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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Halloween Fun

The day after Halloween and everything is down, lol... But let's start at the beginning....




Halloween morning got the boys off to school... Son3 had a substitute, she looked to be about 15, found out later from son3 she was 23... ok, lol... He had a good day and behaved for the substitute and they had a Halloween Party... Son2 got to school in the midst of a power failure... Two minutes before they were going to let the students go for the day the power came back on... So son2 had to go to English class and write his essay on The Hobbit.... Hubby and I went to Denny's for breakfast... They were all dressed for Halloween... The host was dressed as a hostess... Had his Denny's uniform on, pants and a polo shirt, but a wig that hubby thought was his real long hair, I said no, you can not see his scalp through the part and I think he was wearing makeup but not sure... He just pulled it off so well... But the clincher was when he seated us I noticed he had boobs, lol, but barely B's, just a subtle touch to the costume... He had a ring on his left hand but not sure if his wife helped him with his costume or a significant other... Our waitress was Cleopatra and Zorro and a Witch were around too... Breakfast was yummy but it was very quiet... Don't know if service is usually so quiet or they were just all self conscience in their costumes...

Then hubby and I came home and set up the yard, washed the kitchen floor and hubby cleaned son3's room a bit... We watched Numbers from a couple of episodes back and then it was finally time to pick up son3... Actually son2 was picking up on a practice run and we were just backup... Son2 was actually there before us so thinking this will work out just fine... We were worried though cause with the substitute didn't know if teacher had left instructions on who went where after school and son3 ending up at daycare... but it was all fine and Monday will be another practice day for son2 with hubby home as backup...

Then we had a bit of drama when we got home... I have been asking son2 all month what are your plans with your friends for Halloween and his answer I don't know, too soon yet... Well Thursday he came home from school upset cause all his friends had been invited to a party and he hadn't yet... So he reassured himself that his friend just hadn't gotten to him yet... I said that was fine however it is too late now as it is now Halloween and we have our plans set now.... So of course he came home on Friday with a verbal invitation but no times and they were actually mostly going trick or treating at the party and it was at a friend's that he would have to be driven to... So of course we reminded him that we had already told him it was too late to go if he got the invitation as we like to have plans set a couple of days in advance... Anyway son2 of course denied that we had told him that and was mad that he couldn't go, hubby and I went into lecture/discussion mode, feelings were hurt all around, everyone got angry, me especially.... son2 went off to sulk, I went off to sulk... Son2 didn't want to participate with us for Halloween... I was ready to cancel Halloween... Poor son3 was waiting patiently... Hubby was trying to get everyone back together... I calmed down and got me and son3 ready... Hubby coaxed son2 to put on his costume and join us....We were in the front yard at 5:45 armed with 120 treat bags... Son2 was feeling better and getting into character patrolling the yard as Joker waiting for trick or treaters... Son3 and the neighbor boy were bugging us and his parents to trick or treat, lol... At some point the neighbor mom took the boys trick or treating for a half hour, then they were playing back and forth between houses and giving out candy... We ran out of treat bags about 7:30 and I had to break out our good candy bars, lol... I figure we had about 150 kids... by 8:15 it was quiet and we started dismantling the yard and bringing everything in... By 9pm, the boys had showered and we were finally having dinner and watching Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Frasier.... Son2 crashed at 10:30 and the rest of crashed at 11pm....

However the hit of the evening was son2! He had a blast! which I knew he would and why I got so frustrated with him when he got all teenager on me cause he couldn't go with his friends...

I was in the driveway by the porch with the candy and the kids had to walk up the drive to get the candy all while son2 was walking back and forth as the Joker with his cane in total character of head tilts and voice, lol... All eyes were on him as they made the dash for the treats... Many I had to go to the end of the drive and bring them their treats... Son2 would take of the mask if they were too little... And then people wanted to take pictures of their kids with the Joker... especially the kids who were also dressed as the Joker... All the trick or treaters costumes were great... Even one grandma was trick or treating, lol... The boys saw people they knew... and it was mostly little kids, there were only a couple of groups of bigger kids up to high school.... I thought it was hilarious that some had king size pillow cases... and then one group of kids came up all saying Happy Halloween, Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, so I was telling them all Happy New Year.... We had a blast!!!

Now son2 is wandering the house still wearing bits of his costume... I think he is going to wander out and see how his friend's Halloween went... Son3 of course is off on PlayStation saving the world....


