Drew is Superbowl Ready. Gramma Deb Barbie put on her jersey and they're all lined up....waiting.

rain.

Ann's dr appointment took up our morning, ate "lunch" (Peanut Buster Parfaits) at DQ, shopped at DT, played at Ridgeway Park for a few, then picked up Zerelda.

Izzy was a champ. it was a long morning. she took TWO car naps. then to 'both' Princeton parks,to my house for a bit, then took the girls home.

today made Mimi her Superbowl outfit.

she looks fabulous, dahling....watched a Jerry Springer doc, then started a ghost one....had to pick up the girls to go pick up Z. tomorrow she has an early dr. appt. not sure when the next game is since they're in a tournament, maybe I'll have time to start on Drew's outfit tomorrow? the girls came over to play for a bit before I took them home. Kevin has an awful cold. mine seems to have left....for now. (fingers crossed.)

rec'd a sketch in mail from aunt mary of the vulgar offensive mannequin. omg. enough already.

idc. idgaf. I am over it. I sincerely hope these decorators bring the mannequins back next Christmas. I might have to work this sketch into a room somehow. today I made a padded room and stole a tiny Bratz doll from The Creepy Christmas Village to be the patient in gown in corner. then ANOTHER order I'd forgotten about arrived...so made a fancy room with piano #2, a baby and a violin, some books I made, and a few toys. my home just can't be a sancutary. it is constantly invaded. (sigh). hoping there are no more surprise orders when I was all full of ideas about whatever.....watched several crazy tubi movies....genetically engineered secret weapons dinosaurs escape from custody....earthquake destroying the planet....an alien swamp monster...

how bout dem Chiefs ♥️💛🏈

we're headed back to The Superbowl, baby. I thought all the 3-peat bullshit would jinx us, but....

finished asylum. decided on ghost hunter instead of patient. added a disgusting old asylum bathroom. and The Morgue. and found The Spot in basement to put them together. some of my little details came unglued during transport, so will have to do some patch up work...and am thinking maybe a padded room....

yesterday I took Z to school since KJ was sick, then to my appt. with surgeon at Corydon.

made appt. for scope. I was a bit flabbergasted when he said I might be a candidate for weight loss surgery. I know I'm fat, but I thought you had to be My 600 Lb. Life fat to get surgery. jeepers. a lot to think about. I should've just kept ignoring.

today Ann, Izzy, and I spent the day together at her Dr. appts. and tests. with a Walmart break. got some clearance clothes for the girls. we picked Z up at school, I hung out at the house for a while, Z tried on all her clothes and did a fashion show, complete with a TikTok. love that girl. today we bought Kid Rock tickets in KC. and. rented. a. room. at. The. Haunted. Hotel. Savoy. in KC. I'll walk half a mile. Gustavo is gonna get a photo shoot! ordered a replacement for Kevin's kindle. the second one wore out. he sure uses them.

had to log in to blog this time...wtf.

water froze up for the first time since 2013. overslept, got Ann to dr just a little late. KJ went home sick, so I picked Z up from school. he has called in for tomorrow, so will go get her, take her to school, then head to Corydon for my consult and hang out, come home for a bit, then back to pick up Z. Thursday Ann has dr stuff, then we pick up Z. Friday she has dr. stuff and we pick up Z. and take her to her mom.

the asylum wing isn't done. nope. made roof higher. adding a huge window above nurses station. some detail and hanging lights on ceiling. and doin' my damnest to make a RemPod, Franks Box, and straight jacket to hang on a hook. kinda thinking a shadow figure peeking out behind a door, as well. maybe a patient in a gown in hallway?

ok. finally made a new log in so I can post pics on blog again....

fuck. I can get to photos now but they still won't load. wtf.

this round of insomnia seems to be over.

and once again feeling better. not choking to death on my own snot, anyway. dunno.

