Ready for Halloween

Shane picked up his vest last night. And got the pants hemmed. With just the white shirt, pants, and his goatee, I threw on a hat and Shane was an instant Amish. [Photos were accidently deleted. Darn!] Put the vest on, and we could see Sammy Adams emerging. Shane also brought me my long blonde wig for Rikku. We’re going to have some problems putting the hair up in a pony tail because the way the wig is. Shane and I tried a couple of different options last night. We’ll have to see what we would end up doing. Man,...
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T minus 25 days

Travel itinerary is starting to shape up for the trip home. Here’s your first look at our plan. The only things written in stone other than our arrival-departure schedule is the dental appointment, and the flight to Chiangmai. Thu. Nov. 18 – Depart LAX at 11:30 p.m. 2.5 hour layover in Taipei. Sat. Nov. 20 – Arrive in Bangkok around 11 a.m. Dad should be back from an urban design conference in Beijing that same day if not the day before. Sun. Nov. 21 – Brandon’s dental appointment in the morning. Yes. Dentist. Dental works in Thailand is as good...
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Cyclops – Part II

So I went to my doctor who sent me off to an eye specialist to look deelply into my eye to make sure nothing else was left in there. The eye doctor looked, dilated my left eye, and looked some more. There is absolutely nothing left in there. What I’m feeling is the part of my eye that actualy got minorly scratched. But it is nothing serious. The eye will heal in a few days. (Note: The doctor turns out to be a fellow Trojan! Not too much awkward silence while waiting for my eye to dilate there as we...
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Cyclops

Almost lost an eye sewing last night. Yes. Sewing. I was working on Shane’s Sam Adams vest last night. I had to learn to sew the button hole before actually doing it on the vest, and so I had to change the presser foot, the part the hold the garment down for the sewing machine, to use the button hole guide. Somehow I managed to lose the original foot in the process. So I put in another foot that the manual said is used to sewing more delicate/slippery fabric, selected straight stitch, and hit the pedal. Apparently, I didn’t dial...
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