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Everyone's sick again, although I'm not sure whether Dad is or not. He's decided to either actually grow a beard or just not shave. Maybe he decided to get a job as a mall Santa this year or something. I don't think it's doing much for his appearance - it's making him look his age. I took a couple of pictures of him at the Aquarium last week that I was thinking I would send to my brothers, but yeesh!

Had to run home to pick the boys up at school; John wasn't up to walking there. I was digging around for the keys and remembered he had dropped me off this morning, so I had to borrow a work vehicle.

Tired. Not only was he having night sweats and thrashing around, he was having a nightmare about once an hour. Before I came to bed, he sat bolt upright and asked me in a panicky rush, "Canyougetmesomethingtoeatanythingbutpeople!!"

"What?!"

He flopped back down and said, "I dreamed you gave me people for a snack!"

Honestly. Can the guy have normal dreams about everyday things? It's always something catastrophic.

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Everyone's sick again, although I'm not sure whether Dad is or not. He's decided to either actually grow a beard or just not shave. Maybe he decided to get a job as a mall Santa this year or something. I don't think it's doing much for his appearance - it's making him look his age. I took a couple of pictures of him at the Aquarium last week that I was thinking I would send to my brothers, but yeesh!

Had to run home to pick the boys up at school; John wasn't up to walking there. I was digging around for the keys and remembered he had dropped me off this morning, so I had to borrow a work vehicle.

Tired. Not only was he having night sweats and thrashing around, he was having a nightmare about once an hour. Before I came to bed, he sat bolt upright and asked me in a panicky rush, "Canyougetmesomethingtoeatanythingbutpeople!!"

"What?!"

He flopped back down and said, "I dreamed you gave me people for a snack!"

Honestly. Can the guy have normal dreams about everyday things? It's always something catastrophic.

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Got stuff to make costumes Saturday. I finally found plain short-sleeved kid's tshirts in the right colors at the 3 for $10 store, then to Joanne's for fabric and craft supplies for Angus's. I found some wide gold ribbon for a belt and wristbands in selection of scraps, and they had tissue lame' fabric on sale for half off $1.99 a yard. It wound up being cheaper than the felt I got to make a collar. I went with cobalt blue with that just for some contrast, and some fake gems, glass beads, rick-rack, and gold fabric paint. I had to put back some pricier glass beads that would have looked cool, but we'll make do.

Remember to haul out sewing maching tonight. Only a minor amount of stitching, but jeez, I hope I remember how to use the thing. My mom's old Husqvarna - it always struck me as amusing that they made both sewing machines and motorcycles. There's probably some mending that needs to be done too, if I can find it...

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Got stuff to make costumes Saturday. I finally found plain short-sleeved kid's tshirts in the right colors at the 3 for $10 store, then to Joanne's for fabric and craft supplies for Angus's. I found some wide gold ribbon for a belt and wristbands in selection of scraps, and they had tissue lame' fabric on sale for half off $1.99 a yard. It wound up being cheaper than the felt I got to make a collar. I went with cobalt blue with that just for some contrast, and some fake gems, glass beads, rick-rack, and gold fabric paint. I had to put back some pricier glass beads that would have looked cool, but we'll make do.

Remember to haul out sewing maching tonight. Only a minor amount of stitching, but jeez, I hope I remember how to use the thing. My mom's old Husqvarna - it always struck me as amusing that they made both sewing machines and motorcycles. There's probably some mending that needs to be done too, if I can find it...