Well, one thing done...
So, my laptop is fixed and more or less working. :) Very nice to have it back! I am still looking at other laptops, just in case one comes along that seems to fit, but for now, I'm just going to see how much longer my 7 year old laptop lasts (with a new hard drive, specifically an SSD, it is lightning fast and even less prone to breaking, so probably has at least a few more years in it).
Basement is getting cleaned up. Like, you can walk through it and stuff. ;) I have a few piles of projects that, since I can now reach them and my sewing machine is free of clutter, I can work on. Won't have much time this weekend to work on things (stupid real life stuff comes first, after all), but it is getting there.
And OF COURSE this means I haven't started on anything for Arisia, nor do I even know what I want to make and take; like usual, I'm betting inspiration will strike 3 days before the con when I have no time and lots of stress. >:P
My friend who introduced me to Arisia in the first place is doing 1950s poodle-skirt versions of Disney characters--mostly heroines and villains--and asked me if I wanted to join in. Many of the ones I'd like to do were already taken, but after looking over the Disney movies we have, I sort of really now want to do Miss Bianca from The Rescuers Down Under. Haven't heard back from my friend, but I hope that suggestion is acceptable. These would just be wandering around costumes, nothing too fancy.
Took this online quiz thingy. Not really reliable or accurate (only seven questions, and over half of them I really wanted a "none of the above" option), but for what it's worth...
Basement is getting cleaned up. Like, you can walk through it and stuff. ;) I have a few piles of projects that, since I can now reach them and my sewing machine is free of clutter, I can work on. Won't have much time this weekend to work on things (stupid real life stuff comes first, after all), but it is getting there.
And OF COURSE this means I haven't started on anything for Arisia, nor do I even know what I want to make and take; like usual, I'm betting inspiration will strike 3 days before the con when I have no time and lots of stress. >:P
My friend who introduced me to Arisia in the first place is doing 1950s poodle-skirt versions of Disney characters--mostly heroines and villains--and asked me if I wanted to join in. Many of the ones I'd like to do were already taken, but after looking over the Disney movies we have, I sort of really now want to do Miss Bianca from The Rescuers Down Under. Haven't heard back from my friend, but I hope that suggestion is acceptable. These would just be wandering around costumes, nothing too fancy.
Took this online quiz thingy. Not really reliable or accurate (only seven questions, and over half of them I really wanted a "none of the above" option), but for what it's worth...