French Script Delights

FRENCHKISSED update: These freebies are no longer available here but look for them in my Etsy and Zibbet shops!

Mes amies, here are two shabbily chic French script samples that I thought you would like. One is big, bold -- rather masculine, I would say. And the second one is quite demure and feminine. Ah... Paris.

Now, Blogger has changed their site and I'm none too happy about it. Have no idea why my downloads appear to be 'cut off.' But double click on each image and when it pops up in a new window, you'll see that it is all there. (Unlike some of us....:)I have been planning to start up a Facebook page once again and this prompts me toward that goal all the more.

Right now, I'm not up to wading through their changes, so I'm going to lay low till after the New Year.

For me, 2012 can't come soon enough. I am ready to say good-bye to this year. I have had a very stressful "holiday."

I spent Christmas eve cleaning part of my nephew's apartment. As regular readers know, my nephew has schizophrenia. The only thing worse than the disease is the American medical and legal system that family has to endure trying to get help.

For almost 3 hours, I was engaged in nonstop sweeping, vacuuming, bending over and picking up trash, dirty clothes, magazines and cigarette butts -- 6 mega-size black garbage bags -- and that was only the living room which doubles as his bedroom (and that didn't include cleaning out from under the bed), all the while trying to calm my nephew who didn't want me there and was pitifully stressed by my presence. Needless to say, his stress was stressing me. When I returned the next day to bring him Christmas dinner, he told me not to return for 2 days because his apartment was filled with smiling demons.

It is terrifying to put it mildy to look into someone eye's and not see the person you love and know.

And yet, when I talked to him on the phone today, he raved about how good the ham tasted and he sounded like his old self.

It is quite an emotional roller coaster for everyone involved...

As if all of this wasn't enough, my morning today started with a political email passed around among my family members which was all about Obama's evil Muslim religion and his cancellation of National Prayer Day.

Folks, my body is still reeling from reading it!

I haven't been so angry since I don't know when -- and I don't even plan to vote for Obama.

I am not "for" any political candidate, but I am FOR the truth. And when people opt to spread lies and hatred instead of taking 60 SECONDS to do a Google search and see multiple listings from multiple sources debunking the lies --- THAT really bothers me. When SANE people freely spread lies and hate with total disregard for what is TRUE, factual and accurate, that scares me as much as looking into the eyes of a schizophrenic talking about smiling demons.

So, yeah, I gotta lay low and engage in some escapism. Curl up with some of those Paris mystery books I've checked out from the library. I heard through the grapevine that my in-laws got me "Midnight in Paris" for a Christmas gift -- can't wait to receive it. By the next time you hear from me, I'll probably have watched it a half-dozen times:) So, excuse my 'bad' attitude and all those  words above in all CAPS. I'll see you next year with a new attitude and dreams of Paris. Bonne Annee!