how much is a pound of coins worth?

Megan at notmartha asks how much is a pound of coins worth? and then proceeds to give an interesting numbers breakdown of the coin jar since they decided to skip Coinstar and roll the coins themselves.

Back in March 2006, I posted about convincing my dad to bank his rainy day rolled coins and open an ING account. In case you are wondering from notmartha's commenters, Fifth-Third took his rolled coins, but did not unroll them to send them through a machine and count them. Not sure if it was because it was quite an impressive sum or not, but it did take several trips to and from the car to carry in those cookie tins :)

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Reminder: Recipe Round Up Starts October 16!

I am looking through Giada de Laurentiis' Giada's Kitchen New Italian Favorites and found one I will be trying, photographing and sharing for the start of next week's Recipe Round Up!

If you would like to join us, please plan to post your recipe and photo on your blog or Flickr. On Thursday, October 16 visit this blog to leave a direct link to your recipe!

Free Stuff: samples & coupons [2008]

Cleaned up post for 2008 freebies.

Aveeno Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming Night Cream

Wal-Mart - the offers sell out and change frequently so you never know what is there until you click.

Schick Quattro razor

Dove Cream Oil Body Lotion

Bounce Awakenings

Pantene Expressions

Dove Hair Care - New Therapy

Sunsilk shampoo

Aquafresh Extreme Clean

PrilosecOTC

Purex

Cliff Bar

Stride Gum

True Lemon

Seattle's Best Coffee

If you click on a link and the offer is exhausted, please leave me a comment so I can remove it -thanks!

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Love It: Magnetic Pocket

magnetic pocket
Originally uploaded by udandi

I love magnets! This apartment has metal doors so I junk them up with magnets because the fridge is in a bad spot so I only use the side, like with this new magnetic pocket file folder I found as part of a 4-pack at Target, clearanced. This one is for stuffing my library checkout receipt so it is always handy (sure, I can check online, but I do turn off my computer overnight).

One of the others is going to work with me to go inside my locker to hold little items that may get lost. Constantly being mobile among shared workspace has gotten the best of me and no matter how much I try to stay organized, I have lost (or hopefully just misplaced) my work flash key. [Tony, Tony turn around...]

The Target I shop is undergoing a renovation so many items get clearanced to make room for the working areas and this week it's stationery. As I was checking out the magnetic factor on these I struck up a conversation with the American Greetings rep about her job --she likes what she does, the flexibility and frequent trips to Target means she sees the clearance items, too. I love meeting people who love their jobs! I wonder if she's seen my flash key?!

Amazon Deal of the Deal: Aerobed single - $49

The single Aerobed is the Amazon Gold Box deal of the day for $49, which is good deal (unless you are able to snag one at Bed, Bath & Beyond, use a 20% coupon and get a gift card).

I love these beds! I have a double and my parents own a single, which we share as needed. They are not like other air mattresses that tend to lose air overnight, these beds stay firm! I have an extra set of sheets that I put in each carry-all bag so all I need to do is grab a pillow and blanket to make my bed ready to go! The enclosed pump inflates the bed in a minute and it deflates in seconds so getting ready for bed and packing up is always a cinch.

When I visit my sister's, I take the single. Last year for a friend's out-of-town wedding, three of us were in a room with a queen size bed. Since I was driving up for the wedding, I brought along the Aerobed. In graduate school, three friends came to visit and they all slept on Aerobeds in my "guest room" and then they did it again when they visited my parents' house to celebrate my graduation (it was like camping because we were staying in a finished, but not moved in house)!

Our Aerobeds have been a wise investment and I would recommend them to anyone who makes overnight visits to family and friends and wants a little piece of comfort. And with the holidays coming up...

[Flickr] September 2008 Wind Storm

September 2008 Wind Storm
Originally uploaded by udandi

With the power and Internet outage, I was delayed uploading my wind storm photos and then I just plain forgot! I tried to limit myself to ten, but ended up with 14.

Free Stuff: $25 Bonus from ING Direct

Fresh new self-serve referral links for both the Saving and Checking accounts at ING Direct. Not having a checkbook has not been an issue for me and I enjoy the ability for ING to mail my rent check for me!
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23 Things Learn & Play @ CML

23 Things Learn & Play @ CML is a Columbus Metro Library's blog for encouraging its staff to learn about Web 2.0 technology. The University of Kentucky Libraries created a similar program, called Blue 2.0 (cheers! to the winner who I attended grad school with and is a reader of this blog).

I point out these two programs because learning about Web 2.0 technologies might be something you are interested in, but are not sure where to begin. You can follow their programs to create your own self-guide one.

When it comes technoloy, people ask how I have learned what I know and it is because I am always teaching myself through books and online resources. I graduated college and wanted to learn HTML, so I tinkered around on geocities, then started looking at the source code in FrontPage while using Lissa Explains It All and W3 Schools. If you want to learn, tinker!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today, my parents are headed to Las Vegas with "the group" which is what they call the friends my dad has has known since high school and my mom has known since meeting my dad. My mom and one other lady share the same birthday, today!

