A Free Download – Customizable Photo Calendar

Here's a little Christmas Stocking Stuffer idea for members of your family or maybe even close friends.  It’s a 2013 Photo Calendar that allows you to insert your own RV travel photos showing where you’ve been and what you’ve been up to this year.  This is especially good for kids who never read our blogs!  Below is an example of the format of the calendar showing January, 2013.

2013 Photo Calendar format

Downloading this calendar in MS Word format should be easy (I hope) but I’m doing this kind of late this evening as Paulette’s Sorority Ladies just left – after 10pm.  Anyway, I did a real quick test and it seemed o.k. but no rock solid guarantees from me this time.  Just follow the steps below by first clicking anywhere on the calendar on the left.  In the new window (see image on right), click the Download button as indicated.

Click on Calendar (Left) and in new window ‘Download’ as shown

When you click download, the screen below will open up and it will probably have the PDF circle checked.  Click DOCX instead and the blue bar will change from PDF to DOCX.  Click to download the file.

Once the calendar file has been downloaded, you can open it in MS Word.  If you don’t have MS Word on your computer then perhaps you could try Open Office or even Google Docs as both of those free utilities should be able to open this file.  You will be able to change the photos and add text (i.e. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Holidays and Special Events) to any of the Date boxes.  The photos you insert should have a height measurement no more than 4.1”.

To replace an existing Calendar photo with one of your own, open the Calendar in MS Word and follow these steps:

1. Click on existing photo and hit ‘Delete’
2. On the Word Toolbar click Insert > Picture
3. Navigate to the Folder where your photo is stored
4. Double-click your new photo to insert it in the Calendar
5. Right-click the new photo and in the Pop-up click ‘Size’
6. Set ‘Height’ to a maximum 4.1” and click ‘Close

Wetland Conservation Area at the Cowichan River Estuary

Other than messing around with Photo Calendars and getting ready for the big Sorority Meeting last night it was a fairly quiet day.  I think that was our last social event scheduled for home prior to the family mob arriving for Christmas.  So, we’ve got a little over 3 weeks to relax – the calm before the storm.

We’re in for a few days of heavy rain according to the weather guessers but we did manage to squeeze in a walk Wednesday afternoon.  It was drizzling a bit so we just headed for the Mill Bay Nature Park so we could at least get cover from the huge Douglas Fir trees stretching out over the trail.

Have a great Thursday, and thanks again for visiting!