tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:57:55 +0000Talking about Christmas and a few others things.http://cincylights.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Shannon)Blogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-5217358410281073928Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:11:00 +00002011-07-27T14:11:46.907-04:00July is coming to an end and the heat of August has been with us here in the Mid-West for weeks. Oppressive humidity had meant I have only been out on my bike a handful of times, so I'm eagerly waiting for some cooler weather, but that looks to be weeks away at this point.  I'm starting to think about the Christmas light display for this year. The past few years we started way too late and had http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-heat-and-vacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-6205519187249200070Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:44:00 +00002011-03-27T16:44:00.069-04:00Well, another Winter has come and seems to have mostly gone... Spring bulbs are blooming here and even the Redbud is nearing the start of it's bloom, so even tho I woke to snow in the ground this morning I find myself glad for the longer days and warmer weather. Since my last post, much had changed... I took a new job and started a new assignment last week that will challenge me and means hard http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2011/03/long-time-no-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-8364048305596364455Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:15:00 +00002011-01-14T22:15:31.835-05:00Well, it happens every year, with all the hustle and bustle to get through the Holidays and afterwards there is a bit of a letdown. Family goes on about their lives and you do too. We go nearly two months merry-going and celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas, then there is only the cold loneliness of Winter, where we just try to get through til Spring. The lights that once helped make the seasonhttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2011/01/post-christmas-let-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-7480613140859456455Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:18:00 +00002011-01-05T21:20:22.422-05:00I've been thinking about this new logo and already many have some very opinionated views on the logo, but even with some strong thoughts on the new design, I think it speaks to how much people feel connected to something as simple as a cup of coffee. I said in my last post that I felt the logo would look better as a sepia tone siren, so I took the graphics from Starbucks site and did a little http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-starbucks-logo-ponderings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3270596121691308668Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:15:00 +00002011-01-05T16:15:33.911-05:00 Well, it seems Starbucks decided to revamp the corp logo when it celebrates it's 40th anniversary. I for one wished the logo was the muted brown sepia tones of the original. It would have given you a little of that old school we haven't forgotten our roots, but updated the corporate brand, which is the goal. I do also wonder how much it cost them and if this translates to yet another price hikehttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-anniversary-starbucks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3030995020578696494Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:39:00 +00002010-12-20T17:39:08.147-05:00Sorry folks. Looks like our technical issues keep coming. Looks like no show tonight. The new LED light appear to be faulty and what is supposed to be a sealed system isn't, which is causing shorts, tripping our GFCI. So disappointing. These new shiny lights were supposed to be a step forward for us, but looks like many steps back, right back to before we animated the lights. :(http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/technical-issues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3417131157617757660Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:43:00 +00002010-12-15T13:43:40.304-05:00I've been pondering family traditions lately and putting up the Christmas Tree is always a treat. Opening the boxes of ornaments is like seeing many old friends from years past that you've forgotten. Each time we go on a trip I seek out ornaments for the tree that would remind my of that trip. This year I'm looking to mark the year I finally learned to ride a bike with a special ornament for thehttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-and-traditions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3948280034802001636Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:23:00 +00002010-12-10T16:23:13.093-05:00Friend: This could be you! http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101210/NEWS01/12110313/Christmas-lights-flash-for-a-cause Husband: Wouldn't want to be. Friend: Why not?  In the news.  Raising money for charity.  Sounds like a good kid doing a good thing and doing it well. Husband: Which is fine. Don't want media and large crowds. Me: But think of all the strange children that would be http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/prove-him-wrong-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-4700223402885255633Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:25:00 +00002010-12-09T23:25:58.402-05:00It looks like we are finally a GO for tomorrow night. We have our light issues resolved and as they say.. on with the show. 6PM to 11PM Friday and Saturday. Sunday - Thursday 6PM to 10PM. Listen to 90.5 FM to listen to the lights!! Thanks, Shannonhttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/we-are-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3068078760762258333Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:03:00 +00002010-12-08T14:03:36.583-05:00Still having power issues and tripping our GFCI. Twelve-Hundred watts of red and green flood-light will do that I guess? Means no show tonight and likely none tomorrow either. Friday is looking more likely and MUCH later in the season then we wanted to be in launching our first animated light show of the year, but all good things, right? I heard on the radio we much get snow this weekend. http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/ov-er-load-ov-er-load-ov-er-load-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3631089325592147293Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:06:00 +00002010-12-07T10:06:47.580-05:00OK. So here we are last night trying to get the last few frozen cords ran last night after work, in the dark and bitter cold that cuts you like a hot knife through butter. Actually a hot knife would have been almost preferable to the 17 degrees that feels like 5 degrees, complements of the12mph wind. We get to what I think is the last connection and we're almost done, plug it in and the whole http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-christmas-light-why-do-you-hate-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-4709044635221743806Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:36:00 +00002010-12-06T09:37:00.744-05:00 So sorry if anyone came out over the weekend to discover out lights were just not synced up to the music and doing their thing. We finally got the last of the lights put up on the garage and the last technical issues worked out. We found that some of our floodlights are blown and the box of spares is nowhere to be found!! I'm