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SET UP FRIDAY \u2013 14th Nov<\/strong>
\nI am sure that you will all be relieved to hear that *most* of the words have been used on the preparation pages but, for those that know the \u2018In Print Me\u2019, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re already expecting me to find at least *some* more examples of the English language strung into varying lengths \ud83d\ude09 For those who don\u2019t know me in person, I\u2019m pretty quiet in real life and the \u2018In Print Me\u2019 is as much a shock to me as to everyone else!<\/p>\n

So, as has already been said, the props are made, the shopping has almost been completed, the food preparations that can be done in advance are done, and there has been a week of pregnant anticipation with mouths carefully guarded against giving away the secret at this last minute after succeeding so well for the previous 3 months. It would be so very disappointing to make a slip now! And David was now on holidays from work so we all had to be guarded every moment of the day!<\/p>\n

It was time to pack the car with the things that were to be set up at Nat and Amie\u2019s today and I brought bags of supplies out from the lounge into the kitchen (from where the car is reached through the door to the garage). Mostly it was just multiple plastic shopping bags, but there was also \u2018The Coffin\u2019. If David saw the contents of this now it really wouldn\u2019t matter, he was about to not only see, but help to install them as soon as we got to our destination anyway.<\/p>\n

Nathan was almost ready for us when we got there, and by the time we\u2019d finished all the essential preliminaries I suppose about an hour or so had passed. So now it was time to unveil \u2018The Coffin\u2019 and its contents of around 2,500 carefully cut streamers, and explain to Nat (who already had many inklings of what I proposed) and David, whose innocence was still intact, exactly what I hoped for!<\/p>\n

I explained to David that we were creating a \u2018night sky\u2019 because \u201cWe both love to look at the night sky, don\u2019t we?\u201d And he took the words for what they were and thought nothing more about it for the entire day as we worked.<\/p>\n

We also had some friends who very kindly came along to help and I think we\u2019d have been still there as night was falling without them! Thank you so much \u2013 you know who you are!<\/p>\n

I pulled out 4 balls of very strong, blue, string from one of my bags, along with a large box of staples and 2 staplers. My friends had also brought along a stapler each, having been forewarned. And it turned out that Nat and David went up and down the ladders tying string to the overhead beams as my friends and myself took each streamer, one by one, and stapled one end of each over the strings before they were hung from the roof. We also managed to staple both ends of a couple here and there which made us laugh, but they were easily fixed.<\/p>\n

\"Set

Set Up Begins<\/p><\/div>\n

It took quite a few hours, as you can imagine, and we took a lunch break of pizza which Amie kindly went to collect. Nathan put on some music suitable for our age group and we all worked and chatted happily as the night sky began to take shape.<\/p>\n

Additionally, after a bit of \u2018do I, or don\u2019t I?\u2019 I\u2019d decided to take the planets and stars along as well. They fitted with the night sky theme so there was no reason for David to think any more of those either. They also helped fill one end of the patio roof to make up for the unexpected larger area than my original plans. It also helped that the \u2018night sky\u2019 was now further away from the TV screen so that would be seen more easily when it was playing the Dr Who video.<\/p>\n

\"One

One End of The Sky<\/p><\/div>\n

We also hung the photo booth frame from the roof and put the props for that in place, as well as positioning the camera tripod. We hung a sturdy rope from the ceiling to the tripod so that, if the camera or tripod were accidentally tripped over or knocked, it would not actually hit the floor!<\/p>\n

And, believe it or not, that was all we could do for the day whilst keeping the secret secure!<\/p>\n

We left David where he was while Nathan and I came back to my house in his 4-wheel drive to collect all of the secret ingredients. It filled the back of his large vehicle even with the back seats folded down!!! We were as careful as we could be with everything so as not to cause damage to it and, when we got to Nat\u2019s, we threw a large sheet over the car to block the windows from view for when David and I left. It must surely have been really enticing for David by this stage, but he remained cool.<\/p>\n

And then we came home and acted as if it was a normal evening any day of the week.<\/p>\n

SET UP SATURDAY \u2013 15th Nov<\/strong>
\nNeedless to say there was much to achieve this day. Dan and I left home at 9.30am to go and get the balloons on our way to Nat and Amie\u2019s. We left David at home with Andrew with their instructions\u2026 1) go to the shops for final fresh ingredients 2) make cheese\/pickled onion\/gherkin sticks as we used to have for parties in our younger days 3) make a couple of large platters of sandwiches with one or some of cheese\/chicken\/ham\/polony in them.<\/p>\n

On arriving at Nat and Amie\u2019s we finally got to see Amie\u2019s amazing secret of her TARDIS cake. Here it is during construction.<\/p>\n

\"TARDIS

TARDIS Cake Under Construction<\/p><\/div>\n

And finished. The light on the top even lit up!!!<\/p>\n

\"Amie

Amie & Her TARDIS Cake<\/p><\/div>\n

\"TARDIS

TARDIS Cake Complete<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree she did a truly amazing job! Her cakes for the girls and other family members are the talk of the town! Thank you Amie for making such a stunning cake for David!!!<\/p>\n

\"Georgia,

Georgia, Jessie & K9<\/p><\/div>\n

When Georgia saw K9 she immediately set to and made one of her own. I was really amazed, particularly the way she coped with making the head \u2013 that had not been easy for me to figure out, but it took her only minutes!<\/p>\n

\"Georgia's

Georgia’s K9<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile the rest of us were busy assembling props and, in the case of the Console, it was with my fingers tightly crossed. We set the central cardboard tube over the table\u2019s fitted umbrella and attached other, smaller diameter tubes around it. Then cut channels down the length of 3 of these tubes, which each had a black-light flouro tube inserted. We covered the assemblage of tubes with yellow plastic (which oddly seemed to match the night sky stars and Cassandra ROFL) and a spiral of \u2018glow in the dark\u2019 strip that Nat had encircled the group.<\/p>\n

\"The

The Console Begins to Take Shape<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Beginnings

Beginnings of the Centre of the Console<\/p><\/div>\n

And then it was time to attach the panels. Some modifications were indeed needed and we had to pull some of the knobs and dials off so that the panels could overlap more than I had expected.<\/p>\n

\"More

More Console Work<\/p><\/div>\n

We also made the skirt by laying out yellow plastic along trestle tables and taping aluminium foil to the back to block light. You can make out the white fluorescent light sitting at an angle under the table and it was this light that we were blocking from coming out the sides, ensuring that it would only shine upwards through the coloured tubes on the Console itself.<\/p>\n

\"Console

Console Complete & Masks on Window<\/p><\/div>\n

The true magic of the lighting appeared slowly through the evening as the natural light failed and it was wonderful to glance around and see the changes in the scenery.<\/p>\n

\"Console

Console Controls Close-Up<\/p><\/div>\n

Nat and Dan hung The Tear and Nat positioned the fluorescent light behind the tear itself so that the light would shine through the yellow section correctly.<\/p>\n

\"The

The Tear Being Placed<\/p><\/div>\n

And here\u2019s a photo of some of the planets and stars hanging nearby.<\/p>\n

\"Planets

Planets & Stars<\/p><\/div>\n

You\u2019ve already seen Cassandra so I *think* that\u2019s all I need to tell your for now. Dan and I went home to shower and get changed for the *very* long awaited Party!!!!!!!!! I\u2019d been home for several minutes before I suddenly remembered to put my white cotton gloves on to hide my manicure from David. Eeeekkkk!!!!<\/p>\n

The final page is the party itself and contains a lot more photos than me rattling one \ud83d\ude09 Next page\/…<\/a><\/p>\n

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