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4 new designs and recap of the weekend

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Spent most of yesterday with Inkscape designing stuff for my shop . I actually have 6 designs done, but I am not happy with two of them and need to do some tweaking. I also need to tweak the Armed Pagan design since it doesn't work well on the black t-shirts and need a better revolver graphic that will show up better. Armed Pagan: Is it Friday yet???: I accept all of me (two variations): The other two designs is another pagan firearms design and another body acceptance design. Just remembered hubby came up with a couple more slogans before we fell asleep last night, just gotta remember what they were and write them down. So Friday was a little bit of a rush as we had to get the cake delivered, hubby had spent most of the day zonked, poor guy had a serious sore throat, the doc wasn't sure from what. So he prescribed some heavy duty antibiotics, the 48 hour kind and the sore throat is pretty much gone. But hubby now has a bit of a cold. He ain't getting a break poor thing. So

Mmmmm, Friday at last

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Tho it is trying to snow again. WAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! At least most of what fell yesterday is gone. Finally finished the cake for B's wedding celebration tomorrow. I had to restrain myself to keep from chopping off a hunk, it smells so wonderfully chocolately, at least I had some frosting left over so I munch on some of that. My decorating abilities leave a LOT to be desired tho: Those are supposed to be high heeled duck shoes, but I can't draw a straight line to save my life. Be interesting to see what the other cakes look like. Today is Vandal Friday, so we've lots of high school kids running around campus. ROTC had a couple Army helicopters here for the day, they arrived last night. So of course hubby and I had to go see them and I got lots of pictures: Going to check out the Slurp and Burp tonight, never been there, but our secretary is retiring as of today and that is where she wanted to have the farewell party. SO that gives us a good reason to go and check it out. I h

As promised

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Here is what I woke up to this morning: Not even the snitch antenna ball escaped:

New designs

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Same message with different illos:

Oh dear Goddess, is it Friday yet?!?!?!

Hubby decides several minutes before we head out the door this morning that he was not feeling up to driving. Poor thing is coming down with something and was getting light headed. So I had to ditch most of what I usually bring with me to work as I was going to have to drive and I wasn't schlepping 3 billion tons of stuff from the parking lot. Since I would be coming home at lunch I stuffed my lunch back into the fridge and luckily hadn't poured my tea, so that went by the wayside, along with my water bottle. So all I brought was my laptop as I had class. Grabbed some cash out of his wallet and headed into campus. Hit parking services for a gold permit where the computer was being a bit snarky. Then onto campus where every student around decided to saunter across the street in dribbles. Had to restart the car a couple of times because it stalled out. Made it into work 25 minutes late, luckily I have comp time so I will use that. Then a few minutes after I got here it started sn

New design

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Found a neat program called Inkscape that makes designing t-shirt logos easier, esp with freehand drawings on them. I'll be downloading it onto my laptop also so I can always whip something up as I think of them. So here is the design I came up with this weekend and have up: I've been getting traffic to my shop , so I am very happy. I even had one hit from England! Now I need people to start buying things.

YAY!!! FRIDAY AT LAST!!!!!!

I could do without the snow on the ground tho, at least there wasn't THAT much, but with the wind it is pretty cold out there. Most of it was melted off by lunch, at least where it was sunny. So I designed a quick banner for my shop and got it up last night. I also activated the Google Analytics they recommended and should be seeing if I actually am getting any traffic to my shop. I did see two hits, one came via aquaria.info, which is the Fish Geeks site. Not sure how they got to my store tho, I'm still trying to figure out how to read the reports. I may add a Statcounter as I have an account there and I have an easy time reading those reports. Not too mention I can see when I check out my shop how many visitors I've had. Hubby didn't get back from Spokane/CDA until very late last night. He'd driven some friends up so one could get on a plane and the other wanted to do some shopping, but not alone. So they had an adventure. First getting lost (with a GPS in the ca

New store re-annoucement!

