14 things ...

Today ...

1. It's raining. Hope it stops, or at least lets up, for tonight.
2. I have a monster headache. Get it? Monster. It really is a killer.
3. Happy Belated Birthday to Little Brandon, who really isn't all that little anymore. He turned 17 on October 29th! Hope your day was great.
4. Happy 19th Birthday to Alexa! Hope you have a perfect day.
5. New Years Resolution for 2009 (yes, I'm posting it way in advance): Get back on track with actually remembering birthdays, sending cards out on time, and hopefully sending gifts, too. Wouldn't that be something? I used to be so good.
6. Happy 2nd Birthday to Roxy. Haha. When we got her in January 2007, we were told she was about 8-9 weeks old, so we picked Halloween as her birthday. Bailey was busy making her cards last night and asked if we could go to Petco after school to buy her a gift. She also likes to say that she's 14, not 2.
7. Bailey is planning to trick-or-treat with her friend Lauren, and then spend the night. In the morning they have skating lessons.
8. Shawn and I are going to stop by our neighbors house, John and Kerry (they were at my birthday dinner) to hang out for a bit. I believe Tom and Amanda will be there, too. Fun.
9. Austen is planning to go to a Halloween party. No costume for him, of course (butthead!) Believe me. I tried. Still waiting to hear back from the parents to see what the overall plan is for tonight.
10. I think Kale is going to a different Halloween party. He'd be more likely to dress up, at least as something. Will have to see.
11. Bailey and I made the neat little haunted gingerbread house above. Everything comes in a kit and you just put it together. So easy and fun. She was loving the smell of the gingerbread, and then we realized that she's never had gingerbread. So we went to the store and found Ginger Snaps and GingerMen from Pepperridge Farms. She has decided that Ginger Snaps are too spicy (I forgot about that), but the little GingerMen are quite tasty. We have also decided that we need to make real gingerbread people during December. Looking forward to that.
12. I made those yummy chocolate chip cookies last night. I do this about once a week. Well, that's not completely true. Sometimes I go two weeks before I make them. They are always so good. Shawn decided last night that I need to come up with some other quick items that I can whip up in the evening, if we are so inclined to have something sweet. Well, okay. That would be every night. But we don't/won't do that.
13. I haven't worn jeans in a really long time. I kind of just live in my comfy capris, and definitely sweats around the house. I so love my sweats. I'm wearing sweats right now. I did break down and buy some new ones. So that was good. Anyway, the jeans. I thought it would be nice to wear a pair of jeans tonight, so I could wear tennis shoes, or boots. I really don't think the capris are going to cut it with either, and I don't feel like wearing flip flops in the rain. So, here's the deal. My jeans from last winter ... they don't fit. Yep. I said it. They don't fit. Too tight. Dang. That doesn't please me in the least. So, feeling a tad desperate, and not wanting to actually go buy a new pair of jeans (because really, honestly, I'm going to lose some weight!) I tried on a pair of Kale's levis and can you guess? Yep. They fit. So, at least for tonight, I have a pair of jeans to wear. Don't tell Kale. I'm not sure he'd be too thrilled.
14. Lastly, Happy Halloween! Hope everyone has a safe, fun evening.