Thursday

[chochiyo_sama]

I was up earlier than normal today, despite the fact that I was up till 3 am last night.  I folded and put away my clean clothes then cleaned the litter boxes and put the new bags of cat food into the plastic containers to keep it fresher.  I sprayed the bedroom and bathroom with Fabreeze to freshen it up and sacked up a bunch of garbage.  The area next to my bed (on the right side) had become sort of a nest of debris, so I cleaned that all up.  I also gave my little black doll a bath as she was sticky.  When she was clean, I dressed her in a cute little pink dress.  I put away a few odds and ends, like the broom and dust pan.  Tomorrow, I may sweep the furnace room, especially near the litterboxes.

Mom carried my bag of recyclables upstairs and set my three Native American Precious Moments vinyl dolls up on the dresser. 


I cut out a couple more outfits for Chryssie.  She has amassed a pretty good wardrobe already.  Today I cut a little paintsuit out in a Christmas fabric.  I also cut out a pantsuit with a pirate motif.  I think the pirate outfit is going to be very cute.  I made the raglan sleeve pattern, but I extended the length of the sleeves and put contrasting cuffs on the sleeves.  I also added the same fabric onto the bottom of the shirt.  The main fabric is black with skull and crossbones wearing eye patches and red scarves on their heads.  The contrasting fabric is red with white stars.  The long pants are of the red fabric.  I may make another pair of pants with the pirate fabric if I have enough of it left.  I have  the shirt all sewn except to sew up the sides.  I haven't started the pants yet.  I still haven't uploaded my pictures to flickr so I can put them on here.

Jeffrey (my brother-in-law) had his surgery--it lasted fourteen hours.  Apparently they scraped all the rotting gunk out of his foot on Monday and yesterday the reconstructed the muscles and stuff in his foot.  He is in intensive care now--and probably will be for a couple of days.  It was much more messed up that they thought--and they thought it was plenty messed up to begin with.  Joni says he is in a lot of pain, poor guy.

Joni also said that Erik has already eaten one whole plateful of the sugar cookies.  LOL. 

It was actually cold today--apparently there was frost in some areas near here, but Mom says she didn't see any frost anywhere this morning.  Now it is supposed to get warmer again.  I suppose the trees will really start turning now that we have had frost.  On the news tonight, the weather guy said that this is supposed to be the best fall color season in ten years.  I thought last year was pretty good.  I will have to take some pictures if it is gorgeous.  I love the fall.  The only thing bad about it is that WINTER comes after it.

I started reading Never Let Me Go today.  I've had it for some time, but never really got time to just sit down and get into it.  I've been looking forward to reading it for a long time.

I brought my vintage Tammy family down to my room a while back, but they've just been sitting in the bag.  Tomorrow I would like to take them all out and scrub them up.  They look grungy.  They are really nice looking dolls except for the fact that they have those crappy legs that spraddle out like Vs when they sit.  That makes them look cheap.

I considered getting rid of them, but I do like them, and I can't get rid of my Tammy.  I have had her since I was a little girl.  She deserves to have a family of her own "species."  She lived with the Barbies for many years, and they looked down their noses at her because of her big head and fuller body.   At an antique store, I got her Mom and Dad, and her brother (or perhaps her boyfriend--I can't tell the two apart).  At a second hand junk shop, I got her little sister Pepper. 

Once I get them cleaned up, I'd like to sew some clothes for all of them.  They don't have much.  Perhaps I can find some shoes for them on EBAY.  One day, perhaps, they can have their own "home." 

Not much else going on.  Mom and I finished the left over KFC for lunch and had popcorn for supper.  I didn't go up for breakfast. 

Mom is going on a trip with her church group on Saturday.  I was looking forward to an excursion--maybe to the movies--while she is gone, but I guess I will be watching Cora instead.  Maybe we will bake something.  She loves to bake.  The hardest thing about living here is not feeling free to go as I please.  I enjoy doing stuff on my own--but, I am thankful I have a place to live and am not out on the street or trying to sneak three cats into a homeless shelter.  LOL.

Comments

OH! Do the pirate outfit first!

[the_godiva]

You must do the pirate outfit first and do it fast. Monday, Sept. 19 is TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY. No, really. Dave Barry says so.

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

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