y mother is recovering nicely and she's starting to believe the (true) nice things we're saying about her. I think she's the most popular person in the hospital. They had to bring in extra furniture.
That's good to hear!
I am working at home today because my car started doing this awesome thing where it stalls out when I'm decelerating (making it seem like the brakes are locking). Really, car? You just got almost $1000 worth of work LAST MONTH. As always when something happens with the car, am worried it is a sign of the end times. I'm finally making progress paying off credit cards and, feh, do not want to have car payments!
In happier news, I think we came up with a halloween costume idea last night based on the photo shoot on ANTM. Different Michael Jacksons!
lisah, I love it! That could work with Madonna, too.
I think I'm going to poach Erin's costume of post-apocalyptic Velma, with Frankie as Scooby. Totally gonna craft a "zombie arm" dog toy.
That could work with Madonna, too.
Indeed! I think we are going to be Zombie MJ, Jackson 5 era MJ (which was by far the scariest one in the ANTM photo shoot), Bad MJ, and invalid on trial MJ.
One of my 5-year old friends wanted us to be "Scooby Dooby Doo gang." Hope she's not disappointed!
I think I'm going to poach Erin's costume of post-apocalyptic Velma, with Frankie as Scooby. Totally gonna craft a "zombie arm" dog toy.
DO EEEETT! It was a fun costume! I wish I'd known; I would have sent you my Velma machete with the eyeshadow.
I think I'm going to be generic dressed up person and wear my Detroit event outfit, then clean and ship borrowed gear back to kind lendy peeps that Monday, if that's ok with my Lender darlings.
I share my name with a Miss New Mexico, a pastor, and a research chemist on the East Coast. Not bad.
Happy birthday to so many people, Cash, ita's dad, Megan and Matt!!!! Streamers and confetti all around!
I will be the whirling dervish of garage sale prep today. As soon as I finish my 2nd cup of coffee. I slept a little late this AM, since I had less than 2 hours night before, AIFG!
ETA: Tip to smonster -- start looking for orange knee-high socks NOW. I tried finding them the day of the party and it was unpossible.
I'm sure billytea will be gratified that the naked mole rat may be the answer to life, the universe and everything [link]
Maintenance finally came to look at my dishwasher. Apparently when the other maintenance guy fixed my clogged sink a couple of weeks ago, something happened with the hose from the disposal, kicking icky stuff into the dishwasher. He reconfigured the hose and gave me a thing of CLR to clean out the dishwasher.
Yeah, orange knee socks are surprisingly hard to find in stores.
I would look on-line, really. Like, today. I ended up with red soccer socks. Those things are TIGHT. DAMN.
ETA: Tip to smonster -- start looking for orange knee-high socks NOW. I tried finding them the day of the party and it was unpossible.
No worries on the machete. I wish I hadn't gotten rid of my thrifted steampunk crossbow when I moved! Wonder if I can recreate.
Gonna check Target this weekend, and if not then Sock Dreams. Also I'm going to go thrifting and would love to find a turtleneck orange sweater that I could cut the sleeves off and distress.
I've reached the point of travel preparation where I'm trying to remember what I've forgotten to do and to think of things that haven't occurred to me yet, which is kind of a recursive procedure.
