I have so much I can teach her and pull out of her.
I would say you might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated.
I would teach her to love alot. Laugh alot at the silliest things and be very serious.
I would teach her to love life, I could do that.
Maya Angelou, 1928.
The little skeleton worked very hard today preparing for the Halloween party. He wasn't too keen on carving the pumpkin though and was wondering why there was so much orange smelly seaweed inside it. Making the rice krispie buns was much better fun.
You must always do the taste test first...
Happy Halloween!
Not alot of blogging this week. I have been very busy working flat out on album designs. Also found myself back down in Red Dot office laying out pages for Getting Married in Northern Ireland Magazine. The Reader Awards is coming up in two weeks time so there is lots of work to be done on this issue! It's promising to be a good night. I've so much to do I'm running around like a headless chicken.
No post is ever complete without a few photos and here is Seanan enjoying his favourite treat - the Brunch (he gets a bit mixed up and calls it a crunch) Seanan has reached the age where it is very hard to keep a straight face for the camera - too much going on in that little head. He is hilarious at the moment and constantly makes me smile. He's still not that into school though and very happy to be on a halloween break.
On the subject of Halloween - this is my absolute favourite time of the year. The dark nights have just come in (not enough to get tired of them yet). The wind is howling and the moon is full. Everyone in our gang gets together to enjoy a night of storytelling around the campfire (if its not raining), fireworks, decoration, dressing up, apple-ducking, trick or treats, trying not to break your teeth on apple pie with coins in them, pumpkin competitions, partying and generally spooking the life out of each other. Our family have always celebrated festivities in the traditional sense. I don't know exactly what it is, but there is something in our very primitive, celtic roots that connects with this festival. The changing of seasons always revives my soul. Lighting the night with fire and stories under the stars is the best way to feel alive.
It is also Niamh's 2nd birthday party so I have alot to do tomorrow to prepare. Carving pumpkins, making buns, decorating the house with the help of a little witch and a troublemaking skeleton.
Also this week...
Snood - the hair saviour. I always try and work at my hair in the mornings to get that sleek, shiny, 'can't-stop-moving-my-head-silvikrin-look'. Sadly weather conditions here leave it like a 'Jamie-Afro' fuzz bomb. Today was one of those days with rain and wind shaking their fists at me. So I just popped that snood over my head and all was not lost.
I'm very excited about some new framing options I found this week. I've been working for a while on getting this side of things perfect. I will share more on that at a later date.
My sister, who is now personal shopper for Debenhams (yes very handy!), is picking out a nice dress for me for the awards. She is promising that I will look a stone lighter without the workout but she always was a very good salesperson. Its worth a try though.
I'm hoping to do a 'scary' amount of partying tomorrow night and still get to watch x-factor.
I'm a huge fan of Ollie, the man with the moves to win, but if the camera guy would stop zooming in on Danyl's mouth I think he would have a much better chance. We know he has good vocal chords, we don't need to see them, his gold fillings and his tonsils.
Anyway thats it for now.
Happy Halloween!
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