Yesterday was a blast!  My hubby was home from work ALL DAY LONG...so exciting...and he DID STUFF WITH US!!! Even better!   It was a great day with dad and the family!  

His brother came out later, went to the Haunted Hayride with him and
the kiddos...we were laughing so hard in the car at just doing silly
stuff, I probably looked like some drunk weaving on the highway! 
Turns out his 27 yr old brother has NEVER gone haunted housing! 
Ack!  We'll have to find a sitter for the kiddos and take him and
his new wifey out next year!  (he gets married in 2 weeks!)

Hey-what say we all write down our spooky experiences for tomorrows
blog?  It IS Halloween...what better day to tell true ghost
stories?

Your Haloween Costume Should Be

A Bumble Bee

A bumblebee?  'K.....Little late, now, anyway!  Figured I'd
be greeting people as that Medusa off of "Hocus Pocus"!  Sexy...

Well, preschool day was a huge success!  The kids LOVED his slugs
and he found some roly-polies to take in too...they had an observation
table set up with magnifying glasses, and drew pics of them to take
home to mom and dad...great stuff...my camera, however, only had ONE
picture left on it...THANK YOU NUMBER_ONE_BLONDE for the film!!!! 
Had it not been for her, I would not have gotten any pics AGAIN!  
 
Last weekend before Halloween, time for all the super-fun stuff! 
This morning was our play-groups Halloween party...they all looked SO
cute...though some adults there I could have slapped
silly...grrrr....maybe that's just PMS speaking, but some people are
never happy.(I was trying to explain this to a friend of mine...6 yrs
of not PMS'ing or anything, and BOOM my hormones and body are in a
total uproar...and I'm so emotional, I was telling her that normally I
have these HUGE rose-colored glasses on, everythings all good (pay
attn. to the quizzes people, unfortunately, that's really me), but
lately it's like someones taken off my glasses and is just stomping up
and down on them over and over and crushing them into fine sand....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr....))  ANYWAY...

Jessi's Girl Scout hosted Halloween party was this evening...proceeds
from admittance and refreshments going to Katrina...that was fun. 
A little lame at first, (it was a dance), so of course the kids had to
warm up and not worry about being "cool" and everything.  Helped
that me and sis were out there acting like fools...always a good
time!  Jason went, and he WON for boys costume!  (4 of the
boys did, anwyay)  Can we hear it for originality, folks?!  
His green hair was truly awesome...his hair's a little long, but curly,
so when you  tease it out a little you can get it to stand up
about 3 inches off his head...we did this and sprayed it green...looked
GREAT...

Tomorrow, the plan is to rake leaves and have a family leaf fest
(jumping, fighting, dumping headfirst, etc...), carving the pumpkins,
make some yummy punkin seeds...then we'll take Jess out to a local farm
and take a Haunted Hayride...I've heard it's VERY low-key, people
jumping out and yelling "boo", but I'm one of those overprotective moms
anyway, and Jess hasn't ever seen a scary movie or anything, so she's
not de-sensitized toward scary stuff, so to her, that should be just
scary enough!  Last year, I tried taking her to the local jr.
high's haunted house, and she was scared poopless and didn't want to go
in...so we're gonna start small and just work our way up.  Sunday,
the plan is to go to our local "punkin' prowl" at our zoo...this is at
night, get to visit the night-time animals, trick or treat a little,
and of course, it's just fun to be out at night.

Ya'll have an excellent weekend...and some of you - just sit there, already!

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You scored as Original Hippie.
Yup. You're a hippie. You were among those to start the phase. And you're still at it. There's a good chance that meditation, music, art, and pot have always been important to you. A lot of other people in the world look up to you, because you're just cool. You stand up for what you believe in and are really trying to bring peace into this world one bellybutton at a time! Peace!
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Heh heh heh...yeah, that pot...very important ya know...they are talking about my big stew pot, right?

Also good for a laugh...(this guy should be a xangian...good stuff) go here:

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Thank you again everyone, for you prayers for my niece.  Though,ya
know, it would figure I'd get visitors that don't usually visit when
I'm grouching about PMS kind of things! 

