Today's Favorite Things Friday is inspired by my lack of desire to be in the office today - the only thing keeping me sane right now is my insanely adorable FREE(!) calendar I received from Mibostudio.co.uk (a really cute UK site) just for signing up for their newsletter. I was first turned on to the free 2009 calendar by one of my all-time favorite blogs: Fifi Lapin...the World's Most Stylish Bunny.
I had the best intentions of sharing this favorite with my nearest and dearest in a New Year's e-card, but somehow I never sent it and before I knew it was way too late to celebrate New Year's. So now all my nearest, dearest, and dear readers can have this fun and stylish calendar hanging on their walls too.
To receive the pdf calendar, just go to this site: http://mibostudio.co.uk/# and click on Free 2009 Calendar, then select the Sign up Here* link. The geniuses behind this adorableness will email you to confirm and then send you the pdf. I printed mine on regular letter-size paper and tacked the first six months to my cubicle wall. The designs are gorgeous and I can even imagine lopping off the calendar portion and framing or matting the designs when the year is over.
Enjoy! Oh and, Happy New Year, y'all.
* I don't normally like to sign up for too many sites, but I promise Mibo rarely emails, so it's really not a major hassle for your inbox.
2.26.2009
Favorite Things LAST Friday
So obviously my life is boring and my blog is uninspired of late, but I promise I am working on posts. They just don't actually make it to the blog. But last week, I did experience on of my most favorite things and it happened to be a Friday too.
Since most of my few readers know about my chronic illnesses, I'm not afraid to post about my regular colonoscopies. I had my 9th, yes 9th, one last Friday. And I realized one of the things that truly makes me happy is Propofol. For those of you who don't know (or are too lazy to click on the link) Propofol is a short-acting intravenous sedative agent used for the induction of general anesthesia for adults and children, maintenance of general anesthesia, and sedation in medical contexts, such as intensive care unit (ICU) sedation for intubated, mechanically ventilated adults, and in procedures such as colonoscopies and endoscopies (source: Wikipedia). For me it means not waking up in the middle of a colonoscopy, which did happen to me twice before. No, I'm not one of those crazies who likes to be awake and watch their procedure. No thank you. I'd rather be in my happy place and be woken up a short time later not remembering a thing.
So ultimately the plus side of having so many colonoscopies is so I can share this wonderful favorite thing. When most of you hit 50 and have to go through this, be sure to ask for Propofol. Until then, be happy you don't have to go through such things.
Since most of my few readers know about my chronic illnesses, I'm not afraid to post about my regular colonoscopies. I had my 9th, yes 9th, one last Friday. And I realized one of the things that truly makes me happy is Propofol. For those of you who don't know (or are too lazy to click on the link) Propofol is a short-acting intravenous sedative agent used for the induction of general anesthesia for adults and children, maintenance of general anesthesia, and sedation in medical contexts, such as intensive care unit (ICU) sedation for intubated, mechanically ventilated adults, and in procedures such as colonoscopies and endoscopies (source: Wikipedia). For me it means not waking up in the middle of a colonoscopy, which did happen to me twice before. No, I'm not one of those crazies who likes to be awake and watch their procedure. No thank you. I'd rather be in my happy place and be woken up a short time later not remembering a thing.
So ultimately the plus side of having so many colonoscopies is so I can share this wonderful favorite thing. When most of you hit 50 and have to go through this, be sure to ask for Propofol. Until then, be happy you don't have to go through such things.
BOTB Again
So since the last time I posted about all my knocked up friends I think we were up to 13, so now we have to add Megan, Danielle J, Alisha, and two HS friends from Facebook to the list. Seriously I think we need to call in reinforcements because this is obviously an epidemic.
Again, I'll reiterate that I am super duper thrilled for everyone and not an ounce jealous (maybe just a little...ok, lets be honest here - A LOT jealous). When is it going to be my turn???
Again, I'll reiterate that I am super duper thrilled for everyone and not an ounce jealous (maybe just a little...ok, lets be honest here - A LOT jealous). When is it going to be my turn???
2.13.2009
Favorite Things Friday
Today marks my return to Favorite Things Fridays. The fact that I only had one post in the last month of Fridays is pretty pathetic. But hopefully my renewed dedication to my blog will improve my track record.
My favorite thing today is a basic, but great website for all kinds of fun, free fonts called betterfonts.com Because I love formatting and have quite a few printed projects right now thanks to my sister's upcoming wedding, I've been on the hunt for interesting fonts. I came across betterfonts.com while designing her engagement party invite.
What I love about this site is that not only do that have a large selection of free fonts in many categories, but also that you can preview your own text instead of just the typical "Lorem ipsum...." Just click on change preview text and type in whatever text you are using. In the case of the engagement party invite, I wanted a pretty font for the names of the honorees, but not your typical script. I chose the script category and then changed the preview text to "Melissa & Patrick" and could see exactly what all the fonts would look like. So great!
My favorite thing today is a basic, but great website for all kinds of fun, free fonts called betterfonts.com Because I love formatting and have quite a few printed projects right now thanks to my sister's upcoming wedding, I've been on the hunt for interesting fonts. I came across betterfonts.com while designing her engagement party invite.
What I love about this site is that not only do that have a large selection of free fonts in many categories, but also that you can preview your own text instead of just the typical "Lorem ipsum...." Just click on change preview text and type in whatever text you are using. In the case of the engagement party invite, I wanted a pretty font for the names of the honorees, but not your typical script. I chose the script category and then changed the preview text to "Melissa & Patrick" and could see exactly what all the fonts would look like. So great!
Repeat Offender
So apparently, my warning to myself and my promise to my readers (and caffeinated's readers) held absolutely no weight, because here I am 10 days later and no new blog posts. I just don't have my game together right now and honestly I think I lost my funny...seriously. But, I'm going to challenge myself to turnaround this pattern of blog abuse and get my funny back. If anyone has any material to help with the turnaround, please help a bloggirl out by posting in the comments.
2.03.2009
Blog Abuse
Oh my poor, poor blog. How I have neglected you. It really is a tragedy and I am soooo sorry. If I can try to explain, I'd mention my aggravating five hundredth sickness of the year (yes, that's 2009 people) or the fact my poor little chaihuahua (ha!) was sick all week. If it makes you feel better I forgot to call one of my best friends in the whole world on her birthday. And, I sent her birthday present to the wrong address - classic.
So to make it up to you, I am renwing our blog vows. "Oh blog, I do solemnly swear to post in sickness and in health...blah blah blah." And to my friend who has sung our praises...I'll try my best not to embarrass you. Really.
So to make it up to you, I am renwing our blog vows. "Oh blog, I do solemnly swear to post in sickness and in health...blah blah blah." And to my friend who has sung our praises...I'll try my best not to embarrass you. Really.
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