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Hauntress

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I'm a librarian who resigned from my position to stay home with my kids. My husband is a doctor and also serves, quite often it seems, in the National Guard in nasty, hot, sandy places. He's previously served in Iraq, and returned this past Thanksgiving from Afghanistan. I can't say thanks enuf to the folks on the Hall-L list for their support! Sadly, it looks like he'll be going to Iraq, again, in 4/09.I love Halloween, really, really love it, and we change our theme every year. Which means new props to build, or parts of the house to destroy, every year. If you check my photos, you'll see the house for last year's pirate theme. Last year we had a haunted house, with the obligatory cemetary and possessed pumpkin patch in the yard, then the porch (40x15) will be a haunted nursery and voodoun room. Those pics are under Halloween 07. This coming year my hubby wants UFOs, but there are other things I want to make (a giant pumpkin king, for example, and zombify Baxter) so I'm not sure how to make this all mesh.
I lift weights and walk for exercise - when I remember to! I spend most of my time in home improvement projects, which in my mind includes Halloween. And the kids, come to think of it...Hey, what other time of the year do you not have to worry about those darn cobwebs all over the house?I guess another thing I really like is bungalows, AKA arts & crafts houses. Mine is built in 1920 and we're slowly working on it. Very slowly, now. I'm renovating the downstairs powder room into a more A&C style, and I just got some copper bean pot lamps with mica shades for my birthday. We have a round Stickley/Harvey Ellis reproduction table and another rocking chair. Luckily, the kids really seem to like it. I've refinished the mantel, saving it from 10 layers of paint, and will hopefully get the windows stained sometime this week. I was hoping to get either a new sofa table, coffee table or hall light for my hubby's birthday, but given our various health issues, that is obvious low on the list. But plenty of distraction to look at!
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updated photos

Well, I finally updated the albums.  We are working between a PC and Mac interface, and it's getting interesting to say the least.  Anyway, one is very small with pics of this years UFOs and...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:44:00 GMT

Farewell, Thanksgiving: Hello, Holidays!

Well, Thanksgiving is over, with 10 straight hours of cooking and baking. And yet, we're almost through all the food since my son's best friend spent the weekend with us. Of course, I have no clue w...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:38:00 GMT

After Halloween 2008

Thank goodness halloween is over. Never thought I'd say that, but I really wasn't into the theme of aliens this year until it was too late. I made the head from Alien, which turned out OK, I guess, ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:50:00 GMT

Almost time!

Hey y'all - Well, we're about at the end of this part of our voyage.  Jon is now in Ft Benning, GA and should be home this week!  Of course, these are the same folks who didn't bother to che...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:12:00 GMT

The morning after...

First, thanks to everyone who offered support during my relapse.  I'm recovering - quite well - and hope to stay this way.  Jon is being re-deployed in April 2009, and I need to be healthy f...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:16:00 GMT

Halloween and illness

Well, thanks to my illness, I may be cancelling Halloween, or seriously downgrading what I do.  As in, do what I can and enjoy the rest.  No one will care if it's not perfect.  I would...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:07:00 GMT

Ouch, da*&^%!

I discovered the hard way that I'm allergic to stings.  In all my 40 years, I've never been stung by anything.  Yeah, I know.  Jon called right after it happened and still says it's imp...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:29:00 GMT

Godzilla breath

Yup, named after my son who's standing here even as I write.  Wonder how I could create that for Halloween.  School has started, so things are hectic at the moment.  We've got dance, gy...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:35:00 GMT

Working hard, or hardly working?

Well, I'm almost done corpsing my Bucky, Henrietta.  The face is way too light and there are a lot of spaces where you can see the white bone, so I'm going to fix it tomorrow, add some hair ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:09:00 GMT

Jackpot!

Whew!! Just when I was losing hope, there I was, in Goodwill & Habitat for Humanity, and found just what I needed.  For only $7, I got a gorgeous gown for the mom in my haunt.  Actually,...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:39:00 GMT