Izzy and Ann came over to hang out while KJ went to pick up Z.

down the the final bits and bobs on my creation. moved everything off table out to garage. ordered a guy and a hatchet to put behind a door in asylum wing and that may be all she wrote. just need to clear out a spot in basement to assemble it. today I made doors. a nurses desk. call light board. clipboards. bottles of pyschiatric Rx. little white pill dosage cups. a nurse. athere is now a stack of boxes, a sink, and chickens hanging from ceiling in kitchen. I am a proud crazy creepy crafter. I know I have a Meatloaf album on the way. think that's the last of stuff I had already ordered. of course, the mail may jog my memory tomorrow....

this just in!

are you sitting down? go ahead. I'll give you a minute. grab a drink. this morning there were some exciting developments. the boiler room has been subdivided into boiler room/basement. the cabinet will now go on wall. a glass of wine added to piano. a bottle of wine, glass of wine, and another book added to Room 2C. Art the Terrifier has a phone. there's now money, cigarettes, and a shot gun (rifle? idk the difference...), my Graveface Museum sticker, and a pic of Roger The Clown in The Clown Room. I'm trying to make Ol' Sparky! (electric chair. stay with me now.) A Sharon Tate portrait is going in The Basement Bedroom. the possibilities are endless! endless, I tell you!

Kj, Ann, & Iz over to watch game. still in playoffs.

forgot I'd ordered stuff that arrived today...so now have to make a music room. rethinking some shit. will probably make attic into bedroom. cut up foam packing noodles to make stone walls and floors in basement rooms. used up last of white and black paint to paint 'gray.' going to use that cool metal circle I found at farm for well cover. put a chalk outline on clown room floor. made a fuse box. making a boiler. will glue on 'pipes' and 'controls'. started the little basement room with mattress on floor that 'person covered in sheet' will sit on. found more popcicle sticks to finish attic floor. there's a chimpanzee in the parlor. and a tiny cocker spaniel. there will be weiner dogs. bundles of cash. a couple glasses of wine. kind of want a teeny tiny mirror.

made 2 hanging basement light bulbs today. added a gangster trading card on wall. crazily tilted. and framed the goat man portrait.

glued in the Clown Room pillar. and some other cardboard for the sides. grafitti is there. grimmed corners and edges in Victorian Parlor. stencil on ceiling. wallpaper in hallway to continue what's over Room 2C door. the devil is in the details. I feel so creative! so alive! bahahahahahahahahaha! hung out with the girls a bit today. Zerelda put on her skirt and tennies and was cheerleading with YouTube. and making up her own routines. she has sharp arms. and the girl can KICK!

Katie has booked our lake vacay in Kansas end of July. there is a rec room and local hikes, lake, etc.

Zerelda is on A honor roll!

went through a bit of a rough patch today, but rallied around and got Zerelda picked up. I was the 4th car in a line of 4.

worked on parlor...wall paper. rug. ceiling and floor painted. window with lace curtain. now working on artwork.

clown basement....whelp, now we have 3 clowns! figuring out a pillar in the corner....and painted some tiny Christmas bulbs I want to make into bare hanging basement bulbs...

it is 11-14. I was once a gal that blogged multiple times a day. things have slowed down a lot. I doodle a lot in my 'notebooks' and most of my little evil thoughts are now housed there.

will the kids thumb thru them or just toss them? have small amounts of $ hidden in them. an easy $20 or so (evil laughter ensues.)

