October 2002 Archives

Yes, as I'm sure several of you know by now, today was my birthday :biggrin

It was celebrated in my usual fashion,I dressed up (see pics below) and not in the same costume I had the last 3 years :wink, took the kids trick-or-treating, and getting to see all kinds of cute kiddos coming to my door yelling, "trick-or-treat!"

I live in a small town, a lot of people around here feel safe taking kids door to door, this to me is the best part of Halloween...when I was a kid (and for the record I'm 33 today) this was a requirement! every year driving around town and hitting the best houses, remembering to say 'trick or treat' and you better NOT forget to say 'thank you' afterwards, Mom or Dad standing at the end of the drive or by the porch while we went house to house. I lived in several places as a child and it was the same in a small town or big city.
I've lived in both since I've been out on my own, the thing that really sucks is this is the first town I've lived in that I've seen the things that were familiar to me as a child.
I long for a time where my children can do this even if they don't live here, where my grandkids (a very longggggg time from now!) can do this without fear. Perhaps I'm thinking simplistically or simply waxing nostalgic but I can't help but feel this way every year at this time.

It would be the best birthday present I could ever have...

ok, I'll shut up now and post the dang pics! *L*

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Snagged from Mandie

Congratulations, you're Seattle, the Emerald City.
Contrary to popular opinion, Seattle is not as rainy as legend says. It is in fact a charming green jewel with sparkling cerulean water and verdant hills. Its isolation has made it home to free-thinking and independent individuals. Despite having the most millionaires per capita, it still has a small town atmosphere. A small town with lots of coffee that is. Java is an art there. Perhaps it is the coffee that has caused this city to give birth to twisted cartoonists and rock stars.

What US city are you? Take the quiz by Girlwithagun.

Just cuz I thought it was very well written...please go read this This that my friend Jet wrote and give her some feedback on it if you would..thank you all very much *s*

snagged from Paradise Ali

what's your inner flower?

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OK Jamie! I'm posting dammit! I would however like to take this time to say that if you would quit bugging me to put up little things like :angry these I would have more time to post...
or maybe I just figure if people want something to read they can go to your site since you seem to be on a posting frenzy these days :lol

things at work haven't calmed down much, and now it seems that some big wig in the company has decided he's back in high school and going to accuse me of things that are not true behind my back to my boss, thank god she does (I think) know me better than that! for Christs sake I've probably forgotten more about computers than he knew to begin with...and he wants to say I must have 'accidentally' deleted a program? WTF? first off it wasn't deleted, it was uninstalled, second, if I had done it I damn sure know how to recover it! third, if it had been me I would have ADMITTED IT!
and fourth, yes, when a computer is continually on the Internet it is VERY possible for someone to hack the system..thats why they are called hackers, and yes they do know what they're doing (however he seems to think that 'they wouldn't know how to do that') :angry
OK, that was probably more than most wanted to know...:lol

lets see...what else has been going on...
I'm sick, have have a cold :sad been feeling miserable and sleeping to much...
I'm ready for vacation, I'm ready for things to move forward...I'm ready for a damn BREAK!

I'm also ready for my goddamn EX to quit calling me!!
I just got off the phone with him..and got told that "you need to make more time to spend with your boys, they want to spend time with you"
THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!
I have all the time in the world for my kids, I love spending time with them...at OUR house...
whereas he seems to think I should come over there to spend time with them...I'm sorry, I'm just not that fond of him that I want to spend that much time in his company, it stresses me out, and I'm exhausted from the time I do have to deal with him
as for my kids wanting to spend time with me, they know they can do that...and they know when, the fact is if this was actually the case they would not say that they wanted to go to their dad's house instead of staying here with me...so that excuse is not gonna ride.
and to him, because I know he will be pouring over this soon...we haven't had a Saturday chat in almost a year, so KMA...you don't know near as much as you think you do! :rofl

Snaged this one from Paradise Ali

And I will post soon, I swear!!