Friday, October 29, 2010

Hallowe'en

This year, I was pleasantly surprised to NOT see Hallowe'en decorations (indoor or outdoor) until Oct. 1st. And after some initial grinchiness on my part and having been the recipient of a very sweet memory of the late, great Rachel Carr (whose favorite day was Halloween), I decided I had to quit being negative about sugary candy, greedy kids begging and being surrounded by gore, and get into the "spirit" of things. So I bought three giant bags of candy at Sam's and looked up some costume ideas online (the cheap, simple kind).

And voila,



I am a salt shaker. Actually after this picture was taken, my co-worker and friend Rick made me a battery necklace so I could be a salt and battery. He is clever. Here is his costume.


He DOES go all out.
Hopefully I can add more costume pics later.
Hope you have a safe, fun Halloween.
Don't forget to brush!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Happy Fall

Or, what did the 2/3 say to the 1/3 when they chose the wrong....

Fall is perfect. Perfectly colorful as in leaves. Perfect temperatures for outdoor activities like football watching and playing, running, walking the dog, etc. Cool mornings make you want to eat soup, but warm afternoons make you glad you still have your shorts and T-shirts in your dresser. It also means the best apples all year long--macintosh if you can find them, mutsu, the delicious (red and gold), empire, gala.

Fall means school and papers and tests and grades and new backpacks and sharp pencils and peanut butter sandwiches. It's new friends, leaf piles, riding your bikes after school instead of doing your homework. Til you get busted.

Fall used to mean great new TV shows like Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, One Day at a Time, Mork & Mindy, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, Cheers, ER, Friends, etc. And Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. I am so out of the current TV scene, I don't know what I'm missing.

Fall in NY means a certain fresh scent is in the air. Some tree or bush that smells like air and school and nature and a new beginning, all wrapped up into a few deep breaths. Ahhh...

Hope your Fall is going great!