A Hodgepodge Hangover

Hello, dear friends.  Did you have a good Halloween?  I don't know about you, but I am feeling a bit under the weather with a chocolate hangover.  Who knew a few Butterfingers, Twix, M&Ms, Snickers, Zagnuts, Mounds, Sour Patch, Swedish Fish, Nestle Crunch, Hershey's Dark and Milk Chocolate bars, and Raisinettes could be so brutal on the system?

It's not my fault, though.  My two bosses made me taste at least three candies from each bag I opened to do a quality check for freshness.  As you can see from their poker faces, they don't kid around.  Especially the little one - she's tough. 

But the show must go on...

It's time for Hodgepodge.

1.  What does/did Halloween look like at your house this year?  Did you decorate?  Pick pumpkins? 

The mums and pumpkins have seen better days, but we made it to Halloween.


Expect trick or treaters?  Wear a costume to a party or event?  Make a costume?  Feel glad you didn't have to come up with a costume?  Cook a Halloween themed treat?  Eat leftover candy?

So glad we didn't have to come up with a costume this year.

I think we outdid ourselves last year.

2.  What are you waiting for?  Elaborate.

I am waiting for Thanksgiving to arrive for two reasons.

3.  Do you wish you were friendlier, braver, more creative, more athletic, or something else?  Explain.

I wish I were:

younger 
taller 
skinnier
athletic
MIT-smart
richer than Jeff Bezos


I wish I had:

 long legs
 full lips
 a button nose
a long neck
 a single chin
 flawless skin
a deep, sexy voice
 an accelerated metabolism

Other than that, I'm pretty comfortable in my skin.

4.  When it comes time to paint are you a do-it-yourselfer or do you hire someone?

The Mister is very gifted in many ways, but painting and wallpapering are not two of them.
As for me - I'm useless.

What was the last paint job completed in your house?  What room most needs painting now?  

Does anyone remember Eldon from the show Murphy Brown?  He was the painter that never left.  That's how I felt when I moved into this house.  My Eldon and his two brothers, Darrel and his other brother, Darrel took seven long weeks to paint the inside of our house.  When they finally left, I felt like we were getting divorced.

Eldon, Darrel, and his brother Darrel will probably be back to do some touch-ups.

How do you feel about wallpaper?

There is only one room in our house that is wallpapered.  It is the powder room.  I positively love wallpaper and would do it in every room if the Mister consented.  

5.  What is one specific thing that you felt gratitude for in the month of October?

I was grateful that it wasn't January.

6.  Insert your own random thought here. 

Oh, how I miss those days!

If you're looking for me today, I'm hiding in the closet finishing off the candy.



Until next time...

Yesterday at 3PM gearing up for the Barkathon which begins with the first doorbell chime.