Shrinkin' Violets- Part 2 Read Here

[kity 2]

OMG...I am tired!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We had the festival last night! I raised some serious $$ for our field trip but work our (Susanne...was a HUGE help) butts off. My bro and the gf (back together thank God) and the kids came...it was great! Since we "sold" all our fish early, we were able to walk around w/ the fam and enjoy the festival! I was very pleased w/ the night!

But now...I am too pooped. I was gonna FINALLY wear my Flava Flav hat...but for some reason, I don't want to even deal w/ it! I think tonight is gonna be dinner and a scary movie!

I can't even type well, I keep correcting many typos!

I also loved the margie thing...couldn't copy and post it fast enough to my Violets!

Jenn~Sorry to hear about your great aunt! ((hugs))

Michelle~OK the spirit world is SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO YOU! If not today, do something totally indulgent this weekend...perhaps two things!

Judy~Did the snow melt? Today is the first day of us being in the 80's...gonna be 87 today (bbuuurrrrrr). Yesterday was probably the last day in the 90's. :teeth_smile: And it is gonna be 78 on election day! I hope the cold weather does not keep the voters at home. HAHAHA

Susie~ I really love your pink signature! Makes me laugh every time I see it!

Terri~ Enjoy your day...I really could use a day off, but I am saving up for a really "good" one!

TracyK~ LOVING this school year! The kids are great, and I am self-contained so I am the teacher all day. I am having a blast. Which reminds me, I need to go to the store and buy some Cookies this am!

Laura~Enjoy your last Halloween w/o kids. Your Halloweens will be very different for the next 15 years!

Everyone else...love you and to all my girlies...have a safe Halloween and a wonderful weekend!

[Daisalana 33]

LOL. Mom said kids don't do the trick or treat till 2 y/o... so I have another year at least of sittin at home passin out candy!

Sorry for your loss Jenn.

WARNING:

The consumption of margaritas may cause you to believe that calling an ex-lover at 3:00 in the morning is a GOOD idea.

I did that with Russell. We broke up a lot when we first started dating, and the year we spent apart, at some point I got drunk with friends (although, not margies), and I called him at 2am. I was in a hotel, he was asleep. So I was "whispering" and trying to get him to talk. He just kept saying things like "Don't do this.." and I was saying how much I loved him and blah blah. Good times!!

[TracyinKS 7]

Happy Halloween! We shall see what today holds!!! It's a busy work day.

I did not dress up as planned........ no energy....... I just have a pumpkin t-shirt.

[kity 2]

Hey V's~

Just popping in. We have the officer Drug (as in Dont Do) lady here. WOW, that is a really bad sentence. I am sooo sleepy. I gave a spelling test and kept fumbling the words, lol. The kids at this point are laughing at me.

After lunch, which is at 10:30, we are having Cookies and our potato presentation. Last week we decorated the potatos and they had to "go on adventures" w/ their potato and make a scrap book. You wouldn't believe the projects...sooo cute. Wish I could share w/ you...they are adorable. Anywho, the kids will present the projects later. Then we are writing scary stories, then using the X and Y coordinates to graph pumpkins. I'd rather take a nap...but gotta make it til 2pm.

Ya'll post something, I need to stay awake.

[TerriDoodle 6]

I sent you an email of some purple earrings, Pammy -- that might perk you up!

[Daisalana 33]

I am wearing a pumpkin shirt too!! And the nose flashes lol. I keep going around tapping the nose so it blinks.

No one else wore anything halloween-y, then all of a sudden batman walks up.. good costume, I can't figure out who it is!

I am working on our Christmas card this year, going to print it here. So far, I like it! Can't figure out what to put on the inside though.

[TerriDoodle 6]

Hmmm....well, do you could look at greeting card companies online and see what they have for their greetings...might give you a jumping off point

[TracyK 3]

Good afternoon everyone :smile2:

[kity 2]

Did we already assign Xmas Violets? Who did I get? Man...I can't remember anything.

[Suziecat 379]

Stopping by real quick. I have to head off to my next shift. Working till 6pm. Not a good day for me. I woke up on the BI&*^Y side. Already chewed hubbies head off. How many calories is that????

I had a half a bowl of oatmeal.< /span>

A small handful of peanuts.

1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 2 little laffy taffy's out of the cnady bowl.

I picked up a Papa Murphy's pizza for dinner.< /span>

Pam, You still awake?????

Have a great day.

Jenn, Hugs to you and your family.

[Daisalana 33]

I took Terry's advice, had bacon & cheese snack for b'fast. I haven't wanted candy all morning, so I guess that's a good start! Went to lunch and I'm tight today, so I nibbled at some french fries.

This morning I started the pepperoncini roast.. I just put it in, poured the jar on top and set it on low. Fingers crossed! I hope my house smells like pepperoncini tonight!!!

[Haydee 2]

so ready to go home

it's the never ending day. Man, I keep looking at the clock and it's moving like molasses... I even went and had a llllooooonnng lunch with a co-worker and here it is, still barely 3ish.

