Freaky News

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/11/hair-claw-protein.html

Did anyone see this odd Discovery news bit about human hair related to lizards and dinosaurs? Bizarro. Check it out.

Halloween Costumes

I know it has been almost two weeks since Halloween, but I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. I was focused on the election and trying to get some fall gardening clean up tasks done while the great weather lasted. I'm never done, but I felt as though I accomplished a lot with the time I had.

So anyway... the family had a great time over Halloween with carving jack o'lanterns, 161 trick or treaters coming to our door, and the girls going door to door begging for more treats with me. Even my husband had a good time being at home. I think his favorite time was asking hapless kids if they wanted candy or straw. It threw everyone off balance and a few kids took him up on the straw!

Silliness abounded in our neighborhood. One of my neighbor's is particularly good at creating new witch costumes for herself every year and this year I was in awe of her coke bottle lens glasses and pointy wart nose. It was hard to tell who had more fun, the grown ups or the children. I love that about our neighborhood!

A First

This is the first time I voted in a presidential election and picked a winner!

That being said, I am ecstatic that the political commercials are over for another year!!!

It's a beautiful day.