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Testing WordPress to Facebook

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Thought I’d try this plugin—Wordbook. That way I don’t have to rewrite things that I think are worthy of sharing with everyone, although chances are my couple of visitors may be visiting both places… ya think? (well, except for one of you that I’m pretty sure doesn’t do FB… either that, or you’re an alias)  ;)

And rather than wasting this space for just the test, I just had to share the Firefox add-on I just, well, added on. It produces source code from a web page in a very neat looking, color-coded layout. Very nice.

Ok, I can’t stand it. Let’s see if this plugin works!

Redesigning my web site

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It really takes more time & thought to redesign my own web site than any others. Probably because I’m more critical of myself and what I do to represent myself than how I feel otherwise, ya know? Plus, I need to feel totally satisfied with it so that I don’t have to do it again anytime in the near future.

splash

FullMoon Graphics has gone through a handful of revisions over the years (about 5 versions in 12 yrs…). I think the teal, retro-ish kitty was my fav. And it’s looking a little worn out & dusty to me… heck, the present design is from 2004! whoa. No wonder I’m sick of it!

It will take awhile. I recently made a vow to myself to take more time out to tend to my own needs instead of working practically ’round the clock… and getting burnt out & less efficient. duh. *light bulb moment*

So ya. I have a tiny seed of an idea that I’m going to play around with… but I will guarantee that I will do my best to not look like a million other designs out there, k?

Beaded curtains, ooo-la-la

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Kitty OfficeOooo, ooo, I just had a blinding idea—literally! One of my office windows is above me and to the right, facing west. In the afternoon, the sun gets pretty bright (and hot) when it’s directly on top of me. Sooo, what I thought would be really cool(er) is to hang some sort of beaded curtain… one that would still let the air blow around & in & out, as well as allow the light in, just not blinding sun beams in my face (yes, I know I may be deserving of the ethereal glow/halo, but it does get pretty warm).

And I’m sooo excited because there are mucho web sites that sell such things, more shapes & colors & glittery-goodness than I could imagine! Yippeee! Yes, I imagine certain styles may reflect even more light, but can you just picture how colorful & reflective they would be? Now I just have to decide which ones to get.

But later… must finish working… yes, later. See how I get off on tangents??

**couple days later here**
I think I’ve found the ones I want , but they’re out of stock (of course). Will have some in a week or so… And they’re really easy to cut & make them thicker, more dense. Look how easy… yippeee!

FREE free Free!!

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Are you guys as obsessed as I am about downloading good freebies from the plethora of “free stuff” sites?

omg free

Sometimes I get so mad at myself  ‘cos I can spend w-a-y too much time browsing and downloading things that I will probably never use for as long as I live!

Like tonite for example… I found a few new icon sets (like I really need more icons), and all of a sudden I was in download overload. *Danger Danger* (picture the kmart blue light special bulb flashing around my head and sirens blaring)… what the hell was I doing? I really didn’t care about downloading anything more… I was tired and crabby and debating whether I should go to bed early, but instead I was downloading the umpteenth hand drawn Facebook icon to a folder where I would probably forget which hand drawn icon I had placed in it. ugh.

Of course I dream of some day having a library-like Dewey Decimal System of all of my icons and downloaded vector files and Photoshop brushes and on and on… (that’s how Adobe Bridge should ideally be set up ya know), but until that day, I really must stop this obsession of mine. Or at least wait until I need something in particular. Right?

Speaking of Photoshop brushes, I had downloaded the AbrViewer awhile back, but I didn’t use it much… thought it was a bit clunky. But I just downloaded the AbrView, and I like it! Short & sweet and a lot cleaner than the other one. So I guess I did benefit from my little downloading spree tonite.

And just in case you feel like you’re missing out on all of these freebies I’m talking about, here’s a short list… with Smashing Mag being the big Mac-daddy of ’em all (I think they’re amazing!).

Remember, I warned you… can never just download one.
xoxo

**OH, one other thing I wanted to mention about these sites… WHY-O-why do they all. look. the. same?? I mean seriously. Content on the left, chances are there’s a big link graphic first, above the post… then squares and squares of ads on the right. And of course even the ads are all the same. I honestly don’t get it. Am I missing something?

I want to decorate for real

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What I mean is that I am really in the mood to move around on my feet and carry big pieces back and forth, use a hammer and nails, shove furniture around and sweat. To loud music. I want to get physical (yes, I hear the song now too). But alas, I can’t. Realistically.

  • I need to do it when no one else is around. You know how that is, don’t you? I don’t want DIL sitting there watching every move I make the entire time.
  • Money. A big part of what I want to do is hang some of my prints. But I can’t afford to get them framed (still).
  • Work. See above. I need to work to get the money to buy the frames.
  • Money. Yes, this is a big one so I listed it twice.

Ever since we remodeled our home (the living room version on Flickr) I still have not done anything else to the room(s). There is something weird about that to me. But, it is what it is. I will someday.

But what I seriously need to do is go upstairs and take inventory of all of my prints. I’m a little nervous about the Mark Ryden print and whether it’s ok having been in the same packaging for the last… 5 (?) years. Nope, never even opened it. :::sigh:::

OH well. Such is life. I get this way every couple of months. It will pass. I think the reason for my current feelings is that we’re planning on having the house re-sided, so I’ve been looking around at photos of siding. I want to get the scalloped siding on the dormers, you know, like a gingerbread house. Then the colors. Colorsolorscolors. Of course hubby will have a pretty big say on this one. The inside of the house was pretty carte blanche for me, but the outside is more his baby, ya know?

Hey, I gotta go… what the hell, it’s 10:00 already! The day is half over!!

Set up your work day with the right atmosphere…

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nag champaI’ve always been a very tactile person… sensual. Not sensual in the bedroom kind of sensual, but I like to experience my surroundings by touch, smell, sound & visually. So it’s no surprise (and you guys probably know this about me by now) that to get into my “back-to-work” mode, I have the incense burning, t.v. on in the background (it’s comforting to me), a tidy desk, and a fresh pot o’ coffee brewing.

I also read my morning quote from Ralph… how appropriate is it today? While it may not fit my day perfectly, I always take away something from what he has to say. Yup, positive reinforcements.

Then there’s that other part of me… not sensual, inspired or motivated… just that evil twin o’ mine—the Procrastinator!

So. With that said, I’d better get my ass in gear and get to work!