Grumpkins!

Happy Halloween

I am soooo two degrees of separation from the GRUMPKIN man! How cool is that?

“Welcome to the World of Grumpkins the home of Patrick Moser’s amazing Halloween creations! For 15 years I have been taking the traditional Jack O’ Lantern a step further with hundreds of hours spent with thousands of pounds of pumpkins. Over that time my craft has evolved from mere carving to sculpting, and the fruits themselves from mere pumpkins into Grumpkins!”

YOU SIMPLY MUST check out his work! AMAZING!

And here is the most recent addition to his family!

“Well after 3 days in Alleghany I’m quite proud to present at 771
pounds… Herman Graffles now 175lbs lighter after 21 hours of work “

A good morning indeed!

Well well well. October has come and gone. Wow.

I am up and in rare morning love form. Not a lot of sleep last night, did a little bit of potty mouth cursing at the end of the Bills/Patriots game. However, knowing I had Moulds and McGahee on my fantasy teams helped ease that pain. Although choosing the Redskins for QB on Vick’s bye week turned out to be seriously detrimental to my workplace standings.

Anyhow…morning. NEW DAY!

I am looking dangerously sassy this morning. Seriously, watch out.

I have my new spectacles on…actually they aren’t so much checkered as dotted, think old TV screen days if you look really, really close…cool. AND a short, crisply pleated black skirt with cream plaid lines from Ann Taylor LOFT outlet. Only $4.99. I bought it last May and saved it for the Fall. AND I have a sharp looking pair of black buckled dress flats from Target. Only $5.49. (I bought another pair in RED because, well $5.49!)

Dangerously sassy indeed. Add pearl earrings. And a black turtleneck sweater.

AND I heard the news about the Supreme Court before getting to work. And I made sure to grind the beans for my Pumpkin Pie coffee to wake me up this morning.

AND I got a photo of my most precious baby girl niece in her cow halloween costume! New screensaver for me! Although the one of daddy putting baby in the pumpkin and the crying that ensued, is pretty cute too!
Although what the heck is this supposed to mean? Silly horoscopes.
“Nurture your artistic and romantic side today, Jennifer. Your feet maybe a little cold but that’s what you get for wearing wet socks in the rain. Don’t worry about it. Your heart and mind are finally on the same page and you will find that it is much easier to say exactly how you feel. Take off the wet socks and put on a brand new pair. Take to the streets and meet up with a fun and altruistic troupe of merriment tonight.”

Bush to nominate Alito to high court

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid — a Nevada Democrat who had recommended Miers — said Sunday he feared Bush would “try to placate the right wing” with his next nominee, “and that’s a mistake.”

Reid said the choice of Alito, a former U.S. attorney whose conservative views have been compared with those of Scalia, “would create a lot of problems.”

“That is not one of the names that I’ve suggested to the president,” he said. “In fact, I’ve done the opposite.”

Bio here.
Bush really likes those Princeton men…

Whoa!

I read postsecret every weekend. THIS one really got to me…yikes!

Sometimes I thinketh she speaketh just to me

New Glasses

I purchased a new pair today… this model, except MINE are black and white checkered. Hard to see unless you are really close, but they are checkered. Soooooooo freaking cool. I love them! Now I will make sure NOT to lose them!

So typical…

I am trying to find a story I just found in the Buffalo News Sunday edition, of course finding it online takes a degree of specificiy that I apparently do not have. (I KNOW IT IS ON THERE SOMEWHERE! GRRRR!)

Anyhow, I clicked on to the MOST VIEWED STORIES
And, friends, do you want to know what the most viewed article was?

Any guesses?
Try this one.

OF COURSE!
Gotta love those Buffalonians

Anyhow, this article and this statement annoys me. Greatly. Kevin Gaughan endorsing Brown annoys me greatly as well, but I haven’t had the time to properly blog my annoyance over that.

Brown lacks support in Delaware District

In the Delaware District, Brown attracted only 35.6 percent of the vote in the Sept. 13 Democratic primary.

Why the lack of support for Brown there?

