Happy Halloween! I was 100% going to blog today about different costumes, but then I watched The Office last night and couldn't resist:
I will say this: When did Halloween become an acceptable holiday to slut it up?
Thoughts come my way. Some I chase.
Happy Halloween! I was 100% going to blog today about different costumes, but then I watched The Office last night and couldn't resist:
I will say this: When did Halloween become an acceptable holiday to slut it up?
And the best...I was in Atlanta visiting my college roommate and when I returned home after midnight, my home had been broken into and Christmas decorations were everywhere. A 6 foot tree fully decorated in the dining room. Christmas ornaments hanging from light fixtures. The whole she-bang.
The question you might ask is "Why?" My neighbors say it's a sign of affection and I will choose to lean on that assumption. However, it might have something to do with my own poor choices. It's probably less affection and more payback. Don't you love a great prank?
What do you hate to find in the bottom of your halloween bag?
It inspired me, so I made TGIF cupcakes the next day - margarita with lime icing. Yummy.
A good line - no matter which way you lean. Of course, it would be nice if she would also "quiet" those in her audience who yell racial epithets at African-American cameramen and say "kill him" in regards to Obama.
Notice Jonah's legs still getting some sunlight.
"'The wind blows wherever it pleases,' Jesus goes on to tell Nicodemus, who struggles in his literalism and rationalism to understand. 'You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it is comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit' (John 3:8). There is no formula. This is something we can't work for, work up, predict, direct. You just hear it coming and fling yourself headlong into the hurricane." Mark Buchanan.
My Mom and I have a date scheduled for the first week in October every year - the Southern Women's Show. We take off work and head to the civic center and ready ourselves for sales pitches and lots of free goodies...
This year had a cherry on top because we got to meet Jon and Kate Gosselin from the fabulous Jon and Kate +8 on TLC. Here is a professional-quality paparazzi photo:
Interesting things overheard when you pack 1,000 women into an exhibition hall:
1. "All women from Alabama are hunters - boo-yah."
2. "How cute is that Crimson Tide fanny pack that lights up?"
3. "Do you have any cell phone koozies with pink rhinestones?"
4. "Would you like to register for a free magic show? I perform at weddings."
5. "If your child's bottom drags the ground in his stroller - he should be in school, not blocking the aisle."