I've taken the plunge and upgraded to a premium shop so ALL my stuff is now found under one roof at Purple Ducky . I decided I really needed to take being a shop owner more seriously and really work at making money from it and going premium with all the extra bells and whistles it offers was the way. I'll be working on making my shop look nicer and add a custom header once I get it made. I'll be adding more products and designs as often as I can. I will be doing some with Ms Ella Phant and definitely more with the cats.

Another new t-shirt announcement

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Newest Purple Ducky shop . Show the world your FATITUDE!

Bye bye Aurther C. We're going to miss you.

Author Arthur C. Clarke dies I have always been a fan of his books, in fact I just finished reading Firstborn , the third book in the Time Odyssey series he was writing with Stephen Baxter.

New T-shirt design

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My newest shop

Slowly getting better

My energy levels are still pretty tanked and I could use about 26-28 hours of sleep a night, but at least I am not trying to fall down every time I get up. I was right about changing my mind about dinner on Friday night, I was toast by the time I got off work, so hubby pan fried me a steak and I noshed on snackie stuff we got at the dollar store. We hit Lewiston on Saturday, tho we didn't get down there until after 4pm. Hubby had a quick stop at a client's that turned into 2 and a half hours. Luckily it was a hotel and I sat in the lobby drinking tea and watched what there was of the Saturday Bristol race. Hit Costco first thing and got lunch. I was able to eat most of two pieces of pizza, hubby had to finish what was left of my 2nd piece. I swear Costco has the best pizza around. So we wandered thru Costco and picked up a few things, mostly cheese and supplements I am almost out of. Then we headed back to Lewiston and up the hill to the Canned Goods outlet, where I scored on a

New Shop

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Someone commented on another blog in regards to Lisa Marie Presley's meltdown when the scandal rags decided to point out she was gaining weight. Seems she is pregnant and didn't care much for being called fat. So the comment was the person was thinking about getting a t-shirt that said "I'm not pregnant, I'm fat". So I, of course, ran with it . This also gave me a chance to play around with GIMP some more and do transparent backgrounds.

Goddess, I could kill for something deep fried!

Must be feeling better, my appetite is coming back with a vengeance (tho I forwent my chicken soup at lunch and stuck with crackers. Soup did NOT sound good). I've giving serious consideration of hauling out the Fry Daddy when I get home and deep frying some chicken thighs. This is of course all subject to change depending on how I feel in a couple of hours, which may be back to nothing sounds good and I'll have some 7UP and hot tea. Hubby made dinner last night, steak neptune and it was yummy, tho I had him make me a little portion as I knew I wasn't going to want a lot. Didn't go to bed right away, had dinner, watched some TV and then crawled off. Watched some more telly in bed and then went to sleep. Managed to get some good sleep, woke up a few times, but rolled over and went right back to sleep. Weird dreams, not unusual. Really didn't want to get up this morning, but finally crawled out of bed. Sleeping kitties draped over my legs weren't helping matters m

Death warmed over

Made it to work. People ask me if I am feeling better, I just reply "I'm upright" and leave it at that. Got a decent night's sleep which helped a lot. Planning on a very early bedtime tonight. Soup and crackers for lunch, had a heck of a time getting any of it down. At least it is staying down (knock on wood). Forgot my water bottle, may have to resort to drinking city water. Serious GACK! Stuff tastes awful. Luckily it is spring break, so it is quiet. I doubt I'd last if it was a regular school week.

This is getting old!

I tried going to work today, got up, got tea and went to get dressed. Hubby looked at me and asked if I really wanted to go. Since I felt like hitting the floor, I ended up calling in sick again. ARRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So a couple of acetaminophen and back to bed. Crawled out about 12:30 and back onto the couch. Hubby is off out and about, so I have the place to myself (have to see if any kitties want to come back in to sit with me). Managed a few pizza pops for lunch, wanted something spicy. Running a slight temp again :( and still a bit dizzy. On an up note, Michelle of Mouthfeel: A Story of Fat has put out A Public Service Announcement...From Your Body Check it out.

Gack!