My kids have once again changed their minds on their Halloween
costumes...Jess is not going to be a cheerleader hit by a bus
anymore...now she's Cyndi Lauper-80's era...well, she doesn't know
she's Cyndi Lauper, but that's who I styled her after...and she looks
SO COOL!  No, she went to some church Halloween party last night,
and you could pick a decade to dress like..she picked 80's...(you go
girl! mommies favorite decade!), so naturally punk rock sprang to
mind!  Girls just wanna have fun, dontcha know!

 Jason is also not Phantom of the Opera.  Woulda been cool,
but I think his new costume is gonna be even more unique. He's
super-weirdo-hockey guy.  Seriously.  I had bought a hockey
player mask to melt down for the Phantom costume...he got attached to
it, liked wearing it around.  Also had already gotten him a pretty
cool cape.  SO, what he has chosen to wear (you have to picture
this, 'K?) is his hockey mask, black cape, skeleton glow in the dark
t-shirt, green painted hair, and devil horns.  My son is
unique.  Yes, I definitely prefer the word unique. 

I get to spend preschool time with Jason again...and this time my
camera will be ready to go!  And guess what he wants to bring for
show and tell?  Don't forget...the word is UNIQUE...there's these
slugs that are living under some bricks out front...he wants to bring
in the slug family to show all his friends.  He checks on these
slugs every day to make sure they're doing OK.  I haven't the
heart to get rid of them, gross as they are. (too bad they don't have a
yuck smilie face!)
 
Neighbors just probably got their laugh for the week!  I was late
getting my garbage can out to the curb, and had to chase down the
garbage truck halfway down the street....(got your mind pictures
going?  See this...)fat lady, shoving her can out as fast as she
can, trying to wave the truck back first, bare feet, 30 degrees
outside, robe w/jammies on, chasing a garbage truck....funny
stuff. 

Have a great day folks!

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You scored as Cinderella.
Your alter ego is Cinderella! You often find yourself doing a lot of housework, but if you are patient, your hard work usually pays off. You are prone to losing things, so dont rush through everything.
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I think I finally did it right...I'm so proud!  So what's it mean that Goofy comes second in this quiz?!
Goshdarnit...found a quiz that didn't treat me so nicely and wanted to
put it on here...guess maybe you can't put 2 quizzes on in one
day? 

Ok...doin' better.  Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers
for my niece....she's home now, can't go out in public for a whole week
(her immune system is down), but happy to be home.  She hates
hospitals...they did shave her head a little bit, but it looks like a
headband...you don't even really notice it too bad. 

ANYWAY, happy happy happy.  Except now I"m PMSing.  (thanks
sulimb...told you that joke was good timing!).  And sorry menfolk
reading this...but I gotta tell you...I havent had a cycle for 6
YEARS...been on depo shots...so this REALLY SUCKS HUGELY!!!!  Told
hubby I think he needs to go get snipped all over again, just
because.  He's the one who said "go off depo, honey, I don't think
this is good for your body, blah blah blah".  Blah him, I
hurt.  

Preschool pics are today...I got Jason the cutest little outfit for
it...he's gonna hate it.  I only say that 'cause it's
overalls.  But what's cuter than a preschooler in overalls? 
But the backing for the pic is red barn wood, and the child is pulling
a little red wagon with pumpkins.  Overalls were called for. 

My husband is threatening my kitties lives again. Seems one of them
(and I have a good guess who), has a grudge against him and likes to
(yes, I know) pee on his things.  Yesterday, it was his leather
work shoe.   I don't know what to do...I love my kitty like a baby,
but this is getting ridiculous.  (And she's 14 or 15 so doesn't
really have much time left here...)  Durn cats. 

Xanga's messing up again...won't let me put in my smilies or color
block my text.  Grrrr...not a good day, xanga!  Never mind...

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You scored as Pink.
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Awww....isn't that nice?  'Course I jsut took a quiz before that
"what kind of crime would you commit" or something like that and it
called me a big fraud!    hee heee I'll take one more quiz for funnies!

