Hallowe'en Prep and Such Like. :-)

Happy Hallowe'en and/or Samhain, everyone! :-D

Tonight: The dead walk.
Today: I harvest my squash. :-)

Hm. Must ask my tenant to part in the visitor parking tonight, so's the kiddies can actually see One Eyed Jack. :-)

Perhaps I should make a "Here there be pirates" sign or something, to stick to the entrance of my (car-)port. :-)


Posted Part 32 of "Live Truly, My Heart" (finally!). That will - I suspect - be it for a while ... NaNo starts tomorrow, and I go diving into the wonderful, messed up brain of Kit Cox.
I'm thinking third-person (probably) limited, for this story. I know her dreams are going to be first-person singular, though. :-)


Other things to do:
Wrap and mail my sister's birthday present. :-)
Sort out the pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin guts and bake them. (This year I'm going to do my usual garlic-pepper-and-cayenne, but also try a cinnamon, ginger and sugar version as well).

Fill up my (tiny) treasure chest - all my pretty baubles are going to be one of my props when handing out goodies to the kiddies. :-)
(Randomly, I can find my lapis lazuli ring. This is bothering me more than a little).

Attach a stick of myrrh incense to One Eyed Jack

Tidy the front hall and string up the tattered sails and seaweed (or similar... Hm... perhaps I should get some green garbage bags for said seaweed... Hm...)

Anywhoo, lots to do.


- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-D

Hallowe'en Night

Sooo.... Today, I am tired.


I had a grand total of seven kids show up at my door. Six of which were all in a group together.
The other one was a toddler, dressed as a cow, who (I suspect) was out for his first hallowe'en. :-)

Of the group of six, I had this slightly embarrassing exchange with one of them:

Me: Hi. And you would be...?
Kid: A girl.
Me: <*eyes bra-straps, pre-teen sparkly eye-makeup*> ... And?
<*awkward pause*>
Kid: No, I'm a boy dressed as a girl.
Me: Ah. <*mental headdesk*> You're faking it very well.
<*offers candy*> <*closes door*>
<*feels like an idiot*>


Still, it made things a bit more interesting. :-)


(I admit I'm kind of disappointed in my neighbourhood. Seriously. One jack o' lantern -- mine -- and one scull-print light fixture, a few doors down from me. Nothing on Uplands, nothing along the rest of my row of houses... It's just bloody terrible. :-P)


Anyway. I shall steam the carcass of One Eyed Jack tomorrow (probably while Paul deals with his client).


I'm currently trying to find someone to give me a lift back from Schola tomorrow night (I won't be going to the first write-in of 2007 - oh, well).


I'm tired and complainy. <*whines*>

On the plus side, I ran into Dillon this morning, and Michelle this afternoon. :-) That was awesome. :-)
Michelle has suggested an impromptu pot-luck feast pre-class tomorrow, which I think is excellent. I must make corn bread and pumpkin biscotti tomorrow. :-) (Hopefully I'll have the day off. I'm on call, but I hope they don't need me. I have other things I need to do).
I also need to call people and let them know about the food thing. :-)


Re: Other Things To Do: Nano.

I'm having night-before jitters.
Or something.
Like I'm wondering if this whole thing is just going to derail due to "What's Their Motivation, Again?" or something.

See... Dai was with Kit when Daniel died (by shooting, now, rather than ANDD), so there's no reason why she'd force the issue of sending Kit back to Reagan (the planet where in happened) unless it was a Really Big Reason. Better to come up with something else - a job to pay the bills, or something - and make Kit have her own reasons for accepting it.
Maybe.
So maybe it won't all go badly. We shall see. (I hope it's fine).


In other news: Squash = 20 (+ 2 that were too unripe to count as edible, even given time, and 1 that has been nibbled by the squirrels). Go, Squash! :-D
I am quite pleased with this pleasant surprised (I seriously though we'd only have, like, nine, non-edible ones included). :-)

Does the (very tired version of the) Squash Dance. :-)


And nows: I am ready for bed. :-)


- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)