Pageant coming up soon.
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e_phemerartGot my pageant dress from Laura yesterday, it fits fine with the few adjstments made! I know she worked really hard on it for me; however, it's not perfect. One of the skirt panels was cut with the one-way print going the "wrong" way. (I'll bet she was followiing the pattern instructions and had the fabric folded when she cut it) and of course there was no extra fabric to do over with. Oh well, that's just the "bottom's up" panel I guess. The overall print and colors are so busy, it still doesn't look too noticeably bad. I'm trying to just let the disappointment and perfectionism go, because I really do like it. Cherry is kind of an oddball, offkilter persona anyway.
I've really got to push myself to smile and strut. I may be a wallflower in real life, but Cherry isn't. She's not a sultry or smolderingly glamourous pin-up, she's an outllandish character. To modify another of my sayings, "if you can't be classy, at least be flashy." I have to put aside my everyday anxieties and be as much Cherry on stage as I can. I'm sure I'll be less bubbly than champagne, but I can try. :)
I have been thinking about and researching the pageant questions; trying to have some sort of answer in mind for each of them. That is, of course, if I don't go all stage-fright stupid when I actually get asked my random question.... (I'm just really hoping I don't draw one of the cartoon or superhero questions)
I need to practice walking some more in my pageant shoes. Guess I'll go outside and go up and down the porch steps till i feel like maybe I'll be able to get on and off the stage. I am going to carry the parasol on stage; think I'll be better with giving my hands something to do.
Yeah, I'm getting obsessive AND nervous.
On to other stuff:
I got hit on at work yesterday. One of the patrons came up and said "You can look real innocent, but that red hair and all those tattoos say differently," And then he asked for my phone number. I just nervously laughed it off, saying my phone was out of order but my husband wasn't. Still, uggghhhh, shudder, ewwww it made me feel uncomfortable.
Was sick yesterday evening. I was all paranoid that I was catching the bad stomach bug Hannah's family has last week. I was queasy with abdominal cramps for hours, but never threw up. About 3 in the morning, I woke up feeling better again. Lol..maybe creepy guy at work really got to me.
Gave Gaz a bath this morning after i had taken my shower. Got him soaped up and mostly rinsed off before he bolted. Also managed to catch him and get his ears cleaned and most of his claws clipped. That cat may not have hair, but he hates being bathed and groomed.
Have been doing a bit of quilting. That's what I have to do, be consistent and sew on it each and every day. Am stitching the pieced squares right on the seam lines. Lol that means I have to pay close attention to what I've done and haven't done. I wish I had a bigger quilting frame too; as I mentioned about blankets and hot weather...
Resold one of the pin-up dresses I recenly bought (on the PUG SWAP & SELL fb group) it was just a shade too small and didn't fit me right through the bust. lol..I still have a nice collection of retro outfits though. I can look like the bee's knees all summer.
I'm a ditz. Had to reschedule my therapy and meds appt for today.(Couldn't get away from work for them) Therapy next Wed. Meds in another three weeks (still have plenty of my prescriptions, so it's ok). Meds are doing ther job anyway.
Sigh, journaling used to be a literary art. There are some good memoirs written today, My entries always end up sounding like "I DID" lists. *Shakes head* at "Dear Diary" self. Fyi: come August 10th, I'll have had this journal for 9 years.
I've really got to push myself to smile and strut. I may be a wallflower in real life, but Cherry isn't. She's not a sultry or smolderingly glamourous pin-up, she's an outllandish character. To modify another of my sayings, "if you can't be classy, at least be flashy." I have to put aside my everyday anxieties and be as much Cherry on stage as I can. I'm sure I'll be less bubbly than champagne, but I can try. :)
I have been thinking about and researching the pageant questions; trying to have some sort of answer in mind for each of them. That is, of course, if I don't go all stage-fright stupid when I actually get asked my random question.... (I'm just really hoping I don't draw one of the cartoon or superhero questions)
I need to practice walking some more in my pageant shoes. Guess I'll go outside and go up and down the porch steps till i feel like maybe I'll be able to get on and off the stage. I am going to carry the parasol on stage; think I'll be better with giving my hands something to do.
Yeah, I'm getting obsessive AND nervous.
On to other stuff:
I got hit on at work yesterday. One of the patrons came up and said "You can look real innocent, but that red hair and all those tattoos say differently," And then he asked for my phone number. I just nervously laughed it off, saying my phone was out of order but my husband wasn't. Still, uggghhhh, shudder, ewwww it made me feel uncomfortable.
Was sick yesterday evening. I was all paranoid that I was catching the bad stomach bug Hannah's family has last week. I was queasy with abdominal cramps for hours, but never threw up. About 3 in the morning, I woke up feeling better again. Lol..maybe creepy guy at work really got to me.
Gave Gaz a bath this morning after i had taken my shower. Got him soaped up and mostly rinsed off before he bolted. Also managed to catch him and get his ears cleaned and most of his claws clipped. That cat may not have hair, but he hates being bathed and groomed.
Have been doing a bit of quilting. That's what I have to do, be consistent and sew on it each and every day. Am stitching the pieced squares right on the seam lines. Lol that means I have to pay close attention to what I've done and haven't done. I wish I had a bigger quilting frame too; as I mentioned about blankets and hot weather...
Resold one of the pin-up dresses I recenly bought (on the PUG SWAP & SELL fb group) it was just a shade too small and didn't fit me right through the bust. lol..I still have a nice collection of retro outfits though. I can look like the bee's knees all summer.
I'm a ditz. Had to reschedule my therapy and meds appt for today.(Couldn't get away from work for them) Therapy next Wed. Meds in another three weeks (still have plenty of my prescriptions, so it's ok). Meds are doing ther job anyway.
Sigh, journaling used to be a literary art. There are some good memoirs written today, My entries always end up sounding like "I DID" lists. *Shakes head* at "Dear Diary" self. Fyi: come August 10th, I'll have had this journal for 9 years.
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Date: 2016-06-02 05:53 pm (UTC)The whole thing just sounds delightful, charming and fizzy, like a bottle of champagne come to life. Don't obsess, don't stress, just enjoy it.
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Date: 2016-06-02 09:28 pm (UTC)