Both snow and real dust!
The forecast was for a light dusting of snow, dry and no ice really expected. They seem to have gotten it right, which is somewhat scary in fact! :) Anyway, it's very cold and that actually started last night. The flurries were supposed to start overnight but they were a little later than expected. It might have finally quit now (mid-afternoon) but the snowfall was heavy at times this morning. It's only sticking a little bit on the ground, it's a fine powder and grainy.
I've also been dusting in the living room. We cancelled the satellite tv service a couple of weeks back, since we pretty much never watched it. Even before Otter moved out in October, we didn't watch it very much and we watched it even less after she moved. We probably should have cancelled it a while back but it didn't really occur to either of us until we decided to switch internet providers. The equipment was rented, I couldn't remember if we bought it originally or if we were using their. Since it was theirs, they sent us a box to return it to them in and a list of what they needed back. Bill had to get on the roof and get something off of the dish itself, which he did Thursday - before I got home, even though he insisted that I had to be here in case he did what he's known for! When I got home with a carload of groceries as originally scheduled, he'd already been up there and got the piece. The receiver box, both remotes and some other equipment needed to be unwired from the tv and that's what we did this morning. We had to get the attic access cleared again because some of the wiring, etc., was in the attic. Bill didn't realize that until AFTER he'd put all the pachinko machines back in place after the recent clogged drain/leak we had. So, all the machines had to be moved back out of the way and Bill got to get up in the (very cold!) attic this morning.
While he was up there, he also got another plastic shelf set out for Otter - he couldn't find the last piece so she's getting a 4-shelf unit instead of a 5-shelf set but I don't think she'll care. She has a complete one now, she's using it as her pantry shelves since her apartment doesn't really have one. She wants to use one as her craft stash shelf since her dining room is now becoming her craft room. I think she'll probably use the 5-shelf set as her craft shelf and switch the pantry stuff to the 4-shelf unit.
Also, Bill got a small wooden rocking chair that was stored up in the attic. It was Otter's when she was a toddler, she used to sit in her little rocking chair in the living room at our old house and play with her toys or watch Sesame Street on tv. She used it a lot and she still has fond memories of it. It's hers and will always be, but I'm going to use it as a decor item in the craft room (that's what I'm calling her old room today.) I'll post pictures later, when I get it situated. It was pretty dusty, I didn't realize that it was not wrapped or boxed but was just up there. I wiped all the dust off when I was dusting the rest of the living room and I think I'm going to hit it with pledge or whatever wood cleaner spray I have - I forgot what kind it is.
The main dusting was the entertainment center, which I hadn't done in a while, and the Fenton glass that was on it. After the satellite receiver was undone and off the tv, Bill also removed the surround sound unit. It was going out, two of the four speakers quit a while back (the ones by the couch) and Bill took the rest of it down today. All that's left besides the tv is the vcr/blu-ray and the vhs recorder (we occasionally use it) and that left two shelves empty. Which means that we now have enough room for all the dvds/blu-ray movies we have and the Bibles which were stored on one shelf are now being moved to my library shelf so I have plenty of room for the Fenton now. I dusted it as I put it back on the entertainment center and it's only somewhat arranged.
I did quite a bit of rearranging in the craft room yesterday. This is the current state of the Stash:
The two smaller drawer sets are stacked on top of the 5-drawer units. The purple one in the corner doesn't have the wheels on because one of them kept falling off so it looks shorter than the rest but they are all the same size. I took the wheels off the two smaller units. On the flatter set, the top drawer is holding the doilies for my eventual curtain and the white 3-drawer set has netting in the middle drawer instead of actual yarn. The netting will be used for dish scrubbies, eventually maybe if I ever get around to it and my skin cooperates! Netting is pretty hard on the skin when crocheting with it. I did get a little more yarn at Michael's last week, but the Stash hasn't really grown much. I just spread it out a bit. I have labels in front of each drawer showing what kind is in the drawers. The two with TEXAS stickers has the Really Good Yarn.
