Nobody got me a Calendar for Christmas this year (A common gift - they don’t have to know what size you are. Their choice of subject, though, shows what they think you are interested in), so I went out and bought two last night. One for the desk and one for the wall.
I got the Dave Barry desk calendar, 'cause I like his stuff. I debated about the wall calendar, but settled on the M.C.Escher. It’s nerdy, I know, but niot as nerdy as some of the choices I could’ve gone with. And it was what was left. And it was 50% off. And I’ve never had one before.
This might be the first year that I have just one calendar anywhere: at work I have a big At-A-Glance calendar that shows the whole year. It’s the same style of calendar I’ve used at work for the past few years, and I really like it. There’s just something useful about being able to see the entire year at once, especially when planning projects.
I don’t have a wall/desktop calendar at home yet, and for the first time in my adult life I probably won’t get one: I had a small, plain one last year, and actually forgot to change the month once or twice. I think I’ve finally mentally adjusted to relying on the calendars that are part of the wallpaper on both of my computers, and the calendar I use for all of my appointments is in my PDA.
I did, however, buy a calendar for someone else: I got my mother a 2006 Weird N.J. calendar, because she’s from Jersey and loves that website.
One of my friends got me 4 calenders this year : Legolas, LOTR , Gordon Setters , and Orlando Bloom.
Another friend got me 2 , both horses. Some of the ugliest horses I have ever seen. :dubious:
And I had already bought myself 2 calenders, Gordon Setter and Papillons. The Gordon Setter iss the same bought by friend #1.
I actually plan on rotating them, whichever one has the best pic for the month will be displayed. I don’t have that many rooms in my house. I have , at this time, Orlando in the kitchen, Papillons at my desk, and Gordons in my dog room.
Hanging up on my bulletin board I’ve got “Lady Cottingham’s Fairies” by Brian Froud–great ink-and-watercolour illustrations of fairies, very playful and impish and pretty.
I am using the one sent to me by Lean Cuisine, as I think the paralyzed vets gave up on me (tough year, didn’t donate). I’ll only buy myself a calendar if I don’t get one for free. Wow, I sound like a broke cheap-ass.
Everyone at work got one in the junk mail the bank passes out. That’s the only calendar I have. It’s not too bad, though. Shows the whole year at a glance.
The only issue I have will be toward the end of the year. According to the calendar, the day following Thursday, November 30 looks to be Saturday, December 1. Will I still get paid for that missing Friday?
I have one that some company sent me. I can’t tell you which company because I cut that part of the calendar off and threw it away.
Anyway, it has very pretty pictures of American scenery and a recipe to go with each month. January is Tillamook County, Oregon, and “Hobo Pockets”.
I finally got my free calendar from Greater Lafayette Health Services in my mailbox today, and just put the calendar up a minute ago. It had been rolled up, so I needed to flatten it before I could attach it to my wall. The January scene is titled Bicycle Bridge in Highland Park by JoAnn K. Darling and is a photograph apparently taken in a previous winter, as snow and bare-limbed trees are evident in the scene.
My work calendar is one of those plain b&w desk blotter calendars. The kind that gets scribbled & doodled on & acquires coffee rings & generally looks dirty before the end of the month. Ugh.
At home, I’m using one that was gifted to me for my birthday by a coworker - it has “humorous” cartoons of cats. Not really my taste, although I am a cat (& dog) lover. But it does the job.
I lean toward tropical scenery when I buy my own. Wishful thinking and all that.
This year, I decided to grab a Futurama wall calendar and a “Brain Puzzlers” daily calendar. This is to replace the Dodgers’ desk calendar and retro bowling themed wall calendar from last year.
Oh, and I just wanted to tell CalMeacham what a great idea starting this thread was! :o
