Finally.....

We have had some ridicules weather in Denver this Oct and Nov. It is very weird to not have snow by my birthday, but almost unbelevable to not have any snow by Halloween, much less still have 70 degree weather. But yesterday we finally got snow. I had to go out in it last night, which was not the most fun, but this morning, it was beautiful. This is the view we had this morning.

Card Day........

Did you mail your cards today? Here was the stack i sent out.

Halloween......

As i have mentioned before Halloween is my favorite "holiday" but this year i just could not get into it. I tried everything, from decorating to carving pumpkins with the boys. Nothing seemed to work. But i pushed through, and it didn't turn out to bad.

Eric took the boys out this year while i stayed home and passed out candy. We had a mild drama issue with Rohan's costume (which is kinda shocking) 1st he picked the batman costume then out of nowhere the Thursday before Halloween he wanted to be a Pirate, and was adamant about it. So we broke down and got the pirate costume, he was the cutest pirate EVER!! Aragorn all along was a transformer, Optimus Prime to be exact. I have determined there is almost nothing worse then trying to keep your kids calm ALL day when they know what awaits when the sun goes down. We spent all day Sunday telling the boys "No not yet" FINALLY the time arrived to get costumes on. The boys got dressed in the layers i demanded. Skimpy costumes + Colorado weather = layers. It's a running joke of this state "You know you live in Colorado when you choose your costume around a snow suit" we got lucky this year and it wasn't TO bad, the boys got away with pants and a long sleeve t-shirt under their costumes. So off they went for trick or treating, and about 45 mins later they came back. Apparently it wasn't as awesome as they thought it would be. It did get A LOT cooler as the sun set, and they boys got tired fast. But they still got a pretty good haul. I on the other hand ended up with more than enough candy left over, we only had about 25 kids come to our door. Sunday just isn't a good day for Halloween. I think a lot of people did trick or treat stuff on Saturday. Oh well........more for me!! MUHAHAHAHAHA!!

Nobody sends......

Nobody sends cards anymore. I LOVE getting cards i blame my mom and Becky for this......
I love keeping them, i love having something to hold that i can read again and again. I love letters too, but that's a different post. I like how the Internet has freed us in so many ways, but hate how it has made us so lazy. I used to write letters to people, actually hand write them. Pages full. I did this no problem. Now, i can't write the shopping list without my hand hurting. The Internet and computers have made it possible to stay in touch with people, i otherwise might not. So i give it that due credit. But as far as a well thought out card, one you picked out because when you read it you thought of some one in your life it fits, that thrill is few and far between. I try to send cards, i used to send them all the time, randomly just because. But i haven't done it in a while. So i say let's make 11-10-10 National greeting card to a friend day. Between now and then, buy a card for at least 1 person (it can't be a bday card, that's cheating) and send it. You can do more than i person if you want. But at least 1. Imagine how much you'll make some smile, just buy sending them a little piece of paper. Pass it on, who knows how many cards you'll get, or send :-)

~Cheers,
Sam

The birthday post......

So today Oct 27th 1978 i entered this world. And, from what i understand (and as per the rest of my life) it was a production. 1st of all, i took forever to get here. My mom and dad had tried for a while with no luck, and had almost given up and then BAHM!! Mom's pregnancy went well, aside from the weight she gained, she didn't have any issues. But a smooth pregnancy doesn't always mean an easy delivery. I was born via c-section at 3lbs 1oz at 7:58 PM. I was born at St. Luke's Hospital but immediately rushed the children's hospital, and put into an incubator, because i was obviously small. I think the funniest story i have heard about my birth is when my father came in gun in holster (he was a security guard) and went to touch me through the incubator, the nurse looked at him and wanted to say something, and then saw the gun and thought better of it. I can just imagine that scene, not that my father would have done anything, but i don't think the nurse wanted to get between him and his 1st born daughter. Everything about me was fine, though, except my size. I stayed at the hospital, and i was

1 oz under 4 lbs when i went home, only because my doctor was on staff and said i could go home. YAY Dr Gary.

I turned 32 today, and although this isn't a HUGE birthday, it's still another year over. I had a great day today first thing this morning i vowed to do NO housework, i hung out with the boys, (i did do the dishes, because they were bugging me) but i didn't do anything else. Eric got me tickets to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Dec. and Bria got me my SIMS 3 game. My mom gave me an awesome gift that really helps me out, my boys colored me great cards, my friends showed me love by sending me happy bday messages, and i had Taco Bell (YUM!!) for dinner. I enjoyed my day today, it wasn't anything exciting, or extraordinary, but it was another day with my guys, my family and friends, and that's what matters. Here's to another year of fun, adventure and memories..........

~Cheers,

Samantha

Scary......

Halloween is around the corner which is always bitter-sweet for me. I LOVE Halloween LOVE IT!! It has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. Christmas is trying to edge in at #1 but I think that’s cause I have kids now, Christmas takes on a whole new meaning. Anyway, Halloween however although my favorite is also my most disliked and here’s why……I HATE anything scary, dead, pretending to be dead, painted, moving slow, all of it.

When I was 7 I own tickets from the radio show for it being my birthday, these tickets were to a haunted house. So my mom and I go, and I got so freaked out, we had to be ESCOTED from the building (I still blame the fact they had a guy dressed as a priest walking with you, that creped me out). Then there was the time on homecoming night in high school my date and friend and her date decided to go to haunted house (dresses and all, um Duh?) so we go, no big deal until I go through this tunnel as I am crawling out, this kid at the haunted house almost pelts me in the head with his toy gun, thankfully my date saw it and grabbed the gun. So, although not scary still a bad experience. Then there was the time when Eric and I went. It was right after we had gotten married and we went to an outdoor corn maze/haunted house. The haunted house was at the beginning, and then you went into the actual maze part. We went with friends and I was excited I thought I had finally outgrown my fear. Until we went in. It was bad from the get go, there were people EVERY where, above you, crawling out from the bottom of the corn, jumping at you (ugh just thinking about it) so needless to say I was FREAKED out, I went into panic mode and stopped, just stopped at 25 years old, I’m standing in the middle of a corn maze frozen. The kid that was messing with me got to see angry Eric because he wouldn’t let go, he was really in my face. I also do not do scary movies, I avoid them like the plague. I WANT to watch them, but I have learned to just let that want go. I will watch a movie and be fine, that day, maybe even the next. But the 3rd day it kicks in, and usually messes with me for the whole day I recently saw an article that listed the top 10 zombie movies, I have only seen 1 of them and it has stuck with me for over a year. It was a very disturbing and intriguing moving, and still gives me the creeps. I think it’s funny that of all the things I share with my father, this is one of them. My mom, can watch a scary movie till the cows come home, but my father will shoot 10 feet straight up in the air at the end of Carrie. I probably would too if I ever saw it.

This is just something I was thinking about………

Last day.....

We enjoyed our last day at the park last Monday. It was warm enough to not need a jacket, but still a nip in the air. This week we should be getting high 50's at BEST.......Ah i LOVE Fall!!