bluecastle | this and that

So it tickles me that I just got an email saying

“Ladies – We Eat Out Tomorrow!”

Something about the wording or the syntax or something just makes it sound like a royal decree.

Actually, it should be fun. Quarterly I go out for lunch with my old bosses from Interlibrary Loan. It’s an odd combination of girlfriends catching up and workplace networking. It’s always a great ego boost as they think I’m great in all the ways I wish I could think I’m great.

If I take my Vermont scrapbook along they’ll die of squee.

Have a meeting tonight with Director Cee about the Halloween Parade, the skin-horse costume for The Velveteen Rabbit, and I’m hoping to get some more details of whether they need me to work the NJ show in November.

HOPING to get home in time to watch Criminal Minds.

Also, I want to play around with today’s Technique-a-Palooza inking tip. Played around last night with the gesso I’d textured the day before that, adding color with oil pastels. Would have gone better with newer pastels. Mine seem to be a bit dried up, but they worked OK. Want to try adding color with inks rather than the pastels… but that means making more test pages. YAY for more gesso under my fingernails!