randomly chaotic and frequently mundane

Looking forward to getting a free rental from Redbox.

Giving smiley360 a try…

Wanna join me?

When we were kids, we did a lot of holiday crafts and stuff. One of our grandmothers taught us several, along with mom, of course. one of the ones I have very fond memories of is felt ornaments, rather like these. Though the ones I made as a kid never looked so nice, lol. I made some a few years ago, and Gage claimed them as his new toys. But if he sees that they go on the Christmas tree, which he loves so much, maybe he’ll let them be decorations.

A couple of years ago, I made these cinnamon ornaments, they came out great and they fantastic for 3 or 4 years. I’m thinking about making them with the kids this year… Just gotta keep Kalina from trying to eat them. Last year, Gage made one of these ornaments in school and it smelled so good, Kalina took a bite! LOL

I had Kalina making these warm fuzzies to give to her cousins for Christmas.

Soon, I’m going to go out in the woods to gather pine cones and those little pine balls for the kids to decorate with glitter and ribbon and stuff. Maybe we’ll cover a few with peanut butter and bird seed for the birdies. And while I’m feeling old fashioned, maybe we’ll string popcorn and cranberries and hang it in the trees outside for the animals to enjoy in the winter.

Well… The pumpkin costume was fantastic. My nieces vampiress was lovely. My fall costume for trick or treating and my leftovers costume for work went over well, and another Halloween is done. Gage is getting better and better at the trick or treating thing. He pushed Kalina once. He had a bit of frustration at one point. But it was all smoothed over quickly and he did great. When people offered him the whole bowl to choose one, he only took one. When he came to an unattended bowl, he only took one. Even when people encouraged him to take a few, he only took one. What a good boy he is!

Flash mobs. They’re well on their way to being associated with all kinds of negativity. But I remember when I first started hearing about flash mobs… They were generally fun, funny, thought provoking… And usually promoting some cause or idea. Groups of ethnically diverse people getting up an suddenly holding hands in a circle or something to promote tolerance, understanding, etc.

And I was thinking about book crossing… The art of releasing books into the wild for others to find and read… Which I enjoy… And wouldn’t it be interesting to get a hoard of book crossers together to do a mass flash mob release promoting literacy? Just a thought.

So I was asked to pass on some pages for making extra money online to a few family members and I thought I would share here…

One of the sites I’ve started using recently, and I’m having a bit of fun while I’m at it, isReview Stream. A site that pays you to simply post reviews about products, stores and companies you use. I’ve posted a few reviews so far and have been paid a little more than a dollar per review. Once I start going out a little more, I’ll start posting more.

Another site I’ve enjoyed making money with (besides paid blogging) is myLot.com. It takes time to really earn with them, which I don’t have enough of now, but when I was unemployed and could spend a couple of hours a day on the site, I did manage $50 a month. Doesn’t seem like much, but $50 is better than $0. You’re not likely to get rich from it, but it can be a nice boost, a little extra to get you through, or to pay for a special something for you or a family member.

More on paid blogging later

For Halloween? Pumpkin. That’s what he keeps saying. He was saying it at school today as well. I ask different things… Do you want to be a fish? No fish. do you want to be a scarecrow? No scarecrow. Do you want to be a dinosaur? No dinosaur. Do you want to be Mickey Mouse? No Mickey. What do you want to be for Halloween? Pumpkin.

A pumpkin it is… Or… Jack o lantern.

I love autumn. It’s my favorite season and Halloween is my favorite holiday. The time has come to decide what to dress Gage up as, and start making his costume. Last year he was a Christmas tree. He lit up and everything. I’m debating improving on the Christmas tree idea, or doing something different. Maybe a Christmas elf? I can make that light up, too…

Alas, the only way he picks out his costume himself is when I take him to walmart or something and let him just pick a costume off the wall… But I like to make his costumes. My mom made mine, and I think it’s a lost art. There would be so much variety at Halloween if more people did. And you can customize them… I mean, if your little princess wants to wear a green dress, where are you going to find that? You might get lucky… But if you made it yourself, you could get the exact shade of green she wants, and the exact shade of purple or black or blue she wants the trim to be. It can be exactly the princess costume she wants!

Call me crazy… But Halloween would be even more fun if people would make costumes instead of just buying them. A quick Internet search can actually reveal quite a few sites with instructions on cheap and easy Halloween costumes, if a parent would care to make the effort.