Now Playing: Dearest Son, singing/practicing
Current Mood : A bit winded, but pretty happy.
Current Image Notes : Guesting is a Clone Trooper figure of Dearest's, taking aim at a poorly painted gumball machine cat miniature. I bought the poor kitty today, for 50c, and had to laugh at the awful paint job. I mean, the ones wired to the machine's display card weren't exactly precise painting at its finest, but this one's really, really bad. I almost feel ripped off ! Had the cat on the desk, amid several toys and bits of Lego, and this image just happened. Poor kitty ! What he needs is a paint makeover ! (evil grin)
The usual run-around scurry after the weekend. As with any home improvement, the new bits look fantastic, the rest of the house got trashed in the effort. Busted butt for three hours, but at least now, I'm not ashamed of the living room. It took me over an hour to vacuum, too.
And this'll make you laugh. The curtains I made yesterday needed just one more slightly wider panel, then they'd be done. I dutifully bought the half-yard of fabric (and two more pieces for doll sewing. (sigh) I'm hopeless ! ) and got to work. The other pieces were 13" wide by 16" long. The new piece needed to be 16" wide. Guess what happened ? That's right - I cut it 16" wide...but 13" long ! D'oh ! Adding more fabric to the back didn't help much. It faces the sun, so the seam showed through, big and proud. Well, back to Mal-Wart tomorrow for another half-yard ! Don't be surprised if my dolls suddenly start wearing unbleached muslin...LOTS of unbleached muslin...
This Friday is the big Bingo fundraiser for Dearest Son's school. As homeroom parent (see if I EVER do this again !), it fell on me and another mom to prepare a theme basket as a prize. So while out doing grocery hunting, I scouted around for stuff, hoping I could squeeeeeze enough out of the budget to do a decent job. Then called the other mom. Turns out, she's already done it, loves doing that stuff. She only needed some sort of plastic wrap for it and some ribbon. Whoo-hoo ! Since tomorrow is Dearest's music class recital - that school keeps me hoppin' ! - I'll drop that off to her then. Plus a big candy bar or two, our theme is ‘Dessert Lovers'. Big chocolate bars are always kid magnets.
What a relief ! Of course, Bingo is Friday, recital is tomorrow, and Valentine's is next Thursday. We also have our 10th wedding anniversary Wednesday. Whoever said ‘February is the cruelest month' must have been thinking of my car Molly's engine ! I'm gonna be ‘Dorrie Everywhere' for the next couple of weeks !