Fall is her favorite time of year and I love it, too! Her cooking enthusiasm kicks in and she whips up meal centered around pork roast and apple pie "because the weather was nice, the trees are turning and it's a great day to go out the orchard."

If I was still in grade school, we would be in the thick of Halloween costume brainstorming. In third grade, we recycled old costumes and belted a pillow to my rear to create a little old lady and take third place for my grade (who knew I could have just dressed up in an orange sweater turtle neck and brown skirt and been Velma?!).

Two years ago, I made this Sour Cream Pumpkin Bundt cake, which mom said was fine enough for breakfast ( a good thing because when there are only two people eating it, it would have gone stale if it was just eaten for dinner).

She's a fine cook, a crafter, a working wife & mom, devoted Oma...I could write more because she's a thousand kinds of awesome, but I'm making something to give to her instead. Birthdays are a good time to remember to express those things we think, but may not remember to say.

The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography

I love photography, not so much being a subject, but being behind the camera. Lately, I have been reading digital photography books and while I do not have a digital SLR, I am challenging myself to take my point and shoot off auto and use the manual settings. Also, I am trying to carry my camera more so I am available to capture photos at the ready, which is why I found The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography from Photojojo to be very helpful.

This weekend, I am going to Pharmasis' so we can take her kids out for fall photos (while my brother-in-law hangs back and gets his study on). A couple weeks ago, while we were all at my parents I made the kids go outside because the mums had bloomed and coordinated well with baby-J's outfit. I only really like posed photography when I can pick the background. Having children pose together in front of Aunt Myrtle's curio cabinet filled with Precious Moment figurines grosses me out, I'd rather just take candid shots :)

Pixelpipe is on my list of sites to explore. Anyone using it?

MG at the Hopebox Derby

MG at the Hopebox Derby
Originally uploaded by udandi

Yesterday, I got an email of just photos, no text, and recognized my friend, MG, had raced in the inaugural Hopebox Derby: A Race to Help the Homeless but had not told any of us! I was aware of the event because ShannanB of *Mommy Bits* is the media contact for this event and heads up the Cincinnati Women Bloggers. Annnnd, I just won an IGOR children's book from Mommy Bits Reviews (I entered as an Aunt, in case anyone was wondering if I suddenly became a parent or grubby contest entrant)!

If it were not for blogging and wanting to find more people, locally, to talk shop with, I would not be writing this post today or using Twitter. For a long time, I did not think I had a use for it not realizing that I could use Twitterfeed to publish feeds from my blog and Flickr to my Twitter account and then let Twitter update my Facebook status. I shared this with Darrin of Page 300 because, for me, learning something new is only as good as if I can teach it to someone else. In turn, I am helping my coworkers learn about Flickr in a fun way with our Recipe Round Up.

It is not that I think everyone needs to be immersed in social media like me, but I do believe many can benefit and enjoy it, IF they would give it a try! Plus, it cannot hurt for librarians and library workers to take an interest in it order have an understanding of how it works, how to use it to access information and promote libraries and services.

*photo is from MG's coworker*

New Project: Recipe Round Up

Here's the deal, I'm running out of recipes. I like hearing what my coworkers are making for dinner because I know whatever they are making, I can attempt, too, I just need their recipes!

To solve it, I want to host a Recipe Round Up to exchange our recipes -- the twist is that a photo needs to accompany the recipe. Why? because I need to know what I am shooting for and I love photos!

What kind of recipe should I share?
It's your choice! It can be a family recipe or one you found in a cookbook or magazine. It does not matter if it is breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, side dish or an appetizer!

Do I have to be a blogger to participate?
No, my coworkers are using Flickr. They are uploading their photos and adding the recipe the e photo's description.

Cool! How do I participate?
I will announce the Recipe Round Up ahead of time. Participants will upload a photo and recipe to their blog or Flickr account, then come to here and use the Mr. Linky form to leave the URL to their recipe and photo.

What if I'm not the best at photographing food?
um, have you seen my photos?! (half eaten pie) Don't worry about it!

Okay, I'm in! When is the first Recipe Round Up?
Thursday, October 16

I'm a planner, how often will this occur?
Maybe once or twice a month, depends on how much people enjoy participating!

How do I use the Mr. Linky form?
In the first box, type in the name of your recipe followed by your name/initials in parenthesis [chicken and dumplings (udandi)]. In the second box, put the URL of your recipe. If you are linking to a blog post, please link directly to the recipe post, not your blog's web site address.

I want to practice using that Mr. Linky form.
I've put a Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post if you would like to test it (perhaps you want to link to a blog post announcing your participation - I'd love that! Or you can link to your Flickr account/profile).

What's the point of the Mr. Linky form?
That's the Round Up part! By having all participants use that, it collects the links allowing everyone to follow the links to the recipes!

If you have more questions, please email or leave me a comment!