#fadingnowimruined

[lightandwinged]

What's a Halloween tree? I already told my 5yr old Halloween is canceled. She suggested we dress up & trick or treat in the house. So, thats the plan.

It is, essentially, a Christmas tree but with Halloween ornaments, which are more common than you’d think? I first saw them at this Christmas ornament store in Boston years and years ago, and it was this kind of “wow, that’s a thing” moment because it seems like a lot of decorating, even for such an awesome holiday as Halloween.

And super not my kind of thing, because while I’m 100% all about decorating a lot, I’m also the mom to three young children, two of whom are toddlers and innately drawn to That Which Harms Them. 

BUT. This year is a weird year. And Halloween is my six-year-old’s favorite. He’s always lived for the spooky stuff, loves skeletons and spiders (he’s in the process of clearing out his current toy room right now and is being very protective of every spider that’s made a home amidst the clutter), loves costumes and candy and all of that. 

And one of his top five favorite movies is Nightmare Before Christmas. We always end up leaving a note from Jack Skellington on Christmas, too, since he usually gets something Jack-themed under the tree. 

SO.

Knowing that Halloween just is not happening this year, at least not in any form that anyone would feel safe about, and knowing how much he’s going to miss it, my husband and I thought, “well maybe we could treat it like Christmas, but spooky.” And then we concocted this whole story about Jack being sad about missing Halloween so Santa takes over for him and does it all wrong but it’s okay because everyone’s super happy about it or something. Depending on my energy level around then (which will depend entirely on the ever changing bizarre climate of the world), I’m hoping to make the kids some Halloween-themed treats (which I’d have been doing anyway for the in school Halloween party); plus we’ll put their Halloween candy buckets under said tree, and they can wear their costumes all day and we’ll have a little in-home Halloween party. Maybe do a drive later in the evening to see everyone’s decorations. 

So. That’s what we’re doing. It’s basically just my attempt to make this shitty year less shitty for them, because I have (questionable) coping skills but they do not.

[blackwoolncrown]

How was the etsy hair bar you used?

https://goldhornsandblackwool.tumblr.com/post/627432784596779008/washed-my-hair-yesterday-and-im-about-to-make This one, right?

It was good! There’s a full review in the link but I’ve used it twice now and can say it’s satisfactory at the very least. It’s legitimately a good product; there are a couple things I’d improve if I knew how to make those but I don’t (yet!) and it does soften hair and help it detangle. I’d buy it again but tbh I’m gonna consider formulating my own by the time I run out haha.

[swingsetindecember]

So, I was wondering your take on The Mandalorian? My daughter brought up the very important point of "where are the girls?" Maybe you've posted about it and I just haven't seen it.

i mean there is women. i am pleased that there is a diverse background of characters. like women are bounty hunters too! and not sexualized! 

fennec shand, cara dune, the mandalorian armourer, omera,winta and peli motto are the female characters so far with speaking roles relevant to the plot. the baby could be a girl. 

i was more pleased with 2 female directors and women working on visual effects on the episodes which is pretty rad. and i like how the female roles aren’t sexualized. like they are there for the story. which is refreshing. 

[datasoong47]

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[blackwoolncrown]

fadingnowimruined replied to your post “One weird aspect of covid reporting is that when they report on young...”

The beaches are packed here. Nobody is doing the 6ft thing, households are mixing & playing, and then they opened the boardwalks too. There's so many people everywhere here.

Holy shit. They  have no chill at all.

I saw similar (maybe worse) pics from the UK after they opened beaches. Not sure what about social distancing isn’t tracking w some ppl but gxd help us all.

[blackwoolncrown]

fadingnowimruined replied to your post “fadingnowimruined replied to your post “does anyone know what these...”

We had this thing that was a giant 3 ring notebook and every so often a new leaflet would come with animal facts

I had something like this! and each one had a different tab haha

like at one point my grandmother got me a zoobooks subscription and that did more for my sanity than any weird gift my parents gave me

[blackwoolncrown]

fadingnowimruined replied to your post “hey, i'm just letting u know ppl are debating the accuracy of the...”

We need about 10 years to really figure out this thing as a long term survivable illness.

Basically. Every 2 weeks the information adjusts, right now they’re finding out that it isn’t as consistently contagious as we thought and it’s starting to look like some degree of the illness has to do with exposure time, distance and conditions of the transmitter themselves. Remember when they ‘realized’ it was more of a blood disease than a respiratory one? Haven’t heard anything about that, since.

Asymptomatic spread is a big deal but how has changed- presymptomatic spread is more contagious with more viral shedding. 

Fomite fears were a big thing initially (bc the less we know the more cautious we must be!) but--- and this is NOT SAYING don’t wash your hands!!!-- from what they can tell via contact tracing it’s not fomites that are any considerable factor in transmission, but person to person.

Its all up in the air right now all we can do is mask up and be careful but some ppl are still getting sick and getting over it and from what I can see, at the very least, those who safely managed it at home did in fact ~breathe deeply~ despite the pain or discomfort bc getting oxygen into your body probably does help you fight an illness.

[swingsetindecember]

fadingnowimruined replied to your post “enoughdonegone replied to your post: ...”

5=nuclear family numbers... 2 assumed adults, 3 assumed children.... That's my guess

the 5th bowl is for the victorian child ghost that lives in every nuclear family’s attic