let's see. Monday Ann was sick. I didn't feel whoopy either. so didn't volunteer to watch her when KJ left for his bb game. ended up going out to get her and bringing her and Iz here. then they rode along to pick up Z. we ate at McDonalds on the way home. Ann wasn't feeling well. (come on, it's January. is ANYONE feeling well? but I digress.) KJ messaged me later that he was taking the next day off, she was vomiting. but my brain is like...ok. yeah. you did eat at McDonalds. who was just recently on the news trying to kill people with contaminated slivered onions. you were taking your chances. and I think she does have some stomach issues. she has a lot of queasy days. He got Z off to school this morning. he took Ann to her prearranged dr. visit where they tested for flu and Covid. which what can they really do about either? I offered to keep Iz here to save her the long ass day in the car. they picked up Z, then came after Iz. she is so much fun to hang out with, but my ass is dragging after day 2. tomorrow I am picking Z up from school....late tournament game. will see if Ann feels well enough to watch Iz. again. my brain is wired different. I went to work sick. came home still sick. made sure kids were fed, bathed, homeworked, taken or picked up from wherever, and eventually went to bed. if I could drive to work, I was going. there were no choices. I could stop on highway and puke. puke in the barn and wash it down with garden hose. diarrhea was different. take massive amounts of OTC, then not shit for weeks. literally. was that a healthy life style? no. but was that how I was raised? yes. you're dizzy? sit. or lay on floor. you're puking? keep a bowl handy. my hand to God I would go lay on the nursery cement hallway floor when I was pregnant with Katie. and my co-workers just walked around me. I'd eventually get up and get back at it. my kids survived their childhoods. don't think watching mommy hurl is all that tramautic. but again...that is me. I dunno.

anyway. got a shipment of mini stuff yesterday. I had already 'wallpapered' one attic room and made a circle window. started gluing what popcicle sticks I have down as a wood floor that I will probably paint white. made a trunk that I am filling full of 'newspapers' and a hunk of lace that could be a 'wedding dress'. and asst. snippets of ribbon. made Room 2C from The Abaddon Hotel. made a bed, quilt, pillows. installed a boughten window and door. and 2 purchased 'dolls' that remind me of the 2 characters I wanted. a purchased butterfly display frame on wall. made a 'hallway rug'. I'm thinking maybe making some backpacks to throw in a corner. maybe a tiny camera. maybe an Abaddon Hotel tiny notepad or something.

I want the clown room in basement. used some rough packing paper to cover back wall. maybe will scatter some grit and tiny pebbles on floor? gray paint? grafitti on walls? a pillar support or a 'boiler' or something? a light bulb hanging from the ceiling? will have a lot of rooms. and the thing is, I can make a spot by a wall and build it up and up and up forever or until I get bored, as I eventually will.

todays exciting development....

I have arranged boxes on DR table that will eventually become my Peculiarly Ashley house....I have basement, main floor, and attic. need another Ritz size box or just another box to properly size attic. bought some more fat quarters that I will work into The Scooby Doo Quilt...have decided instead of sticking exactly with the color scheme, I'll do my own variation on it. haven't drug it back out yet, just bought some more fabric to work with. Kevin and I are both coughing and sneezing. sounds like a tuberculosis asylum in here.

all the news that's fit to print.

the girls came over to play last night. they were in Katie's room. the desk is where Izzy does her work. then she dumped out all the marbles. they rolled all over the floor, so dug my hoop box out of the closet and the girls put all the marbles in there. then inspiration dawned...I'd been searching for a tiny bottle for my teeny tiniest cojoined baby to be a pickled punk...but now I had jars perfect for the larger dolls I had....so....they haven't made it to The Creepy Corner yet, but they are bottled. not going to put water in them. not sure what that would do the dolls long term, and I think they look cool as is. they had fun playing with the toys mom had brought from my childhood and my kids. especially the microphone and the bell. there were some stellar concerts. when I took them home, I got Iz out of her car seat, she threw her head back and sighed, "Grandma, would you look at that moon?" (I'm a big moon person, too.) she is such a delight. was supposed to pick Z up tonight, but plans were changed, and I went to play with Izzy for a bit instead. she said Caterpillar. she just solemnly tosses out these ridiculously big words and it slays.

I finally called Bethany hospital today to ask them (again) to send test results to my dr. I did set up the patient portal. and found the test. no results there. woman I spoke with suggested a bit testily that I didn't look hard enough for correct tab.

