Projects: In Progess or Ideas? What'choo Workin' On?

[Kattriella]

Unrelated to the mouse situation, I've been working on researching the various versions of the Sailor Moon manga for possible future collecting purposes. I've also become interested in the musicals, and am sad to learn that some of them haven't been archived.

[DollyKim]

I know where a full set of Mixx manga is, I have other stuff not as readily available but that includes all 6 senshi, starter decks, and extra cards to the CCG game. Won't say it's a complete set, just missing a few cards, but a few brick loads worth (weight wise).

Don't even know how many large patches I made with the rotary cutter, and I still have the food fabrics and a few others to check, but now it's getting time to sort them. Forgot that Past Kim bought some of it. There's still a decent pile of fire fighter themed I need to decide if I want to make something of or sell off. Anyone want to come over and play quilt?

[SetsunaKou]

Unrelated to the mouse situation, I've been working on researching the various versions of the Sailor Moon manga for possible future collecting purposes. I've also become interested in the musicals, and am sad to learn that some of them haven't been archived.

The SeraMyu are awesome!! We've loved and collected them since 1998! Our favorite is still the 1st Stage, of course---ANZA is incomparable and the 1st Stage Starlights and Outers can't be beat!!!! Best Myu hands down is the Sailor Stars Revision Winter 1997 and it's sequel Eien Densetsu Summer 1997, but it's fun to also see the Eien Densetsu Final First Stage Last Day 1998---for all the ad libs and tears since it was the final day for the 1st Stage cast. Naoko Takeuchi even came onstage at the end of it to present all the cast with hugs and flowers!

But all the Myus are great---I really enjoyed the 2017 'Le Mouvement Final' with the 3rd set of Starlights! It was really well done, though I missed the original BanDai music. (Since 2013, BanDai Visual wasn't making the Myus anymore and it passed to Nelke Planning/Sony) Since it was a new production company, all new music had to be used, as well! No more iconic 'La Soldier' even! 0_o
But while the music wasn't as great, it was still fun to watch and the costumes were terrific!! Especially the villains! They look like they stepped right out of the anime some of them!!

Which musicals/specials/backstage/making of are you missing?

~Setsuna

[victoriavictrix]

I've tried humane traps already. It completely avoided them the entire week I had them set up.

It's going to do that. Wild animals avoid what is unfamiliar unless you make it so enticing that they cannot resist. It's possible what you have is a small rat, so to that microwaved peanut butter (and I am SERIOUS about microwaving it, that makes all the difference) and bacon, add a small piece of tomato. Rats cannot resist tomato.

[Kattriella]

I hope it's not a rat, but that's not out of the question. The curse of living in the woods is you never know what manner of rodent you have until you find it. Droppings shape and size point to mouse, though.

Update: Traps have been baited and placed. It's a waiting game now. I didn't have bacon crumo, but my grandmother had a jar of bacon grease. I mixed some with peanut butter and heated it up.

[victoriavictrix]

Make sure you are putting the traps in the rodent's path. You find the path by looking for droppings or using your nose for rodent urine. They poop and pee everywhere they go, which is how they lay their trails. Be patient.

[Kattriella]

Make sure you are putting the traps in the rodent's path. You find the path by looking for droppings or using your nose for rodent urine. They poop and pee everywhere they go, which is how they lay their trails. Be patient.

I found what I think is a hotspot. Lots of dropping in a concentrated place, plus a seriously chewed up sheet. I put one in the dresser, too, where I've seen droppings.

[Kirahfaye]

The progress of my projects has halted for the time being. My daughter's disability was pulled because of a snafu. We have 2 weeks to appeal with all the information SSI/SSDI claims they didn't receive - a year and a half ago. And even if she does get it reinstated, it could be over a year before we find out. Finances are going to be very, very tight for a while. I may be putting some more dolls up for sale.

[Kattriella]

The progress of my projects has halted for the time being. My daughter's disability was pulled because of a snafu. We have 2 weeks to appeal with all the information SSI/SSDI claims they didn't receive - a year and a half ago. And even if she does get it reinstated, it could be over a year before we find out. Finances are going to be very, very tight for a while. I may be putting some more dolls up for sale.

I love how one clerical error can screw things up for a literal year, when it would have only taken someone five minutes to make sure it didn't happen in the first place. A similar thing happened with a coworker's food stamps. Somebody at the office apparently just wasn't filing the paperwork on her shift, and several dozen families didn't know until they didn't get their food stamps. After a couple months of being told it must have somehow been the fault of the families for not filling out the forms, they finally figured out it was actually just an employee getting paid not to do their job.

She apparently no longer works for the local office.

[DollyKim]

Ouch Nice to hear they actually got fired because usually they get shuffled around. They need more people who grew up in the programs to get jobs in them because they know how it works. I have good and bad stories but the 'if nothing needs fixing you pass' guy was a favorite.

On a fabric break so I can move the dollhouse to a place I know won't get any sun and try to set it up. Still got to figure out where the big dolls will hand out.