The Truths

Well last week we posted our get to know your cabin-mates activity. More than one person guessed correctly, but one person got it right and knew the reason why. Here's the explanation of each:

1. I am living in the house that I grew up in.
TRUE - this is a 2 family home that my parents own. Mom and Dad are living in the downstairs flat and I live in the upstairs flat.

2. I have never traveled outside of the United States.
FALSE! - Wisteria got it exactly right. We are located by the Canadian border and you only need cross the Niagara River to enter Canada. Growing up we would go to the Crystal Beach Amusement Park every summer. Until 9-11 it was not considered uncommon to cross an International Border to go play Bingo or go to a Chinese Restaurant.

3. My job in the printing field had me working on Books 1-6 of the Harry Potter series.
TRUE - the company I worked at until 2006 had a contract with Scholastic Books. I worked on many of the illustrated children's books they published as well as Harry Potter 1-6. We all had to sign non-disclosure agreements so once the materials were in house my official statement was "Harry Potter? I don't even know who that is!"

4. I have two brothers, an older brother and a younger brother.
TRUE - I am the poor middle child who never got anything! ;-)

Bernadette, Emma and the visiting Wisteria guessed correctly!

SUMMER CAMP GAMES - Week #1

PART 1 - What's In Your Trunk"
Antonio brought...
1. Apricots
2. Alpaca Yarn
3. Angel Food Cake
4. Apple Cider
5. Alarm Clock
6. Ankle Socks
7. Art Supplies
8. Aardvark
9. Ant Farm
10. Abba's Greatest Hits (on CD)

PART 2 - WINGO! Wizard Bingo
It took some doing. I didn't think I would find a May birthday who was at Summer Camp.
The only I didn't have was a Patronus. I don't like the answers I get in the quizzes. Plus I would say my Patronus would be something like a giraffe or a penguin. Highly doubtful anyone has that :-).

PART 3 - Get to know your Spoiler & Spoilee
Left a comment on the project page for:
SPOILEE Violet le Veela's Lucky Diamonds socks (want!) and
SPOILER Luna Stalette's raglan baby sweater

WINGO Assistance
For anyone who needs help filling spaces for Wingo, here are things about me that fit
I'm a Hufflepuff
I like Dark Chocolate
I have 2 brothers
I dye yarn
I've been to a castle, the Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario
I have a wand (2 in fact), but not a wizard hat
I collect Depression Era Green Glass
This is my 5th HSKS
I was born in May
I'm a Hufflepuff
I've taken the train to NYC
I live in Buffalo, NY... don't know if anyone is with 100 miles. Have to check on that one myself

Hope this helps

WELCOME TO SUMMER CAMP!

It's almost the start of HSKS 8 - Summer Camp! This time around I am a Camp Counselor for the Manticore Cabin. We've got a mix in our cabin of 2 members from each of the four Hogwarts houses. Plus two of them are joining us at HSKS for the first time. It's a great mix of people and the Manticores are already looking to be a chatty group, especially our youngest member Gryphon the Great who is a ball of excitement and the most awesome 13 year old you'd ever want to meet.

To start out our summer we are doing a camp activity in each cabin called:

3 Lies And A Truth!

Here are 4 things about me (not about my HP character Antonio, but 4 things about Vince). Three of those things are the truth and one of them is a lie. My cabin-mates have to guess which one is the lie.

1. I am living in the house that I grew up in.
2. I have never traveled outside of the United States.
3. My job in the printing field had me working on Books 1-6 of the Harry Potter series.
4. I have two brothers, an older brother and a younger brother.

The members of the Manticore Cabin should all respond to this post with their guess as to which is the lie.