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Procrastinating with Pictures!
Oh maaaan, I'm so tired of cleaning and fixing up the house! *whines* We're having a birthday party here tomorrow because it's my husband's and his twin brother's birthdays, and to also celebrate mine, since it's coming up on the 7th, and my cousin Matt's, since his is today. Between our two families and friends, there's going to be about 60 or so people coming over. OMG!!! I am so not a party-person, either. I have a feeling I'm going to spend most of the day tomorrow tying to hide from the crowds. Yes, even from my own family. But not from my friends, because my friends are cool like that. ;)

Mmmm, but we're ordering some yummy Philippino food for tomorrow (as well as some "normal" stuff for those who might be scared of the Phil food, hehe), including a whole roasted pig (lechon), and my mouth is watering already. Sometimes I feel really bad for eating animals, but I know I couldn't live without meat. *sighs*


So how was everyone's Halloween (if you celebrated it)? Mine was pretty peaceful. I don't know why I bother doing any sort of decorating for Halloween. Last year we got ONE trick-or-treater, and this year we got NONE! There just aren't many young kids in this area. But I think the bigger factor is that we live on a fairly woodsy property with a 250-foot walk to the front door. *g*

Regardless, I still carved myself a jack-o-lantern -- one of those foam ones, and I love how it came out! It was like cutting through thick cardboard, which made it kind of harder to carve than a real pumpkin (and I've still got blisters on my fingers to prove it), but so much less likely to break, which made it well worth it, IMO.


Hoooot!!




Some of my Halloween stuff on the fireplace mantle:



I have tons more pics I'd like to share here eventually, if anyone's interested in seeing them. We've got so many lovely wildflowers and cool critters roaming our property at this time of year, and I've taken a crapload of nature photos. Snakes, bugs, spiders... all the good stuff! Unfortunately, one of the snakes I took a pic of was dead (but he doesn't look it in the pic -- I'll warn for it if I post it, though), which made me sad. I also saw a beautiful, little dead bird yesterday outside a Linens-n-Things. It had apparently hit the store's windows. I wish all storefronts would use dark, tinted glass. Poor birds. :(

Anyway, best get back to the cleaning. Uggggh. *slouches off*