This is work?

It's Halloween everybody! Happy, happy!

At work today, we had a pumpkin carving contest and a "Fall Treat" contest. Here are the pumpkin submissions:

Minez is 10:

I won 1st Place! $60! Woowoo! At first, I thought I might feel a bit guilty, for two reasons...one is that it is not an original design and two is that John carved it. But hey, I figure the money benefits us both so who cares who carved it??? AND! AND! John entered the same pumpkin in a contest at his work on Monday and it won the $100 1st prize!

For the "Fall Treat" contest, I made Banana-Pineapple bread. It's nothing fancy and was quite simple to make...AND I still won 2nd place! $25! Woowoo! The conference room table was full of food:

and honestly, my favorite was pizza dip this girl brought in. She actually won 3rd place ($15) for it. I'm glad she didn't win 1st because I think the competition was obviously for desserts although you could argue that pizza dip is still a treat. Whatevs.

I made $85 y'allz...booyah! ($185 if we include John's winnings!)

I didn't dress up today. We didn't end up going to any Halloween parties this year, so I had no reason to spend $50 on a costume just to wear it to work. A couple of years ago, I wore my little white horns from King Richard's Faire to work and so this year I stole John's. His are much cooler anyway. I just like my white ones because they look like bone and I guess I thought that made them believable...

John and I are going to my dad's tonight to see Mikey and Julia and for John to scare the trick-or-treaters with his freaky mask and cloak. I'm sure I'll post pictures later.

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So this morning as I'm trying to prepare for the party here, my boss comes in with a couple of children's books and asks me to scan in the pages with pictures and make a powerpoint presentation out of it. What? Yes. You read right. I had to make him a presentation because he was going to his son's school today to read the books to the class and he couldn't just read a book like everyone else. Took me like 2 hours to crop all the pictures.

Is that what HGH does do your legs? ;-)

Chances are, you don't visit the town of Warren, MA all that often. I happen to have the pleasure of driving through not only Warren, but also West Warren on my way to and from work M-F. During this month, I've been seeing more and more "scarecrows" popping up on the town commons. It wasn't until tonight, on my way home from work, that I noticed the newest addition and busted out laughing. The legs are funny, but it's the face that kills me.

The back of the shirt has his number and name on it. hahaha.......

Also worth showing are the headless horseman:

...quite impressive, if you ask me.

And the "Shadow Cat":

...also pretty sweet.

STFU & DIAF

Do I have a 'COMPLAIN TO ME' sign on my forehead? I work with a pregnant girl who complains to me about being pregnant like I am going to have some sympathy for her. I don't. She wanted the baby, she planned this, so why the complaining? Deal with it, it's what you wanted. She annoys me to no end with this crap and I don't feel like listening to the drama in her life on a daily basis. She's something like 5 months along and her boyfriend hasn't told his mother...so of course I hear about that all the time. Then, she complained to me today that her chest is...growing. Well, yeah. Idiot.

Oh yeah, I won $50 at McDonald's in the Monopoly game. John and I went there one night and I got a Big Mac. The two stickers on top were Mediterranean and Baltic, woo! They make it pretty difficult to redeem prizes. I had to call a number to get a website where I had to fill out a form and print something. You have to initial the stamps and sign the form and send it in the mail. I made a photocopy and I'm sending it out today. I'll do a little clerical work for $50!

Surely, they aren't serious.

Who are these people and why do they have jobs in advertising? It wasn't bad enough that we had:

"What can brown do for you?"

now we have:

"Let's Pink Together!"

Are you serious? I'd rather not pink together, thank you. I'm not like that.

My hasty review of the ntrnt

I am so bored right now. You don't even know. So...here I go typing to hear myself type.

You know what I love/hate about the Internet?

You can basically give yourself an education rivaling anything you could get at a college simply by searching for the information. History, Science, Design, Mathematics, Metallurgy, Medicine, Anthropology, etc. It's all out there just a Google search away most of the time.

however...

There is far too much accessible to anyone who cares to search for it. I could find 10 beheading videos in the next minute if I wanted. As horrible as that is to see, there are far more vile things than even that to be seen. There are some dark and evil spots on the intarweb. There's some hatred out there. It's desensitizing.

Another thing I love/hate about the Internet:

It's endlessly entertaining.

however...

When people spend all their free time surfing the 'net and downloading music and playing games, it's a waste of life! Put down the mouse and go DO something people!

The one thing that I just love/love about the Internet is:

You can easily keep in touch with friends and family via e-mail or networking sites such as Myspace. Author admits to being a Myspace addict. I've been in touch with lots of old friends and with cousins who I haven't seen in forever!

N-N-N-now th-th-that don’t kill me, can only make me stronger. :)

What is it with waitresses talking to patrons as though they were little babies or 2 year olds? It's SO annoying! John and I go to a restaurant and the waitress uses the baby voice...why? They say the normal things, "What would you like to order?", "Can I get you a refill?", "Did you save room for dessert?", but they say it like they're talking to a child. I overheard a young female waitress say to an elderly woman, "Wow, you did a good job on that!" I'm sorry, that just seems disrespectful to me. I also do not like it when they say 'we' all the time. "What are we having tonight?" Lady, I know what I'm having tonight and you will have no part of it. So, if you want a good tip, speak to me like an adult and...just...don't say we.

Oh, you know what else? Toilet paper has no business coming from underneath the roll. It goes over the top. kthx, bye.

And why is the lettuce always rotten at Subway?

Teaism?

Took this at the Palmer Big Y this morning with my cell.

I never knew drinking tea was a spiritual experience.

Exploring

What a fun day! Well, it started out kinda crappy because I was worried all morning about a Dr. appt. I had at 3:00. I am thankful and happy to report that all is well and (for now) I am DONE with diagnostic testing and I have a clean bill of health!!!

After that, John and I went GEOCACHING, which is a blast! We found our first cache in Worcester up by Bancroft Tower.


Until we get a gps, we have to stick to the easy finds such as this one. I found enough clues to get us to it quickly.

After that, we went in search of some LETTERBOXES. We were only able to locate two of the four we sought. We are pretty sure we were in the right spot in Hadwen Park in Worcester, but we could not find anything. We also are sure we looked in the right spot at the boat ramp in Spencer, but there was nothing there either. We did find two at Robert Warren Park in Spencer. There was a witch and a frankenstein.

We can't wait to go looking for more!

Laterz

I am sick of MA.

I am sick of the entire East Coast for that matter.

I am sick of politics and activism and "rights" groups.

It's just a little baby idea at the moment, but it's pretty serious: We want to move to Wyoming. There were many factors considered when deciding where we'd like to go and by far, Wyoming wins. The population in the entire state is less than that of Boston, MA. However, there are still movie theaters, restaurants, malls and, of course, Wal-Mart in the city. So...it's not like we'd be homesteading it and it is BEAUTIFUL. Healthcare is good, job market looks good, housing is frickin' amazing for the cost. I just don't see any negatives other than being away from family and friends...and maybe the violent weather but we'd have a basement. I don't want to live my whole life in Worcester County, MA and never go exploring, which is where my heart is. I'm not gonna lie, one of the factors considered was where would we like to be if the ish hits the fan and America is attacked in some way. Central MA wasn't high on our list.

I will totally deal with this:

if I can build my house on this:

See you laterzzzzzz!