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November 24, 2007
tis the season
It is officially that time of year when there are just not enough hours in the day to get things done.
After Little Bear’s birthday we really ramped up for Halloween because my in-laws and their next door neighbors have a haunted house every year. I made andposted at least one hundred flyers. We had the haunted house two weekends before and on Halloween night. I missed taking Little Bear and HOHO trick or treating for the first time which was kind of a bummer, but they went with MSA and her kids so they had a good time.
We had over 300 people come to through the haunted house. And we do it for free. We only ask for donations to the food bank. We had kids crying, screaming hootin’ and hollerin’. People told us it was scarier and better than houses they had paid big bucks to go through. It was cool. I was the undead gatekeeper at the cemetery gate. I posted pics, go look. I led everyone through the cemetery to the entrance. I was very serious and scary but in the middle of it all one night people started giggling at me and pointing behind me. I turned to see what the ruckus was and HOHO has snuck out the house while no one was looking. He was standing in the middle of the cemetery in his bat costume holding a skull and when he saw me, undead and all, he came running over yelling MAMA!!! It was pretty hysterical.
A few weeks ago I found a white dove in my front yard. Anyone who knows me; knows I have a special spot for doves because of previous family experiences. This is the fourth dove I have rescued over the years. I think eventually I will have to have a dove tattoo. I found a really cool Celtic design with doves in it that I might rework.
Our stupid van has broken down twice in the last few weeks, which sucks when that is the only way you can haul your kid and his wheelchair around. It is in the shop as we speak and I am so frustrated because it is costing a fortune to fix. We are leaving to go to California next weekend for papa T’s 80th birthday so the van has to be good to go. And I still need to get the brakes done.
Yesterday, Cakes and I went to get pedi/manis. It was his first time and he even got blue toenail polish. It was so funny because the girls were all chattering and giggling. I couldn’t understand them but I know they were talking about us. I could just tell.
Little Bear had really started talking up a storm lately. It is so cool. He said his first four word sentence which is a really big deal. He said “Daddy likes to toot!” He has also said “shut up, assholes!” after he heard me yell at the dogs for barking their fool heads off. They bark every time a car turns the corner in front of our house, which is all the time. I admit it, I laughed. It was pretty damn funny. I'm just waiting for him to drop the F bomb.
HoHo is starting to be chatty too. He usually is the strong silent type but he loves to say “Oh, Wow!” And he starts dancing anytime music comes on. And now at bedtime when I say are you ready to find your bed. He will either say “No!” or he will stop whatever he is doing and amble down the hall to his bedroom ready to go to sleep.
And this is weird. I just posted a bunch of new pics and like five minutes after I put them up, some guy in another country took one of my pictures and posted it on his FLickr site. That is odd, right? Take your own damn pictures dude. The other thing that irritates me about this is that he commented on my picture. He wrote one word, Mala. Now, I never took Spanish but I know French and some Italian and as far as I know Mala means bad. So this guy tells me my picture is bad then posts it on his site. WTF?
Anyway, I know I am forgetting a zillion and one things but that is all for now. I have been told by Little Bear that I have to go drag out all the Christmas crap and start decorating. You know how I love Christmas. Not. I'm doing it for Johnny man.
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