Recession Busters #60 Food, Fun and Frugality

I enjoyed watching Clara's stories and recipes. Here is one that sounded like I may try.
Depression Cooking: Pasta with Peas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuMkW35BwK8)
I hope you enjoy Clara as much as I did.
I have seen people join together to create gardens in my neighborhood, to save money on groceries. Many people are taking fewer trips in their cars, combining errands, even carpooling to do some of them, to save money on gasoline.
Coupons in almost any form of fashion are welcomed by not only me, but most I know.
We do not go out nearly as often as we used to, whether for dinner or entertainment.
Picnics in the backyard are a nice departure from the regular dinner meal time.
Have fun.

Pot Luck #55 Getting the Most Out of Facebook

I already have a Facebook account. The name is Cindy Joe Messina - so people will know it is for us as a couple, as Joe (my husband) won't get one of his own. I've added family and friends and even Deborah (my boss) to the friends list there now.

I've added 2 apps, smilies, which I think I can use to show people I think of them, and a game: Age of Castles. I'm not sure if I'll have much time to devote to that though, so she may die there.

I did learn a lot about the apps, and privacy issues with this module.

I mostly use Fb to keep up with my 2x adn 3x friends who have very busy lives.

# 23 reflections

My favorite part of this learning experience was the video downloads, and audio books to download. The idea of having a book on an mp3 player is good, I just have to go out and buy one now. I can now find nearly anything I might ever want to learn about on the web. I found a few things that I already knew about, but didn't really know what they were. As a shelver, these exercises helped me personally, but probably will not help in my position.
Thanks for putting this program together, as I really did learn quite a bit of new stuff.

# 22 downloadable media

There was a big difference in the free sites and the library site. The free sites did not have very many of the same titles as the library site. On the library site, I did find a couple of titles I would like to download and listen to. Maybe later when I can get to a computer with faster service than I have a home now.

# 21 podcasts

This is a wonderful resource for nearly anything you could possible want. I looked up book reviews, and subscribed to BookLog Book Review Podcast. Now I can see the reviews whenever I want. Such a cool tool for researchers.

# 20 YouTube

I found an adorable video on teaching cats to swim. The title of it is 'cats learning to swim'.
You can fins a wide variety of videos on any subject you could name. These could be and are very useful tools for library programs. They could give a taste of the programs, encouraging more to come and participate in them.

# 19 web based apps - zoho writer

Zoho writer seems extremely similar to the ms office word program. It does many of the same things, and is a little more confusing than the word program is for me. The items I use in writing and used for this exercise, are the same as in ms office word 2007, but are a bit harder to find in zoho. I will probably not use this application, but for those who do not have access to ms office word programs, I guess it would be good to use.