Well I managed to find a costume but I'm not sure what it's supposed to be or how I can accesorize it for tonight. My co-worker brought it for me and told me she was a lady vampire. This does not say lady vampire to me. What ya'll think:

[Haydee 2]

so just put on a pair of fangs and call it a night?

[Kat817 19]

Happy Halloween Ghoulies!!

Busy day already!! So I am going to break one of my own rules and eat while I post and talk to y'all. Normally I do not allow myself to do anything while I eat....not even TV anymore!! Has really slowed my eating!

Kinsey come this morning, and while she slept I wrapped baby shower gifts....there are times when her help is not so helpful!!! When she woke up we mixed and baked cupcakes. Put my chili in the crockpot.....and while it cooked and the cupcakes cooled, we left and went and cut the Grandpa's hair....first my Dad, then Ricks! Managed to cut myself, cutting my FIL's hair, was talking to my grandson, and snip....right into my knuckle! I had the hair between my index finger and middle finger, and was cutting above them and looked at the kids, and hacked my own index finger knuckle!! I am such an idiot!!! So when we come home and went to cleaning pumpkins my bandaid would not stay on! Got it done though. Then we frosted and decorated cupcakes. And FINALLY....Finally Kinsey could eat one! LOL, she ate the frosting!!! Her Mama come to get her and is at home doing her best to get Kinsey to take a nap with her.

Tracy we are leaving Sunday to go to TX--will probably stop in Lubock for the night, because we cannot leave until after noon. Then will go in the next day. Our place is about 75 miles SE of Abilene. We will be there for a week, and come home on Monday the 10th or Tues. maybe.

Jenn so sorry to hear about your Aunt, I know how much it hurts you----but just imagine the reunion she and your Grandma are having!

I am a firm believer in holding kids responsible. Manda left school one day with a friend---she actually come by and let me know they were going to do something--I don't remember what. She just failed to tell me, there were others in the car, and that the friend had quit school the semester before. Well they ended up in a minor accident, she ended up in the bar ditch. Turned out she and one of the guys were both legally drunk! The other girls and Manda were not, but she caught it from me! And she missed Homecoming....no game, no dance, NOTHING. For my social butterfly this was a serious hurt!!! Had it been Abbey, the punishement would have meant nothing, she would have had to be dealt with in an entirely different manner--her we had to make her work off punishment. Mucking stalls or something.

As much as it hurts you, it is the best thing you can do for him, TracyKS------and I KNOW it hurts you. Hugs!!!

Pamela I am so glad you have a happy year of kids, I know it makes you extra job and your diss easier, can you imagine trying to concentrate on Chapter 5 with Manuel in your life??!! Not enough M&M's!!!

Laura--kids may not trick or treat til they are 2----but next year you are going to see those sooooooo cute teeny tiny costumes for him/her-----and have to buy one....then you have to take them all around to everyone you know, so they too can see how cute the baby looks. This truly is your last Halloween to concentrate on you, or nothing.....from here on out it will center around kids! AND......you may not realize this....but it will be so much more fun!

Saw this costume--------a woman was dressed in all white....even had her face whited. And she had these colored strips of paper attached to her shirt and pants----they had something typed on them, but it wasn't until I got in line behind her I could see what they were---they said things.

"No those pants don't make your butt look big"

"The check is in the mail"

"Really Honey, I love your Mother"

All different things.....the cashier ask her what was up---she said she was "A Little White Lie". Made me laugh! I would have loved to finish reading her!! LOL

Jane thinking of you and your family. Thanks so much for my celebration card. You are so sweet!

HI Suzanne, I am being really nice, don't yell at me!!! Hope the Halloween Witchy Mood leaves soon!!!

Terry, check headed your way, be on the lookout!!! LOL I have no doubt that if the jewelry you made had an outlet for selling in a high enough range, you could do well----it is just finding the right place to sell, that you could make enough to do so....and when you do, we will all say, we knew you when...

TracyK-what time are you and Macy headed out Trick or Treating??

Haydee---what did you decide to dress up as?

Michelle, the horoscope was kinda eerie!!! Follow up!

Judy, have fun with your family tonight!

Better get my behind in gear, I am done eating, and have lots to do. I have to run the mower over the front lawn and eliminate some leaves. Megan (the "little" girl I kept from the time she was 5 weeks old til Jr. High) is coming to hang out with us for Halloween, and Manda's sister is coming with her----maybe I will wait and make them help mow--I am getting so wise!!!

Hugs to all and have a SAFE and FUN Halloween!!!

Kat

[TerriDoodle 6]

Yeah, Haydee...make it easy on yourself. Get some real pale makeup, frizz your hair way out, put silver streaks in it and some blood dripping from the side of your mouth and call it a day! You'll look FAB. Where's the party?

Kat, I was totally kidding about quitting my day job. I've been at it just about all day and am totally STUCK. I started a necklace and can't make it look right....for 2hrs I've been messing with it and still have nothing. At this rate I could never do this for a living! LOL I'm just not very imaginative :smile2: Drives me nuts. -- Will you share your crockpot chili recipe?

Laura, stick with high Protein, especially for bkfst, and see if it doesn't make a difference. Works for me.

Suzie - hope you feel better after you get home tonight.