Halloween---a week later. Sorry about not sharing sooner. I spent most of last week exhausted and unable to concentrate on anything. I ended up taking half a sick day on Thursday and then proceeded to sleep the afternoon away.
Friday night before Halloween we carved our jack-o-lanterns. This proved to be very difficult as two of the pumpkins we had picked out were rock hard. After pounding one of the pumpkins with a hammer and knife Chris ended up using his jigsaw to cut the rest of the design out. The pumpkin Chris picked was a regular pumpkin and he did an amazing job with his design.
Chris spent Saturday helping our friend, Bentley, move. Jordan and I spent the day getting the garage ready for all of the trick-or-treaters we were told would descend upon our subdivision. We picked up some decorated plastic that turned our garage into a stone dungeon so Jordan and I spent the afternoon getting that hung. This was not an easy task as the wind was blowing which made it very difficult to tape the 'walls' to the garage door. I used a heavy duty project stapler to hang the plastic from the ceiling of the garage. Since we had recently had a garage/yard sale and what didn't go was given to charity...the garage was basically empty. Chris put a TV out there, we hooked up our DVD player and played an eerie Halloween dvd that was on a loop, so it just kept playing.
As I was gathering my costume together I realized something terrible. I sold or gave away the black shirt that I use with my costume. So, I was not dressed in all black as most witches are, I was dressed in a combination of purple and black. Chris made it home in time to get his costume on and then he helped Jordan get into his.
We/I bought about $75 worth of candy to hand out to the trick-or-treaters. I had picked out several bags of candy that was not our 'favorites' so I opened them to hand out the Pixie Stix, the gum, and the nerds out first. Towards the end of the evening I opened one of the five/six bags of chocolate. We were left with four/five unopened bags of chocolate. We don't know if it is the H1N1 that kept people at home or if it was all of the churches having their Fall Festivals on the same night as the trick-or-treaters....we just know that we were left with almost as much candy as we had given out. Chris took most of it to the office on Thursday.
One of my VOX neighbors is in the hospital and she wants to keep a diary of sorts with her thoughts and feelings. She has an iPhone and wants to know how she can go about posting to VOX from her iPhone. I don't have a clue as I don't have a cell phone of any kind.
If anyone knows how or can offer up a suggestion it would be very much appreciated.
THANK YOU!!
I hope some people understand the reasons why some things are done they way they are done.
I think, if there were such things as "former lives", I would have been some type of royalty. The amount of pillows and layers of mattresses that I need in order to get a good, restful night sleep is insane. I have to feel like I am sleeping on mounds of cotton fluff to be able to sleep well. My dream is to get an adjustable side bed so that he can have his rock solid mattress area and i can just suck right down into the foam. One day...one day LOL
How old do you think children should be before they join social networks like Facebook and MySpace?
Depends on what it's for , the maturity level of the child, and the obedience/morality level of the child. I would say that a child like my own would not be able to get on till he was 14...but with strict supervision. He is a well behaved, mature child at his age now, but things happen. I think that all children should be supervised on the computer till they leave the house to some extent.
I am stuck between the two mediums of the ocean and the bay. One day they can be ripping with waves, foaming at the mouths on both sides. By the night, they can be Black and Mild, calm and serene as baby's as they sleep. I watch the ocean and the bay daily. It is amazing how the hues change from night to day, sunrise to sunset, and even sometimes hour to hour. RIght now there is a haze of light blue glaze settling beneath the misty fog over the city. It's enough to inspire significant poetry.
What has been gong on with Vox lately? Have we been abandoned? Has the staff been putting in new themes or anything? I don't see anything!!! Has there been an update? I have not seen any new themes since June! I feel like they are not taking the time to really care about Vox anymore. It's starting to be a real drag.
Will you be giving out candy to trick or treaters this year? If so, what goodies can the ghosts and goblins expect to bring home?
No we will not be trick or treating. We will more than likely just buy him some candy and let him run around for 12 hours dressed up like a pirate or something. I wish we could have gotten back to our old church for their Hallelujah Night celebrations. Ah well.
Will you be giving out candy to trick or treaters this year? If so, what goodies can the ghosts and goblins expect to bring home?
Ohhh....I have all kinds of candy and goodies to give out. Gum, Snickers, Tootsie Rolls, MIlky Ways, Reese's and all kinds of things. This is our first year in a real neighborhood since leaving Missouri eight years ago. Jordan missed out on all of the Halloween fun that kids have. We really hated not being in a neighborhood. This year we are getting our yard all spookied up and setting up some party food in the garage. We will be showing scary movies/music on the TV and playing darts while we wait on the ghouls, goblins and witches to come trick-or-treat us.
oh...and uhm....This morning I listened to _I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas_. :D I can hardly wait to decorate for Christmas. This whole house is going to be so awesome and pretty decorated for the Holiday season.
You know the only good thing about stress? It is easy to rack up a load of weight loss. Yes it sure is! I am nearly positive that I have lost at least 10 lbs since being in NY. It is the stress of life and not knowing what's next that has me. I wish I could see past December...heck I wish I could see past next week! It's crazy being here and floating through my life with no real way to plan anything. Right now, I know that I will be in NJ on Dec 19th for a concert. I know that my son has an eye appointment in NJ on Monday. My niece's first birthday is Sunday. My husband is supposed to be back on Friday night. Today is our 8 year anniversary. I am just sitting here wishing that I knew something more about my life than what we have to do right now.
