Luna Park

Still alive and kicking, with nothing particularly relevant to say. Randomness:

( Life, crocheting, family, food, brain-farts, etc. )

So in conclusion, hey, watch this vid:-) Even if you've never watched Supernatural and don't give a hoot about the cast's shenanigans, I dare you not to chair-dance-It's contagious! Feel free to tell the maker (who doesn't know me, folks,) how awesome she is. (Note: Things I link to tend to get smacked down by the Copyright Police, so hurry.)

 Coughing til I pee, my throat is raw, I'm congested, I'm fatigued, I suddenly have a snotty right eye. Just oodles of fun. But at least I am no longer deaf in my right ear. ( Not sure what was going on with that.)

But at least it distracts me, not only from my OMGDEAN NOOOOO Supernatural hangover, but also from some financial issues that I keep dancing around mentally and not thinking about because everything is going to be fine somehow la la la laaaaaa. *Dances away, coughing and whimpering*

Also I finally broke down and joined Ravelry  which luckily seems to have lots of free patterns. Wether I will ever actually make one of those free patterns... that is a good question. It's warm weather and I usually embroider during the summer, because I don't want something fuzzy and heavy smothering my legs. Unless it's a cat. I miss my cat:-( 

Crocheting!:  I was ditty-bopping around the internet the other day, looking for interesting (and hopefully FREE,) crochet patterns, and I ran across this really beautiful crocheted Juliet Dress. I wanted it so bad I could taste it, so I finally broke down and paid the two bucks for the download. Right now the hardest part was printing the download. First I discovered my desktop downstairs is slower than cold molasses ( it's never been the same since I had it 'fixed',) and also it doesn't have Adobe Reader installed.  "Screw it," I said, "I'll just take my All-in-One PSC upstairs and plug it in to my laptop." Which involved a lot of crawling under a computer desk, unplugging things and inhaling musty basement dust-bunnies. But d'oh! Now I can't find the software disc! So I went to the HP website to install some basic drivers, and that took a while. Then my laptop battery ran out of juice and I had to plug it in. But finally the pattern PDF is printed and I have it in my hot little hands. There's nothing that says I'll actually be able to make the dress, since I've never crocheted an adult piece of clothing before, but I'm going to give it a whirl. And if it turns out a little too big or too small, (like in the errm, bosom area-curse your generosity, Puberty Fairy,) I'll just have my sister sell it for me on Facebook. But man, I hope it turns out perfectly sized so I can wear it myself.

Weather!: It got up to 53 degrees today! There's still a lot of snow on the ground, and we're supposed to have thunderstorms and possibly torrential rain tonight. I'm hoping we can have the 'rain' without the 'torrential' part, because sometimes, randomly, if the downpour is really extreme, the part of the basement closest to the Central Air unit gets wet. And Brother's got all of his household worldly goods from his burned-out apartment down there. And And, I am really not getting up in the wee hours to try to shuffle it all to the other side of the basement.

Taxes! They are prepared and done, and my refund is hopefully winging its way to my checking account.

Birthdays! Me and my father, and (other) Sister and her boy, went out to dinner with Oldest Sister for her birthday. It was a fun time, except that one of her pieces of fried chicken from the buffet was sorta...raw. Ew. I felt embarrassed like I cooked it myself, but she was okay with it.
While I was standing in line to pay, we met a young woman there with her husband and little boys, and she was excitedly telling us all about her recently-purchased thrift store console stereo. I was all, "Ooh, what brand? What year? Solid state or tubes??" and she kind of blinked like "I...don't know..? I just wanted to play records." But it was an interesting conversation, and at least now I know I'm not the only crazy person in the world excited by clunky forty year old cabinet-style stereo equipment.:-)

So this was my week. Well, that and babysitting my little neice, who is adorable and funny, but got a little fever and puked phlegm on the couch, poor baby. She also coughed in my face all day and half the night, so next week is likely to not be as entertaining. D-:

 CLEOLINDA WROTE 'SLEEPY HOLLOW' FANFIC!    And I realize I have no Sleepy Hollow icons. But I should.

In other news, filled with Halloween Spirit, I broke down and bought some more grey yarn so I can finally finish that crocheting that spiderweb I started last year. (I'd love to show you the pattern, but it's mysteriously disappeared from the internet-I couldn't even find it with The Wayback Machine Archive. Good thing I printed it out.)

As to costumes, we're not exactly going with a theme this year: My young nephew, Poot, is going to be a zombie, his mother is dressing as a scary bunny, a la Frank from Donnie Darko. My little niece is going to be a piglet and I've finally decided to be...Willie Nelson. I've got a fake beard, a Western shirt downstairs, a red bandana to wear on my head, and I already come equipped with long braids.

I also made a chocolate cake with orange Halloween funfetti frosting. How much do I love this season?
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