And hubby is back to work today and I am doing tons of laundry from all the Halloween dummies I made... I use blanket sleepers to hold towels and sheets to form the dummies under the costumes... So all that has to be washed and then tomorrow while I am back to work, hubby will box all the Halloween stuff back up for another year... Actually he mentioned Christmas decorations this morning, lol... I brought out some more Thanksgiving decorations but haven't put them up yet... I'm still in my pj's even, lol... and thinking what's for dinner... and dishes need to be done... and fix my apron for work tomorrow... but I have Ghost Whisperer from last night to watch while I fold all the laundry...

And just a reminder to all, of my snowman obsession... I have snowmen up all year around the house, but now that Halloween is past I can now pull out all the snowman tags, woo hoo!!

Happy Journaling...

Trick or Treat

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Friday, October 31, 2008

A Scary Day

Today is a day of endings and beginnings... Today is officially the last day of AOL Journals... Mine was one of the ones that would not migrate over... and while I'm OK with it, It's still tugging at my heart... I was going to delete it myself yesterday but just couldn't, lol... So will be glad when it's done already.... I did copy my first entry:





Saturday, January 1, 20058:31:00 PM PST Feeling Hopeful Hearing son 2 coaching me on starting journal. Delete Entry
Happy New YearWelcome to 2005. I have been reading journals and enjoying them so much that for the start of the new year I have started my own. As one of my new year resolutions is to take one day at a time and not worry about tomorrow, but enjoy all that is today. Don't know if I will have any words of wisdom or give any inspiration as I have gotten from many journals that I have read. But I hope to share my daily joys and trials about my family and friends with others as they have shared by allowing me to read their journals. So to all a Happy New Year and Happy Journaling.Written by
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Look zero comments, lol.... But here I am almost four years later with 55,793 hits to my journal and as many great friends... I am already following over 120 blogs and still haven't found everyone yet, lol.... I am missing Trick or Treat through JLand though this year, maybe we will be all settled and comfy cozy in our new blogs in time to Carol through our new blogger homes.....


At home today another ending is son3 no longer has after school daycare... With the change in the school times this year and the cut in hours at work, most of the time he was at daycare I was already home or I only needed daycare for like fifteen minutes... So even though I've thought this through for weeks now and am sure I have missed a snag somewhere, as of today son3 no longer has daycare... So between hubby, me and son2 one of us is able to pick him up.... It does mean I change my day off from Monday to Wednesday... Hubby was reluctant on that change, as Monday is our day off together... But with him getting off at earlier times now, we see him most evenings for dinner, since he doesn't have to close every night any more... And being a bit selfish, I now have Wednesday mornings just for me, Yay!!...
Today is also hubby's last day of vacation and he's taking me out to breakfast, so I best go get ready!! and take son3 to school and then after breakfast, we finish setting up the front yard with all the tombstones and dummies for our cemetery theme for the trick or treaters....
Happy Journaling...

Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Day Before Halloween

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70 Things About Me

Found this at Michele's...

1. DO YOU SNORE? Yes, since I was a kid...


2. ARE YOU A LOVER OR A FIGHTER? A fighter, lol...


3. WHAT’S YOUR WORST FEAR? Losing hubby too soon in life...


4. AS A KID, WERE YOU A LEGO MANIAC? No, but son1, son2 and son3 are...


5. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF “REALITY” TV? Hate it!


6. DO YOU CHEW ON YOUR STRAWS? No...


7. WERE YOU A CUTE BABY?












8. IS THE SINGLE LIFE FOR YOU? Not as long as I have hubby...


9. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR KEYBOARD? Black...


10. DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER? Yes, A Bicycle Built for Two and Little Drummer Boy... Don't know why, lol...


11. HAVE YOU EVER BUNGEE JUMPED? No...


12. ANY SECRET TALENTS? I can wiggle my ears...


13. WHAT’S YOUR IDEAL VACATION SPOT? BEACH!


14. IS JAY LENO FUNNY? Not as funny as he used to be...


15. CAN YOU SWIM? Yes...


16. HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE “DONNIE DARKO”? Yes...


17. DO YOU GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE OZONE? YES!


18. HOW MANY LICKS DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOTSIE POP? Three...


19. CAN YOU SING THE ALPHABET BACKWARDS? No...


20. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE? Yes...


21. ARE YOU AN ONLY CHILD? No, three brothers...


22. DO YOU PREFER ELECTRIC OR MANUAL PENCIL SHARPENER? Electric...


23. WHAT’S YOUR STAND ON HUNTING? Don't like it...


24. IS MARRIAGE IN YOUR FUTURE? Sixteen years and counting...


25. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Sometimes...