Forget it...I don't have the patience to try to figure this stuff out today....

EDIT: cute thing little man did/said on way to school today. I gave him
the portrait request page, you know, the one with the possible poses
with some kid on them?  Ours had this cute little 4-5 yr old girl
on it.  Jason says "mom, I do believe this is my girlfriend. 
She's really pretty." 

Poop...little niece had the big surgery this morning...doc opened her
up, took a peek of her brain and what was going on in there, said nope,
nothing we can do...and closed her back up.  My sis said when she
woke up she asked "did they take it out?" (the tumor), sis had to tell
her no, and niece started crying.  SO, if I don't comment around
on ya'll today, it's not 'cause I'm ignoring anyone...I just don't feel
like going all happy happy.  G'night folks and be grateful for the
life you have. 

Well...last night I stayed up and watched Hitch-Hikers Guide to the
Galaxy.  Too bad I don't do drugs, cause this movie would possibly
have been much better on some crack.  I read the books ( there's a
series of 3) (or trilogy, if you will) when I was younger...I remember
the first time I read them I was all "what was that about?"...second
time was more of an "OK...I think I may have enjoyed that"... 3rd time
was in my weird older teenage days and it seemed really great
stuff.  The movie, however, was a stoner's dream. 

Jess gets home from camping tonight...hope she didn't freeze her little
bootie off.  I think it dropped under 45 last night with a stiff
North wind, and rain.  YUCK.  Lord, just don't give her
pneumonia over Halloween.  Sucks to go trick or treating hooked up
to an IV...and don't think she wouldn't try, folks! Speaking of
daughter...need to go check the mail!  WOOHOO!!!!!!!!  Yall
are the first to get this...feel loved...
Reading (advanced class):  96 A
Language arts:  93 B
Math:89 B
Science: 97 A
Social Studies: 95 A
Art:  100 A
Music:  95 A
PE:  100 A
Computers: 102 A
 
The mature adult in me screams "SUCK ON THAT TWIT TEACHER OF 4TH
GRADE!"  Awesome...can't wait 'til she gets home...kid's getting
something truly yummy for dinner tonight...her choice! 

What is it with cats lakjsdf; and keyboardjs anyway?My cat seemst to
laskjf love walking across whenever I'm on here it seems, lately. 
Thanks, Callie. 
 
Ya'll have a wonderful rest of your weekend! 

I'm bored. Hubby is once again at work, it's 11:00 on a Friday night,
no good movies, kids are in bed, don't wanna scrap, and I'm
bored.  I could go to bed, but due to spooky things happening
around the midnight hour, I don't like to go to bed before 12:30-1:00
a.m. or so. Ho hum.

I've been out reading xanga's while I"ve been so incredibly bored, and
alot of people say "oh, never mind, I don't wanna go all emo on
you...happy happy happy".  Here's my question...isn't that what
this thing is also for?  To vent, to get it out to people who
don't know you personally, and cannot pass true judgment on those I
gripe about?  I'm sorry if I go "emo" on you guys
occasionally...it's what I do.

Report cards got mailed out to us today...biting my nails...I hope it's
good...and if it's good I'm so photocopying the sucker and giving it to
an old teacher of my daughters.  Here's the story for those of you
who don't know....My daughter is an intelligent, bubbly, talkative
BLONDE.  Very blonde.  This teacher (4th grade, mind you)
decided in the 2nd week of school that Jess was ADD,  and needed
to go on meds.  2ND WEEK OF SCHOOL!!!!!
(I mention that she was blonde, 'cause I know some people immediately
target them)  No child is calmed down in the 2nd week of
school...anyway, so she calls me in to tell me these things...I argue
Jess' case...no teacher has EVER said anything about J's behavior
before, and she's always been straight A....never a problem with
grades...(if anything, the only problem I have with her, is she never
studies...still-and she's in 6th grade now)ANYWAY so all of 4th grade
is a battle with that teacher, Jess constantly getting bad marks for
talking, fidgeting, etc...C's, D's, homework not turned in, etc...she
started HATING school, faking tummaches, headaches, the works. 
Several conferences are had with this teacher over the year...one time
stating that once she hit 6th grade and in a new school where they
transferred classes and had to get stuff out of lockers, that it would
be a death sentence of sorts for Jess and that she would fail
miserably.   That summer we see a counselor to just test and see,
Ok, does the teacher have a leg to stand on?  NO.  The
counselor said that Jess had as much ADD in her as any other girl her
age...5th grade she gets all male teachers, her grades start to
improve, she starts liking school again, headaches and tummyaches
stop.  (did I mention she also developed an ulcer 4th grade
year?)  Now, 6th grade, new school WITH LOCKERS, TRANSFERRING
CLASSES, her midterm progress report showed all A's, 1 B, and no
talking marks this quarter at all.  So do you think it would be
wrong of me to maybe make several copies and leave them all over her
classroom?  Twit teacher. 

