Aw, Fup the storecat at Powell's died at 19.
Because I'm a freak with a maybe-sick cat, I'm gonna go hug her. After I scoop the litterboxes.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Oct 31, 2007 5:52:38 pm PDT #9732 of 10001
P.M. Marc - Oct 31, 2007 5:55:58 pm PDT #9733 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The kids at the office ate all my candy, so we're hanging out pretending we're not home. Wow, there were a lot of kids.
Lots of pirates, too, but I think mine was the cutest one there.
Cass - Oct 31, 2007 5:59:27 pm PDT #9734 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Unrelatedlyto the whole thing (and, uh, any painkillers) do the voices in your heads ever do accents?Do I have to admit to voices in my head if I answer this? Because they would, if I were to have such things. Different accents and different voices. But I am in no way admitting this.
Hmm, I could Foreman grill something for dinner. I am hungry now.
Lots of pirates, too, but I think mine was the cutest one there.I am unsurprised. She's a cutie.
beth b - Oct 31, 2007 6:01:37 pm PDT #9735 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
lots of pirates among the buffista babies. somehow not surprised.
there are different voices, rarely accents , however.
Kat - Oct 31, 2007 6:02:08 pm PDT #9736 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just back from my friend Susan's house. They get so many trick-or-treaters! It was fun.
Kat - Oct 31, 2007 6:08:25 pm PDT #9737 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
DJ, you look fantastic as Jessica Rabbit!
Also, congrats on the internet, Robin. That's a good way to feel settled at home.
Cass - Oct 31, 2007 6:11:49 pm PDT #9738 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Anyone ever used allergy eye drops?
I've never had the need before cause my allergies are fierce but I was always taking oral meds for them. Now my meds are a nasal spray instead (and an allergy/asthma inhaler) and I get the massively itchy eyes sometimes.
I just popped some Benedryl but it's gonna take time to work. I want instant relief. Or targeted relief. Basically, I want options. Especially since it takes me for.ever. to realize that the itchy eyes *are* allergies.
Scrappy - Oct 31, 2007 6:13:33 pm PDT #9739 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We have had about 100 or so trick-or-treaters. Lots of them were in groups of 5 or 6, so not too many times opening the door. I have learned that Skittles are WAY more desirable than Starbursts. Spiderman has been the most popular costume, followed by pirates and then princesses of many types.
Allyson - Oct 31, 2007 6:16:06 pm PDT #9740 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The kids at my work Halloween party seemed to have a good time, and I'm exhausted. I gave Tim his bday gift from me and Kristen; Wicked tickets. He seems pretty happy.
I made centerpieces out of smallish pumpkins stuffed with sunflowers and dried wildflowers and sparkly pumpkin garland. I picked up pre-Trick-or-Treat supper for the kids: mac and cheese, chicken tenders, and corndogs, which all got happily eaten up. The kids sketched out jack-o-lantern designs on pumpkins and then the scientists had carve whatever they drew, which was hilarious. I sliced up apples and warmed caramel in the microwave for dipping, and set out cheese and crackers.
I got plain black plastic tablecovers and decorated them with sparkly skeleton stickers, and I stuffed a pinata with frozen mini-Milky Way bars and tootsie pops. One of the kids cried and yelled NO! when the bigger kid I lined up for last busted it open, then cried YES! when he saw all the candy hit the ground.
Then I gave all the kids goodie bags (cardboard chinese food box thingies) with a mini-flashlight, bubbles in pumpkin-shaped bottles, spider and bat rings, stickers, little rice crispy treats and little bags of teddy grahams.
Cutest costume: two year old dressed like a lamb carrying a stuffed animal sheepdog.
Now I need to soak in a bath. I'm awful with children who aren't part of me and mine. I'm completely depleted.
Scrappy - Oct 31, 2007 6:18:46 pm PDT #9741 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Man, Allyson really knows how to throw a party. Maybe that could be your third book? How to throw a party that is cool, cheap and hip.