26. WHAT ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO? Nothing...


27. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAID, “I LOVE YOU? Yesterday to hubby and son3...


28. IS ELVIS STILL ALIVE? No... when I was in tenth grade we had a speaker come to our Science class who had seen the autopsy report...


29. DO YOU CRY AT WEDDINGS? Yes...


30. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS? Depends on my mood, scrambled, fried, omelet... but always with cheese...


31. ARE BLONDES DUMB? Excuse me... No...


32. WHERE DOES THE OTHER SOCK END UP? Sock monsters take them...


33. WHAT TIME IS IT? 9:24am


34. DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME? Tom, Jack... and one year in jr high at summer camp I went by Michelle...


35. IS MCDONALD’S DISGUSTING? No, but we like Carl's Jr. better now...


36. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN A CAR? Yesterday to pick up son3...


37.DO YOU PREFER BATHS OR SHOWERS? Showers...


38. IS SANTA CLAUS REAL? OK, why do they keep asking this question, of course he is real...


39. DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NECK KISSED? Yes........


40. ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? Extremely...


41. WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO? Duh... Blogging...


42. CRUNCHY OR CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER? Creamy...


43. CAN YOU CRACK YOUR NECK? No, but son1 can... ewwww....


44. HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN IN AN AMBULANCE? No...


45. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH TODAY? Once so far...


46. IS DRUG FREE THE WAY TO BE? Yes! It's Red Ribbon Week at school... Just Say No to Drugs!!


47. ARE YOU A HEAVY SLEEPER? Yes...


48. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR EYES? Blue...


50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE? I must cause I need more time to do all the things I like to do...


51. WHOSE IS BETTER? The grass really isn't greener on the other side of the fence...


52. ARE YOU PSYCHIC? Yes...


53. HAVE YOU READ “CATCHER IN THE RYE”? Yes...


54. DO YOU PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS? A bit of piano...


55. HAVE U EVER STOLEN MONEY? NO!


56. CAN YOU SNOWBOARD? No, but son1 can...


57. DO YOU LIKE CAMPING? Went camping on my honeymoon, so I must, lol...


58. DO U SNORT WHEN U LAUGH? No, lol...


59. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? Yes, but that magician who is revealing the secrets is kinda spoiling it for me...


60. ARE DOGS A MAN’S BEST FRIEND? Raisin the cat says No...


61. YOU BELIEVE IN DIVORCE? I am divorced from my first husband...


62. CAN YOU DO THE MOONWALK? Not really...


63. DO YOU MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES? I have a bad habit of speaking before thinking... so yes....


64. IS IT COLD OUTSIDE TODAY? 79 degrees today, so no...


65. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Chocolate cake for dessert last night... Hot chocolate this morning...


66. DO YOU WEAR NAIL POLISH? Not so much since the boys were born, maybe on my toes once in a while...


67. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KISSED? Son3 said the other day in the car that since I was married that someday I would be kissed, lol...


68. WHAT’S THE MOST ANNOYING TV COMMERCIAL? The Brooke Shields German car commercials... I don't get it...


69. DO YOU SHOP AT AMERICAN EAGLE? No...


70. FAVORITE BAND AT THE MOMENT? Third Day, Mercy Me, Casting Crowns...


Happy Journaling...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Taking a Break


I am surrounded by dummies, lol... OK stuffed Halloween props... There's Pooh dressed as a Ghoul dressed as Mr. Potato Head... A Dragon... Tigger... A Blue Power Ranger... An Alien dressed as a Hippie Farmer... The Incredible Hulk dressed as Spider Man... Still have more to make but phew it's hot in here... 80 degrees today... And almost time to pick up Son3... Son2 is home already and hubby is off to get gas for the lawn mower... He already put up the spiderwebs and more lights for the front yard... Now he just has to rake the leaves and mow the lawn so Friday we can finish putting everything outside... And then see what happens, lol, we always go trick or treating and are never home for Halloween... Yesterday after sitting on the computer all day and not even making a dent in the blogs I am behind in reading I did get a few things done on the list... The Halloween cards are all done and on their way in the mail, the dishes are caught up, laundry washed but not put away, treat bags are ready for the trick or treaters, took care of a few paper piles, the plants are watered and a chocolate cake was made and half eaten already... We had left overs for dinner again and watched Young Frankenstein, so funny... Then I promptly fell asleep at 9pm while hubby watched a repeat of Fringe... Today hubby is now on vacation with me, he got son3 off to school and we had breakfast and hung out this morning, til we started on the Halloween decorations... On Netflix they have some shows that you are able to watch on your computer instead of waiting for them to come to the house, anyway son2 and I were watching the old Emergency TV show and now I have found Hercules with Kevin Sorbo, Sliders and Quantum Leap... I'm so excited, lol... these were great shows... now if they would put Buffy and Angel to watch now, I'd be all set... Hubby and I were watching season one of Hercules while we were stuffing the dummies... Time to get son3, then I'm making chicken quesadillas for dinner and homework with son3... Amelia, Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Frasier and Ghidora came from Netflix today...
Happy Journaling...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

A-Z Photo Challenge O

To Play Visit Martha at Menagerie...

