~ closed for the season...

...maybe I need to hang up a sign?



Hmmm... this guy has been using our swimming pool as his own private nighttime spa.  Rick spied him in there one morning before taking Nicholas to the bus stop.  By the time he got back, Mr. Froggy Toad was nowhere to be found.  Most of the frogs/toads need assistance to get out of the pool.  Rick said this guy is a "biggie".  Sorry, Mr. Froggy Toad -- time to find another pond. :-)

goodbye summer...

~ halloween costume progress...

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If you have been following my blog, you'll notice that the previous post was gone for a bit.  My client and I had a bit of a tete-a-tete {disagreement} regarding costume construction.  I threw up my hands, removed the previous post from my blog and told my client she would have to pick out a "bagged" costume at the store.  During the week we took a trip to Party City, and tried on "the most horribly constructed halloween costume ever".  My client now realizes that the fittings I ask her to do -- mostly against her will because she is just s-o-o-o busy -- are definitely an essential part of costume construction.  Thank you Party City! 

Because of the *unexpected* delay, this is how far I am in the costume construction as of this writing.  Sofia wants to be the "Corpse Bride" -- but not exactly...  So, I need to get into the mind of an imaginative 11 year old and figure out what that means.  I spent a couple of hours yesterday, thinking... cutting... making mistakes... thinking... recutting...  I stopped because my brain was exhausted from trying to keep pace with an 11 year old.  Then, this morning, as I was eating breakfast, Sofia walked by the table where I have this laid out and commented...

I LOVE IT!

Thanks!  I needed that! :-)

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~ halloween costume countdown...

In spite of the rainy weather today, I managed to dye the 7 yards of fabric for Sofia's halloween costume.  I ran between the raindrops while taking the fabric outside to rinse it, and, then hang it in the garage -- where it is at the moment.  The next step is to tea dye the fabric to give it an aged look.  Hopefully the weather cooperates a bit better tomorrow while I am doing that.

That little guy you see in the photo is "maggot".  Sofia crafted him from clay.  He is a clue, along with the fabric swatches, as to what her costume will be.

Stay tuned... :-)

~ ikea love...

We went here yesterday...

We purchased the table and drawer unit shown in the photo below.  We also purchased another small table that attaches to the left side of the table in the photo (it will be put together sometime later today).  That is all we could fit in the car yesterday.  There are a few more pieces that we need -- so -- we will be going back... probably a few more times! :-)

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This is what "we" are doing today...

Sofia is moving all of her supplies, etc. from her "temporary" art table/area in the dining room/pc room to her new area in the basement.

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I know that I am way behind with photos of the basement project -- but if you keep following my blog  you'll catch glimpses of the finished product here and there. :-)

Click on these links to see this area as a work in progress.

  What we started with (2nd photo in this post) 

  Work in progress (3rd photo in this post)

Click on the "basement project" link under this post to view all "basement project" posts to date.