Things never changed for me. The kids wanted a fancy costume for Halloween but they had a mother who insisted on raiding the closets for old clothes to use.
In the end, the kids figured out how to make costumes from everything from a garbage bag to Dad’s old work clothes, which after Halloween, would go back into Bob’s to-be-worn clothes.
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I’ve never bought a Halloween costume. Only homemade for me, which was a problem when I didn’t have time to sew, or even cared to sew.
This column from 1981, has children asking for the impossible.
Good thing they settled for easy homemade, slap-together costumes.
No matter what they were, they ended up with too much candy.
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I hope you get a kick out of this archival column. It is timeless.
Poor Rachel. I don’t think she ever really understood what was happening.
Such a simple misunderstanding brought a lot of laughter to our house, except for Rachel.
Laughter is good medicine for anything that ails you. It picks up a person’s spirits even if not ailing.
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Well, I wasn’t exactly an actress. I was an extra. I found out that the biggest part of a movie extra’s life is sitting and waiting, and waiting, and waiting some more.
That was the first of two days. The second, I took my children out of school so they could be in the movie Meet the Applegates, too.
Take them out of school?! Yes, I believe there are times that students learn more from rare experiences than working in school.
Here’s my account of being an extra.
If you watch Meet the Applegates and look for us, we are barely visible when the stars enter the back of the auditorium. At least I think one or two of my brood are visible. I’m seated, holding a sleeping Rachel, so not visible. It was a very long day.
I’m still glad my late friend, Colleen Sutherland suggested this experience all those years ago. Colleen was always one for a new adventure.
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Some people write in their journals every day. I write every day, but not in a journal. Lately most of my writing has been in this blog.
This column even made me laugh when I came across it in my archives. I hope you enjoy it, too.
What have family members borrowed from you? Was it usable afterward?
I suggest you be suspicious of children’s borrowing requests.
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