Even our neighbors dog Daisy had a costume! The big inflatable spider is from my office. As many people know, I love inflatables! (I'm currently looking for an inflatable pilgrim. Not a turkey pilgrim, but a person pilgrim, I already have an inflatable turkey, which will soon be in my yard.)Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely. After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, "I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!" "IMPOSSIBLE !" said the groom broom.
"WE HAVEN'T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!"
* I can't take credit for this joke- it came from my friend Kathy
I heard that Home Depot has a kids clinic where kids can go learn to build something on Saturday mornings. How fun is that? (And it's free!) It says that the activity is designed for kids 5-12 but from what I was told they can be a little younger, but the parent needs to help. Here is the info for this Saturday:
Pirate Ship Saturday, November 3, 2007 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Designed for kids 5-12, these free workshops teach do-it-yourself skills and tool safety, while instilling a sense of accomplishment. Offered on the first Saturday of each month between 9 a.m. and noon at The Home Depot®.
We got to go see their new baby Samuel tonight. He is so cute! Caroline calls him Camel instead of Samuel.
I know everyone has their own strong opinions on Bobby but I love him!Tonight I called Caroline "pipsqueak." I asked her if she liked that name and she told me no. I asked her what she wanted me to call her and she said "I want to stay Caroline."
What I really wanted to say is that Brian is the world's worst patient but I am trying so hard to be patient with him. Anyway, they wound up keeping him Friday night to monitor him after surgery. Saturday, he decided he wanted to stay that night too. Then, he decided he wanted to come home. But first, he asked me if I was going to let him watch football and baseball if he came home. Uh, and this is different from any other day in our lives how? Anyway, Brian got home last night around 7:30 or so. Shortly after he got home we realized that the nurse gave us gauze pads for his nose (surgery area) but no tape. So I used band-aids to hold the gauze in place. I slept on the sofa so that he could have the room to himself and enjoy some peace and quiet. Around 12:30 a.m. Brian came downstairs to wake me up for pain meds, and then again at 7:45 a.m. He was kind enough to let me know that he was officially eligible for pain meds at 6:30 a.m. and I should have set an alarm so I could wake him up to take them. Now he can have his pain meds again at 1:45 but he is arguing with me that since he missed them by an hour earlier this morning he should be allowed to have them an hour earlier now. He also complained about the size of the spoon I brought him with his Jell-O. One of the best things was the look on Tessa's face when Brian said he would do the same thing for me. Anyway, Brian is on the mend now.
The Columbus Marathon runs right at the end of our street. We go every year and it's always lots of fun. Our location is mile marker 21 out of the 26 mile race. It is right at the Lane/Northstar intersection. If you've never been it is pretty fun. There is a water station right there and people come to cheer everyone on. I've got it all figured out. The race starts at 8:00 a.m. Anytime after about 9:05 a.m. the wheelchair participants and the race leaders hit our area. They have police escorts too. Everyone gets so fired up! It's pretty awesome because it is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon and you will see some pretty serious marathoners coming though. You'll see high school kids and runners over 60. We've seen runners from as far away as Kenya and Ethiopia. And the wheelchair participants are awesome! People show up with signs, cowbells, you name it.
About 3 years ago (or more) I started telling Brian how much he snored. It was so bad you could hear it through the entire house at night. No joke. I camcorded his snoring one night. I slept on the couch. I bought Breathe Rite strips. I woke him up several times a night to let him know he was snoring and I couldn't sleep. I begged. I pleaded. Then, in the morning he'd complain that he didn't get a good nights sleep because I woke him up all night long. Aargh! Then about 2 years ago or so he came back from a golf trip and told me that his buddy mentioned how bad his snoring was compared to a year ago on the same trip and maybe he should do something about it. Interesting. So a year ago September he spent the night at a sleep clinic. Then last December we met with a surgeon regarding surgery for Brian's diagnosed severe sleep apnea. Then, the surgeon kept Brian waiting for over an hour. Brian made it very clear to the office staff what he thought about that. There were some words used that I'm not even sure you would find in Webster's. Finally, after all this time and a new surgeon who runs on time Brian is finally set to have surgery tomorrow. Think good thoughts for Brian tomorrow. This has really been a long process to get to this point, and hopefully Brian will feel better and healthier once this is done. (And hopefully I can get a good nights sleep after more than 3 years!)
Ohio State tops AP poll
New York, NY (Sports Network) - As the rash of upsets continued in college football this past Saturday, Ohio State has vaulted to the top of the latest Associated Press poll.
LSU and California both lost on Saturday, allowing the Buckeyes (7-0) to move up two spots to No. 1 -- a place the Big Ten powerhouse held all of last season until losing in the BCS Championship Game.
Ohio State didn't have to worry about an upset on Saturday, beating up on Kent State 48-3. The Buckeyes, however, will host Michigan State next week before the schedule really gets tough with a visit to Penn State and home games against Wisconsin and Illinois before the annual grudge match at Michigan.
Brian decided to go see a movie this afternoon. When I got home he told me that he ran into Gordon Gee at the theatre. Pretty cool. I guess Gordon said hi to Brian. I asked Brian if Gordon was wearing a bow tie and he was! I also asked if he knew what kind of snacks Gordon had but he didn't know. Brian has all the good OSU sightings. Last year he ran into Thad Matta at dinner and the year we got married we ran into Jim Tressel at the gas station and Jim Tressel had to tell Brian how to pump gas properly. Oh- I saw Greg Oden at Target last year. I followed him around for a little bit. And we've seen Coach Cooper at the grocery a couple of times. Anyone else have any good OSU sightings?
Housework might be bad for your health, according to a study suggesting that tidying up as little as once a week with common cleaning sprays and air fresheners could raise the risk of asthma in adults.
Exposure to such cleaning materials even just once a week could account for as many as one in seven adult asthma cases, the researchers wrote in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Two-thirds of those in the study who reported doing the bulk of cleaning were women and fewer than 10 percent of them were full-time homemakers, the researchers said.
Moral of the story- Men seem to be less likely to be affected by this serious health concern. I need to either
1) Stop cleaning
2) Have Brian clean more often
3) Hire a male housekeeper
Go to www.eyeslipsface.com They are selling makeup, nail polish, brushes, etc for $1.00. Then, at the end you put in "Carolina" as the coupon code and they discount to $.50! (Up to $15.00) Shipping costs aren't bad either. I ordered a total of 33 items and shipping was $6.00! I guess this is a makeup line that has been bought by Nordstrom. Awesome! Thanks to Sara for the heads up on this one!