Orange Pumpkins...














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A Quiet Day Just For Me

The boys are off to school, hubby is off to work and I have a whole day just for me.... It's so nice and quiet... Raisin's here but he's taking a nap... He was flying around the house today, playing, he even pulled toys out of the cat house that he never plays with... He is so happy to have his favorite cat food once again, lol... Yesterday hubby and I went to Walmart... Son2 is finally too big for the boys department and needed jeans from the men's sizes, also picked him up a sweat top for the chilly mornings, he has been squeezing into a boy's size of that also... Plus I needed some St. John's Wort, cat food, found a couple of Christmas presents for the boys, just looked at the Christmas decorations and just looked at the TVs but all three boys will be getting new TVs this Christmas for the new digital change over... We also had son3's teacher conference yesterday... She says he has made great progress in both behavior and academic... He excels in Math, however we have lots of work to do on the reading... She said most of her class this year is behind on the reading and has trouble focusing and getting motivated through the day... She made reference that she blames having new first grade teachers last year and teachers who didn't want to teach first grade(that would be son3's teacher) and so that the kids are struggling more in second grade due to they didn't learn everything they should have in first grade... For example knowing all their sight words before entering second grade, the class just finally knows all the words as of a couple of weeks ago.... So she is picking her priorities of what she needs them to know to get to third grade... I just need to spend a bit more time on homework, lol, we get the basic done so much quicker this year, so I should use the extra time to do a bit more reading and studying with him instead of releasing him to play... Speaking of homework it's a good thing we had teacher conference as he forgot some homework in his desk... Then last night I made out half the Halloween cards and got them in the mail this morning and we had left overs for dinner and watched Haunted Honeymoon with Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner... Plus hubby and I finally watched CSI with all the people art, very freaky.... Today I have a list a mile long of all the things I want to do... I'm sure I won't get most of them done, but then I still have all week while hubby is home getting his list done, lol... I want to finish the Halloween cards, dishes, laundry, clean the bathrooms desperately, balance the checkbook, finish the trick or treat bags, some paper piles put away, water the plants, Raisin needs a new flea collar on, and make a cake... Tomorrow I need to start assembling all the dummies for the front yard for the cemetery/yard decorations... Oh and today I have to get back on my exercising; 225 crunches and weight lifting... And find the Christmas cards I bought last year so I can start those next... Christmas is only about eight weeks away ya know... And in between all my list I am going to be catching up on all my blog reading!!!
A side note: if you live in Florida and your name starts with an R, a package is being mailed for you today, I sent it off special delivery with hubby this morning.... :)
Happy Journaling...







Sunday, October 26, 2008

Vacation

Woo Hoo I am now on vacation for a week.... Hubby is still waiting to hear what days he has off... I worked til 10:45 this morning setting up the ad... Came home and we were off to Kinkos to pick up our Halloween cards that hubby had printed out... And then on to the pumpkin patch again... Son3 picked out a little pumpkin, we walked around a bit and then headed back home... Son2 just finished reading The Hobbit for English class, son3 is playing video games, hubby is on his computer and I am making lasagna, teriyaki chicken and we are munching on chips and bean dip while we are waiting...
Here are all the goodies for the trick or treat bags... Candy, Halloween spinning top, Halloween sticker and Thanksgiving foam leaves...
I just need to tape all the bags closed and they are ready... Last night I watched Ghost Whisperer, it was very good... then when hubby came home we got caught up watching some vampire movie on TV that we had seen before and Criminal Minds and back to the vampire movie and then hubby wanted to see Ghost Whisperer so we watched it again... At 11:30pm we were still awake and watching Bananas Comedy show on the Christian channel, so funny! by 12:30am I was finally going to sleep as I had to be up at 4:30am this morning, what was I thinking... So tonight I'm sending everyone to bed early... and hubby and I can catch up on some more shows... Hubby's work just called and he only has to work Tuesday and Saturday and has the rest of the week off... I need to make him a list, lol....
Happy Journaling...