Nothin' really going on this weekend...Jess is camping out with the GS,
planning a haunted house with the other Juniors for the local Brownie
troops...should be fun for her!  I'm going to have niece and
nephew stay the week with me starting on Sunday night, while their lil
sis gets her brain surgery...hope the kids don't kill each other. 

I'm gonna go hunt for a quiz to do...aha!  Thank you FlimflamPapermom!

1. Things
   that make ya go hmmmmm.....when really really really overweight people
   wear those cute teen clothes...the one's where your belly is supposed
   to attractively show?  Ummm...no.  Don't do that...if your
   fat is overflowing, just don't do it.  I think I can speak on
   this, as mine would overflow also...it's just gross.
2. C.D.
   that you own that you wouldn’t fess up to owning......I love all my
   music...from Dixie Chicks, to Metallica, to Phantom, to Veggietales...
3. Beer,
   Wine, or mixed drink………..Why?……EWWWWW -beer!  I HATE beer. 
   Wine can only be the sweet almost homemade kind, Definitely prefer
   mixed drinks! .
   
4. I erased number 4...ooops.
   
5. Car
   you drive…….car you want to drive…….. I drive a 2003 Ford Taurus, 
   car I want to drive (good Lord, I'm such a mother) is a 2006 Dodge
   Caravan.  
6. Favorite subject in school……Psychology, Spanish
7. Do
   you still own a stuffed animal………yup...still have my faves from growing
   up, a few that my kids have given me, and one my hubbie gave me while
   we were dating.
8. Forgive
   and forget, forgive and never forget, Forgive, I don’t think so…….
   Forgive, always.....always retain the memory of it, just not the
   emotions/an/or baggage...(I agree with this answer...good job, Flimflam!)
9. Utopia…….Possible
   or not?…When I was a teenager/young adult I would have said you
   betcha...now, I just don't know.  There's some sad, sad people out
   there. 
10. Death……Freezing,
    burning, drowning, starvation, or dehydration. Which would you choose
    and why….(little ghoulish for the Halloweeners out there.)  
    Nice...drowning, I think...it's fairly quick, and I hear it's peaceful
    at the end. Then again, how would they know?
11. Weirdest
    habit………staying up past 12:30 to avoid spooky things happening!  (yawn!)

Well,
I tried to fix the color on that...sucks to be stupid.  Looking
for yet another quiz..Good Lord, what have I done with this computer
now?   Great...I can't make it stop.Alright, I give...King of
the Hill's on now anyway...G'night, folks, and happy weekend to
ya!  (Oh-and where can you just randomly find quizzes without
bugging everyone's sites looking for one?) .

None of
my favorite authors have put anything out in awhile, so I'm cycling
through all my old books.  (hee hee...I accidentally typed boobs
first)  Read this one ages and ages ago, trying to get my daughter
to read it!

Big thanks to sulimb who I got this quiz from...I tag anyone who wants it!

A - Favorite Amusement park? DisneyWorld

B - Band
you are listening to right now? Phantom of the Opera

C - Car of your dreams? one that never breaks down...and has a convertible top!

D- Dad's name? Jerald

E- Easiest person(s) to make laugh? Jason and Jessica

F - Food you eat most? sushi

G - Any
encounters with ghosts? Yes, more than once as a matter of fact. We
used to have a ghost at my moms and dads...I think it's still there...

