October 31, 2002
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Oh man .. what a night!
Husband brought Eldest home around 530 and we all had a quick dinner of hot dogs. We got the girls prepped and we all went out trick or treating.
Now - there is a house that was completely decorated for Halloween. Big blow up things on the lawn, loads of creepy looking characters, giant spiders hanging over the garage. They are *really* into the holidays. The house is a block away from us. Both girls wanted to go see the house on Halloween. At night.
Now, earlier that day, Youngestand I drove by the house and I read a sign that was posted out on the lawn, "Creatures come alive from 6-9." COOL!
So, we go walking over right after leaving the house, around 615-ish. The street was crowded - there were a LOT of people there, checking things out and getting scared. As soon as we walk up the driveway, a person, who was dressed as a really creepy looking werewolf (with those really expensive masks), comes bounding over to us. Eldest immediately lets out a shriek and bursts into tears. She latched onto me and hid her face. Poor kid. Olivia, on the other hand, was just staring at the wolf. A clown with a bloody face also came over and was poking at her pumpkin. Youngestgot upset, only because she dropped her pumpkin! I don't think we were there for 3 minutes total.
After leaving the "creepy house", we went trick or treating. The kids got a lot of stuff. Youngesthad SO much fun and Eldest just loves getting candy! Unfortunately, Youngestcan't eat any of it ::sigh:: Poor kid. Husband had picked up some smarties, pez, licorice and a ton of dum dum lollipops. I swapped the "bad" candy away for the "good" candy. She knew the difference. She is one smart kid.
Baths, books and now bed. Finally, some peace and quiet!
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Halloween
Husband took a half day today and he is crashed out for a nap already. Gotta love him. That's ok with me. He'll pay for that later - he is taking Eldest all over the neighborhood tonight, trick or treating. Hahaha!
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Miss Kitty
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The girls
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Spooky O
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Gunned Down
Rapper Jam Master Jay, part of Run DMC, killed in shooting
Ok - I am not a rap fan but I did enjoy Run DMC. Hell - they were the groundbreakers in bring back Aerosmith!
But these few lines caught my eye:
Chuck D, the founder of the hip-hop group Public Enemy, blamed record companies and the advertising for perpetuating "a climate of violence" in the rap industry.
"When it comes to us, we're disposable commodities," he said
What does he mean by us? Does he mean rappers? Black people? I am the first one to think that the record companies truly suck but to suggest that the record company wants all the rappers to shoot/kill each other.. that's just bull. Did the record company just hand out guns and ammo at the signing deal? "Money? We don't want no stinkin' money. We want to be armed!"
Hell - listen to some of the lyrics.. a lot of rap/hiphop promotes (or suggests) violence. This poor bastard was in his recording studio. The members of Run DMC would let local musicians record for free at the studio.
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Happy Halloween!
(link snagged from Curly Pumpkin GIF animations)
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October 30, 2002
Hmmm
I think I will have to tinker some more with these templates... but I think this look might do me for now.
I need to figure out where my images are uploading. Plus - I will want to change the colors (or lack thereof). For now, it's pretty clean and simple. I kinda like it this way but I want to learn more about MT. So - I will tinker away!
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Cross posted
Allison will be my new hostess (with the mostess, I might add!). She kindly set up a test blog for me to play with. Oy - MT is a lot more work. But, I am not complaining... yet.. ::grin:: I got a bit of a head start on the templates last night, until we lost power a little before 11pm. Nothing flickered or wavered.. just POOF! No power. Whoa - it was weird. Very surreal - the entire neighborhood was completely dark. Add cold and rain to that. YIKES! It was only out for 20 minutes, thank goodness. I would hate to lose heat and water for an extended period of time. Today is my Father in Law's birthday. I have to have the kids call him when Eldest gets home from school this afternoon. Our church is having a mischief night party for all kids in the area. They are expecting a large turnout. I don't know if Eldest is going to go or not. It runs from 6-9pm and she is usually in bed by 815-830. I think we will pass for tonight - she doesn't do too well when she loses sleep. Plus - she has a party after school tomorrow until 6pm. Life is good!
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Peace and Quiet
It was a relatively quiet day here in NJ... mostly rainy.
I drove Eldest to school and then Youngestand I headed to ShopRite. Oh joy. I hate food shopping when it's raining. We were shopping for about an hour before I was able to finish up and head home. I was going to stop at the post office but I never managed to make it there.
Youngestand I just goofed around the house today, slacking off! It's been cold and rainy for the past 24 hours. Ew. I know we need the rain but it's just so darn miserable! My neighbors are in Florida right now. The lucky buggers! I can't imagine what fun it must be to celebrate Halloween in Disney World!
Dinner tonight was just bacon and pancakes. Like I said, I was feeling lazy! :crazy:
The girls were in bed by 8pm and Husband hit the bed about an hour ago. Eldest never even asked about the event at the church tonight ::phew::
I am going to mess around with MT for a little while and then I will also be going to bed.
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So far so good
Me thinks I am getting the hang of this!
I like this part... it's fun!
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October 29, 2002
Test post
Just throwing in a test post so that all the stuff on the side bar will line up properly. Don't mind me... :flower:
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Kate, welcome to sugar-plum.net!
Here ya go Miss Kate! You are all set and ready to start posting. If you need anyhelp with your stylesheet let me know. This is one of the default templates that MT offers. I usually start with one of these and just fiddle with it and tweek it until I get the look I want. If you want to put in a different stylesheet go here and copy and paste the code into your stylesheet hit save and then rebuild. Have fun!
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