I Need Motivation

I know, I know… I haven’t posted anything since the twenty-eighth. You probably noticed the title up there. It says “I need motivation”. It is the truth.

To be super brief, here are the goings-on of my days since October 28th. The 29th was the written exam for the government job I applied for, then, business as usual. The 30th, I spent running around like a crazy woman preparing costumes, packing bags, and more from the time I woke up. I rested from 11am until 2pm by having coffee with a friend which jumps me to 6pm. In the truck on the way to Long Beach with Joe and Maya I say “I didn’t eat today” to which Joe replies “why?” and I respond with “I forgot to.” Do you ever do that? It sounds utterly stupid to say you forgot to eat, right? But sometimes when I’m really busy, and especially if I’ve had some French Roast, I will just not eat all day and think nothing of it at all. That’s what I did. Luckily for me, after taking Maya to her dad’s, Joe and I had a “date” with Liz, Josh, and their two kids at El Torito for dinner. It was delish! I am leaving out a lot of detail for sake of time, I’m sorry if this annoys anyone. It kind of annoys me because I am very detail-oriented thinker. Anyway… so we stayed at Joe’s sister’s house for the Halloweekend. Saturday we got up and went to lunch on 2nd Street in Long Beach, CA at Shore House Cafe. The food was good, as always. I had a turkey burger and curly fries and then insisted we “walk it off” afterward. Although I only had one meal on Friday, and that would be my only “real” meal on Saturday, I felt disgustingly over-stuffed. There was a super cute dog costume parade going on so we had fun walking around admiring all the cute.

Saturday night we had a pot-luck party at Joe’s sister’s house. Martha came over and I did my hair, then her hair, then Joe’s costume makeup. Then I did Martha’s makeup and my own makeup. It took us about three hours to get ready head to toe with hair, makeup, and costumes. Not too shabby… that averages one hour per person. I think that is a Halloween record for me. People began to show up around 7:30pm. We drank and drank and were merry until 10pm. We waited for a cab until 11pm and headed to Pine Street in Long Beach, CA for the street festival/costume contest/bars/drinks/dancing I won’t go into TOO much detail but it was MUCH more fun than I expected and I don’t think I have had such a great Halloween in about three years.

On Sunday, Joe and I packed up and headed to Downtown Disney. We went to the Disneyland Hotel waterfalls and enjoyed the atmosphere there after walking the Downtown Disney District up and back and through the Grand Californian Hotel. That was equally relaxing and fun. I stopped at Compass Books & Cafe before the waterfalls and I’m glad I did because I think I would have fallen asleep some time between DTD and picking up Maya had I not.

Once we were done, we picked up Maya from her dad’s, fuelled up the truck and headed back home. And here I sit.

Now it’s back to real life… and I have to go to the grocery store now. Don’t you envy me? hehe

HAPPY HALLOWEEK!

Yes, I know we’re already halfway through Halloweek, so what?  Halloween is by FAR my favorite holiday of the year.  It’s better than Thanksgiving because I don’t have to spend all day cooking TG dinner for everyone, it’s more fun than Christmas because I get to dress up and I don’t have to buy presents.  Sure, I don’t GET any presents, either, but I’m not greedy or selfish and I don’t care about gifts much.  I love getting them but I never expect them.  They are just an added bonus in life.  And besides, my boyfriend takes care of that for me with the occasional thing here and there.

Well, to the point… I wanted to share some of my favorite Halloween things as well as a couple new things.  For your information, I will be 29 in December and I STILL dress up for Halloween.  I don’t go trick-or-treating, that is for the kids.  Maya has gone to her dad’s for Halloween every year since her second Halloween so I get to go out and party!

This year, Joe and his sister and a group of friends and I are going to Long Beach for the Halloween on Pine Event which is a free festival complete wiht DJ’s/music, comedy, costume contest, and more!  Click the link below for more info:

If you’re nowhere near Long Beach, none of this matters to you, but I have something for everyone, ok?  If you’re just doing the norm, a little costume action, then some trick or treating w/ the kids, you can use the next two and a half days to make your week a Halloweek with an array of Halloween-themed shows ranging from the scary to stuff the kids can watch safely.  Hulu’s got it all worked out for you… Click on the image below to be redirected to the HULUWEEN portion of their site where you will find a selection of pre-sorted Halloween epidoes for your viewing pleasure.  It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is one of my favorites on there!

Now if you’re into crafty stuff you might want to actually DO something, it’s a TAD last-minute at this point but you still have time to decorate for all your trick-or-treaters or for an upcoming Halloween party.  I highly recommend Martha Stewart’s ideas.  She seems to adore Halloween like I do.  Her site features new, fun, and totally awesome ideas each Halloween.  Truly for those that REALLY get into Halloween but there is definitely a usable idea for anyone, crafty or not.  Here is a direct link to the Halloween section of the Martha Stewart site… click away!

That’s mostly it for today but I wanted to throw in a couple extra personal favorites for good measure.  Let me just say that I absolutely love anything filmed in Black & White. Good, bad, doesn’t matter, if it’s in B&W, I will watch it.  With that said, here are two links to my absolute favorite “old” shows, The Twilight Zone (original) and The Munsters (original).  Do you love them or hate them? CLICK!

 

 

 

 

HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEK!