10.31.07
Men, pumpkins and power tools
Today my job is honoring Halloween with costume contests, pumpkin carving contests and department decorating contests. Know what that means? No one will be working today.
I’ve decided to dress up, not as the fat rag doll I did on Sunday for the family Halloween party, but as a witch because the costume is more flattering (its all black DUH! can’t get more flattering than that) but I’ve also decided to enter the pumpkin carving contest because Mister wanted to take a wack at a pumpkin with his drills and shit.
So I was pissed off at him the other night and then he pissed me off further by bringing me some LAME ASS designs to chose from. Being pissed at him *and PMS’ing* I chose the most difficult design he had on hand. Sort of the PMS’ing women’s petty payback. Well it paid off. Look at what my man created in his garage. Wish me luck that I get a $25 gift card for some place that has a Happy Hour!
10.30.07
Halloween party pictures
10.29.07
Monday Rambles
What a weekend! I feel like we ate and drank it away! Am I complaining? Naw.
I feel like I had a long weekend because I went home “sick” on Friday. Niiice. I got lunch then took a two hour nap with a snuggly five year old.
Saturday I just did house stuff but Sunday was a wonderful day. Not only because it was 88 degrees and I was wearing sandals, T-shirt and capri’s but becuase we had a Halloween party for the kids at my Grandpa’s house.
I got the girls dressed and made up then got dressed myself. (I’m not going to tell you what I dressed as, I’ll post pictures tomorrow.) We had a pumpkin carving contest and the kids had to carve it themselves. We were able to help them here and there but it was mostly their own doing. After the carving was complete each pumpkin was displayed with a letter to identify it. The parents had their kids’ letter and when Grandpa picked the winning pumpkins we were told to look at our letters. Well The Snitch won for most original! She walked away with $10! And my cousin’s son got the other $10 for creativity or something like that.
After the pumpkins were carved, cleaned then judged. We had the kids take their pumpkins to the front yard which was now the “grave yard” and we put candles in them and lit them up. I’ve got to tell you, a grave yard with 13 lit pumpkins is TOO COOL! Yup, we had 13 kids there yesterday. All cousins, too. And we were still missing three kids!
After that we had them bobbing for apples. Oh my god that was so much fun! I was in charge of that while my aunt was warming up chicken nuggets and pizza for the kids. I’ve got some great pictures of that game.
A cousin of mine set up boxes of yuck stuff for the kids to feel. They were labled GUTS BRAINS and EYE BALLS! The boxes had cold spaghetti, anther pasta covered in ketchup so when they removed their hand from the box it was covered in red! LMAO! And the EYE BALLS were a big bowl of black olives! More great pictures there. And the funny thing is when they saw what was in the boxes, after it was over, they began eating the spaghetti and olives! Yes, the same sapaghetti and olives 13 kids had just touched! GROSS!
The night ended with us parents pitching in for prize money and several rounds of Musical Chairs.
Oh what a night! We were there all day. Then from there we headed to my step-son’s house because it was his 22nd birthday and his grandma was having a dinner for him. I don’t think we were getting home until almost 10:00. That means I had two tired and crying kids this morning.
So that was my busy weekend. Luckily this week is teacher/parent conference week and I get out of work early twice. I scored, too, because I get out on Halloween AND Friday! Woohoo! Niiice.
Hope y’all had a great weekend. I’ll get the pictures up tonight and post them tomorrow.
10.27.07
Crappy movies
Last night we headed to bed just after midnight. As I get in bed Mister turns on the TV. Eh, no biggie I figure we’re going to watch something on the DVR and then call it a night. No. He had to find possibly the worst crap on at that time of night. No, not infommercials, but some movie called The Devil’s Rejects. Once I saw that the movie was produced by Rob Zombie I had an idea of what to expect.
Good Lord this movie is crap! I had to say it held my attention but damn talk about gross! Seriously, so not the shit you want to be watching at 1:20 in the morning right before going to bed! I prayed not to have bad dreams! lol I’m such a coward.
But I came to a question in my head while watching this, What causes people to be so fucked up enough to 1- Murder other’s just because. 2- Be so fucked up as to raise their children like this and make more fucked up people in this already fucked up world?
I know it was just a movie but it got my mind going. Come to find out it was a sequal. Oh boy. Wait til Mister finds that out and I know what he’s going to have me add to our Netflix. lol
10.26.07
Another brainless blog post
Because I’m too hungover and tired to use my booze soaked brain and come up with something to write about I’ll give you a joke instead. Enjoy and have a nice weekend!
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A koala was sitting in a gum tree, smoking a joint…
…when a little lizard walked past, looked up and said,
“Hey, Koala! What are you doing?”
The koala said, “Smoking a joint. Come on up and take a toke.”
So the little lizard climbed up and sat next to the koala bear …where the
two enjoyed sharing a few joints.
After a while, the little lizard complained his mouth was dry …and
announced he was going down to get a drink from the river. But the little
lizard was so stoned that he leaned over too far …and fell into the river.
A crocodile saw the lizard’s fall, so swam over and
helped him to the shore. He asked the lizard, “What’s wrong with you?”
The lizard explained to the crocodile he was smoking a joint with the koala
bear in the tree, and got so stoned that he fell into the river while
getting a drink.
So the crocodile walked back into the rain forest, and found the tree where
the koala was finishing his joint. The crocodile looked up and said, “Hey
you!”
The koala looked down at him and said…
“Sh-i-i-i-t, dude! How much water did you drink?”
10.25.07
Happiness is…
Coming home from work to a freshly cleaned house.
Dinner on the stove, waiting for you, after a long day at work.
A big box of chocolate with your name on it.
Freshly laundered clothes.
Cold beer in the fridge.
And a naked wife in bed…with shaved legs.
That is what Mister came home to the other night. I rock.
10.24.07
Only 15 minutes
Listening to the radio and watching the news they of course interviewed people who were evacuated in the middle of the night due to the fires. I heard this one man, who was interviewed, tell the reporter they got a call and were given only fifteen minutes to get out of their home. Fifteen minutes is not a lot of time, especially when you’re panicking.
So I thought about it and asked myself What would I take/pack if I only had fifteen minutes to get out of my house? This is what I came up with:
- My kids, of course. I’d wake and dress them. Then give them trash bags and tell them to empty their dresser drawers into the bag and put as much clothes and shoes as they can into the bags.
- My photo albums. I’ve got A LOT of family photo’s in albums and on CD’s that I would hate to loose.
- Our shoes and clothes! Duh! If I might be homeless I’m going to at least need clothes to stay in a shelter, right? Like the kids, I’d give Mister trash bags to load up with our stuff so we won’t be naked homeless Mexicans.
- My make up, hairdryer and all my styling products under the bathroom sink. You think I’m just trying to be funny, huh? Seriously, I’m not. I’d run into the bathroom and empty the medicine cabinet and under the sink and pull out our toiletries because we’re going to need them wherever we end up at. Same thing with the hallway cabinets, we’ve got toiletries there and blankets. I’m sure we’re going to need at least one blanket each.
- Our document box! I’ve got a storage box with things like our passports and birth certificates.
- My Coach purses! I shit you not I’m going to make sure Mister packs those bitches! Who knows what will be in store for us and if I need to I could sell/trade them for food or a hotel room for a few nights.
- I’d rip all the pictures off the hallway wall on the way out.
- If I had enough time, or senses, maybe toss some dry food into another trash bag because who knows where we’re going and how long we’d be gone.
- Finally the painting Mister bought me on our honeymoon. Its worth about a hundred bucks but the story and laughs behind it is truly priceless.
Poor Mister, I’m sure he’d want to get into his garage to save some of his tools but I don’t think he’s going to have time with loading up all our clothes, pictures, food and my purses.
If you only had fifteen minutes to get out what would you save?
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ETA: We just got an email that one of our San Diego employees lost his house to the fire. I feel so bad for him and his family.
10.23.07
Its that time of year again
No, not holiday planning but its fire season in Southern California. Seems like every October we burn.
If I heard correctly, we’ve got twelve fires burning right now. I could be wrong, but that’s what I believe I heard on the news this morning.
The sky is thick and the air is bad. I woke up to find a light veil of ash covering my car. The Snitch and I had to take allergy pills before leaving the house because the air quality is so bad.
And if fire wasn’t enough of a problem, toss in some Santa Ana winds and you’ve got a real mess on your hands.
The worst fire I remember was the Cedar Fire in 2003. Man, that was bad. My sister’s boyfriend had his family living up in the desert at this time and our only highway was on the verge of burning. She and Mister drove out there, at 11pm, to pick up his sister’s and bring them down to L.A. It took them something like six HOURS to make a 2.5 hour drive. Talk about being worried. The girls stayed with my sister and her boyfriend for almost two weeks until the fires were out and they were able to safely return to the desert again.
That October we couldn’t open our doors or windows for anything that wasn’t necessary. But it was SO damn hot, too. The thin veil of ash on my car today was nothing compared to the 1/2″ of ash on my car then. Even being indoors it hurt to breathe too deeply.
Right now our San Diego office is closed to keep our employees safe. San Diego sounds like its got the worst of it right now. Something like 80,000 acres have burned and tons of people have been evacuated from their homes. Poor things. I can’t imagine having to leave and decide what valueables to take and what to leave and let burn.
Its sort of eerie outside right now. The sky isn’t grey smokey but you can see smoke spreading across the sky. The sun is shinning atop the smoke and its putting out a weird bright orange glow. Even the mood outside feels different. Its hard to explain but you can tell people feel it. Maybe its because the smell in the air keeps people reminded of what’s going on right now.
Keep SoCal in your prayers and hopefully we’ll stop burning soon.
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This post was drafted yesterday so as of now 270,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and as of 5:15 last night 257 homes have been lost to the flames. I’m sure over the last twelve hours it hasn’t gotten any better. We’re expecting 90 degree weather with 75-90 mile an hour winds. Oh God, its going to be another bad day in S.CA
10.22.07
Oh, the dreaded day after
The party was a success, of course. I think my sister and I finally went to bed somewhere near 4am. Which meant hearing the kids running around, talking and laughing at 10am was not what I needed.
Because I was a wee bit hungover yesterday I spent the day on the couch. The kids and I didn’t shower (who needs to shower? Mister went to work so who was I going to impress?), but I did clean up well enough to drive a block over and pick up burger, fries and soda’s for us. It was a hang over day that called for greasy food. Damn that was good.
The kids and I sat in the living room and watched FIVE movies yesterday and then I watched an hour of Desperate Housewives! Talk about vegging.
I didn’t shower. Didn’t put in my contacts, no my hands were way too shakey for that. I was a bit out of it yesterday. Enough so that when I was brushing my teeth so I can go get us lunch I realized, mid brush, that I was using Mister’s toothbrush!
Today I’m feeling 108% better, well except for what feels like a 5 pound weight gain from vegging yesterday. I think that is our last party of the year, well until the holiday’s arrive.
10.20.07
Its party time, people!!
Tonight I’m hosting a birthday party for my sister. Her birthday isn’t until next week, but next weekend she and her boyfriend will be out of town so we’re doing it tonight.
Last night Mister and I hung lights outside to illuminate the evening. I’ve got five cases of beer sitting in my living room. Stuff to make Mojito’s. Party decorations, a birthday gift, candles, candle holders for the tables and last night Mister finally found my indoor Halloween decorations!
I picked up four HUGE pumpkins for the kids to carve so we can line the drive way with more light. They’ve been looking forward to pumpkin carving all week and now their day has come. But they know no carving until they help clean outside and clean their room. Its called an incentive, people.
We’ve got tons of balloons on order, so my mom and I can assemble a balloon arch at the entrance where the tables will be set up. Lots of decorating to do today.
What’s on the menu, you ask? Mexican food, of course! Mister will be grilling up steak and chicken, then buying Carnita’s and serving tacos. Plus I’m making huge pans of rice and beans. Freshly made salsa is a must. In addition to that we’ll have nachos out for snacking.
So today’s errands consists of grocery shopping for tonight, picking up fire wood for the evening, buying 100 pounds of ice, picking up tables, chairs and an ice chest. Mister has to drop the kids off at a birthday party for a little while this afternooon, too. Oy we’re going to be busy that’s for sure!
If I don’t get too drunk I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures tonight. Hope you all have a great weekend!
