Happy Almost Halloween!

There has been a ton of talk about Christmas lately, but Halloween is only a week away! So I wanted to wish every one a safe and happy one. Last year Phoenix was a pirate for Halloween. It's way cold here in October, and when it's time to Trick-or-Treat there is always a 50/50 chance of rain. This year my parents came up for a visit and bought him an Elmo costume. I will take pictures on the crappy phone as I still have not replaced the camera that blew up.

My Favorite Ornament

Wow, this is going to be sort of strange. I only just began having my own tree to decorate in 2005. Money has been tight and so the decorations I bought then, are still the decorations I have now. They consist of sparkly snowflakes, blue and white swirly Christmas balls, and some clear ones. I would have said my favorite was the iridescent angle tree topper, but it broke beyond all repair last year. So my favorite ornament is one I have yet to get. This year I am really excited to hopefully be changing it up a bit. Who knows, maybe I'll meet a crazy Christmas decorator who wants to downsize their collection, *smiles*.

Don't be shy! Write about your favorite Christmas ornament and leave a comment here to enter the contest:

Christmas Giveaway Contest

Movies according to Lynn

Today I thought I'd share my top ten favorite movies to watch over and over. They are in no particular order.

1. Swiss Family Robinson
2. The Explorers
3. The Goonies
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Wizard of Oz
6. The Princess Bride
7. Buffalo 66
8. Pumkin
9. Grandma's Boy
10. Lost Boys

Crap I just thought of another. So the bonus movie is Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Allie's Writing Contest

Okay I am computer challenged today. My best friend is holding monthly giveaways on her blog. Part of the deal is linking the contest to your blog so other people can participate. For some unknown reason, I am unable to accomplish this feat. So I am doing the next best thing. To enter the contest please go to www.curvatude.blogspot.com and look under the GiveAwayContests lable. You're blogger challenged bud, Lynn

edit: I may have got it, try this

http://curvatude.blogspot.com/2008/10/10-weeks-giveaway.html

Surprise, surprise!

At five o'clock this morning I was unable to go to sleep. Sometime last night during my normal conversation with my mom, I realized she was up to something. I knew she was driving and I knew it was later in the evening, and she's a bad liar. So in the back of my head where the voice was saying, "they are on the way here", was also coming the thought, "you better drink some coffee". But, there was a slight miscalculation on my part. I figured that they were probably farther away than I thought they were, and I was going to have to stay up later waiting for them to call. So I drank two cups. Not only is two cups more than my brain can handle on Mike normal uber coffee, he bought something different yesterday. Apparently it was cut with rocket fuel. I literally could feel my brain twitching. Even worse, they called at oh, eleven, the normal time I try and hit the hey. There were no dishes to do, there was no laundry to fold, there were no beds to be made. I am a reformed Pepsi addict, and have had no form of caffeine for at least a few days, (hey everybody has relapses), and two cups of this stuff was all around a bad idea. I thought about blogging, but I couldn't sit still. I thought about calling A. back, but I'd already all but talked her ear off, geez, her head was probably spinning already. So I watched comedy central.

What exactly IS wrong with me?

There was no post yesterday. It wasn't because I could think of nothing to say, it was because I had entirely too much too say, and I didn't know how. I wanted to write a post to my son. My best friend writes posts to her daughter often. They are wrapped in love, and sealed with a promise. We talked on the phone last night and I started to tell her of my dilemma. I love my son more than the picture my humble words could ever paint. But it's just hard for me to put these types of sentiment down sometimes. She said it was hard for her at first, but it got easier, and she wanted her to know how she felt should something ever happened to her. I expressed my newly realized fear of this now. She tried to be helpful and said she would tell him I liked him. Someone beeped in for Mike, and I was left alone with my brain to ponder this last statement. At first my feelings were bruised. Why wouldn't she tell him I LOVED him? I know she would, and being as she is my best friend, she was probably trying to make me laugh. I was a little too far in the trapped by my own thoughts phase though. Oddly the phone was busy last night, and it wasn't for me. I spent a lot of time on auto pilot, lost somewhere inside me cerebellum. Thinking about the fact, that there is no forever, and so many people have had to leave my life early, and I've already been handed my ticket, that I've got to figure out some way for him to know. My own little private random thoughts book is not enough. Besides what if he never found it. So while I know that after I'm gone people will tell him he was my everything, it's up to me to do it while I'm still here.

I got tagged

...for a photo blog, unfortunately I don't have six people to tag. I do have a photo though. I was lucky enough to have a bunch on my desktop, because if I didn't I'd spend half the day trying to find one in the maze that is our computer. Mikey puts everything in a different place, and I usually give up in frustration before pictures ever get posted. The rules were to pick the sixth photo in your folder. On this I also lucked out because the sixth picture on my desktop is one Phoenix's Godmother took of him on his second birthday. She takes good pictures. Next year I think I'll pay her instead of the studio, as they don't do so hot...but that's another post. So here it is, the sixth pic on my desktop, and the seventh too because I like it too. *smile*