H- Person most Hated at the moment? I don't hate anyone...I "Intensely dislike" people... (good answer, I'm leaving it as is)

I - Interesting unknown fact about yourself? I used to be a bartender

J - Just the first letter of the last person who broke your heart? A

K - Kissing with eyes opened or closed? Closed

L - Last time you did LSD? LSD?  What's that?

M
- Most memorable moment you can think of in a minute? The birth of both my kiddos

N - Nicknames? Quickie...BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF MY MAIDEN NAME!!!!!

O -
What's your most valued possession?  My children, hubby,
scrapbooks, cats (these are the things I'd rescue in an
emergency...possibly not in that order...kids still first, though!

P - Poison of choice? Mudslides (mmmm) love that they come right in a bottle now!

Q
- The last quote you heard? How bout a favorite? "No pessimist ever
discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land,or
opened a new heaven to the human spirit."  -Helen Keller

R - What are you allergic to? Grass, cats -yes, I have three-, pollen, dust

S - Song you sang last? "Joy, joy, joy,joy down in my heart" (my son's song to help him feel better and not so scared)

T - Time you woke up? 3:30 a.m., 5:30 a.m., 6:15 a.m., 7:10 a.m., and finally, 8:20 a.m.

U - Fav. pair of underwear? I don't care so long as it covers my butt without going up it!

V - Vegetable you hate most? green peppers

W - What are you the most afraid of? A disaster that takes both my kids from me at once

X - X-rated love life? I WISH!!!  Didn't I just post somewhere about being G-rated?  Sigh...

Y - Year you were born? 1972

Z - Zodiac sign? Taurus

Trying
to get the highlight off the journal under this one...can it be
undone?  Also, once you highlight, can you no longer put a smilie
on?

Today was FUN!  My son had a preschool field trip to a local
pumpkin farm.  They had all these hay bales stacked up about
20X20, with slides coming off of them...super slick ones, at
that...kids flying everywhere!  Little corn maze, HUGE corn maze,
hayrides, they had this really neat non-sandbox...I say non-sandbox,
because imagine said sandbox - take out the sand and put in corn
kernels.  I just wanted to wallow in it.  These kernels were
at least a foot deep...way cool.  They had races with the kids
with pumpkins in their wheelbarrows, ball pit (kid mosh), pony rides
(boo...I hate to see those little ponies just trodding around in a
circle)-though I did let him ride...bad activist!, petting zoo, face
painting, etc....good times, good times. 

Then we went to Blockbuster and rented everything kiddie Halloween they
had.  Poor Jason wants to participate in the scarier part so bad,
but just can't hack it....crawled into my bed at least 3 times last
night.  So we got FrankenPooh, Dora's Halloween, and Charlie
Brown...how non-scary can you get?  Problem is, he's bored by
them...would rather watch Ghostbusters or something that will give him
nightmares.  (yes, Ghostbusters can be scary...don't laugh too
much, but that movie would scare the bejeebers outta me...and I'm
talking about recently!  That part where the ghost flies out of
the library?  SPOOKY!)

Speaking of movies, has everyone seen Fever Pitch yet?  LOVE
IT!  Oh, and speaking of baseball....CARDS ARE GONNA
WIN!!!!!!  Go Cardinals, go cardinals!  Anyone watch that
magnificent game last night? 

And how do I get a cool background on this thing?  I want some
Halloween decors on here.  Oh-and pictures....do I have to go
premium to get 'em?  Warning:  there will be lots and lots of
pics when I get to post 'em! 

Words I will miss when my son learns correct pronunciation:
1:  gwils  (girls)
2.  gubblegum (obviously, bubblegum)
3.  Ploblem  (as in, mom, I have this ploblem...)
There's several others...I'll have to list them as he says them
again...these are said pretty often and they're JUST SO DANG CUTE!!!!!!

