Brisk!
It was chillier last night. I dug around in the closet and found two extra blankets which Porque and I appreciated. This morning at 5:00 A.M. Porque's potty trip outdoors beat even her suer-speedy trip yesterday. Now, this feels like fall up north. Except that up north they're experiencing unprecedented snow. Anyway the yellow mums on my porch and the India corn hanging on the door combined with the red geraniums on the steps, it all looks seasonal and cheery.
Another cheery thing is the kids/Lydia/Dan doing their annual migration to Disney for the pre-Halloween costume fun and, of course, to hit all the rides. Last year Benny was Dash Incredible. This year he's Buzz Lightyear and Sadie is Ariel, the little mermaid. Yesterday after lunch they put their dog in the kennel and left for a week of whooping it up. I'm so glad that Dan took time off. He does a wonderful job of providing for his family, works insanely long, frustrating hours. He needs to spend time just playing with his adorable little children and laughing with his wife. Lydia needs to get off the homeschooling mom treadmill which she takes very seriously.
This week I have three projects; to make Benny's 1607 outfit, to finish my Halloween chihuahuas, and to make dinner party decorations. The outfit for Benny is going to take a real wrench of my will to get off the drawing board. I do not like to do something for which another person made the pattern. Once I get started, though, it will be interesting. The Halloween chihuahuas...well...no pattern for that. I began the heads a while ago and need to get them done. Then I can just drape fabric below for the Dracula, the ghost and the witch.
Yesterday I started to get ready for my dinner party a week from tonight, the vegetarian club at my house. I began to make decorations...origami bats that stand up resting on their toes and wingtips. I decided to dress them up with bead and sequin eyes. They are quite cute. Here are online directions if you'd like to make some of your own....and, yes, it is someone else's pattern, but most origami is over my head without directions. I'd also like to do rats and moveable vampire fangs if I have time. Hunting for patterns, I ran across this darling little kids'-fold project which I'll try when Benny gets back home.
Another cheery thing is the kids/Lydia/Dan doing their annual migration to Disney for the pre-Halloween costume fun and, of course, to hit all the rides. Last year Benny was Dash Incredible. This year he's Buzz Lightyear and Sadie is Ariel, the little mermaid. Yesterday after lunch they put their dog in the kennel and left for a week of whooping it up. I'm so glad that Dan took time off. He does a wonderful job of providing for his family, works insanely long, frustrating hours. He needs to spend time just playing with his adorable little children and laughing with his wife. Lydia needs to get off the homeschooling mom treadmill which she takes very seriously.
This week I have three projects; to make Benny's 1607 outfit, to finish my Halloween chihuahuas, and to make dinner party decorations. The outfit for Benny is going to take a real wrench of my will to get off the drawing board. I do not like to do something for which another person made the pattern. Once I get started, though, it will be interesting. The Halloween chihuahuas...well...no pattern for that. I began the heads a while ago and need to get them done. Then I can just drape fabric below for the Dracula, the ghost and the witch.
Yesterday I started to get ready for my dinner party a week from tonight, the vegetarian club at my house. I began to make decorations...origami bats that stand up resting on their toes and wingtips. I decided to dress them up with bead and sequin eyes. They are quite cute. Here are online directions if you'd like to make some of your own....and, yes, it is someone else's pattern, but most origami is over my head without directions. I'd also like to do rats and moveable vampire fangs if I have time. Hunting for patterns, I ran across this darling little kids'-fold project which I'll try when Benny gets back home.
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