Chautauqua Bound!

July 02, 2008, 06:29:35 PM by ionyka in News.

Heading up to Chautauqua, NY again for the Independence Day festivities. Should be fun as it always has been.

I have done an overhaul on my photo gallery section, so check it out by going to the photos link.

I submitted a picture of Chester to Good Mews (the place where I got him) for their 2009 Calendar. So hopefully they use it!

I got a new IR filter for my Canon 20D a while ago but have not gotten around to trying it out so I hope to get some good shots with it while up in NY.

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Pittsburgh & WALL-E

June 30, 2008, 10:25:51 PM by ionyka in News.

Pittsburgh was lots of fun, it was great to show Raiford around the city and visit alot of places I used to live/work/go to school. We went to a bunch of places to eat, LuLu's, Primanti's, Dave & Andys and Pamela's to name a few. I got to see a bunch of friends, hang out at the Tavern and have some drinks. Great trip, glad to visit again, hopefully I can make it back again soon.

I saw Wall-E at midnight on its release day....it was amazing! By far the best Pixar movie ever, and yes I love Finding Nemo too, but I think I found a new favorite. I recommend you go see it now!!!!

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Chester wants to go to Pittsburgh too.

June 17, 2008, 10:44:44 AM by ionyka in News.

While I was packing for my trip to Pittsburgh this weekend Chester decides he wants to go by staking claim to the inside of my suitcase for awhile. Check out pictures here!

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Raiford's Birthday @ Medieval Times

June 14, 2008, 10:32:16 PM by ionyka in News.

I took Raiford to MedievalTimes for his birthday. It was alot of fun, you can see pictures here. We got the Celebration package that entitled us to a free picture, a behind the scenes DVD and a piece of cake! The food was actually very good, they had soup, roasted chicken, which was very moist and seasoned well, ribs, and a slice of potato, and you eat it all with no flatware! You get assigned a group that supports a specific knight, ours was the green knight. They had some amazing horse riding performances and dancing. Overall a very very fun night I am so glad we went.

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$20 Principle

June 05, 2008, 02:16:45 PM by ionyka in News.

Now, I do not like shopping at Walmart, simply out of principle, because its Walmart. However, I have been known to walk the aisles when in need of some items in categories like party supplies, big cleaning supply purchases and when I am in need of something that I just know is a lot cheaper there and cannot find online.

Today I went because I needed some food items for a BBQ and also some things that I would have had to make a second trip for if I just went to Kroger. Another reason I do not like going to Walmart is because I do not understand why they have a plethora of check out stations, they never seem to staff more than 3 of them at a time. Why? They have 10x more employees running around the aisles doing what seems to be starring and them and thinking. Frustration, but I digress.

So I finally check out and am fleeing to the parking lot with my shopping cart (because for some reason they choose not to stock handheld shopping baskets anymore, again a mystery) and as I reach my car, about two spaces away there is a $20 on the ground. $20! I look around but there hasn't been anyone in my vicinity of the parking lot since I left the store. Since no one was around and there was no way for me to know whose it was, I realized I just scored $20! But I still do not like shopping at Walmart :)

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