happy halloween!

We carved pumpkins last night and roasted the pumpkin seeds today. Yum.

Here's our pumpkins:

Mine:

Tim's:

The glow of mine on the front door:

Spooky.

happy almost halloween!

My brother and I when we were little (I'm guessing I was maybe 3?).

I was an extremely horrible looking Broom Hilda. What a crappy plastic costume that was. What were you thinking, mom?

Now, if only I can resist eating this large bowl of candy long enough so that the children who come to the door Sunday night can actually have some.

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So you wanna know how my morning has been so far? Let's see, I drove all the way to campus (45 minutes) and parked way out in BFE and walked all the way to campus and to my classroom to find out that my one and only class today was cancelled. Then I walked back to my car and started driving back home only to find out that the traffic on the way out of the city was horrible. I really don't mind that class was cancelled, because that means I got to come home early and start the tons of homework I have to do today. I just would have much rather have wasted that two and a half hours by sleeping in instead.

p.s. the entire end half of my left big toenail seems to want to fall off. ouch.

recent comments

I've been frustrated with how this whole commenting thing has been working. I get some comments on the rss feed on livejournal and some comments here. Neither was ideal. When I get comments on livejournal, it doesn't email telling me that I got a new comment so I would have to keep checking to see if anyone has said anything. When I get comments on yarnaholic, it emails me but it doesn't let people I respond to know that I have responded.

So I just added a "recent comments" section on my left sidebar. Now, everyone should just comment on yarnaholic instead of livejournal. I will get emails letting me know I have comments, and you can look in the sidebar to see if new comments have been made on a post you are interested in. That's the best compromise I can come up with.

I think it will work. So comment on yarnaholic from now on! :D

Oh, and let me know if you run into problems with the "recent comments" thing, like if having only six shown is too few.

smooches!

adorable

One of the four-year-olds in my preschool classroom has a crush on me. He keeps following me around wherever I go and today he said, "Alison, Alison, Alison! You're cute!"

heee

for all of my Texas friends

Especially those who have moved away (like me).

My friend Joe told me about this song which I absolutely love now. If you have a chance, check it out - "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" by Bowling for Soup. It makes me smile and wiggle in my seat. It was also fun looking at different websites for lyrics. It was always obvious when the person who was transcribing WASN'T from Texas, because he would mishear lyrics that he would know better if he were from Texas.

we gotta hold on...

...to what we've got, it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not!

So I just had a mid to late 80's music flashback - when I used to watch MTV and there were actual music videos on it. I started thinking about the Hair Band songs I used to like and added a whole bunch to my iTunes - you know, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row, Whitesnake, etc. But I need help thinking of more. What were your favorite Hair Band songs? Come on, I know you listened to them too.

i love this time of year

Genevieve listed out how busy this time of year is for her, which made me think about my own schedule. I'm barely going to have time to breathe.

• Oct 31 - Halloween
  
• Oct 22-Nov 10 - Packing, setting up new utilities, change of address stuff
  
• Nov 11 - Move, plus a week or so of unpacking/painting/etc.
  
• Nov 16 - 1st Wedding Anniversary and my brother's bday
  
• Nov 27 - Thanksgiving
  
• Dec 13 - Dad's bday
  
• Dec 21 - Mom's bday
  
• Dec 25 - Xmas (which includes going to both maryland and dallas this year)
  
• Plus tons of research papers and exams spread throughout the next 2 months

Oh, plus I was going to do handmade xmas cards this year, which I need to figure out with Tim so I can order supplies. I really need to start thinking about what to get people for all these gifts. Especially wedding anniversary, which is coming up really quick. Paper. Hrm.

I love this time of year though, especially when daylight saving's time ends. I love coming home at 5:30pm and having it already be dark outside. I love the cool, crisp air. I love getting home and lighting a fire in the fireplace. Plus we will have a nice high ceiling in our living room so that we can get a really tall tree to decorate. And we're having Thanksgiving at our house this year - the two of us, plus probably our friends Ryan & Rachel, and Ryan's parents.

Just thinking about this time of year makes me smile.

Other than that, things have been busy, of course. Lots of school papers and exams, plus my internship. I am loving working with my preschool class. They are all just wonderful children. We seriously have very little conflict in the classroom. It's going to be a rude awakening when I get a new preschool class who isn't quite so well behaved and accepting. ;) Today we are taking the class to the pumpkin patch in Halfmoon Bay. Besides having lots of pumpkins, it also has pony rides and other family activities. Should be a fun time.

So last night we went to an audience pre-screening of a movie that is still in production called The Big White. It stars Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribissi, Alison Lohman, and Woody Harrelson. Since it is still in the works, not all the special effects have been added yet, but they just wanted an audience opinion on how it flowed, the ending, etc. Man, that was a funny movie. There were a few things that could use some work, but you should definitely keep your eye out for it's release. Hooray for free movies!

Hm. I can't think of anything else to say right now. :)

presidential bullshit

These presidential debates are pure crap. Both sides are twisting information and telling half truths about statistics. Doesn't the American public deserve to hear the REAL story before making up their minds? Don't misguide us on how things really are or how you see the future. I feel like I'm listening to two used car salesman battling it out, trying to get us to buy their crappy POS car that will sputter and die after one month. Whether you take the calm and cool presentation style or the goofy "I'm just a country boy" strategy, it's still bullshit. I'm also sick of both democrats and republicans putting on blinders - only noticing the good of their side while only seeing bad in the other. OPEN YOUR EYES and quit being dumbass followers. Make your own decisions on what is right instead of just listening to propaganda. If you look me straight in the eye and tell me that you agree with every single statement that either side makes, I call you ignorant.

It makes me sick to my stomach.