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Posted By Kathleen David on October 7, 2012

Halloween is a bit of a deal around here. There are lights to be set up and graveyards that need to be put in place. There are comics to sorted.

Today Caroline and I are going to finish trimming the hedges and, at least, get the lights in place. If we get the whole graveyard up, it will be a bonus.

This year I am going to try something new with the fence that goes around the graveyard. It needs to be able to stand up to high winds and the elements.

Pictures depending on what we get done.

I am grateful that Caroline is so gung-ho to help this year.

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 6, 2012

And I had to try it out. I got it to work but I have to figure out the tension on it.

My first project were pieces of Ariel’s Halloween Costume. Relatively simple and mostly straight lines.

(For The VI: This is my wooden sewing table with my new sewing machine which is black with gold trim. On the left is a red pointed hat. In front is a white apron with lace around the edges)

Having gotten that done, I think I am going to try some a little more complicated with maybe a different stitch and see how that goes.

So far I am loving it. It is much quieter than anything I have used before.

I am grateful for sewing machines in general.

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 5, 2012

Or at least for a day or so. We go back to autumn on Sunday along with more rain.

Which means that the cat boxes must be done today rather than Sunday. I redo my cat boxes outside because it doesn’t stink as much and I can sweep the excess litter on the driveway and out of my life.

My last birthday present or first Christmas present, since it is a little of both, arrived yesterday. It is a new sewing machine. My first super charged computer component sew machine. I have to set it up and learn to sew with it.

Can Cablevision and the CW (channel 11 for the locals) get over themselves? I am missing a number of really good shows or having to go through some serious hoops to see them. Yesterday I watched Supernatural on the computer just so I could be current. I am missing Hart of Dixie with the wonderful Scott Porter. I can’t see Arrow. I guess I didn’t realize how many CW shows I watch.

Getting ready for Halloween is always fun. This year I plan to get some holes dug so I can get the fence to stand up against a strong wind. I have some silhouettes I am going to use this year so the living room windows will tell a story when the lights are on in the house. Caroline and I are working on her costume and will do more this weekend. I want to get something done for NYCC this year as well.

I have been watching Project Runway this year. I really haven’t had much to say on the subject because I am not really wowed by any one designer but I have seen a lot of good stuff from many of the designers. Face/off has been fun. I am cheering for Roy because he is an Atlanta denizen. So far he has proved the fast but looks good looks. And, I think, after the first challenge he raised the bar as to what can be done in the time allotted. The hardest thing to portray in that show is how long it takes to get molds and foam to set up. There are no short cuts that don’t lead to disaster and we have seen some serious ones this year. Hot Set is interesting to me because I have built a lot sets in my time and many short deadlines. I don’t know how much the general public is interested in this sort of thing but Caroline is enjoying it.

Caroline has been dealing with some issues that all kids go through including the “why don’t the other kids like me” which has been fuel by a situation not of her making. We have been giving her advise as has her Sifu. I think the talk with Sifu helped a lot. It was an adult that she trusts and respects outside her family unit who talked to her not like she was a little kid. What we can’t change is that her life is a little different from the other kids. So we do what we can to give her normal activities to participate in like Girl Scouts and Kung Fu and other kids to play with. But it still can be hard for her and I have to remember that. I also have to remember that she has to be able to grow even in the face of adversity and mean girls.

My brain is sort of all over the place. I need to go quiet it down so I can sort some issues out that need to be sorted before things go too much further. I am scared that if I don’t, the backlash is not going to be pretty.

One week until NYCC and I am looking forward to it. I hope to see a lot of my friends there.

And again one week to NYCC and I have a metric ton of things I need to do before then so I think I will start on the first activity after posting this.

Have a good weekend y’all.

I am grateful for machines that make my life easier.

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 4, 2012

Outside the world is shrouded in a blanket of fog. Inside my head I feel like my brain is the same way. I think it is allergies to something that is really kicking my sinus cavities. Lots of sinus pressure this morning.

Today on the docket is some time spent at the library at Caroline’s school then I have to get the fabric for Ariel’s costume pieces I am making her for her Halloween costume. A little larder stocking later, I will be done with errands and back home to continue working on two dolls I have had the entire summer but I really want to get back to their creators. Call it a round robin that went horribly wrong.

Caroline has a couple of activities this afternoon and then homework. She has double the amount from last year but she has been aces about getting it done.

I am grateful that Caroline is getting her homework done in a timely fashion

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 3, 2012

Of course it rains the day of paper recycling and the day before.

Today is one of our more structured days. Caroline has a pretty full week of after school activities. And it is going to get a little more full for her with the addition of two more things in her schedule. These are all things she wants to do and she has worked out her homework schedule to allow it. She does have more homework this year and, so far, she is getting it done in a timely fashion.

I have things I want to do and I have to do. I am splitting the day into the have-to and want-to sections. Going to do some of the have-to before Kung Fu and the want-to afterwards.

So the playoff picture in the National League is set but not in the American league where there may be a playoff for the division leader and wildcard team to be decided twice. Now that is some exciting baseball These teams know they are in the post season, they just don’t know HOW they are positioned in the post season.

Hockey is not happening this year. I will be amazed if it does.

NFL Football was better with the refs. Best part of it was that the games are faster than they have been the previous three weeks because there was a heck of a lot less second guessing. I really don’t agree with the polls for the college football at all. Their magic system for saying who is on top makes less and less sense every year.

Basketball starts soon. The usual teams are probably going to be in the post season. I see no Cinderella team this year. College will be starting soon also.

So who is going to New York Comic Con? I’ll be there with Peter on Saturday and Sunday. He has a table in Artist alley, which is in the North Pavilion this year. He is at table BB1. Probably have some puppets with me this year including the Phluzzies I didn’t sell at Dragon*Con.

Off to get a few things done before I have to relearn how to move my body again.

I am grateful for things to be grateful for.

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