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Halloween and Daylight Savings
Nov. 2nd, 2009 07:00 amAnneliese had picked out the Mulan costume for Halloween this year. I considered this to be a good thing, as it was big enough to cover wearing pants and a shirt underneath. So I put her hair up in a ponytail, wrapped it with a ribbon, and did her face in white make-up. She was delighted. I'd been on the fence about taking Rori at all. Seven years is a big age difference for something like that. So I just put her in the little panda shirt Mom got her, and loaded her up in the stroller, muffled in blankets. She seemed to enjoy things for the most part - till the last four blocks. Partly my fault - Mama forgot to bring a pacie. We gave out rather a lot les candy than previous years. I'm guessing because we were the ONLY house on our block passing out candy. Not worth the hike, probably.
Oh, and John found his new hero. One house we went to did it ALL the way up. Music playing over outdoor speakers, a dozen jack-o-lanterns on the porch rail, a "skeleton" buried partially in the lawn, and creepy "eyes" blinking on and off in the darkened windows. Plus strobe lights in the lawn pointed at the house. Tres Cool.
Sunday was sewing day with 'Laina. Pammy stopped in to hang out for a bit. And iron. ;-) It's her calling. I got the bodice to my Enkhuizen overgown mostly done. But I had a brain cramp on the math for organ pleats. Whoops. And now I can't find the tutorial page, either. ANybody have it handy? It's probably OK that I couldn't get that part done, though. On thinking about it, the wool is so very thin I think I should probably pad the pleats. Maybe run a 3" wide strip of wool flannel along the top of the skirt to give them more "oomph."
This morning I am unfond of Daylight Savings Time. Why do we still do this? Not enough people farm to make it an issue. Now it's extra dark when I get up. *sigh* Even the big ol' full moon was gone. (Hmmm, Full Moon - that ought to make for an interesting day at work).
Anneliese has no school the next two days. Poor John. He's such a trooper.
If I get time this week, I'm going to play with Joomla. Interestingly, it has a feature that enables both right-click protection and also prohibits the keyboard copy shortcut. Keen. Then maybe I can put up a costuming diary on the Enkhuizen dress.
Oh, and John found his new hero. One house we went to did it ALL the way up. Music playing over outdoor speakers, a dozen jack-o-lanterns on the porch rail, a "skeleton" buried partially in the lawn, and creepy "eyes" blinking on and off in the darkened windows. Plus strobe lights in the lawn pointed at the house. Tres Cool.
Sunday was sewing day with 'Laina. Pammy stopped in to hang out for a bit. And iron. ;-) It's her calling. I got the bodice to my Enkhuizen overgown mostly done. But I had a brain cramp on the math for organ pleats. Whoops. And now I can't find the tutorial page, either. ANybody have it handy? It's probably OK that I couldn't get that part done, though. On thinking about it, the wool is so very thin I think I should probably pad the pleats. Maybe run a 3" wide strip of wool flannel along the top of the skirt to give them more "oomph."
This morning I am unfond of Daylight Savings Time. Why do we still do this? Not enough people farm to make it an issue. Now it's extra dark when I get up. *sigh* Even the big ol' full moon was gone. (Hmmm, Full Moon - that ought to make for an interesting day at work).
Anneliese has no school the next two days. Poor John. He's such a trooper.
If I get time this week, I'm going to play with Joomla. Interestingly, it has a feature that enables both right-click protection and also prohibits the keyboard copy shortcut. Keen. Then maybe I can put up a costuming diary on the Enkhuizen dress.
