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All I Really Needed to Know I Learned from the Wild Women
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Best. Halloween. Ever. Starting with the Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney in September. I wish I could go every year. Disney is in itself worthy of a good wrap-up, but I'm waiting until I can upload my pictures.

Last night I got to do something I always wanted to do, take my kids trick-or-treating with their cousins. I don't get to see my brother and his family often enough. The trick or treat reminded me of how Saxon and I used to go out with our cousins every Halloween.

This generation of cousins got along very well and had a great time. Bubbles, Snake-Eyes, Tinkerbell and the Abominable Snow Man were all adorable and made us proud.

Also props to Dogfather and Saxon for their awesome representations of the Bat Child and the Most Interesting Man in the World, respectively.

I am already making plans for next year.

Also, the Serenity Browncoats (my fantasy football team) are absolutely blowing it today.

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if you respond to this post with "WORDS!" I will reply to you with 5 words or short phrases that I associate with you. You'll then repost those words in your own journal, along with descriptions of what they mean to you.

Here are the words I was given:

1) faithful
2) mischevious
3) smirky
4) beautiful
5) mischevious (merits saying twice)


1) Faithful. That's actually a complicated one for me. I've had my struggles with fidelity in the past, in romantic relationships anyway. I am now in a faithful and committed relationship. :) With friends, yes, I think I'm ever-faithful, and as a friend gave me the words, it makes sense, and I'm honored. I will ever and always be your friend, even when I want to shake you. ;)

2) Mischievous. Yes, that last line was a bit mischievous.

3) ;) Yes. I'm actually developing some distinct smirk-lines on my face now.

4)Beautiful. Um, wow. Loss for words. I could go on about how I don't believe it or feel it, but I think I will for once just graciously accept the gift that was given. Thank you. You made my year.

5) You know, it probably IS the best word to describe me! I am always up to something. ;)

Attempt #1 at bread baking has left me with four flour bricks and three finger blisters. Will keep you posted.

Thinking about chickens and possibly goats in the future.

In the DISTANT future, possibly investing in an alternative-power thing. Turbine for the creek, or solar panels. Not anytime soon. Prohibitively expensive.

Cleaned the office downstairs for the first time, like, ever, and moved the sewing desk in there.

Tonight: laundry, finding my boot hook for my Halloween costume, watching My Name is Bruce with the hubby-- good times!

You are a brilliant, beautiful girl and a delightful daughter, and you are growing into a remarkable young lady. I wish I'd had an ounce of your self-possession when I was your age. I wouldn't mind having it now! You have great intelligence and wit but also great kindness and generosity of spirit. You don't always find those qualities in the same people.

It's been an honor to be your mother for the past nine years. Happy Birthday.

I haven't been posting because I didn't feel I should put anything else to replace the prayer request while it was still "current."

Well, prayers are still requested for my uncle. We have had some encouraging news lately.

Please keep my uncle and his family in your prayers at this time. Things are very hard.

I am very sick of these advertisements on the computer which purport to tell the story of someone "from Waleska, GA." The first time I was suckered into reading it, wondering if it was someone I knew. Then I caught on.

Dude. That stuff might play in NYC, but don't pull it in a town of fewer than 700 people.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, it's been a pretty good day. :) I think I'm about finished spending the college's money for a while.

I'm starting to sock away money with this next paycheck, I hope. I don't know if I can afford it, but I just started looking at the guest list. Catherine Bach, Dirk Benedict, DR. FORRESTER? and a slew of other MST3K folks, Barry Bostwick, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter David (always good of course), Paul Dini, hee hee Draco Malfoy, !!!RON GLASS!!!, Erin Gray, Charlaine Harris, Space Ghost of course, Peter Mayhew, Kate Mulgrew, Leonard Nimoy (and at this point I decided I needed to make a list and post this), David Prowse, Alan Ruck, John Schneider (along with Benedict, that means my #1 and #2 childhood crushes are going to be in the same place at the same time), Dwight Schultz (yes!), Awww Garrett Wang.. and many others (including some folks I may or may not know personally) are going to be there. I've seen some of these folks at past D*Cons, but this is a great lineup for me personally. Some years the guests don't thrill me as much. This one rocks my socks off.

Why do I torture myself? I'm not going to be able to go.

On how to assemble a good cohesive ensemble of characters. I have a couple of ideas, one being modeling off of a typical adventuring party assemblage.
I was inspired while watching Firefly last night.

"What if your supply chain saw what you needed before you did?"

Me reading: "What if your supply chainsaw what you needed before..wait.. that didn't make sense.. what if your supply chainsaw.. uhhh...what if your... OH! What if your supply chain saw what you.. well, that's just not as interesting."

A number of things to be gathered from this:

I need coffee.
My reading comprehension is suffering.
I have no inclination toward business.
I like chainsaws.