The scariest house on the block …

… The fixer-upper! Ha ha ha ha.

So trick or treating was Thursday night in our town. Owen was a trick or treating machine, my little Batman. Already has his costume picked out for next year, too (a knight). And Mac got into it, too. Slowly but surely, plodding down the block, dragging his pumpkin bucket thud-thudding behind him. Would rather walk by himself than let me carry him. Those two were the cutest things you have ever seen.

And back at the ranch, Iain ran out of candy just 45 minutes into it. I LOVE this town. We didn’t get a single trick or treater the whole 6 years I lived in Baltimore. But here? Swamped. Seemed like almost every house participated. Tons of kids. A good time all around. Though our house was the lamest one on the block: our only decorations were those two puny pumpkins, and the huge overgrown evergreens blocked the view, so a lot of people seemed to pass us by.

Or maybe they really were afraid that “money pit” is catching.

Speaking of having just moved in. I also took a few more pictures of the interior, just so you can see what’s going on. It’s all the same furniture as the Baltimore house, and none of our pictures are hung yet, and there’s a lot of holding pattern going on (cordless drill in the dining room, etc). But this is what it looks like right now.

I’ve moved the sewing table around a bit in the guest room (and set up my serger! omg! more on that later!). I also had Iain hang some curtains in the boys’ room. And I unpacked all my sweet, lovely, precious sewing books and petted them for a while.

Since we have internet again, I’ve been cruising the sewing sites and my favorite pools in Flickr, gathering ideas. I might get an etsy shop up before Christmas. And I have some knitting projects in mind for this fall. It’s ridiculous all the stuff I want to do when I still have to set my house up, you know? But whatev. I have the rest of my life to do both.

Oh! And I’m doing Nablopomo again. So watch me dredge my brain for post ideas every single day for the next month. I might even do a contest — a little one. I like giving things away now and then.

I tried to do Nablopomo last November, do you remember? But that’s when I got really sick, spending a lot of time in bed or at the E.R. All through October and November last year I was sick as a dog, still trying to breastfeed Cormac and ending up at the hospital for dehydration, low potassium, arrhythmia, a bunch of stuff. Turns out undiagnosed chronic disease + demand nursing newborn = illness x infinity.

God, those were hard times.

God, I’m rambling in this post.

Anyway. With a good doctor, a handful of uncomfortable, invasive diagnostic tests, and 9 pills a day for the last year, I’m good as new. Just about, anyway. I hope the stress of moving abates a bit and things really get under control.

OK! This post took an unexpected turn. I’m going to dial it down, turn it in, and hope for an A-minus. See you again tomorrow.

November 1, 2008 | Filed Under daily grind, house, nablopomo

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6 Responses to “The scariest house on the block …”

LL#2 on November 2nd, 2008 7:55 pm

Love the costumes! I haven’t seen pictures yet, but I heard my nephew Owen was a piece of candy corn. Kids are so adorable dressed up!
supa on November 2nd, 2008 10:09 pm

I love seeing all the kids dressed up. Owen sounds adorable as a candy corn. did logan dress up too?
LL#2 on November 3rd, 2008 10:19 pm

Logan was Wolverine, his superhero love of the moment. Of course, Wolverine was my brother’s favorite too… hence the name Logan (Wolverine’s real name). I still haven’t seen pictures… I’ll have to send my brother a reminder email.
Carole on November 4th, 2008 7:30 am

Hello guys-

Kids are the cutest. Is that some kind of joke about the candy corn. I see Batman on my computer! Your house looks awesome. Does that oven really work?

Carole
Vee on November 9th, 2008 9:03 am

very very adorable children. I’ve got a 2-month old baby bro, I cannot WAIT until he can dress up and chat and such. It’s making me want babies NOW!
supa on November 10th, 2008 9:36 pm

@LL #2 Wolverine! That’s the cutest thing ever.

@Carole! Lovely to hear from you. Yes the oven works perfectly, and Batman says hello.

@Vee thanks! Just wait til your brother is about 18 months old: that age is the BEST. so much fun.