The bathroom remodel (envisioned roughly 4 years ago) is finally happening. There are now french doors off the master bathroom that lead across the 2nd floor deck to my costume shop above the garage. So awesome ( Read more... )

Apparently last week's ultrasound indicated I have a fatty liver and my doctor wants to discuss this further.  And I get that.  But I'm really in no mood for a lecture - and I know that I ate like complete shit the last few months BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS FUCKING DYING.  So cut a girl some slack already ( Read more... )

Getting older has never really bothered me.  I guess because I always felt like if you did it right the first time, why would you want to go back?  In my 20s I lived all over (3 states), bought my first house, partied way too much and struggled with my career path.  But I had no regrets.  In my 30s I settled down and got married, established my ( Read more... )

Con is one week away.  I've actually made some progress with sewing ( Read more... )

Mom's furniture has been arriving at the Hamptoms bit by bit.  Only a couple things left - and the medical note from the doctor that she's good to go.  The nurse said it takes "3 - 5 days".  Whatever.  Fucking sign and fax it already ( Read more... )

Mom's all set up to move to the Hampton Assisted Living place next week.  It's like 2 miles away.  I ordered her a bed, recliner and linens off Amazon.com to be delivered there.  This will give her some more independence, a daily place to shower, and 24-hour staffing.  It will give me a chance to get back to my life - mostly.  I'll still be ( Read more... )

The next con is in roughly 10 weeks.  Which is a decent amount of time to build merchandise for.  I don't really want to go if I don't have merch to sell and cover my expenses of going in the first place.  But I've not been very productive these past few weeks what with my mom ( Read more... )

I don't blog here regularly - it's become a catch-all for whatever isn't relevant on my costume blogs (see below) or fit for social media.  Mostly just a place to work out the occasional thoughts in my head.  95% of it is public anyhow.


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Everything outside is dusted in yellow pollen.  Surprisingly, this isn't my worst allergy season so I'm doing okay with my shots and meds ( Read more... )

I decided to go to con.  I'm going to drive - couldn't find any reasonable airfare anyhow.  Should take me about 13 - 14 hours.  And.... since they made several announcements they needed someone to perform Emily I put my name in.  I had parts of the costume already, and the wig.  What I didn't count on was how much more I needed!  So I've been on ( Read more... )