I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. ~Author Unknown
Why is it that for 364 days of the year we discourage our kids from talking to strangers? We tell them to "run the other way from the scary person trying to give them candy"?
Yet.
YET!
One day of the year it suddenly becomes not only OK, but us parents strongly encourage our children to go out and gather as much candy as their little bodies can carry FROM STRANGERS?? Not only do we encourage them to gather the candy, but we let them eat it too??
Why?
Does that strike anyone else as odd??
Not that I am complaining. Nooooo! Not at all. I am always the one that takes the kids Trick or Treating. Jefe would just do one side of the street and be done. But not me baby! I hit entire neighborhoods. My kids are crying "Momma. I'm tired. I wanna go home" and I'm pushing them on like a crazed crack head...
Me: No. We need more candy. Just 3 more houses.
Them: You said THAT 3 houses ago Momma. We're tired.
Me: Do you know how lucky you are to have a Mother who is a candy addict? Now go and get me more candy. Umm. whoops. I mean you. YOU more candy!
I watched the sunrise this morning... it wasn't that hard it was 8:00 in the morning.
YES!!
8:00 in the A.M. When the sun started sending pink lights across the sky. EIGHT people. Eight. What the heck?? That is just not right.
Does congress have nothing better to do than mess with the daylight savings time? (why did they change it?? seriously. is there nothing better for them to do??)
Don't forget to vote.
I like commas. A lot. Have you noticed? I put them, like everywhere. I, like them. To me they are the dramatic pause, that I hear in my head, as I am, typing my stuff... I like them. I use them. So what?? Jefe told me recently that my comma usage and dash (--) usage boggles his editorial mind. I just shrugged my shoulders, and inserted a dash-- and another comma, or two, or three.
Our fun neighbors brought us over a can of "bear be gone" spray for our little adventure! Jefe was really excited about this can of bear be gone spray, and it got me to thinking...
I am going to make (whoa. creative?) a can of "mean girl be gone" spray. All you will have to do is when the girl (or woman) is being mean... say "Hey! Can you hold that thought?" Then get out your mean girl be gone spray and spray it in her face... then I would strongly suggest running the other way.
See? Wah-laa... the mean girl is gone.
What do you think? Will I be a millionaire by next Friday with this hair brained scheme?? I could sell it for $9.99 a can. I think all the junior high girls will be buying it by the box... what do you think??
I can't believe that tomorrow is November.
NOVEMBER!! WTH??
Where has all the time gone? Seriously! I think we have entered some weird cosmic time warp... it's sort of freaking me out.
There ya have it, my random thoughts for the week! I put together a little Halloween play list for you to listen to... just another service I provide over here in Crazyland. It's just some random Halloween tune-age that Thing 3 helped me pick out... she danced her little booty off this morning picking out the songs for you to listen too!
Have a great Halloween, getting candy from STRANGERS! Just remember this: We are all entitled to the Mommy Tax when it comes to the Halloween candy. Make sure you collect your fair share!
See ya on the flip side!
21 monkeys jumping on the bed:
November is my birthday month. I always look forward to it.
I don't look forward to Daylight Savings Time, however. It messes with my kids' sleeping schedule.
Have a wonderful time at Yellowstone!
I'm a mommy-taxer too! They need to learn young how it really works.
Also, I'm a comma whore as well! I have said the same thing about it being my dramatic pause when I'm saying it in my head....or to the computer. Drives my hubby nuts, he's a little too gramatically correct. Oh well, I still love him. But I need my commas,,,,
Tomorrow is November, and the first day I am actually OK with seeing Christmas decor in the stores, and not want to punch someone in the face.
Have a great time in Yellowstone!
Ooh, ooh! You get to go to Yellowstone? Take me! Take me! The park shouldn't be so crowded this time of year, so it should be a great trip. That's kind of near my hometown, and I would love to get a glimpse of fall. Take pictures so I can live vicariously through you.
Love that top quote! haha
I would have loved to have you as my mama. You're awesome!
Have fun this weekend. Sounds like fun!
I do the SAME thing to my kids! They're all crying, begging me to let them go home. But NO WAY! Don't they understand the value of free candy? You will keep collecting candy until I SAY we're done, and you're gonna enjoy every minute of it, GOT IT?! :-D
Add me to the list of candy crazed, we're going to MORE houses, mom.
That nudist colony thing about sent me over the edge. Hilarious. Have fun. I am so mad you didn't invite us. What are you not thinking here. I want to go so badly. I am a stranger too. You could talk to me and I would bring you candy. Good candy too. Have a stoked time though. Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight. I had to throw my 2 cents of random at ya.
See you on the flip side too :0
Your first sentiment is the reason my SIL does NOT celebrate Halloween. It goes against all her principles.
I, however, do not have any principles. I am like you. In many ways, I'm discovering. Except for the fact that I live in Dentist Land, and every other house gives away toothbrushes or pretzels or even, yes, good ol' fashioned apples. We have to drive to another neighborhood to actually get sugar!
And how the HECK am I supposed to get through this night? Just the smell of chocolate is going to send me over the edge!!!
INTERVENTIONNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
I love your thoughts...you crack me up. Have fun in Yellowstone!
Were you using that spray on your "mean friend" that is ignoring you?
Have fun in Yellowstone!
I love yellowstone! Have a great time. You are so funny. Thanks for the email. You are the best. M
Boy two confessions in one day. One on my blog and here. I confess. I steal halloween candy from my kids.
Have a great Halloween! I love your Halloween music! One you HAVE to add to it is Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo. One of my favorites! :)
And Yellowstone, I'm jealous! I love it there!!!
My dad's business partner when I was little was a nudist...for real. And they were Jewish too, I remember thinking that was funny. They always invited us to come to their activities, we always declined. We always invited them to our LDS activities, and they always declined...it was a good friendship though :)
The Jewish nudist comment is cracking me up. FUnny.
Hope you have a great weekend at Yelloswtone--I'm so jealous.
Yeah, I'm one of those mommies too. Haley will be whining that she's SO tired and can't we go home, but I'll be like, "you can do this street, and that one, Oh and maybe the next block or two!!"
Happy Halloween!
I JUST did EXACTLY what you JUST described with kids and trick-or-treating. Both boys were saying they wanted to go home, but we pushed on for another half hour.
And I use commas exactly as you do. To make the reader take a pause where I take a pause. Superman does not believe in commas. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. I can't understand what he's saying with out THE MOST IMPORTANT PUNCTUATION MARK.
Ha, I'm a comma and dash junkie too - love to make playlists for all occassions as well :)
funny & oh so true!
have fun in yellowstone!!!!!!
Trick or treating works that way at our house also.
I am always begging the kids to do one more house and then wonder why I do it?
Hope you had a good Yellowstone trip.
Where on earth did you come up with the idea for "mean girl be gone spray?" I love it!
If only it could actually exist . . .
Next you could invent -
"whinners be gone."
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