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Happy Halloween
Just a few photos from what I am now calling the “best kid party ever” last Saturday (thanks Kathy and Peyton!). Between the DJ, disco ball and dance floor, karaoke, endless food and candy … my kiddos didn’t want to leave. I had to drag them out at 7:45 (the party officially ended at 7:00)!
So, Happy Halloween! This is year is a little different because Anabella has moved into a new stage of costumes … gone are the sweet costumes of years 1 -6.
As you can see from the face painting she chose at the party, she is now more about the scary. This year her costume is “Vampire Princess”. Not sure what the hell that is exactly, but she has a pretty, Goth-looking dress along with vampire teeth and blood.
Sweet Scarlett is still all sugar and spice and everything nice.
She is going as Tangled (Rapunzel) this year. Pictures tomorrow!
Moving on up
I got my new business cards last Friday. (I blurred out all the contact info just in case stalkers are reading this blog. However, if you can find me by fax, more power to you!)
Titles don’t mean much these days, but becoming a Veep of a global corporation was an incredible moment for me. I’ve only been on the job for three weeks, but so far I am enjoying every minute of it. It is refreshing to be excited to go to work every day!
However, there are things that I miss about my old department:
– The friendships … especially Stasa and Jen … miss you ladies!
– Free snacks and cokes (now I pay 75 cents when I need a caffeine fix)
– Telecommuting two days a week (Boy do I miss my Wednesdays and Fridays at home!)
– The view of Houston from the 40th floor (I still have an office, but no window. Boo!). I especially miss watching the hawks circling the building.
More on the new job later!
One way to keep your car clean
Saw this while pumping gas at Bucee’s recently.
Totally awesome, right? Unless, of course, you are the guy working at Bucee’s and come outside to find your car shrink wrapped.
What a pain in the ass.
Take that, dog!
Winston has been driving me absolutely crazy lately, and although I understand his incontinence issues are a product of old age, I decided to take a page out of Scarlett’s playbook and do something passive agressive. (If he had a closet, I so would have farted in it.)
Therefore, I give you Winston’s submission to the Dog Shaming site.
And there is one other thing …
Yesterday morning was my first day on the new job (more about that later), so I was a little nervous and excited while gettng ready. As I go to shut down my laptop and pack it up for work, I notice something new …
Scarlett. I walk into the bedroom where she is snuggling with daddy and give her a good talking to. I’m disappointed, this is why she isn’t allowed to play with real markers, it won’t come off and this computer belongs to mommy’s company, etc. etc.
She’s not happy. I’m not happy. I finish getting ready and Dan miraculously gets the writing off the laptop. Once I am ready to go, I sit her down so we can make up and not be mad at each other during the day.
Me: Scarlett, I’m sorry I got angry with you, but you know better. Please write only on paper with markers. Okay?
Scarlett: Okay. (sad face)
Me: Let’s make up because I don’t want us to be mad at each other today. What do you think?
Scarlett: Okay, mommy. (still a sad face, but gives me a big hug)
Scarlett: Mommy, there is one other thing I did.
Me: (Bracing myself to hear that she wrote all over something else in the house) Okay, what is it?
Scarlett: I farted in your closet.