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Weekend Project

This past weekend I started thinking about making a new skirt. I mentioned it to Jarom, and he said "well, let's go get some fabric!" So off we went, and once I have the fabric in hand, I can't just not do something with it! So I made the whole skirt in two days. I really need to pace myself better. Once I get started it's hard for me to stop, and I am on the floor a lot laying out the material and ironing and stuff. By the end of the day my back hurts and my knees are raw from kneeling on the not-so-soft carpet. Then Jarom reminds me that I'm "past my prime" and getting older. Thanks Jarom. Also, I only sewed the yoke on wrong...twice. Third time is the charm, right? Anyway, here's my picture!

SAC Lady Halloween

At work most of us dressed for Halloween. It's fun working in a school, there are tons of different costumes to look at. My favorite was a woopie cushion. Oh, and a shower.  Here's us SAC ladies enjoying some holiday spirit. Jarom and I spent the rest of the evening getting new tires put on our car, buying candy, giving out candy, and watching a Nightmare Before Christmas with the lights off and a black light on and a flashing spooky house on. When we were just getting home from the tire place, we were walking up to our door and there was a group of people already huddled around our door, waiting for us to give them candy. It seems some people don't know the whole "if the porch-light is off you don't ring the doorbell" rule. So as we approached I told them that was our door, they made room for us to get through, and stood there waiting for us to get the candy out and give them some.... Granted, we DID have candy to give out, but isn't that kind of pr...