Happy Hallowe'en!

 

A Rare Event

I'm not a shopper . . . at least not in person, in the malls.  So I had to capture some shots of WEM yesterday.  I ended up buying one item, and walking the entire length of the Mall and back again.  Good exercise I figure. 

 It's still an amazing place, though.

 The best part of the trip was seeing this huge sea lion giving this tiny girl a kiss on the top of her head!  I wasn't fast enough to catch it, but I think my shot is still not bad!  Those sea lions move FAST!

Award Winning Costumes

http://thefunkyseamstress.blogspot.com/  Check out Kristin's blog for full on pictures and information on how she designed and produced all the costumes!  It's inspiring!

 Above: Karen's cute skunk outfit  Below:  Scott & Jedi (aka Lorne) dressed for the party.  You can see alternate make-up on Kristin's blog, as the boys had several parties to attend this weekend.

Costume Savvy

Kristin has done her costume magic again this year!  She added some shoulder pieces and a belt to Scott's wizard outfit from 2008 to make him something new!  He wears drywall stilts to make him 8 feet tall!

Maxine . . . My Hero!

 

Not a Creature was stirring . . . and then came the Mouse . . .

T'was the night before Thursday and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

The Boss, he had settled a bit after eight
I headed for bed . . . hours after my mate.

Both fast asleep, in dreamland by now . . .
From under the bed . . . a feline's fierce growl.

Away to the dresser I flew for a flashlight
To see one of the kitties,  a mouse in her bite.

"Something to play with was brought in the house,
Early this morning,"  reported my spouse.

The mouse, it was frisky and fast - quite a feature!
None of us got it, not even the Reacher.

Finally it ran behind the tall bookcase.
Admitting defeat, we gave up the mouse chase.

Now, how do I sleep with a mouse on the loose?
Will both cats be on duty making sure I can snooze?

 
 Amazed, I awoke in the morning at ten . . .
Two cats on my legs, dead mouse by my bed.

Never a dull moment at the Brooks' house!

Doggie Halloween Parade

Please check out these Doggie Halowe'en costumes, seen in New York City today!  Good for a belly laugh!  My fav is Number 3, Princess Beatrice's fascinator!  Too funny!
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20310838_20539615_21072083,00.html#21072097

Old Koot's Cruise

Thank you all for coming out for the Rotary Dinner Theatre!  I missed all five tables of you! 

 "Lovely Hula Hands"

 

Good News & Bad News

Good News= the Rycroft books arrived today and are ready to go to their owners!
Bad News= cold medications are not touching this bug that I'm housing. The usual ones that usually work like magic for me, simply aren't cutting it.  Eating throat lozenges and going through a box of tissues . . .  I hate being sick!  My kitties are sympathetic, but are cooking me out!

Friday morning I woke up without the sore throat, but the headache & runny nose continues . . . I'd better be cured by Show Time Saturday Night!!!  The Rotary Play begins tonight!
p.s. Emma brought a mouse in this morning and got bored with it . . .  so I see the little thing running by me when I woke up . . .  darn cat!  Door is getting locked!

Got What's Goin' Around

It was bound to happen . . .  enough people around me have had it . . .  oh brother . . . .

Not getting out of my jammies today . . .  *honk*

Five on Tuesday

 1. Kristin made these amazing lightening ties for her favourite band "White Lightening" 
 2. I was putting away clothes the other night and found Emma "pressing" Ted's shirt.

 3. My daughter has taken up quilting!  The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!!

 4. Did you know my darling hubby has lost a pile of weight?  New jeans and this is the FIRST time he buttoned this vest!

 5.  This is the FIFTH boat Ted & Kristin have worked on this Fall!  They are thankful for the nice warm weather!

Cough, Cough, Cough!

Grain dust is flying for blocks!  Glad I didn't dust yesterday . . . LOL

Top Ten Travel Book is Done!

Finally!  It's coming in at 136 pages, the page below is #98.  A bit tougher this year, due to technicalities.  The Top Ten Destination Highways presented a challenge for me, because I usually don't care what the highways are! LOL  But this year, they have a place of importance, so I had to check my facts.  I'm still not going to guarantee I have them right . . . .

p.s. now to start the editing!!  haha!

A Mouse in the House!

Yesterday Emma brought me a gift . . .  a live mouse.  A big one.  She got bored when it turned out to be a bit fiestier than she bargained for, and I was afraid it would be just me and the big mouse, so Ted rescued me with the Creature Reacher and flung said mouse back into the canola swaths!

 So as punishment, they both (not the mouse) went to the vet clinic for shots and those horrible worm pills.  Poor Squeaker was foaming at the mouth . . . Thanks to Marietta for the new kitty cage.

They weren't going to venture out.  I had to retrieve them both. BTW, both are ridculously healthy.