HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Yay for family photos! ^_^



^(L-R) Hector and Ruben are "Dexter and DD", Chela is a Sea Princess, and Brandon (her cousin) is "Darth Vader." I did all the costuming this year (except for Vader...obviously.)



^Hehe... Best family photo ever



^ME! I am the "Evil Emperor Zurg"! My friend was the "Anthrax Fairy"!

(I did our costumes too... Yay, Jazzmin! ^_^)



Close-Ups of my costume. :-P

More Halloween Fun

Daniel as usual wanted to be something creepy so I handed him a make up kit and a roughed up shirt and he was ready to go. Lea Anna was better at suckering me into some actual work - at the last minute she handed me her poncho and told begged me to let her be a cheetah. I had just enough material left to make her a tail and some ears. She was so excited about it (crooked tail and all) that it more than made up for the last minute rush.



These were taken Saturday at a party we took the kids to. Inspite of everything going on and all the food, the kids spent most of the time on the trampoline.



Lea Anna doing her version of the Cha Cha Shuffle:



Daniel on the hayride:

Now This is How You Carve a Pumpkin

After hacking hopelessly away with a dull steak knife, Gary came to the rescue with his reciprocating saw. Yeah, it would have came out neater if I had went through the trouble of buying a carving kit but it wouldn't have been nearly as much fun. If you need a handy tip for next year, a 1/4 " drill bit makes perfect pupils. It works great for nostrils too.

*Sigh* A Whole Year 'til Next Halloween

Hello, Family!

School is good and work is great.

The only major new thing in my life is that I started sewing more again (now that I finally rescued my machine from Grandpa's).

I've been altering shirts 'n' what-not... I even started making vests, shrugs, and button-down dresses/tops (like the kind that Dickies makes).

NE-wayz... I thought I'd post pics of my Halloween costume for everyone. Yay!

So, this year I went as a Mad Scientist.

This is my costume. (I know it is pretty "showy", but I had to take that I was going clubbing in consideration and that it would get hot. However, it's still not as revealing as some of the other costumes I saw. 0_0)



It looks better when I have my lab coat on. (Unfortunately this blurry crud is the only decent picture I have of me wearing it. Gah!)



This is a picture of my lab coat. (I altered a green trench coat I got off of eBay.)



My favorite part of my costume is my "Cyborg Eye" goggles. I rigged it up myself using a mini light from one of the candy displays at work. The light actually blinks too!!!



Last, but not least... Every Mad Scientist needs an experiment, so I made cat backpack I found at the Goodwill into my Franken-Critter, so I'd have something cool to carry my candy 'n' stuff in. (Mwuah ha ha!)

BEFORE



AFTER





I hope everybody did something fun for their Halloween! I know I enjoyed myself greatly!

Next year, I will probably dress as Evil Emperor Zurg from Toy Story 2.



If not, I'm at least going to attempt to make the costume for the sake of making it...just beacause it's cool.

It's Almost Here!

It's only Six more days till Halloween, one of the greatest Holidays ever. And you know what makes this day so special? Sure, it's fun dressing the kids up in their costumes and all that but technically I can do that anytime of the year. Nor is it the religious aspect - there are certainly more meaningful ones throughout the year and the early church swiped it from the pagans anyway. It is the almighty Reese's Cups - a million artery clogging calories worth of peanut buttery chocolate bliss. I think I'll help hand out the candy this year. One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.....

Happy Howloween

The fearsome pirate Black Bellamy...



And Dorothy, who is most definitely not in Kansas (and hates her hair!)...



Hope everyone has a happy Halloween and no one OD's on candy!

Happy Halloween and Happy New Year

It is uncharacteristically quiet here this evening after a mercilessly eventful New Years eve so I am in a strange mood. My nephew’s family was the victim of a home invasion yesterday evening and to top that off he had to sit there quietly through it all while these scum (I have much better words for them but it’s not fit for polite society) held a gun to his 6 year old's head. I can not even begin to describe the outrage I have for putting them through this - especially a little kid. The little guy was scared to stay home last night, not that I blame him, so he stayed at our house for the night. It was utter chaos as all three little stinkers were running around like little wild animals half the night, but they helped us ring in the new year and shoot off our pitiful display of bottle rockets. Hey, if it helped short man forget the terror he went though for a few hours, I can deal with the extra noise.
Okay, I ran out of hot air to blow so instead of a resolution for me to break January 2nd, here’s some pictures (maybe I'll have my Christmas ones developed in time for the 4th of July) and my wish list for the new year:


Things That Should be Banned in '07
1. The word “crisis” should be banned from the lips of the entire media. Everything is a “crisis”. Can’t they come up with a new buzz word once in a while?
2. Those idiotic Bart Durham ads. I guess you have to live in Middle TN to “enjoy” these, but they are worse than the Maxi Price “Do the Maxi swing” commercials.
3. Rosie O’Donnell.
4. Paris Hilton
5. The ACLU
6. Talking on the phone in public restrooms. Believe me, their conversation is just not that important that I need to hear it while I wee. Neither does the person on the other end of the line.
7. Constant “storm watch” interruptions during CSI at the slightest drop of rain. Unless there is a blizzard, tornado or other similarly dangerous conditions I really don’t care.
8. Spinners and other any similarly tacky rims that cost more than the value of the vehicle.
9. Low rider jeans on anyone who has belly overhang. The same goes for baby doll Tees.
G-r-o-s-s!

Daniel's first Jack-O-Lantern - I think I have a Michelangelo in the making :)


Bedtime Care Bear and the Grim Reaper


Daniel and his Cousin Zack (yes those are underwear on their heads but at least they are clean!)