip moisturizer that can be made with honey and olive oil. Hmm.. I'll have to try it out and see if it works! Bye bye dry lips..

Xmas tree at Alamo

Xmas tree at Alamo 12-26-08
Originally uploaded by groserita

My family and I went to visit the Alamo on December 26th and this is one of the photos that I took of the Xmas Tree. It was a nice night out and there were many families and tourists out enjoying the lights.