the loot quest

Happy Halloween!!!

LITTLE MISS MUFFET sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a SPIDER who sat down beside her. And frightened Miss Muffet away . . . Happy Halloween!!!

pumpkin to jack o' lantern

Friends of ours have a pumpkin carving party every year; this years was last night. It is so much fun. All the kids and pumpkins -

Trey won 1st place with the werewolf w/ blue LED eye. D got 3rd place with the smiley pumpkin 2nd from the left.

Looking forward to Halloween tomorrow!!!

owie

The tooth fairy will be visiting our home tonight...it is a well deserved visit. Danielle knocked out one of her upper teeth tonight at soccer game. Trey wasn't there yet and I was walking over to the field so we both missed the whole thing. Thankfully one of the other moms (whose husband is a dentist) saw the whole thing and brought a crying D to meet me halfway. After dinner, warm bath, Meltaways, bedtime story and visit outside to show us where fairies come from, we finally sent a sleepy girl off to Slumber Land.

Samantha has discovered her tongue. She spends quite a bit of time with it sticking out. S also makes hilarious faces right now. She is quite entertaining.

I got a little Halloween decorations up today. This year is very low key. Will have to pick up candy tomorrow.

Trey is on one of many conference calls tonight.

Tomorrow we are going to a pumpkin carving party. Fun!

Hangin'

My friend, Cindy, is back stateside and in Texas this week so all the girls went out Sunday night to Chuy's for dinner and drinks. Yesterday we all met for lunch and included our/my former coworkers. We ate at Hut's Hamburgers. Trey also joined us. Then I dropped by the office to see a few others and drop off some maternity clothes. I'll upload a few photos once I find the computer cord. Must clean up house some to accomplish that!

$1, $2, $3 . . .

Friday night we spent getting ready for a garage sale. This morning we woke up early to set stuff out and had a not-as-successful-as-we'd-like garage sale. Didn't get rid of the couch or loveseat but we were successful in selling one of the cars. Hooray!

yep, I knew it

Now I've got the cold. I knew it was going to happen. And we're having a garage sale Sat. morning. We have it planned with a neighbor down the street so I don't feel I can cancel...

yawns and yucks

We are very sleepy in the O household this morning as S has got her 1st cold; we were up half the night suctioning yucky stuff out of her nose and soothing her. This morning seems better. Hope to catch a nap later. Yawn . . .

Maker Faire 2008

gray skies . . .

We made it back to Texas...and we've been exhausted since. If the house weren't such a big mess I would definitely be taking advantage of the gray skies and lovely RAIN we've been getting. It is nice and cool out. Windows are open and am itching to get the Halloween stuff out. Hope it stays this nice for Maker Faire this weekend.

Old haunts . . .

Thursday we traveled up to Arkansas for my 20th HS reunion. (We went to Trey's back in June.) We're, of course, staying with my best friend since jr. high. Below are a few photos from yesterday and earlier today. D, S & M (BFF's daughter)My childhood home ---Us at the HS ---
We didn't want to go to the game so we all stopped at one of the few places to get an alcoholic beverage in J'boro ---My sweetie & me --- At the bonfire---

Sat afternoon at Crowley's Ridge Nature Center ---

4 mon check up

S had her 4 month check up yesterday and she is doing well. Dr. was very impressed with trunk control - meaning S holds herself up very well and is not wobbly. S is 25" long (75th percentile) and 15lbs 14 oz (90th percentile). We started on rice cereal this morning. I will upload photos later.

Into the Wild

One book that I have given away several times is Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. It is the true story of Chris McCandless' life. Sean Penn wrote the screenplay and directed the movie version. We watched it tonight. It was very impressive. The movie is very true to the book and the acting is superb. The actor who played Chris McCandless did a fabulous job. Scenery was also fantastic. Highly recommended -- both the book and the movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/

officially SAHM

My last day of work was today. My lovely coworkers had a wonderful potluck for lunch in my honor. I will miss talking with everyone every day but I am excited to begin this new chapter in my life.

Have a nice weekend, everyone.

Kid update

Samantha learned to roll from back to front this week. Monday night I put her down briefly in her crib and when I went back in she was on her tummy. Since that night changing her diaper has been quite the challenge. She immediately tries to flip over any time she is on her back.

Danielle continues to do well in school. She discovered Junie B Jones books in the school library and is so proud of her reading. Tomorrow is spelling test day. Some of this week's words are chop, pond, hop, hopping, body and crop.

yummm . . .

Yesterday my coworkers and I went to try a place called Torchy's Tacos on S. 1st. I had the pulled pork taco and the fried avocado taco. Then, curiousity got me and I had to have a little Nookie. Nookie is a fried chocolate chip cookie. Since this is my last week at work, I decided that we all should have a little Nookie so I bought a dozen so everyone could try it. The owner stopped by our table several times (&, of course, Lauren knew him - she knows everyone)!! It is a VERY cool place. I plan on taking T there soon.

2 days of work to go . . . it's bittersweet.