job interview

I have another job interview today.  A bit exciting.  If it's meant to be it will be.  Some of the other nurses frown upon going out and applying for new jobs when you are a fresh nurse but...everyone starts somewhere.  We are all new at one time and how else are you to learn anything.  So, I say go for it!

I've printed off my resume

should I bring my recommendation letters from last year?   

I think i will.

what the hell right?

I hope they don't ask anything too crazy.

later guys!

Halloween at a glance part 1

what a weekend!!!

Between working and drinking I barely had time for the festivities!  I jest, I jest!

Daddoo did have to pick up the slack while I was sleeping and recovering from the night shift.  It appears he did ok!

We went to the Longmont Halloween Parade and saw so many great costumes!

The little werewolf was adorable, he was walking around making that growly face at everyone, he was probably 5 years old

what creativity for our puny town!

Then Daddoo took over his least favorite chore before Synda, Ryland and Chad came over for Trick or Treating

Pumpkin Carving!!!!

 I love it when she wears jeans and a tshirt...Maybe I'm turning into Angelina Jolie

 Eddie ate plenty of Pumpkin, then had the shits today...dogs love pumpkin and its a good stool softner! (just in case you ever have a constipated dog)

Carve away, Olive!

This was the very first time she got to do her own.

I was sleeping at this part, so I couldn't protest or do any of that Mom gasping and air sucking in fear of finger amputation.

You know, back in the old days Mom would hand us the four crappies serrated knives which were as long as our arms and just say, "Be careful...don't track that shit onto the carpet when you come in!"

I guess I still have all my limbs.

plus:

Daddoo was in charge....he never worries about this stuff.

Myssi the Good Witch

Myssi the Good Witch, originally uploaded by v8grrl.

Off to work... :)

Dead Mouse? Deadmau5...it's all Halloween to Me

Some of you have seen this costume I have been working on for Ilin, I have been posting my tortuous updates on facebook. It has been a hard one, but only because I have never thought of trying anything like it before.  Now that I have done it, I can think of all kind of masks I could make.  Next year I am going to try the creatures from "Where the Wild Things Are" ...or maybe a big Stewie (Family Guy) head.

Here's the short version of how he came together.

It all started with a 24 inch hamster plastic ball.  We cut the neck hole, made ears with metal strapping and foam, then spray glued the foam on the plastic ball.

We made our first mistake here:

We put the screen for the mouth on at this point!  NOOOO

we should have done that last.

After that we got the super stretchy velvet from Hancock Fabric. (7.25/yard got 2 yards)

covered ears, then started head.  this was very difficult.  Had never done such a thing.

Learned after the fact , again that if I had done it in 2 pieces, starting at upper lip, up and done just half the sphere at a time it would have been better.

Next time.

Pins Pins and more pins, 

tears tears and more tears....

this took me about 7 hours.  I spray glued as I went.

it sucked

By the time Jon Stewart was on. I had this.

the next hard part was the lip.  It MUST have a lip (from what the 13 year old was barking at me)  It's no good and considered crap if it has no lip.

So, we had to cut a piece of fun foam and put it where the lip is and try to streeeeetch the fabric over it.  I had to hand stitch it to the screen.

Now, it I hadn't put the screen in it would have been much easier.

At this point, the kid did the eyes with the styrofoam balls hollowed out and little LED lights with battery back.

Almost done!!! I have to finish up around the ears and the that is it!  Not perfect, but good.

The kid said I can wear it on Friday night when I go out. 

here's the original:

It's huge...3 feet+ ear span!

I gotta get some rest, Halloween is killing me.

xo,

M

Halloween, you got my goat.

I'm taking a few minutes to eat my oatmeal before I start in on Ilin's costume.  I need the fiber, because this costume has my ass in a knot. I have to figure out how to get the fabric on the big head....It's actually baffling me.  

I helped him do the foam on the head and sliced the end of my finger off, leaving a trail of blood behind.  At that point I wanted to throw the big head thing on the floor and yell, "that's it!!! I'm done!"  but I didn't.  I got a bandaide and continued on, silently cursing the entire family and the holiday, in my head.

Halloween has alway been one of my favorite holidays, but after having children it has become a chore...you parents know what I mean...right?  It can't possibly just be me!  I mean between the costumes and the fall festivals I want to curl up in a ball and hide.

Olive brought home a piece of paper from school asking for more stuff from us for their "classroom" party.

"Mamoo...can you make MORE cupcakes?  PLEEEEEASE"  

no

"PLEEEEEASE"

I said, no.

"PLEEEEAAASSSSSSSE?"

Let those other lazy ass mom's do something, I refuse and I don't care.

***pout pout***

Olive, I'll send a bag of carrots.  How's that?

"Ok, Mamoo.  I guess veggies are on the list"

good