If I ever need to create any sockpuppet accounts anywhere, I now have a list of names to choose from.

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I've been doing a lot of cleaning, including the bathroom walls. My sister's coming in two weeks and I don't want to leave everything until the last minute.

I've started cleaning my room. I have a guy coming tomorrow to start fixing several of the things that need fixing in my house. Job#1 is in my bathroom so I've got to get my room and it cleaned up.

Skeleton tank top, legging, toe socks and gloves. On top of that, a variety of purple black and gray falls (belts with dangle flourishes, basically), purple dhrug/choli, sort of Tribal belt with bustle attached (featuring purple spiders) and decorated bra. And a purple boa tucked into the belt. And a purple top hat with spiderweb lace. And purple John Lennon glasses. And my dragon wings. I keep forgetting a out the dragon wings.

Oh God, and jewelry. Red plastic blood necklace under a choker with spider details. Pretty normal but light catching purple and black earrings. Still need to put those on.

I'm not happy with my makeup so I'm going to pick up some black lipstick on the way to my carpool. My eyes will be covered with the sunglasses and I can't figure out what to do with the rest of my face so I'm not doing anything.

It's a lot of look, but performance, so. Dancing to Spooky, the concept was Dead Girls. With giant fans because the dance calls for fans.

Oh, and so everyone won't see the full costume until we dance I've hot tribal pants on over my skeleton legs and dome of the falls and will put on my velvet cloak to cover up. Very glad it's not as hit as it had been.

That sounds so fun!

Totally!

Today the highly reviewed BBQ truck by the south highway was unexpectedly open, so I made a trip out to pick up some burnt ends. Amazingly good, I'm going to have to try the ribs next time they're open to see if they can depose the local champs. It did cost me most of the afternoon though, I dropped into a food coma immediately after eating.

Mmmm....burnt ends.

It's amazing how much better my bedroom and bath look with a bunch of stuff removed. Yeah yeah yeah. I know that's what is needed, just never happens Maybe this clean out for the work being done will be the impetus to getting stuff relocated or tossed. It has really worked in the garage, and started to work in the kitchen and living room. I might even get a project started (a scrap quilt) while I work from home tomorrow that would empty out a couple of piles of stuff.

Went for a 7-mile hike with the family today, and then hosted family dinner (roast chicken, roasted broccoli and cauliflower with garam masala, salad, and fresh bread from the bread machine). Now I'm dodging the pots that need to be cleaned, and waiting for cookies to cool.

My office is having a Halloween-decorating contest, and my team has gone all-in, so we have dozens of construction-paper pumpkins all over, and stand-up cardboard Peanuts characters (turns out one of my coworkers is pretty good at freehand drawing). I'm bringing in pumpkin-shaped butter cookies topped with orange glaze, with which to bribe the judges of the contest.

With luck I will be buying our flights to Paris and Tanzania tomorrow....