Papyrus, anyone?

The Etsy forums have several font threads going, with strong opinions expressed about the use of common fonts such as Papyrus and Comic Sans.
One offshoot thread had a question from a seller with a perfectly lovely banner that incorporates Papyrus, but she sounded as if she might change it, based on the opinions of other sellers. I suggested that perhaps buyers weren't QUITE as swayed by font-in-the-banner choice as the advertising gurus would have us believe....else why would we need THEM? I do hope she doesn't change anything, it's beautifully put together. Personally I've never felt that other sellers are the ones to be asking, anyway.
I clicked though to look at a shop----the owner had piqued my curiousity by equating the use of Papyrus to not taking your business seriously, and citing her work in the field of marketing. Con happened to look over my shoulder just then. Her question: "Mom? What are they selling?" cut right to the point. After I finished laughing, I had to admit that it wasn't easy to tell what the point of the shop was, unlike the shop using Papyrus in the banner.

Ooof

Stomach flu....that was the fastest I've ever gotten sick in my life. Wish I'd had some wonderful herbal remedy whipped up and waiting, but no such luck....nothing would have stayed down anyway. Several others are supposed to have been sick also, so that rules out food poisoning. At least I had tiny dogs to do battle over and on top of my prostrate body every time I managed to doze off.

Freaky Friday

We went to Walmart this afternoon, and it was downright weird....not "people of walmart" weird, but very strange. There were more employees than customers, and every one of them appeared to be chatting on a walkie-talkie. Every aisle we entered had at least one, and sometimes two, tidying up the shelves that didn't need it....maybe I'm getting paranoid but it sure felt odd, and I was glad to be out of there. It would not have surprised me to see a ring of robotic, blue-shirted employees closing in on us, like some bad horror movie....

If the puppy were human

who would he be?
We considered several well-known male actors, but finally settled on Jean-Claude Van Damme, after rejecting Arnie, Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, and a few others...
The puppy is sleek, beautiful, well-built, and not at all subtle about his wants. Although he is a little gentleman, if he were human, he would surely leave a trail of broken hearts behind him.

The other day when he was hungry he climbed up into my lap, put his paws on my chest and peered into my eyes from about a millimeter away, while being careful not to lick my face or actually touch me with his cold nose, something we haven't had to teach him. The other Chihuahua had to be taught not to lick and touch with her nose, but he has never done that, thankfully.

Art walk

As I walked hubby out to the car this morning we passed a purple fish and a blue horse, as we opened the gate there was a fair maiden, a black horse, and a red unicorn. Further along, another fish and giant blue footsteps leading up to the car....
Someone must have found the bag of chalk I recently uncovered in the hall closet!

Dinner

was curry, rice, lentils and naan for 60....it went well.

We crushed the spices for the lentils (the coriander seeds came from last years cilantro crop, yay!), and got the onion and garlic cooking, then started the curry...once that was going, I mixed the bread dough. When I rolled the bread out flat, I sprinkled the ajwan seeds in the flour on the counter, and they rolled in nicely. The bread crisped up nicely in the oven, and the curry was just right, not too hot, although I did make one batch with three tablespoons of curry paste for the adults.
A few of the teenagers refused to try it, but the younger ones appeared to like it, no small thing, considering our group is predominately Hispanic, and there are no Thai or Indian restaurants in this area.

Another week done!

20 days

until it's time to leave for the Tucson show...we still haven't decided if we all are going this year. Con thinks we should all go, of course. However, the other show that we did is cancelled this year, so that would mean all three of us at the show Chuck usually does alone. Not sure how that would work out....

I'm working on the website a little here and there, dusting, polishing, adding new things here and there. The Punkin's birthday is coming up, and I may have another sale in honor of that.