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It happens that Str.vonMaris formulated :
> 1:17 am - Lots of Little Things (& Come & Get It: Costuming)  
> First off, we got a bag of costuming stuff - please, take it!
> Several uniform jackets, male, approximately 40" chest, at least 2
> Navy and One Army (Sgt - I think Staff Sgt). One tacky non-military
> uniform shirt (darkest green with vivid red epaulettes & pocket
> flaps). 2 tweed suits that I suspect really are from the 30's, and not
> just "look like it" - one jacket is more of a Norfolk style than the
> other, but the other is a lot more stylish - actually a green/blueish
> tinge to the tweed, and wide-bottom pants (you didn't think these
> things just started in the 70-'s, did you?). A couple more striped
> jackets, and, for the ladies (okay, or for one small cross-dressing
> guy), a pair of high heels, white, with deco-esque silvery glitter
> swirls, pointy toes - size 9.5
>
> And why do we have all this costuming?
> Because we're cleaning out our attic.
> We have already gotten rid of four garbage bags full of stuff (mostly
> kid junk) with lots more to come (I even got to play Santa's Helper at
> the thrift store, because if I can catch someone who looks like they
> can use my stuff, I will try to snag them before I give it to the
> store - and this time I was able to give a little girl a doll
> accessory. Her mother kept trying to pay me and I finally told her,
> "PLEASE don't - I want it to be a present!").This means, of course,
> that our dining room is just that much closer to being presentable -
> if only because we also got rid of two boxes full of old toys that
> were theoretically being played with (but weren't). The only reason I
> am not irritated that we haven't moved stuff out from under the dining
> room table is because I know we are STILL MAKING MORE ROOM IN THE
> ATTIC!!!
>
> And on an even better note, I managed to clear out all the costuming
> from the attic myself, without any help from The Hubby (tm),who I
> usually need to help me do these sorts of things. This is not only
> good in and of itself, but it confirms a quirk I noted with my fellow
> cookie-bakers at prehensile_wit's house party: that I can do a single
> "type" task, like "the books" or "the tapes" (&, in this case, "the
> costuming"). This makes the problems I have with "clean the area full
> of horrificly random crap" less irritating, because it means that I am
> not only not useless, but am not secretly lazy & just making excuses
> for myself. Another similar "single task" was to clean out the
> Passover glassware(we keep finding 70's smoked glassware and casserole
> dishes at thrift stores - one year, a seder at my house, I REALLY want
> to do that!) from the plastic drawers stuck in the hallway (awaiting
> the decluttering of the kids' room - which started with my getting rid
> of all the unwanted tapes and books). I now have the perfect spot for
> hiding the kids' presents. Which brings me to...
>
> Chanukah has been progressing nicely. Not only have I managed to sort
> all the massive assortment of bits and pieces we pick up through the
> year into eight little groups for each child, I also have managed to
> remember to light the window menorah every evening - and turn it off
> around midnight, at least. And to make things really festive, the kids
> get to take turns picking the candles we use at night.
>
> WombatGirl and PuppyBoy continue to be ridiculously cute and precious.
> WombatGirl has pretty much solved a bullying problem that had, at her
> age, dogged me for years: the difference for her is that she has
> parents who can help her answer back in a school-accepted manner; I
> did not (Of course, she also has parents who will allow her, when all
> else fails, to answer back in a NON school-accepted manner; I
> definitely did not. She proves herself superior by saying she'd rather
> not do that. I am simply grateful she doesn't feel moved to do so). At
> the "parent-teacher conference" at her public school, the very first
> thing her teacher said was that her competency in this matter had
> increased to the point where it was almost like dealing with a
> different child. Her grades, of course, were still excellent (not that
> I'm, like, bragging or anything - heaven forfend!). The punchline is
> that her Hebrew school teacher said to me once (as I was picking her
> up - there was no formal meeting) that she has a way of answering back
> that was adult in nature! Okay, while the irony is that being mentally
> ahead of her classmates is one of the things that triggers the type of
> bullying she was getting, this time the irony backfired! Woo-hoo!
>
> PuppyBoy's speech continues to improve - many of you noted that at
> prehensile_wit's houseparty (Did I thank you for hosting that on LJ? I
> bet not...). The best part? At Chanukah-At-Mom's, not only did my aunt
> remark on it specifically, but my mom has actually hinted that she
> would be willing to watch him for an afternoon: first step to a
> weekend!! But I think the best example of his improved speech can be
> see from a day or so ago in the car (after the thrift store,
> actually). We were curiously stuck at a light. No, not a red light
> that was lasting too long, but a green light, at which the person in
> the van before us couldn't figure out how to put her foot on the gas.
> After The Hubby (tm) & I each wondered aloud what this person was
> doing - or not - a voice was heard from the back: "IT'S A GR(L)EEN
> LIGHT, YOU IH-DEE-UT!" At which point the entire car burst into
> hysterics.
>
> The holidays in general are shaping up delightfully with the one
> distressing exception: this is going to be my grandmother's last Xmas.
> She is so tired all the time, she can't even get to church. Yeah,
> she's 91 and I'm a grown woman who shouldn't whine at the inevitable
> vicissitudes of life (How many middle-aged women still have
> grandparents?), but I am still upset by this and will miss her
> terribly when she's gone. I chose her present with greater care than
> usual this year; I want to make sure it's perfect. 
>  
>
> Don't talk about your favorite woman like that Dutch boi

that geezer ReverEND is definitely paedophilic