• Finding Tobey, more pics
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    Finding Tobey, more pics

    Another busy weekend!! Friday night we had the Indie Memphis red carpet event! So Thursday night I washed my hair and put it up in curlers. Got up the next morning and it was rainy and humid and I knew if I took them down before work, my curls would be GONE by that night. So I left my curlers…

  • what a weird weekend
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    what a weird weekend

    On Friday, I got a new dishwasher I had a major panic attack at the dr, didn’t get to have my checkup, got sent away in a wheelchair with a prescription for xanax On Saturday, I had to buy two new tires for the Fit I celebrated not one but TWO 65th wedding anniversaries Went to a Harry Potter party…

  • Halloween yay!
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    Halloween yay!

    Halloween was fun! So, Friday, I “dressed up” for work. Basically I wore my Janet Snakehole wig and my April Ludgate work ID. Even thought it was just me and my boss in the office so I don’t know why I bothered! LOL And then Kevin tried on my wig… We thought about going out Friday night since there were…

  • Photo dump
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    Photo dump

    Here’s a preview of some more photos from Saturday: (edit: photo link was broken and I can’t find this anywhere anymore, so I removed it!) I didn’t get any besides that uploaded – I was home sick from work yesterday so I pretty much slept all day. Anyway, as I’ve been going through my old hard-drives I occasionally come across…

  • Halloween, part 2
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    Halloween, part 2

    Yesterday’s weather was awful. It rained and stormed all day, with high winds. Last year we didn’t have as many trick-or-treaters as before and the weather was fine, so I figured, this bad weather is going to chase the bulk of them off – I’ll be surprised if we get 5 trick-or-treaters. At least we had good candy that would…

  • Halloween!! (Part 1)
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    Halloween!! (Part 1)

    Besides our Hocus Pocus photoshoot, we’ve already done a handful of Halloween-related events, so I thought I’d go ahead and post a few photos. Last week I actually won a contest on facebook, getting free tickets to go see a showing of Hocus Pocus on the big video screen at Redbirds Stadium. Kevin and I both wore our Hogwarts uniforms,…

  • Harry Potter Midnight Show
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    Harry Potter Midnight Show

    It was so good! I didn’t cry, thought I would. Like so many people I’ve spent so many years with Harry, it’s been such a part of my life – so I’m sad it’s over. I was the only person dressed up when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened here 10 years ago (in my robe with my homemade…

  • when i was too mean to be lily
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    when i was too mean to be lily

    So today I wore my Hermione costume without the robe to work. Cause it is Halloween and all, yknow. Well, I didn’t curl my hair. Or, I did curl my hair this morning, but it completely fell and doesn’t look like I did anything to it. So I said I wasn’t Hermione, I’m Lily. Kevin asked me who I was…

  • Halloween 2004 and Leia pics!
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    Halloween 2004 and Leia pics!

    At the friday night party :B Random Hermione pics. I hardly wore it at all saturday – maybe a hour and a half at the most. My cousin as Link and my aunt as Snoopy. This picture cracks me up. My parents and Ash parents as hobbits, Gandalf, and an elf. Leia in the control room XD (the saturday night…

  • Dragoncon 04 pics from EBK!
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    Dragoncon 04 pics from EBK!

    Pictures! From Al 🙂 my hair totally fell. Oh well Anna… yeah, not much new there. There was a really good one in the masq – I wish I’d gotten a chance to talk to her! Her costume looked awesome. Ash, her mom, my mom and me 🙂 Padme’s battle suit… Arwen and Figwit… she’s not really Figwit, but whatever…

  • Dragoncon 2004 Pics!!
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    Dragoncon 2004 Pics!!

    why it’s me and Craig Parker! (Haldir in FOTR and TT) He was very nice 🙂 Anyway, my point of this entry was the fact that I have my dragoncon pictures up. Right here . And thus ends my con season. Nothing until march next year. Now I can clean my room!

  • Lessa, hermione, Ozma and Padme updates
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    Lessa, hermione, Ozma and Padme updates

    Lessa – done, except the shoulder braid, which I will either do tonight or on the plane tomorrow. Won’t take but about another 10 minutes to do. I wore it on a test-run last week – it’s almost unbearably hot, but I like how it looks. We’ll see at dragoncon. Hermione – done. will need to be pressed again when…

  • Lessa, hermione, Ozma and Padme updates
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    Ozma, Amidala and other updates

    Lessa: Everything is finished except a few little details. I’m going to finish it tonight. Masq. Costume: Finished except for the headpiece, which is underway. Hermione: Still need to iron the pleats back in, but that’s it. Amidala: I got a wig, otherwise I haven’t done anything else. I redid my Belldandy antenna yesterday. They look *so* much better. A…

  • Ozma, Hermione and other Progress Pics!
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    Ozma, Hermione and other Progress Pics!

    Pictures! my “secret” masquerade costume is ozma, which anybody who has been around my site or my cosplaylab profile would know I’ve been planning on doing for a long time. Ash and I decided we wanted to keep it under wraps until dragoncon though, so I’ve stopped mentioning what it is. Anyway, I started on it back before akon but…

  • Hermione, Lessa, Ozma, and Padme progress
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    Hermione, Lessa, Ozma, and Padme progress

    quick trip to hancock’s today, and I got my dark red lining for my PoA cloak, some green ribbon, and some really awesome wolf-looking fur for the lining of my Lessa costume. I don’t want to cut it up! I want to use it as a blanket x_x It’s so snuggly!! So, dragoncon to-do list… Masq Costume: 75% Main dress…

  • Lessa, hermione, Ozma and Padme updates
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    To-do for SDCC and Dcon 04

    Comic Con Costumes… Anna – I’ve got most of materials now. I still need rings for the boot covers, buckles, brown leather, and tassles. Officer – I’ve got everything except stuff for the belt and insignias. Shadowcat – Got to find material for the belt and claws, but that’s it. Phoenix – I’ve got everything I need for this- I…

  • A-Kon 2004 Pics!
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    A-Kon 2004 Pics!

    I’m actually not too worn out from Akon!! HP3= liked it. I thought I’d fall asleep in it, but I didn’t! I did my 2 panels on friday, and they both went well. I wore all my costumes and even spent time OUT of costume. I actually ate well. I met some really cool people in the bar of the…