Receta Weekend Roundup and Some of Kate’s Favorite Fonts!
Okay, you guys. I know that it’s a few days before Halloween and that if I were awesome, I would have some magical, ooey-gooey pumpkin concoction for you. It was in the plans. The cards. Actually, it wasn’t pumpkin, it was pears and caramel, but whatever. I was prepared, I was all set to be ahead of schedule in the middle of last week, and then it all kind of hit the fan. So if you’re looking for some Halloween fun, here’s a link to our October section!
Can I give you a rundown of my last few days? Not to complain, not to make excuses, not so you’ll pity me, but seriously, so we can all laugh at this together because, really, these are a whole bunch of first-world problems strung together into pure awesomeness.
So, as a little bit of background, my husband was out of town for work and we’re remodeling a room in our house. So two stressful things. When my husband made his travel plans, we made arrangements so I would pick him up in Houston, which is 4 1/2 hours away, so we could flagellate ourselves by visiting Ikea on a Saturday.
In the course a few days, I brought my hyperactive dog, a kitten that has adopted us, my 8-year-old, my 5-year-old, and my 1-year-old to the vet, which was was pretty much as fun and chaos-free as it sounds. What I thought was going to be a 15-minute errand wound up being a 2-hour errand and included me wandering through a very non-pedestrian-friendly part of my town wearing yoga pants and a yogurt-stained t-shirt, pushing my pajama-clad baby in his stroller while he drew on himself with a pen, praying I wouldn’t see anyone I knew, only to run into a friend from church. I got the most incredible stomachache ever and wound up spending 10 hours in the ER, only to discover it was the perfect storm of womanly problems, a bad stomach bug, and a side effect of an acne medication I’m taking. We ended up going to Houston, anyway, and Baby Will had an epic diaper blowout in the middle of lunch and (of course) I hadn’t brought a change of clothes, so to be super classy, I wrapped him in an Ikea towel that I hadn’t paid for (but I did pay for) and made sure he was still wearing his shoes so no one thought I was a derelict mother. Then on Sunday morning, we deliberately left early only to get caught in both a rainstorm and a major traffic jam, so a 4 1/2 hour drive became an 8 hour drive.
So.
We’re gonna talk about fonts instead.
Sara and I love fonts in a major way. I love mixing and matching them and discovering new ones. I’m not really artistic or crafty, but fonts are my one major exception–I’m a font nerd.
These are some of my favorite font sites:
DaFont
The League of Movable Type
Font Squirrel
Lost Type
Now…to get the fonts onto your computer. This requires 2 (very easy and quick) steps.
I hope these give you some ideas and that you have a fun and safe Halloween week!