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I'm a little behind posting Cindy's latest articles, but here they are now:

Surviving Avonex Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

Reality Shows Worth Catching: Rockstar Supernova and The Ultimate Fighter

Moderates and Liberals Need to Listen to Rush Limbaugh

Problems with Illinois Medicaid Doom All Kids Program to Failure

The reason I'm behind is that I was wanting to post one of my own along with hers this week... but mine isn't up yet, so that will have to come later... likely much later, as today is my last day of work for a week. DragonCon, here we come! :)

So yeah, don't expect anything in the way of updates till next Wednesday, and even then, that will depend on how crazy things get around here while I'm gone! So much going on at work... and moving into craft fair season... oi...
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:: Dawn 12:30 PM [+] :: (1) comments
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Two new articles by Cindy this week:

Turn Your Craftiness into a Profit at Craft Shows

How to Plan a Perfect Yard Sale

Which are both great articles, with great tips, and I'm mentioned in both of them. Yay me! :)

And yes, we'll be doing a yard sale next month, and 3 official craft fairs throughout the fall, plus the Ren Faire. Possibly one more craft fair, but we're undecided on that at the moment. And this time, we're gonna sell stuff. Dammit. :)

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In other news, it's a week till DragonCon. All my costumes are ready to go. Hurrah! :) I need to pack still, but there's no sense in packing now. I'm off next Thursday, so I'll do all of our laundry, and then pack. And then we'll leave around 6 a.m. on Friday morning. And drive all day. But it will be so worth it! :)
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:: Dawn 9:28 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Cindy has three new articles up today:

Nationally Known Sculptor John Medwedeff Finds Small Town Charm in Southern Illinois

Bawdy Wenches Take Over Southern Illinois Ren Faire

My Mistakes in My Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

Personally, I'm extra excited about the second one, because it looks like we're going to be selling crafts at the Ren Faire this year, which should be both a good time, and hopefully profitable. It's also the day that our friends Steve and Amber are having their medieval style wedding. They actually got married in May, but I missed the church wedding cuz it was the day of the TMBG concert. So I get to go to their "fun" wedding. And there's gonna be a pig roast, or so I'm told. :)

But check out all of her articles, because they are kewl and well written. :) There will be more to come, I'm sure. :)

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In other news, I'm getting really psyched about DragonCon! I still need to come up with one other outfit and/or costume. And I need to decide for sure if I want to do the America McGee's Alice costume. I really should, because it gets more use out of that costume, which I have worn all of once, but it's one of those costumes that usually takes explanation... *sigh*... then again, not like my dark Green Fairy costume doesn't... :)

I also need to work on a couple of hat designs, and see about getting some business cards drawn up. If I can get them done, and get Jerome to be kind enough to model them for me at the Con, I may be able to start doing orders... and that would be sweet...

One of these days, I'm hoping to have a list of all of the craft fairs I'm gonna do this fall... but three of them are still pending... so... we shall see...
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:: Dawn 9:51 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Hmm... well, that worked out nicely. Jerome applied for a job on Monday, got a call on Tuesday, had his interview yesterday, and starts today (well, orientation today). I guess my plan of "find Jerome a job" week was a good one. :) Of course, this means he'll be going to work while I'm still at work, and won't get home till my bedtime, but he should still have a couple of nights a week off, and I may start going home at lunch so that he can have the car to get to work (I can catch a bus home from here very easily), so I should still get to see my boyfriend. :)

Not a whole lot else going on in my world right now. We finally got our bedroom arranged nicely, and we rearranged the front closet last night so that I can get to slightly more than half of my craft supplies without too much difficulty. My fabric is pretty well inaccessible, but I don't really sew with that very often anyhow. I have no clue where the dice bags I made to sell have run off to, but ah well. I've got plenty of yarn to play with. :)

Listening to a band called The Futureheads at the moment, which I found through reading a discarded People magazine at the laundromat. I like them. British new wave, except they're fairly new... :)

And all the preparation for DragonCon is more or less done. I still need glow sticks. I think that's it. :)
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:: Dawn 8:16 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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We shall begin the day by pimping my friend Cindy's article, which is about a glass-blowing workshop in M-boro. This is super spiffy. You can read the article here. Cindy also now has an archive for her articles on my site, which you can find here. There is only one article so far, but it will grow, I'm sure. :)

In other craft related news, we're prolly doing a crapton of shows this fall... like maybe 6. That will be insanity, but we're really hoping to do well. :)

In other other craft related news, I spent part of last week and this weekend working on yarn hair falls. Most people tend to go with using fake hair, and/or making their falls look like dreadlocks, but I just went with straight yarn. Or curly yarn, as the case may be. :) I'm still working out the problems, but I've made three pairs so far, and they keep getting better. The ones Jesi has are far kewler than the ones I've made, but mine are nice and lightweight, which is a good thing. Jesi even thinks I could sell them on eBay, but I dunno... :)

In gaming news, I think I'm becoming an elitist again. Not that I ever stopped in the first place, but yeah... I think my elitist nature has resurfaced. We'll have to see how that pans out.

Busy week at work for me, at least today and tomorrow. Aside from that, however, this looks like a somewhat tame week, though I think I am going to designate this week "find Jerome a job" week. But he's got at least one really good lead, and maybe a couple of other possibilities as well. I'm mostly just hoping the one really good lead will pan out nicely. It would be good.
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:: Dawn 11:26 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Crazy busy gaming weekend, involving three LARPs. This ended up equaling Jerome and I losing our characters (and making new ones), me becoming a Harpy again, and me becoming a Ductus through the cunning use of lies (not flags). But hey, no one has checked me yet to see if I'm a big liar. Because that character is. :)

It's a month to DragonCon now, and Abney Park and Ego Likeness are confirmed. This means I'm going to be seeing 3 of my favorite bands/artists in the world, along with 2 bands that I like quite a bit. I am happy. :)

With DragonCon a month away, this means I'm working on costumes like a madwoman. Right now, it looks like I'm doing four costumes and one other outfit over the course of three days.

Friday night, it'll be Death from Sandman. I had to find a new pair of black jeans, but I still had everything else I needed for that costume.

Saturday day, it'll be Kaylee from Firefly. I still need to find one or two patches for her jumpsuit, and make sure that I can do my hair in the little buns that she does in the pilot episode. And sew the patches on. And maybe find a necklace that looks good. Maybe.

Saturday night, it depends on who is playing. Most likely, though, this will just be the night that I goth out.

Sunday day, I think I'm going with Alice from America McGee's Alice, only because I already have every piece of that costume. :)

Sunday night, which is when I suspect AP will be playing, I will probably revive my Dark Green Fairy costume that I wore for their last show that I got to see, though it will be undergoing some serious modifications, mainly for the different season and climate. I want to try to make some yarn hair falls, but I'm not sure how feasible that will be. I need a different shirt, so I may go back to Goodwill to pick up something I saw on Saturday. And I really should rethink the stripey tights, because it's likely to be too hot for those... I'm definitely rethinking the armwarmers. :)

But yeah, that's gonna be a lot of clothes to pack, particularly as it involves a couple of large dresses/poofy skirts. The good news, of course, is that Jerome will prolly cram all of his stuff into one bag, leaving plenty of trunk space for Jesi and I. w00t! :)

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In other news, you would think that putting three adults and two cats into a tiny two bedroom apartment would get a bit crowded, but we're making a pretty decent go of it. Still need another bookcase, but we're working on how we can get that... :)
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:: Dawn 8:47 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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