Brain Flotsam V2.007

Things I have done that are fun:

- went to see The Day the Earth Stood Still with my dad. We snarked. And enjoyed ourselves. And snarked. It was good.
- played two rounds of The Downfall of Pompeii with my mom. w00t! Sacrifice them to the volcano! Muahahahaha!
- made cinnamon pecans, watched Donna bake while entertaining the little one, played with Lando, danced Lando around the kitchen, introduced Lando to Sandra Boynton's brilliant Hippos Go Berserk! counting board book, and ate yummy festive holiday pound cake (which isn't fruitcake. really).
- watched A Muppet Family Christmas  and A Muppet Christmas Carol with Donna and Lando and, later, Jon.

also done:
- laundry. lots of it.
- moved furniture, re-arranged my room, sorted books, sorted more books, including antiques, moved boxes of toys, and helped mom hook up her computer to the network printer.

coming soon:
- baking cookies! (maybe.)
- playing more games with the family.
- big extended family Christmas meal and game playing.
- making art.
- sewing.
- moving all the boxes to make space for the new craft table.
- packing for Philadelphia (what do you mean it might snow in December? Where did I put my boots?)

Mom came in earlier to ask me where I was going to put my altar in my newly re-arranged room.  She asked about what goes on an altar (did I need some doilies? -- this is a running family joke), and I mentioned that I didn't have all my tools yet, missing a ritual knife.
So she goes off and comes back holding several small folding knives with mother-of-pearl handles that belonged to her mother. Now I have two of them on my shelf with my wand, chalice, candles and incense.
She also reminded me that I have a 3-or-so foot tall plaster column with a Corinthian capital left at the house from my younger days, and did I want it back? Perhaps it would make a good altar. So I moved that into my room, too.
Peter had to work today, and Hillary is off with her family, but they are going to be home tonight to spend time with us. Hopefully we will play some games.

There have been so many funny little moments that I'd love to share, but I find they don't all translate very well to screen.  You'll all just have to take my word for the fact that we're mostly enjoying our time, even though we aren't really having Christmas as such.

Now I'm going to work on more art, and write out some cards to send during the Epiphany and pre-Imbolc season.

Title: Chapter 11: The Bribe
Artist:  zephre
Rating:  G
Characters:  Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Remus Lupin
Medium:  Adobe Photoshop
Summary: Remus shows the Trio the latest Daily Prophet and fills them in on the changes since Death Eaters took over the Ministry.
Artist's Notes: for hp_art_project. Illustration for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 11: The Bribe.



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