Late Night Projects = Glowing Results

Mom came over last night again and this is what we worked on until 2:00 a.m.

Ghost luminaries - spooooooky!

Ghost luminaries - spooooooky!

Obama pumpkin!

I'll have better pictures on Monday. I forgot my camera and only had my blackberry to take pictures with. We have a fun night ahead of us!!!

Happy Halloween, everybody!!

Opposites Attract

Our family has decided to dress up as opposites for Halloween! What? That isn't enough of a clue for you? Okay - here is a hint.

Us on a normal day:


Hehehehe!!! Got it?

Well, we are having quite a few people over tomorrow night I do believe. With the husband working, me playing tennis for the third night in a row tonight, and pumpkins still left to carve - I'm not quite sure how it will all get done. But I can't wait for Halloween!!

Stay tuned for Halloween costume pictures! It's going to be good!

To All of You With a Message from Tommy

That's me! Sorry! I was signed in to my cousin's email because I sent his resume to a company for him. I didn't realize I was signed out of my blogger account and signed in as him, and then proceeded to go around leaving lots of comments. Ooops! So for all of you who think there is a mysterious 'Tommy' out there - it's me. Sorry!

**Update: I think this just got a little funnier. During my comment spree, I left Wep a comment on this post telling her what a good 'Master Baiter' she was. That comment coming from an anonymous Tommy is kinda creepy I guess. She erased it. Hehe!

You Win!

You win, blogging ladies who talk about nothing but Twilight. I am no longer able to function in the blogosphere without reading this series. So I bought the first book yesterday when I was grocery shopping. My work is going to wind down next week and I am taking a trip to the beach. It seems like a good time to start.

Also, I bought 2 pumpkins for my campaign-o-lanterns. And I forgot to put the link up so you can carve your pumpkins, too. Here you go. (I realize everyone else has probably already carved their pumpkins but cut me some slack. I will get it done in due time, hopefully before Friday.)

Happy Hall - O - Ween!

Get it? O..... Obama. Yea, I am definitely more excited about pumpkin carving after finding these.


There are Republican stencils, too, if you so choose to desecrate a pumpkin.

Hehe! Just kidding.... sorta!

A Dead End Road

or two, or three, or thirty.

I'm helping out my local Congressional candidate and agreed to put out yard signs for voters who requested a sign. I got a list of 38 houses, recruited my friend Brandon, and off we went across this great county city putting out yard signs.

The first sign - end of a dead end road.

Second sign - end of a dead end road.

I kid you not.

You people living on dead end streets are very politically active. Thank you for your support. Do you really think you need a sign in your yard that only you will see?

Let's play a game. Can you spot this political sign (or any other soul who might see it)?

Is that a house or hay bale?

Is that a sign I see?

Ahh.... there it is. Next to the lone driveway.

This was one of the first few houses. We thought it was too funny and snapped a few pictures to commemorate the moment. Well the night just got more comical. I swear - at least 30 out of the 38 houses were on dead end streets, most being the actual last house on the street.

So how else should we end the night but on the deadest end of all dead ends. (Did that make sense?)


There is a house back there....... I think. No kidding - there are apparently three houses back there. And this is in a subdivision. Yea! Nice houses, nice street, you get to the end of the street and off to the side runs this long gravel alley way that leads to a couple more houses. OMG! I am not going any further down this creepy gravel road. We stuck a sign at the end of the drive and called it a night.

Is this some opponent strategy that I'm not aware of - make campaigns waste valuable signs and make poor volunteers waste their gas for little or no exposure? I really wouldn't doubt it. Alas, I think I just drew the short end of the stick with my list.

Thanks, Brandon, for staying out until 10:30 at night putting out yard signs. 5 hours of work = dinner at McDonalds. That's about right. Ha!

Pomp and Circumstance

Okay, you all have your children to talk about. I talk about my smart little devil puppy.

For the last 8 weeks, Rafa has been going to school at Pet Smart. We are so lucky because Rafa is the only puppy in the class. There were a few to begin with but they all dropped out or switched classes. And then there was us! So Rafa has pretty much had private lessons this entire time (without the cost of private lessons).

Friday night was graduation!

Here is Laura, his trainer, with the official crowning of the graduation cap!


Isn't he just too cute? He looks so excited!!

She shook his hand - yes, he can shake - and presented him (me) with his diploma.


Lucas had been out of town but made it just before we left so we were able to get a nice family picture at graduation. Ha!


And his proud momma!


He melts my heart!!!!


In case you are wondering, here are all of the wonderful tricks our little honor student has learned: sit, lay down, roll over, say please, dance, shake, give high fives, leave it (you can put food or a treat on the floor and he won't go after it), take a bow, say his prayers..... and some others I'm probably forgetting. He is such a good boy! Now if only we could calm him down a little!!!