while putting away all the halloween stuff........
Seriously. Of course, it goes a long way in explaining why I never saw the lighted tombstones nor the skeleton torches this year. Carlos, the head designer in charge of Spookytown this season, claimed that "this was the way it came out of the box" coupled with "I have NO idea how it got that way" along with "I just put it behind the basket until I could show you it" ending with "but then I forgot."
But my question was, and still is, how in the world do all those little wires get twisted around, in and out and all about? Taking the rules of physics into account......how is it even possible?
And let me tell you those wires were jumbled around in a tangled mess. They couldn't have been twisted together tighter if someone knitted them. But with a little bit a perseverance, 30 minutes and my dvr'd episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on in the background.........
TA DA
If you believe it, you can achieve it. Plus, adding the fact that I couldn't stand the thought of having to face that nightmare next year, I detangled the mess. Look.....even the Count is proud of me!
So now with that stressful incident behind me, I can now move forward with trying to muster up some holiday creativity. Here's my start..........
I'm attempting to get a Christmas Cake done to teach at Paper Tales. I've had some help from my assistant. He left me written instructions to follow.......
Filming for the show starts on Tuesday so I need to get everything finished before then. I was under strict orders from my friend Gail to dye my hair before next Tuesday. So, following instructions, I did that Thursday. She put me under even stricter orders to not, under any circumstance, highlight my hair, reminding me of what happened in 2005 when I just had to lighten my hair two day before our high school class reunion.
So, completely ignoring her, I did that yesterday.
Here's something to keep in mind when you highlight your own hair. Just because you can't see the back of your head doesn't mean no one else can.
Here's something else to keep in mind when you don't listen to your best friend (who in her former life was a licensed color specialist), there isn't too much sympathy when you call back asking theoretical questions like, "how would one tone down a slightly too bright highlight, if one were needing to do that?" Theoretically, of course. Unfortunately, instead of sympathy and helpful hints on how to tone down the brassiness, what you get from alleged best friend is a great big "I told you so." However, knowing that she is filming a segment with me on the show, and didn't want to be embarrassed, she relented and helped me with my wayward hair. Phew......
I'll talk to you later! Karin