hoping Home Depot has still has red and green floodlights!! Barring http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/12/sorry-for-delay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-3262899277987647116Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:50:00 +00002010-11-30T11:50:53.448-05:00OK. We had a little glitch with the lights and finally have everything in order and it should be finished up Thursday, so we're getting ready for a Friday, December 3rd as the first animated light show of the year!! Show will run nightly, Sunday - Thursday 6PM until 10PM, Friday and Saturday show runs until 11PM. See the main site for directions, let us know what you think... we welcome your http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/11/getting-closer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-4257864814738881354Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +00002010-11-12T13:30:36.261-05:00and he will be out putting up Christmas Lights this weekend. WOOOOO HOOOOOO. OK, jumping the gun just a tad, but it's soooooooooooooooo much better then doing it when it's 30 degrees and windy outside. I got good news this week and I'm feeling much better. My mom is finally home from the hospital so my "spirit" is feeling an influx of new warm fuzzy feelings. Note to any readers out there. Cat http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/11/yes-samantha-there-is-santa-clause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-6539468522246267447Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:56:00 +00002010-11-11T13:56:08.934-05:00I ran across this article today. Pretty awesome sight. THIS might be the thing that get me jazzed about putting up the lights. Christmas Lights from the ISS Shannonhttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-doing-our-part-honest-i-am.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-7600982743986653089Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:48:00 +00002010-11-11T08:48:58.884-05:00Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all those who have put themselves in harms way for our country! Shannonhttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/11/veterans-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-8519023794875305692Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:42:00 +00002010-11-08T08:53:43.374-05:00OK. I just can't get myself motivated to deal with the Christmas lights. I'm just not in the Christmas "mood" if you will. I didn't decorate for Halloween and right now, just a little blue, with many things going on in my life. I know there is work to be done. There are sequences that still have to be tweaked for the new LED's on the roof and I've not added ANYTHING new from last year. I'm http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/11/its-about-christmas-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-7094996496304419821Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:07:00 +00002010-10-25T13:39:59.950-04:00There's a much longer story here. Much longer, but I won't bore my readers, so here goes: Ten weeks ago I started riding my new bike. She's blue and sparkly. She's pretty and named Stella. Me and Stella have been together for nearly 100 miles now. At work they are having a weight loss challenge. Stella and I love challenges. We were challenged to loose ten pounds in ten weeks. Stella isn't http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/10/104.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-8645861778170539723Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:17:00 +00002010-10-22T12:17:21.369-04:00to my little friends! 2700 of my "brightest" friends to be exact.These arrived awhile ago, but with colder weather I am ever more tempted to start putting up lights!!Red, white, and green LED lights. Shannon-- Post From My iPhonehttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/10/say-hello.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-7814596534028262222Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:41:00 +00002010-10-22T08:44:28.506-04:00There's nothing quite like watching a sunrise. The first peak over the horizon and the warm glow that is cast over nearly everything is just magical. Sometimes I forget just how beautiful it is. Sometimes life just gets in the way, too busy to stop and look, which is just sad. Then I look at the birds and the other creatures that are waking up and starting their day, just like I am, only then do http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/10/sunrise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-6473093591746152592Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:49:00 +00002010-10-21T09:53:09.801-04:00Last year my favorite coffee pusher supplier (Starbucks) began offering a instant coffee. I compared and had a taste-off between the 'bucks VIA and a few other major "instant" coffees on the market. Via Review Post A few weeks ago Starbucks unveiled flavored VIA and I am really pretty pleased. I have tried the mocha and cinnamon spice varieties, with my favorite being the mocha. I found the http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/10/starbucks-via-continued.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-1140698568722825204Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:51:00 +00002010-10-20T19:56:34.769-04:00OK. So I find myself in a quandary here. Do I keep this blog active or let it just dissipate into the big black hole of the internet. Is there anyone out there that actually reads my posts? Anyone out there that wished I posted more often? Yes, it's been a VERY long time since I posted last, but I'm really not sure if I should even bother, but if I KNEW someone out there enjoyed reading what I http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/10/long-time-no-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-943201024976985252Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:45:00 +00002010-04-26T20:54:36.265-04:00Eight weeks ago Starbucks began serving one featured bold selection each week-- one featured bold drip coffee for eight weeks. You get a sticker each week when you visit and after the eight weeks you can redeem those stickers for one free pound of bold whole coffee beans. After eight weeks and many cups of coffee later, I've enjoyed the variety and complexities that each new week provided. Manyhttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/04/starbucks-bold-challange.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-5593776456284702353Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:18:00 +00002010-03-17T17:22:12.913-04:00No matter the amount of green on your blood, I'm sending happy Irish greetings to my friends and family, so go find that pot of gold and share some of it with me! Shannon-- Post From My iPhonehttp://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/03/saint-patrick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104924513907454822.post-8414720422785663911Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:37:00 +00002010-02-03T20:43:26.130-05:00The Christmas luster is long past and the winter cold seems to soak deep into the fibers of everything. The things that normally are a pleasure take an extra measure of devotion these days when the blood feels like used oil running through the veins. Clouds hang overhead as a constant reminder of the calendar and journey that must be logged before the short days grow longer and the joys of http://cincylights.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shannon)0