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lisardo

Fall trip home, part 2

Oct 27, 2009 19:08

On Mon. we went out to do some errands, one was stopping by Target and Walmart so Ben and I could buy some Indiana and Colts souvenirs for ourselves and for Ben's young niece and nephew (who asked for Colts attire). Afterwords we ate at Chik-Fil-A for lunch (not in Seattle) and headed over to both the Zionsville Country Market and Stuckey Farms. ( Read more... )

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micaturtle October 28 2009, 16:10:07 UTC

Awesome TMNT pumpkin! Can I sees a piccy of it in the light? Sounds like you had a lot of fun! :D You flyed there or you droved?

lisardo October 28 2009, 17:59:33 UTC

I can post up more pics on my FB account. That's one area that FB wins over LJ, the fact it allows you to store photo albums. Then again, I posted my trip here on LJ cuz it was long, an area LJ wins over FB, :)

We sure did have lots of fun. We flew there. Seattle to Indy is a long ass way, and now that I have a job, I couldn't afford that much time off to drive out there. Though back in the summer time when I was unemployed and still had unemployment benefits, and all that freetime, we had thought about driving out there, heh! But I knew it was gonna take like a week and a half to two weeks (entire length of trip) since it'd take like several days each way to drive. Perhaps some other summer we'll do that and camp along the way.

micaturtle October 28 2009, 18:19:55 UTC

ahh, well that's the beauty of a paid account. unlimited picture storage :D But I *DO* like the tagging feature in FB. Bah.

If you ever decide to drive the trip, know that you can come crash at my apartment for a night if you need/want to. :) Sioux Falls, SD is about halfway between Seattle and Indianapolis, you know :)

lisardo October 28 2009, 21:14:36 UTC

I don't think LJ has photo albums though, just photos in general (like profile avatars). I don't think LJ is worth paying for.

Perhaps we'll stop there but who knows if we'll go that way. I'll definitely think about it though, :)

soliloquy October 30 2009, 00:54:15 UTC

I love introducing people to my dysfunctional family, too! Well, most of the time. Heh, my girlfriend micaturtle has stories about my crazy parents! Heh.

Anyway, I added you as a friend here on LJ a little while back because Mica knows you and I remember you from the good old days on the TMNT mailing list. :-)

Also, I wanted to say that is one awesome Ninja Turtle pumpkin! How long did it take? Were there any special tips or tricks involved in carving one like that? Heh, sorry, I am a major novice when it comes to pumpkin carving.

Take care,
Jenn

lisardo November 2 2009, 02:22:09 UTC

Thank you. I should probably add you too though your name doesn't ring a bell from the old mailing list days. Perhaps you have a different screenname than here; maybe one I do recognize, *shrugs* Sorry, it's hard to keep up with everyone.

The turtle pumpkin didn't take too terribly long. Maybe 45 mins to an hour. What I did was I just carved small lines which is part of the out line. I just couldn't carve them completely all the way up, otherwise the whole thing would fall out, lol! But like say on the chin of the face...I'd carve a short line there...then the top, right part of cheek, I'd carve a small line there. That way you can see more outlines.

There's some really fancy pumpkin carving you can do. Go on Google and do a search. Several sites came up where they show you how to like gouge out a layer of the pumpkin and do some really detailed stuff. Or if you're a complete novice you can also look up pumpkin carving kits online that give patterns which you can print out.

soliloquy November 2 2009, 23:07:17 UTC

My e-mail address way back then was "Soliloquy79@yahoo.com" and I just went by my real name "Jenn/Jennifer" in my posts. Thank you for adding me back!

Thank you so much for telling me how you carved that! I'm going to give it a try next year, so I'll have an entire year to do all the carving research I need. :-)

Take care,
Jenn