I would love to actually get to use it, however the tendinitis is really bad at the moment. It was getting better, treatment is mostly just resting my arm and I've been doing that. But I did aggravate it a bit when I was rearranging my craft room yesterday but I was still able to put two rows on KN#3's blanket yesterday. But then we had to move stuff around today and all the stuff I've mentioned already, and the end result is that my left elbow really hurts right now. I'll rest it again a few day and let it recover.
This is the doily project I have in mind. This is the window at a specific vintage/antique store that Otter and I go to whenever we get a chance. When we were in there a couple of weeks ago, I asked it I could take some pictures since I got my idea here originally. The lady that owns the store was quite happy to let me and very interested in what I'm going to do. She wants to see a picture when I get it finished, but that may be a while. It will take a huge number of doilies.
She used a pink fabric on the curtain rod to give her curtain a little color but I'm using different colored doilies in mine and it's going to be on a window that will have a minblind so I probably won't use the fabric underneath it. Also, she has a shaped pattern and mine probably won't. She said that her doilies are pinned together but I'll probably sew mine to attach them to each other. It's really pretty in person and she did a great job. I've bought a lot of my doilies there, she realizes that they are not worth a whole lot of money and sells most of her for anywhere from 50 cents each to a buck or two for the bigger or fancier ones. Which is a fair price, but I still see them in antique stores/booths for several dollars each - for the little, plain ones! They aren't that hard to make, I just don't like thread crochet and I don't mind paying a little more for the old ones or intricate ones. But plain doilies in one color with basic stitches? No.
Otter come over yesterday after she got off work. She brought the car back for Bill for this coming week, brought her laundry (of course!) and brought fixins* for the salsa she planned to take to J's Oscar watch party today. She used my Ninja blender to make it. I suggested she make more than she intended to, salsa has a tendency to disappear fast and hers is pretty good. She used Bill has her taste-tester and then she make sure to leave him a bowl full. He ate his already! Anyway, she had asked me to take her to J's mom's house for the party and since we were concerned about the weather for today I actually took her over there yesterday. J's mom was glad to see her and she'll be there for a couple of days. On the way, they live in a small town that's not exactly neighboring to our small town but is still pretty close, we went to a thrift store. We went to Goodwill and they were more crowded than I have ever seen them.
Turned out, all their clothing was 50% off and they were selling a lot of it. Otter and J are going to TNT this summer, they have already decided on their cosplay and Otter's basically consists of a purple suit (pants and jacket) and a bright green shirt, with a bright orange necktie. She found a pair of pants that are slightly too big but we can take them in easily. She found a blazer style jacket that is not even the same brand and the pants but it's almost the exact same color, it might be a little big but that will actually work for what she's going for. She found a long sleeve not quite acid green shirt and the entire outfit costs her less than $10.00. She is probably going to buy some bright orange fabric, possibly felt, and make the necktie. She's going to use on of Bill's ties as a pattern template. The pants and blouse were fine to be washed in the machine so I tossed them in with my laundry today. The jacket has to be dry cleaned, I was going to take it this morning when I got out before the snow got too heavy (it never did actually get heavy) but they were closed I'll drop it off tomorrow and pick it up Thursday. She's still working on the shoes she'll need, but she does know she'll need a short green wig - bright green.
This is the costume idea, the Joker and Harley Quinn from Batman, specifically from The Animated Series:
(Ignore the small kid in the middle of the picture, this just was the best picture I could find that would show the costume characters). The Joker has a darker tie in this picture but her idea is orange and a regular necktie, as he's shown in a couple of different ways and the orange tie will still be Joker appropriate - it does matter in the cosplay world! Same thing for the shoes. The makeup will be easy, basically just white with bright red lipstick for the Joker's mouth and probably Harley's as well but I'm not sure about that.
However, there is a twist to their idea. Figure it out yet? Go back and reread the paragraph before the picture if you haven't quite got it yet. I think they have a wonderful idea and it will probably set them apart from just about anyone else who decides to go as the Joker and Harley.
Which is what they are going for, actually.
*Fixins is one of our favorite words!
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