Only two weeks until he's gone for 3 months

My sweetheart is leaving for a training course in two weeks and won't be back until it's nearly August. We've been apart before due to deployment, training and other stuff like that, but it never seems to get easy. This time I'm feeling an especially large raincloud because when he gets back, he's moving to another state and it will be several MORE months before I can follow.

We use Skype and email daily when he's gone to keep in touch, but there's a small chance that the lodging he'll be in might not have internet in his room. Needless to say we'll both be extremely unhappy if that is the case!

Do you have any tips for dealing with long-distance periods in relationships?

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a WootOff!

There's a WootOff going on at woot.com!

What is a WootOff, you ask? Well, woot.com was one of the original daily deal sites. Occasionally, this Texas-based company needs to clear out their warehouse, so instead of doing just one deal they'll do a day or two (or sometimes even three) where they post one item at a time at a sale price, following that item up with another one when it sells out. In the last few years they've added kids.woot.com (toys and kids products) and wine.woot.com (wine, cheeses and other gourmet items), they also run simultaneous wootoffs on these too! It's a great way to snag some deals.

The grand prize, though, is the woot "Bag O' Crap" (or BOC). At some point instead of a regular item a brown paper bag will appear for $3 with $5 shipping. If you're really fast, and I mean really really fast, you might be able to grab one of these fabled items. It's basically a mystery grab-bag with at least 3 items and at least one type of bag. People have gotten TVs, mp3 players, cameras and other awesome goodies - but some have also gotten 33 of the same calendars or a ton (literal about a ton, it was delivered on a truck) of car wax! It's always a mystery and always fun, so for $8 it's totally worth it.

Go check out the wootoff! It started today so it should run at least through tomorrow.

Cute Baby Ducks

Some beautiful baby ducks for you on this gorgeous Spring day!

Found here.

National Geographic only $10 for a year on Amazon.com

It says $15 on the page, but you'll get $5 off in your cart if you order before April 30. If you've ever read National Geographic, you know this is an amazing bargain for the amount of quality content you'll get. We don't subscribe to many magazines, but at this price (cover price is $71, for comparison) it's impossible to pass up.

My guest post at Concert Katie's Blog: Classical Music 101

Go check out my guest post at Concert Katie's Blog!

Have you ever thought about attending a classical concert? Why not? Many people seem to have some apprehension about seeing a professional classical music concert, but there's a lot of reasons why you'll probably enjoy one a lot more than you may think. More



Katie writes about live concerts, scrapbooking, and other music-related topics. She's seen over 200 concerts, including 17 so far this year! She also runs occasional giveaways and posts about her experiences with developing her blog.

Tiny food - very cute!

I love small things. Doesn't this miniature wine and cheese table look amazing? Janet Uyetake makes all kinds of dollhouse-sized foods and accessories.







Do you know of any other good places to check out miniature food?

World's Largest Indoor Picture is 40 Gigapixels and Awesome!

Images by Jeffrey Martin, www.360cities.net


Photographer Jeffery Martin created this record-breaking 360-degree photo inside the Strahov Monastery Library in Prague. It's stitched together out of 3000 photos at a very high resolution. It's so detailed you can easily read book titles on the wall and even study the brush strokes on the ceiling.



If you printed it out, it would be 78 feet long! Go here to check it out in zoom/pan mode.

Day off dilemma - what to do?

My days off are usually Mondays and Tuesdays, but I worked yesterday and have today free instead. For some reason it's really throwing me off! I didn't schedule much because I originally had an event, but that's since been cancelled, so now I'm stuck with my wheels spinning. I think the gloomy weather we've been having is also taking a bit of a toll on me.

My restlessness is your gain - you can use the phrase "Wednesday Weirdness" as a bonus entry into one of my current giveaways.

Pillow Talk - Potential Tool for Long Distance Relationships

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Pillow Talk is a project by interaction designer Joanna Montgomery aimed at helping long-distance couples stay connected. It's still in the prototype phase, but she's gotten enough interest that she's already raised investment funds to help make it a reality.

It works like this: each person has a special pillow and a sensor band for their chest. When they go to bed, the other person's pillow will glow softly. When the other person goes to sleep, they'll actually be able to hear their partner's real-time heartbeat through the pillow.

You can find out more about Pillow Talk and check on how the project is coming along at the creator's website.

Starting to plan a new look - any suggestions?

I want to completely redo my blog's look soon. Any suggestions on who to go to for good layouts and graphics? Also, are there any resources on this subject that you've posted or found particularly helpful? I'd love to read them!

Cheers,

Mnemosyne

Daily Cute - Baby Tiger

Awesome Groupon - $7 for $15 credit on eBay!

Today you can get $15 for eBay for only $7 on Groupon.com. You can use this with any PayPal eBay transaction and even use it for shipping costs.



If you don't have Groupon, I'd love it if you used me as a referral (I'll get some credit for it, and it won't cost you a thing):

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu4636795




You can find the eBay deal here:

http://www.groupon.com/deals/ebay

New! Weekly Bonus Entry for current giveaways

Want an extra entry for one of my current giveaways? Just post the weekly bonus phrase in the comments section of one giveaway of your choice. It's that easy!


This week's bonus entry phrase:

"I Love Spring Beauty Trends"

If you want, I'd also love to hear your favorite Spring beauty tip, but it's not required.

Current giveaways:

Avon GLAZEWEAR Dimensions (ends 4/03)

Benefit Stay Put Set (Eye Makeup Trio) (ends 4/10)


As always, make sure you've done the main entry first on the giveaway or any bonus won't count!

Monday Music: "Ach, so fromm, ach so traut"

Fritz Wunderlich sings Lionel's aria "Ach, so fromm, ach so traut" from Flotow's Martha. You might know it as "M'appari tutt'amor" in its famous Italian translation since lots of the big Italian tenors recorded it this way. This version is a bit faster than some out there, but Wunderlich nails it with his gorgeous tone and clear-as-a-bell German.

Here's another version I like, with a more modern singer (Jonas Kaufmann) and a very different voice color. This guy definitely has that crazy opera sex appeal:

If Dr. Seuss Made Star Wars

From cartoonist Adam Watson comes a series of illustrations imagining Star Wars in the style of Dr. Seuss.



You can check out more on his blog here.

Awesome Baby Unicorn Sculpture - super cute!

No, we haven't found a mythical creature; this is a baby unicorn sculpture by Indigo-Ocean. If you'd like to catch your own, you might be able to: according to her DeviantART, she does commissions.

Crazy Cute - Stick!

Next (eventual) Stop, San Antonio

We just found out a few weeks ago that we're moving to San Antonio. My husband is in the Air Force, so we go where they tell us. He'll be moving out first some time this Summer; I still have some school left so I'll be in Oklahoma for several months after he leaves. We've been apart before for training and a deployment, so we're not too worried about the distance relationship thing, but it's always hard to be seperated.

This will be our first Permanent Change of Station, or "PCS". I'll be posting bits of our moving adventures here over the next year or so, so stay tuned!

Mr. Popper's Penguins Teaser Trailer Released

I grew up loving Mr. Popper's Penguins and was super-excited to hear that they're making a film. After watching the trailer with Jim Carrey, I'm not really sure what I'll think about the movie. This trailer doesn't have the same "feel" the book did for me, but it does have a lot of cute penguins! I'll probably still try and catch it when it comes out this summer.

Update: the trailer was auto-playing, and that always annoys me! I've taken it off this post, but you can still see it here.

Are you a Comic Sans Criminal? (humor)

Are you or is someone you know addicted to Comic Sans? This site can help:

http://comicsanscriminal.com/