Katie called last night. the book I am reading is one she recently read. the series I was watching Max kept recommending to her. got Natalia Grace finished. she seems to be (finally!) in a good place. I watched Season 19 of Sister Wives. figure that's caught up enough. I remember I was still watching when Maddie had Axel. it's been a few. we were on the edge of the BIG snowstorm. we got maybe 3"? Princeton had 5". Koren had like 13". I had a turkey breast in oven. I was planning to make stovetop stuffing and green beans for sides. Kevin suggested his (ALWAYS) baked beans and scalloped potatoes. and so....whatever. I made Rice Krispie Treats today. that was my menu decision. I am tired of baked beans. I just ask him to buy smaller cans so I don't have to reheat them for him over and over and over and over...putting a lot of contemplation into the Peculiarly Ashley cardboard house I am gonna make. I know I want Room 2C (sheet covered figure sitting up on bed.) and The Clowns In The Basement & grafitti from The Abaddon Hotel. I want an old fashioned living room. maybe a kitchen. just little nooks. dogs everywhere. got first package of minis today. so exciting. such an extravagant waste of resources. I had thought about redoing original Abandoned Doll House, but I like it. I like it. just the way it is.

cashed in my first Fetch amazon reward ($5!) and used Kevin's $15 amazon gift card from Mel & Dave's Christmas to order my 3 Funko Pop clowns for The Basement.....technology is hard, but I figured it out without consulting an adult child. yay, me.

all Christmas has been lugged back downstairs.

put Grizzly #399, The Appalachian Black Bear, and a stack of bear books on trunk in a display. cause it looks awful awful empty. did some not-so-inspiring-nor-tasty cooking today. looking for a tiny glass jar for my tiny 2 headed baby to make a pickled punk. (reading a circus book). lounging about. snow has hit. KC is shut down, as is a lot of KS. will see what tomorrow brings, if Kevin decides to brave the roads to go to work. an awful Chiefs last regular game of the season. 0 points. 0. nada. zilch. nothing. skunked. I know this game 'doesn't count' but wtf. it's harder to be a fan when they don't even fuckin' try and all the 'real' players are on the sidelines resting, when we all know full good and well they have a fuckin' by week. whatever.

made a Ghost of Christmas Cookies past.

day 2 of no mail...no mail is good mail, right?

I've brought in outdoor Christmas, removed ornaments from tiny tree, unplugged Christmas lights, put upstairs Christmas into a tote (still on table, but progress, none-the-less), we went to store in prep for THE BIG STORM predicted this weekend. watched the last of the unwatched Small Town Monsters dvds. (kickstarter next month!) have to come up with a new name. I was deb bigfootin' dailey and rip roarin' dailey in the ones I just watched. gave the last of the tiny Santa hats to residents of The Creepy Christmas Village, glued all the cats, bunnies, and rats in place on the Stephen King inspired cat house (put bunnies in chairs at diningroom table...), have been chair napping and reading and tv watching and doodling and daydreaming. made a tiny floofy ghost on the potty. just a flurry of productiveness and happiness here. a pig barn guy who is 67 and STILL there told me at the bar the other night how lucky I am to be retired, and don't think deb FUCKIN' dailey don't know it. but thanks for the reminder, John George. all the people I talked to that night with the exception of Brad & Patty were barn people I'd worked with over the years. I'm not a bar girl, but there was a band and Kevin loves a live band and catching up with friends. can't make him ghost hunt all the time, although that would be MY way to bring in the New Year. ghost hunting in my jammies. like in my recliner watching Ghost Adventures.

It's a new year, still the same old me. I've lost interest in deb's bigfoot movie. and my phone game. have slowed down a bit on True Crime. came to a stand still on Basement Barbies. constantly evolving. (and expanding. not in a good way.) my dislike of calling people on phone is at an all time high. moved gnomes to big tree stump. thinking I'll plant some flowers around it. maybe a fairy door or 2.

a quite productive day.

watched 2 dvds from my pile of unwatched Small Town Monsters kickstarts AND started a Christmas ghost! and had a facetime call with Koren's girls. hooped 20 minutes. didn't get sick. my back just started cramping up. actually, I feel much much much better with the Rx anti-acid. MUCH. have slowly started dismantling Christmas. have a pile of stuff on table. with ambitions to move stuff into Christmas corner and put Christmas stuff together on shelf where it is easier to get to. BIG plans.

Happy New Year!

a quiet chairnapping day at home. brunch, then later used up a bunch of fridge leftovers.