Happy Halloween!

Halloween is my FAVE holiday (next to my birthday)! It's just all about the fun, and playing, and CANDY! We had a Halloween Party for kids last week at the bookstore. It was CRAZY! Little kids all over, eating chocolate donuts and playing with the Hugg-a-Planets and making pumpkins and getting candy and having a great time! The parents enjoyed watching their little treasures have fun, too. And it was fun for me and The Writer (my co-worker, who has written more than one book) to watch everyone have a good time.


I went as a 1950's Sock-Hopper, complete with poodle skirt






The Writer was an EXCELLENT Mrs. Dracula. I totally coveted her billowy, flowy, cape.









And Lima's Beansprouts were The Red Power Ranger and a Disney Princess (Ariel? I can't remember! Sorry Lima!)








Today, I went as a Witch: my AQ grad robe, really bad black wig, lots of eyeliner and also eyeliner for lipcolor. Easy, peasy.



When I took off the wig, my hair (which I'd sprayed with orange glitter) looked a lot like Edward Cullen's!



I have to admit, though, that the '80's Girl in me looooves the heavy eyeliner!

What did you all do for Halloween?

Why?

I've been asked, several times, "Why do you have a blog?" I've always just kind of shrugged sheepishly, and mumbled something incoherent. But, I think, for me, it's a way to affirm my life, to review where I've been, what I've done, even if it IS just having cereal for breakfast.

My life is not extraordinary. I don't think Great Thoughts. I'm not trying to save the world or inspire people or become famous. I'm just noting banal things that are going on. Maybe occasionally, there WILL be Great Thoughts or Amazing Occurences. But, in general, my life is uneventful, smooth, quite pleasant, really. My past is full of chaos, excitement, drama... I like this current life much, much better.

And I've decided to return to the blog. I don't like Facebook. I'm not interested in the online games or making new "friends" whom I've never met. I'll stick with the ones I've got and welcome new ones as they come along. And maybe I'll write about it here!

ok, that didn't last long...

Well, what can I say? I just don't like Facebook.

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You love your significant other and
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Click here to take the "Which Serenity character am I?" quiz...

Bye for now.

oh my god, I'm gonna cough up a lung. No, a kidney. THAT'S how deep and painful these coughs feel. Sucks. Man, it's really super-duper rainy here. I feel like I'm with Sissie in Seattle!

Ok, I think this will be my last post for a while. I'm gonna give Facebook a try. Gina loves it. JB loves it. Maybe I can promote the bookstore, too. I dunno. It's not my store, though I love it. It's odd how friends tell ME how to advertise and shit for it. Not my call. Not my store. Book Doctor has her own vision and plan.

Anyhoo, this is it for a while, maybe forever. So, if you want to follow me on Facebook, you're welcome to! Just email me and let me know.

Happy 'netting!

I need some cheese to go with my wine

Went to the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show (DANG! helluva long name!) last weekend and caught a miserable head cold that has now migrated down to my chest. Resulting in the kind of coughing that you can see and feel in glorious Technicolor. meaning it hurts. a lot. The trade show was fun, though! Lots and lots of books! And authors! And food! It was good! We got quite a few autographed copies of books. Museum Girl came to the bookstore today (yay!) and bought one of the signed copies we got. I knew she'd like it; I was actually going to give it to her as a late b-day gift, but now I can give her this OTHER book instead! BOOKS GALORE!

On a completely different subject, I'm considering going to the Dark Side: Facebook. That would require anyone who's interested in my goings-on to ALSO join Facebook, which I think is bogue (to make them do). I'm also considering just stopping the blog. I mean, is anyone out there? If so, why don't you leave comments? Maybe it's just all as boring as I feared: "I had cereal for breakfast today...."

Anyhoo, I was going to go to Indiana this weekend and now that's off, so I guess that means

DUHN DUHN DUUUUUUUHHHNNNNNN

I'll have to work at the cottage.

Bummer.