Home again today, temp is under 99F finally. Room insists on spinning when I gt up, so I am staying put as much as possible. Got up this morning long enough to call in and then went back to bed. This bug really, really sucks. Still have the cough, my chest hurts. Did get the laundry soap done yesterday, glad we have the stool in the kitchen, sitting helped. So we have clean clothes and towels today. Watched a bunch of Brisco County Jrs yesterday, I do miss that show. Glad now I can see all the episodes I missed. Got the futon back into couch mode just so it is easier to get up and down. Been going thru the hot tea like crazy. Have to make up some more juice, I like to mix it with the 7UP. Time for more acetaminophen and tea.

Best laid plans

Brought low by the &%^%#*% flu. Met some friends after work at a bar for some drinks, discovered I rally can't be in a smoke fill environment at all. Went home with burning throat and lungs. Got up yesterday with it and got it to go away with applications of nice hot tea and lemon. Was watching last weeks race and started feeling achy and icky. Took my temp to see I was in the 99F region. So crawled off to bed (after the race was done) with the electric blanket on seriously high and popped a couple aspirin. Slept most of the day and part of the evening. Got up, temp was over 101F. Curled up on the futon, which we laid down flat so i could have my feet up and watched TV. Finally headed for bed, temp was 102.5F, at which point hubby hauled me into the emergency room (under protest). Talked with the doc, flu. Could have run a flu test, but why, since it had just about everything that indicated the flu (except the headache, I haven't got that symptom thank goodness). So we hit

I'm in a bitchy mood and I ain't apologizin'

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And I'm going to revel in it, so nobody piss me off this weekend. Special break at lunch today, I forgot all about it and didn't bring anything. The theme was Mexican to celebrate the life of Benito Juárez, who was born in March of 1806. Lots of neat decorations and someone brought the mummy up from ILL and dressed him up for the occasion: Some yummy food to, the flan was to die for. I've been asked to provide a part of a wedding celebration cake for a friend. She did a quickie marriage a couple months ago, the wedding was originally supposed to be at the end of this month, so she is going a head and having the celebration on the original wedding date. She wants a quilt cake, so I am going to be test baking the Cook's Illustrated chocolate cake recipe someone recommended when I asked on the Good Eats Fan Page boards. I think the major chocolate hit will be good for me hehehehehe. Been practicing with GIMP, with the help of several boards and tutorials, I have figured ou

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBbbbbbbbbbbb.......

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Seriously dain bread today. Got to bed about 10ish last night and took an Ambien. Only woke up once (about 5ish or so) and have been in a fog since finally crawling out of bed. Unexpected money showed up on Monday, so we did a bit of grocery shopping so things aren't quite as dire as I thought they would be. Trying to plan decent meals with very little and while brain dead was going to be too challenging for me this week. I've a 2nd Cafe Press shop up, this one featuring one of my photos. No apparel in this shop, mostly cards, mugs and such as the photo would not be suited to shirts and such (at least I don't think it would be). I GIMPed the following picture: 2 versions as the original didn't fit some of the products as well as I liked, but both came out nicely. Getting a lot better processing my photos thru GIMP, currently learning how to cut a subject out of the background. I want to get some good photos of the kitties that I can then cut from the whole pic and then

OY! I need about 3 more days of weekend

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Dragging this morning, really could use a lot more sleep. Good weekend, got my photo shoot done, now I have to see if I actually got any pictures that are usable. Now I see why pros went thru so much film when film was a standard. Thank goodness for 1 gigabit cards. My poor knees weren't happy with me, standing like that most of the day and then getting in and out of a big pickup truck (even with the running board to step up and down on). I am going to have to see about a better camera down the road, not to mention lighting equipment. A 300-800 halogen work lamp is not the right light LOL (provided by the person I was taking the pictures for). We hit the Moose Lodge Saturday night to listen to the Clumsy Lovers . The venue was part of the Moscow Mardi Gras night. We had a good time even tho the band was 45 minutes late and I discovered I don't tolerate cigarette smoke like I used to, my throat is still sore. We left earlier then planned tho, we are getting a little to old LOL.