Finally an Update!
It's been a while so I thought I would leave a quick "hello again!" post. So here's where things are lately.
1) War'n Peace is just starting to walk! It's only a step or two here or there but it's only a matter of time. He's also getting in two more teeth, bringing his total to 8 baby teeth. He seems to be enjoying daycare but that's only two days a week.
2) My UltraWoman cosplay outfit is in the process of being developed. If I can get the cape done I'll wear the Work in Progress for Halloween as a generic "SuperMom." It's seriously doubtful anyone will know the costume while we're out so I'm not too worried that the unitard that I currently have for it is the wrong color (it's a dull hot pink versus a lavender/fuschia color.) After Halloween I'll dig into finding a new unitard in the right color in time for the Cape Comic Con in April. If nothing else I want it done in time for the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL in June.
3) Things at the museum are moving along well. We've had our annual treasure tag sale at the beginning of Sept. and now we're in a slow lull before winter arrives and we officially close for the year in December. After we're closed I'm looking forward to developing our steamboat exhibit again. We've had one for a number of years but it's been revamped and every time it's been revamped it's gotten smaller and smaller and smaller. Now that the steamboats are once again making an appearance in Cape Girardeau we're going to redesign it to be at least as relevant to local history as it was to the overarching history of the Mississippi River. I'm excited about it. In the meantime I've been given the go to start a monthly feature on our Facebook page I'm tentatively calling "Artifact of the Month." I'll be writing up a blurb about an item that probably won't be on display in a year or two and a little background about it. It's one way to check to see if we still have it (as items get lost all the time) and where it is in our collection, a little bit about it, and get it into our database we have so many collection items that have not made it on display and unless we set up our exhibits as a bunch of ONE kind of item things never will be seen. It's sadly not uncommon for this to occur with all museums. This is just our way of letting the public have another way of accessing these items, some of which may never be shown.
4) I have a few new fanfics to add over here based upon the "Lois and Clark" versions of Lois and Clark/Superman so whenever I have time I'll post them here. If you're not that patient, head over to the "Lois and Clark Fanfiction Message Boards" and look up any stories by "Christina."
5) Speaking of writing, I realized a bit ago that it was NanoWriMo time but I just don't have the time to devote to it between War'n, the fanfics I'm so far into that I need to do more editing than writing on them, my cosplay outfit, my schoolwork and the museum exhibit. I'm sorry I can't. I am looking forward to rooting on the people who are participating though.
6) School hasn't been going well and that's kind of a bad thing. We've been paying to put War'n Peace into a daycare two days a week so that I could (it had been hoped) finish up taking classes so I would at least have some kind of degree (a bachelors). I am taking four classes. The problem for me was (and still is) I haven't yet figured out a system that will let me get my schoolwork done and have time to study for the classes. As a result, I've been getting fairly poor grades in all of them. Sometimes I wish I didn't have ADHD. I think I might be able to salvage two of them (they're both Ds currently) but that still puts me at least one to two semesters away from graduating. Hubby had been funding two of the four of these courses in the expectation that I would graduate (as well as the daycare.) Now that's likely to be out the window (meaning I'll need to limit my coursework to 1 class a semester as that's what I'd be able to afford with my job.)
So that's where I am right now. How are you doing?
1) War'n Peace is just starting to walk! It's only a step or two here or there but it's only a matter of time. He's also getting in two more teeth, bringing his total to 8 baby teeth. He seems to be enjoying daycare but that's only two days a week.
2) My UltraWoman cosplay outfit is in the process of being developed. If I can get the cape done I'll wear the Work in Progress for Halloween as a generic "SuperMom." It's seriously doubtful anyone will know the costume while we're out so I'm not too worried that the unitard that I currently have for it is the wrong color (it's a dull hot pink versus a lavender/fuschia color.) After Halloween I'll dig into finding a new unitard in the right color in time for the Cape Comic Con in April. If nothing else I want it done in time for the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL in June.
3) Things at the museum are moving along well. We've had our annual treasure tag sale at the beginning of Sept. and now we're in a slow lull before winter arrives and we officially close for the year in December. After we're closed I'm looking forward to developing our steamboat exhibit again. We've had one for a number of years but it's been revamped and every time it's been revamped it's gotten smaller and smaller and smaller. Now that the steamboats are once again making an appearance in Cape Girardeau we're going to redesign it to be at least as relevant to local history as it was to the overarching history of the Mississippi River. I'm excited about it. In the meantime I've been given the go to start a monthly feature on our Facebook page I'm tentatively calling "Artifact of the Month." I'll be writing up a blurb about an item that probably won't be on display in a year or two and a little background about it. It's one way to check to see if we still have it (as items get lost all the time) and where it is in our collection, a little bit about it, and get it into our database we have so many collection items that have not made it on display and unless we set up our exhibits as a bunch of ONE kind of item things never will be seen. It's sadly not uncommon for this to occur with all museums. This is just our way of letting the public have another way of accessing these items, some of which may never be shown.
4) I have a few new fanfics to add over here based upon the "Lois and Clark" versions of Lois and Clark/Superman so whenever I have time I'll post them here. If you're not that patient, head over to the "Lois and Clark Fanfiction Message Boards" and look up any stories by "Christina."
5) Speaking of writing, I realized a bit ago that it was NanoWriMo time but I just don't have the time to devote to it between War'n, the fanfics I'm so far into that I need to do more editing than writing on them, my cosplay outfit, my schoolwork and the museum exhibit. I'm sorry I can't. I am looking forward to rooting on the people who are participating though.
6) School hasn't been going well and that's kind of a bad thing. We've been paying to put War'n Peace into a daycare two days a week so that I could (it had been hoped) finish up taking classes so I would at least have some kind of degree (a bachelors). I am taking four classes. The problem for me was (and still is) I haven't yet figured out a system that will let me get my schoolwork done and have time to study for the classes. As a result, I've been getting fairly poor grades in all of them. Sometimes I wish I didn't have ADHD. I think I might be able to salvage two of them (they're both Ds currently) but that still puts me at least one to two semesters away from graduating. Hubby had been funding two of the four of these courses in the expectation that I would graduate (as well as the daycare.) Now that's likely to be out the window (meaning I'll need to limit my coursework to 1 class a semester as that's what I'd be able to afford with my job.)
So that's where I am right now. How are you doing?