Okay, people, less than a month until my birthday. Have you found my unicorn-themed prezzie yet?


Unicorn colorway, Imagination sock yarn


Avenging Unicorn Play Set


Unicorn Lady

Or whatever your imagination can come up with--free and silly is cool!

• 12:20 Eating Child's leftovers from Taste of Texas. (Is it still a Bowl of Sad if there is any potato product in it or does it have to be mashed?) #
• 17:56 Just had realization that we forgot my stepmother's bday earlier this week. In the Doghouse with an 8 layer FAIL cake. #
• 20:14 RT @LOST_SKELETON RT @larryblamire: Shout! Factory acquires SKELETON RETURNS and DARK AND STORMY NIGHT! tinyurl.com/yb92j46 #
• 21:46 Children, if you insist on asking Mister to read you books not written in English, he will interpret the stories his own inappropriate way #

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• 07:42 Staff SRP party (finally!) today, 9:30-11:30. Awards at 10. Stop by for your goodie bag, yummies, and talking books. #
• 18:25 According to Child, we just finished going to "va-va-boat" #

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• 07:20 Between time changes, loud neighbor parties, and (admittedly) the V marathon, not a lot of great sleeping last night. #
• 10:03 Breaking a personal vow and working off the clock; can't see how to meet deadlines any other way. #
• 12:20 Check out my @photojojo Time Capsule!: bit.ly/3TlwDx #

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• 07:54 John Rutter's Requiem on local NPR was my wake-up this All Saints. #
• 10:27 Such a bad Anglican for not being able to sing the "I want to be one too" hymn without lyric changes and giggle fits. #

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When I was very little, my mom chose Halloween costumes from a collection that doubled as pajamas (I have a memory that it was put out by Sears, but I can't be sure--I was an angel one year, a clown another). The thought was why spend money on a one time deal when its use could extend beyond simple dress-up. So far, that has been my intent with the Child's Halloween costumes.

The original idea for this year was to make her a unicorn (I actually have the parts of the headdress knitted and felted). But she showed such interest in dinosaurs this year, I decided that was probably the best choice.



( Design notes and more pictures )



I'm pretty resigned to the fact that next year she'll be picking out her own costume, and it won't be long before I expect she'll turn up her nose at anything I make. *sad sigh*

Still, I have my eye on a mermaid tail skirt pattern that I'm dying to make. I only have 364 days to talk up the concept to her.

• 09:25 Happy All Hallows Eve and Samhain! #
• 12:10 Child asleep after nearly going face-first into her lunch. Must fight siren call of computer and yarn to get some chores done. #
• 18:57 Took Child to her day school's Trunk or Treat, which was just about her speed. Actually, she was more interested in rocks and bubbles. #
• 19:24 You're, what, 6 years old and dressed as a slutty cheerleader?! Where is your mother? There? Oh! Wow. Nevermind. #
• 21:58 Disappointing trick-or-treater (non)turn-out. Will have to console ourselves with unclaimed candy. #

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• 07:52 Not sure how I'm going to make my deadlines short of working from home on my day off or coming in on my day off. #
• 17:17 Missing Storytime for Child's Open House, followed by assembling a ton of punkin-shaped PB&J sandwiches for Child's Halloween party #

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• 15:23 Won the cube decorating contest! Woo hoo! #
• 19:03 Dia de los Muertos swap arrived full of delightful skellies (and a fab fox bag too). #

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• 13:25 Courting a headache #
• 15:20 I am not doing this well. #
• 18:00 We must have been one of the first to send in a Halloween pic to Sprout since we got a Star plush in the mail! #
• 18:04 twitpic.com/n73gw - Good night, Star! #

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• 09:13 Listening to the rain come down. Our pumpkins aren't going to last the week before becoming goop. #
• 15:55 Playing around with ideas for a Ravelympics 2010 HPL team. Any knitters interested? #

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• 09:07 tummy off this morning--I'm pretty sure it's that nasty sandwich I had for lunch yesterday. Otherwise, this is gonna suck. #
• 10:25 Somehow we've all ended up back in bed, snuggling, snoozing, and listening to NPR. Not too shabby. #
• 17:42 Pumpkin Carve XIII!!!! #

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So many rantings ... let me show you, instead, my sanity held together stitch by stich:



I'll do another posting of the Child's finished dinosaur costume another time.

I have become obsessed with skulls and skeletons this year, mostly with Dia de los Muertos in mind. Someday I intend to do a proper offrenda. In the meantime, I'm beginning to have a nice little collection of skull candles on my piano, and my cubicle at work is covered with skellies of all kinds, including lights. (I suppose I'll do a post of that as well.)

Had our annual pumpkin carving party tonight (13th!), so I feel the holiday really is upon us. And then I'll begin to feel the crush of the Christmas season as well. Thank heaven for Thanksgiving! (Except that I will be working that Sunday. Darn, I've nearly slipped into a rant.)

Happy Halloween week, y'all!

• 07:15 Mister did the nicest thing last night: arranged for a solo trip to Michael's. But man, Halloween stuff already picked over but not on sale. #
• 08:30 They saw fit to put me in charge. Brace yourselves. #
• 13:13 Lunch. Building hasn't fallen down yet, so I got that going for me. #
• 18:47 Made it through the day. Getting punkins at Whole Foods for Pumpkin Carve XIII #
• 19:33 Alas, the sucky parking at Mission Burritos drove us into the arms of another restaurant. #

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• 07:11 Swimming to work #
• 11:58 Office decoration competition beginning to get a little fierce. Need more skeletons! #

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• 10:13 GNATS meeting @ Bedrock City Comics (desk phone forwarded if anyone needs me) #
• 12:17 Back at the Library. #
• 17:31 Gonna get myself a "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster. In the meantime, transitioning from Librarian to Momma (not without a little effort). #

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• 08:22 Dental work. Not delicious. #
• 10:49 Extremely stark office. Extremely handsome doctor. Soundtrack: 1940s standards and dental drill. Did I just land in a Kubrick film? #

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• 13:01 twitpic.com/m59is - Bookcart Castle decorated for Halloween #
• 22:53 Trouble with alt history is that I feel like I don't know my history well enough. Geeked out Spot the Difference game, it is. #

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• 12:40 Flaked on church. Didn't feel like wrangling Child. On the other hand, we've played together and most chored almost done. #
• 18:28 twitpic.com/m2a0j - #crochet #skeleton: cute or tacky? #
• 20:53 Daddy comes home and Child transforms into whirling, pratling force of Nature. #

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• 11:10 Cat's in the cradle, babies don't keep, and all that. But seriously, Child, I do need to get *some* housework done. #
• 22:20 Over halfway done with a #crochet project that will either be super cute or super tacky ... It's a thin line. #

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