The Art Department Represents on Halloween

Oh Yes We Did.

Halloweenie!

I have finished my Halloweenie costume! it took a bit of painting, but it is all done, even my hat.


I am going to have a halloween costume for the first time in 3 or 4 years, and it is for my office party tomorrow. I am really excited about it, and actually kind of want to wear it everywhere, everyday....

McKenna

I'm am so happy to see a first photo of Moriah's new baby, tiny McKenna :)

China Cabinet

We spent some time this weekend working on the house a bit, David helped me hang up this lovely embroidered fabric piece, a gift from Agata, of nice Polish ladies cooking. It's in the kitchen, above the washer & dryer, I think she told me it says something like a wife makes a house a home, or something like that. iGoogle translates it to say "A good hostess house makes merry." I like both of those.I am truly excited about my first real craigslist find, this gorgeous china cabinet we got from a nice man in Long Beach. He said he got it from Billy Barty's sister, who he used to do some work for, which makes me feel AMAZING. It's just beautiful though, I'm completely in love with it; it feels exactly my taste and it's the kind of furniture I've always wanted to have, old well crafted wood with lots of history in it. My favorite is the skeleton key that locks all the doors, and the beveled glass windows. I put our beautiful coral bowl wedding gift that I've been storing forever in the center space; it finally has a beautiful home to be displayed in!

We moved!
It took most of October to pack and move and start to settle. Elwood loves the new house, and has gingerly tasted the outside world, no further than the front patio. But he LOVE to sit at the big window in the front room and spy on the neighbors. We are now trying to come up with a way to keep him from scaling the inside of the fireplace and hinding in here. He thinks he is a tiny santa claus, and tries to go in there every chance he gets.

My next book on the shelf to read just arrived yesterday. I ordered it some time ago, but it was just released recently. It's a novelized version of the Maurice Sendak book, also combined with the screenplay for the movie of Where The Wild Things Are (which I can't WAIT to see!).

A trade on Etsy got me these boney earings which I plan to wear to the movie when we go to see it :)

What a day. I drove to Lompoc early early early this morning to attend a service for my beloved Courtney, who has sadly just lost her mom, Diane, to cancer after years of battle. The memorial was really lovely though, and her family looked beautiful and wonderful together, and Courtney spoke in an amazingly composed manner, with so much love and warmth about her mom, it really moved and impressed me. It just goes to show what a strong and courageous heart she has. It wiped me out, also, being at Trinity Church after many years, and talking with lots of people I knew, and some I barely remember, in what seems like another lifetime, was emotional as well.

After the reception my Dad stuffed my car with plants to take home to the new house, and do I mean stuffed. I had my own tiny greenhouse on the drive back to LA - during which - I was spotted by Levan & Heater on the 405, it was a magical LA moment, spotting friends in the middle of disgusting disgusting traffic :)