So for those of you who know me, I tend to go overboard. Yes, I admit it. I love to do things in a big way and often find myself overwhelmed, exhausted and completely stressed out. Currently, this is my state. You see I am in pre-everything stage. It starts at Halloween and continues through the Christmas/Hanukkah season.
First there is the all important costume issue. I always make the costume. I hate store bought costumes. They itch. They look cheap. I don't like them. I'm a costume snob. Over the years, my children have had the freedom to choose whatever they liked (for the most part) to be. I however, always made the costume. Gary was a devil, a grim reaper, a clown, and a lion. But the all time best costume and an award winner, might I add, was the year he was the King of Hearts. I took two board canvases and made them into a clap board. The front was painted like a playing card King of Hearts. I copied from the little card, symmetrical and everything. I'm bragging cause it was hard as hell. I painted the back blue with little diamonds on it like a real card too. I then dressed Gary in a black sweatsuit, painted his face all white except for red lips and a red heart (lipstick) around his right eye. He had a plastic gold septor and a velvet crown and it rocked. He didn't want to be a card that year either. I pushed him, but to this day he remembers it as the coolest costume his mom ever made.
So far Hannah has been a Butterfly, Rapunzel, Lilo, Dorothy Gale, Little Bo Peep and this year Little Red Riding Hood. Now, I started on this costume several weeks ago. However, in between we are getting ready for the all important 6th birthday party which is coming up soon. We are having a carnival. Very labor intensive. So in between all this, I also decided to reupholster the rec room pit group. Yes three peices, one of which is a pull out couch. So every weekend my mom is here helping me reupholster. Every night I promised to work on the costume but didn't. Now it is two days away and I'm finally done but for the hem. It's cute and can be used again over the holidays. You'll see when the pics post why.
Now, birthday party mode is full gear. I have to clean the house, bake a cake, finish all the games and planning the areas. We have tattoos, face painting, cotton candy, tic tac toe game, monster bean bag toss, potty bean bag toss, duck pond, Fishing game, Wheel of Fortune game, pony ride, clown with balloons, craft area, soda pop game, and popcorn. Not to mention hotdogs, juice and birthday cake. Joel has been making games, blowing up novelty toys for prizes, putting things together for me for two weekends straight. I was going to order a cake, but the bakeries in these parts lack vision. I called five about wanting a carousel cake. Two needed me to reword that to merry-go-round. None could accommodate more than a standard round or sheet cake with a character decoration or photo icing. So, I am making the cake, too. I have the gum paste to make the ponies (5 of them), I have to get candy sticks for the poles and Voila instant carousel. Just decorate the round cake base with ribbons and ruffles in bright colors. Put the horses on the poles. Put a dowel in the middle wrap it with ribbons and put them to each horse. But not a bakery around could manage this. Scary.
Oh and then their is Daisy scouts I'm a leader with a troop of fifteen. Busy busy. We meet every couple of weeks and it is great, but it is alot of prep. I had to get the stuff for their Halloween party last week too.
Sometime I need to clean house. Then I am having surgery on my right hand. Yes, I'm right dominant. So this means no work for 8 weeks and even worse, I do Thanksgiving and love doing it. So my son, daughter in law, and mother will be here helping me get it done for all my hubby's family who travels from out of town to be here. I've made my peace with it but I'm not really thrilled with the whole surgery thing. Sadly, when I broke my wrist at work 3 years ago, the break on the ulna side did not heal. Additionally, the ligaments have detached on that side, so that is what is being fixed. Yuck!
Then we have the whole Hanukkah, Christmas holiday fest. I have already begun shopping I got some birthday stuff and some other holiday stuff to put away. I'm trying to do a little at a time since I can't drive with a full cast on. Or at least you aren't supposed to.
So, I'm a bit overwhelmed. Want to finish the couch before the surgery, but its not looking so good right now. It is making progress though and I try to remember that I'm only human. Still, its starting to stress me out and overwhelm me. I think I need to take a breather.
Now, back to work.....
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