Oh yeah...please go say a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to
number_one_blonde...I have no idea how to link anyone, she's up there
in my subscriptions...she's had a pretty poopy birthday so far, so show
her some lovin'!  (g-rated...she's a good girl!)(most of the time)

Took this off another site (thanks sends)...pretty much pegged me
again...oh dear...if I were a toy I'd be a My Little Pony, and I should
be in the move The Lion King...I have become G-rated in my soul...my
past would laugh at me!

HEY- whatchyall think of the new prettiness?  I still want leaves
or something falling in the background, I think that would be pretty
neat...gotta figure that one out.

Boy...been awhile since I posted last, I guess!  I don't think too
much has really happened since last post...I could be wrong - 
just did bills for the pay period, my brain is a little fried and in
shock...ouch!  It's always fun when you have to search around for
something that still has tags on to see if you can return it! 
Nice, hunh?  (please let someone else do that too?  I'm not a
loser, I swear!) 

Thursday night we went to our local firehouse for their open
house...that was fun...not too many people there, so kiddos got to ride
the firetruck 5-6 times.  Jason slid down the pole this year...he
was afraid last time, and couldn't stop talking about it for quite
awhile!  Went with hubby at first, he stayed about 15 min, then
left for work again...  Sis and her kiddos showed up then anyway, so I didn't have to go it alone! 

Friday was same ol' same ol'...Saturday...good Lord...left my house at
9:30 a.m.  didn't get to come back until 9:00 p.m. 
Sigh.  Helped a friend move in the morning....then had to run to
Walmart to get stuff for daughter to make a project for Social
Studies.(due Monday).  THEN rushed kids back to friends house so
she could watch them while I went to a Croptober thingie...finished 8
pages, thank you very much!  Love all of 'em 'cept one...but at
that point I was done, creativity out the window, I just wanted to
finish her album...now to start on Jason's again!  (I alternate
until I get them caught up)

Sunday, I read through daughters report/project (Ancient Egyptian
pets...worth 200 pts), and find out half of her report was  on
Anubis...oops...he's more of a god, NOT anything near a pet.  SO
for her project NOW DUE THE NEXT DAY...we have to re-research, buy all
new materials...etc...she works on this for a couple hours, then we go
to a local pumpkin farm. So much fun!  Pig races, choo choo train,
tricycle races, and the best thing...pumpkin cannons!  Shot these
pumpkins at least 100 feet away or more!  So sweet...got home from
that, and made us a sarcophagus... looks really good...we even engraved
the heiroglyphics for dog all around it.  Kid better get an
A...lots of work into this sucker...and not done by parents
either!  I hate it when kids come in with these elaborate projects
done by mom and dad! So, anyway, we get done at around 11:00 p.m. with that, so I let Jess go in late to school this morning...

Sis just called and said littlest neice goes back in for brain surgery
on 24 Oct...doc sounds very hopeful that the shunt can be removed,
fluid gone, and with fluid gone, maybe tumor will dry up?  Let's
hope so anyway!  Feel free to pray for her! 

Getting frustrated with myself too....I'll go to bed at night thinking
"ok...we'll do this diet thing tomorrow, no problem, I know I need to
lose this...pants are tight, back fat goin' on (you wanted to know this
didn't you?  ) , then I wake up in the morning and the stuffing
of the mouth commences.  I need help. Seriously.  I said
before I had lost near 60 lbs by myself and then with LA weight
loss...have gained it all back now.  Sigh.  I don't know what
to do.  I'll be honest with you here.  I used to (in high
school) be one of those anorexic/bulemics.  Those t-shirts that
you see "I recovered from anorexia" ? It's true.  So, really, all
you ana kids that found this with an anorexic search...DON'T DO
IT!!!!!  You don't learn to eat correctly and either kill yourself
young from malnutrition, or never get it right and wind up a fat middle
aged woman who constantly struggles.  I wish I had learned
early...really.  No one ever knew, so never got any help. 
Gotta do something, though...it's really hard...you know how easy it is
to starve or throw up, but as a grown up you know way better-and know
your mortality and how it would affect others, as opposed to a teen who
has no clue.  Sigh....maybe I'll just get my stomach
stapled!  That would solve everything, wouldn't it?!?