Domestic Geek

I remember when I was a little kid, I used to love things hanging in my room that had my name on it. In fact, even through college, I had a great switch plate cover that I had made with my name in wooden letters. Illustrate My Name is a great site that I came across where you can get personalized children's name art. They offer a variety of themes from which to choose (baby, princess, nautical, toys, christening) and provide the finished art print with the option of being framed and matted. If one of the available themes is not what you had in mind, for they offer a Bespoke Design Service (you specify the theme that your child would like and they create a design around it).

If you're looking for a unique personalised baby gift or a gift to commemorate a special occasion, check out Illustrate My Name.

Well, I'm almost done with my pumpkin. I had a horrible sinus headache yesterday from that front that moved through, so I really didn't get as much done as I had hoped. Besides a couple of "oops" moments where I cut off some important parts, it does actually resemble what it is supposed to be. Hopefully, I can get a decent picture of it to post for everyone's viewing pleasure later this afternoon or early evening.

I love fonts! Much to Marcus' dismay (fonts are the bane of his existence—he thinks the world would do just fine with Helvetica, Arial, Courier, Times New Roman and maybe Garamond), fonts are what designers need to make the world a more interesting place. Unfortunately, fonts are expensive to buy. That's why I love it when I find legitimate sites where I can download free fonts and free dingbats. You have to be careful, though. Most of them anymore redirect you to places with malware and viruses.

I had a really cool website linked here that was once a paid post that I kept because I wanted to remember to go there to buy fonts, but since they care about Google page ranking, they asked me to remove the link. I guess when you care more about Google and less about actually selling things to customers, I will forget you exist. I'll find my fonts at sites that didn't try to game the system.

I'm in the middle of carving a pumpkin that Marcus bought for me yesterday. I hope it comes out like I envision. I'm trying one of those real people type carvings. If it comes out, you'll see pictures later today or tomorrow. If not, I'll be crying and pouting. (Just kidding, but I will be a tad bit upset.) I love grabbing pumpkin guts. That slimy coldness is kind of neat. Am I weird?

No, not World of Warcraft. I can't believe how long I slept last night. I went to bed last night a little before 2 am (1 am with the time change). I woke up a half hour ago, so I ended up sleeping 9½ hours. Straight through! (Well, except for the couple of times Marcus' alarm went off around 6:30) That hasn't happened in ages! I went to sleep almost as soon as I hit the pillow. Didn't have any waking periods where I couldn't go right back to sleep. No dog came panting at the side of the bed needing out. No having to get up in the middle of the night to pee or something. Isn't amazing as we get older that something like this is a cause for celebration? Yay, sleep!