Among a dozen people interviewed along Hertel Avenue, some people brought up the issue of race, although others believe that it’s a minor factor in the Delaware District.

A more common theory was suggested by Charlie Caussain, who has been cutting hair – and listening to Delaware District folks – for 44 years on Hertel.

“I think a lot of people in this area feel, if Byron Brown is elected, it will be more of the same,” he said in Charlie’s Barber Shop near Parkside Avenue. “They want something different. A lot of people in this area are professionals. I think most of them want a change, from what I’m hearing.”

John Macaluso, 54, who lives on Homer Avenue, sounded a similar note as he sat in Kostas Family Restaurant.

“Byron Brown is a decent person, but he’s the same politician we’ve had for the last 30 or 40 years,” Macaluso said. “He’s highly educated, and he’s got the experience from state government, but Buffalo needs new ideas and new blood.”

That yearning for a change, for new ideas and new blood, may best explain why Kevin P. Gaughan – considered a maverick candidate – did so well in the Democratic primary in the Delaware District, receiving 59.8 percent of the vote.

It’s also difficult to dismiss the notion that the mayoral campaign hasn’t aroused the voting populace. Attempts to interview a dozen Delaware District residents planning to vote for mayor took almost three hours. A larger number of people said they don’t intend to vote, they don’t follow politics or they don’t know much about the candidates…

“Overall, I think people are apathetic to politics in general, particularly with what’s going on in the county and city, with the layoffs and the control boards.”

1. NOT ABOUT RACE. ABOUT MORE OF THE SAME! Grrrrrr. GRRRRR!
2. Don’t intend to vote? Depressing.
3. Apathetic because of what is going on in the county and the city? IS EXACTLY THE REASON TO VOTE!

I hate apathetic people. Ok, hate is a very strong word, but how can you NOT care?

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO MY FAVOURITE AUNTIE CARROLL!

The BIG…um, between 39 and 41

Enjoy…enjoy!

“The best years of a woman’s life – the ten years between 39 and 40″ Unknown

“Life begins at 40 – but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.” Helen Rowland

“At the age of 20, we don’t care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn’t thinking of us at all.” Anonymous

“Forty isn’t old, if you’re a tree” Anonymous

“Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.” Christian Dior

“At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.” Benjamin Franklin

“What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy” Voltaire

“The “I just woke up” face of your 30′s is the “all day long” face of your 40′s” Libby Reid

The story! *without pictures*

I was online buying a very nice and naughty present for myself, a very pretty and tasteful piece of lingerie…oh a few pieces. A corset, garter belt and matching panties. (Yee ha!)

When I would press BUY NOW the customer service page kept saying there was an error. Uh, ok. SO I tried again, and again, and again, actually quite a few times, I was getting QUITE frustrated! Finally one of the times I tried…and got through, the page said there was something wrong with my debit card.

Uh, ok.

So….I call the credit union, they aren’t sure either someone will call me back. I thought they might have put a hold on my account since I was doing so much online shopping or something. (All sales, I promise!) But I knew I had enough money for the item, I was confused.

Well, Friday morning I get a call from the credit union, after I went online and purchased said item. IT TURNS OUT that every time I clicked the button to buy the present? IT PUT A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASE! So by the time I had access to the website for real, I had already clicked the button 15 some times….and I had something like $1000 HELD from the company! DOH!!!!

And since I do not have $1000 in the account… when I tried to buy my pretty undergarments, they said no.

Ha!

The credit union lady thankfully could not SEE the order I placed 15 times (methinks?) and it wasn’t from a store like Fredricks of Hollywood or Toys in Babeland or anything…

So, my innocence is maintained. At least until I model said outfit ;0!

Mmmmm. Curvy Jennifer fitting quite nice in all the velvety and lacy goodness. Yum! (And I think I needed 12 more responses to show the actual picture…) Not of me in it of course! Those pictures I will keep *semi* private! If they occur…

Anyhow…these are NOT pictures of the lingerie I am speaking of (um, they don’t make these in plus size for a reason) BUT ooooh la la! How very very pretty! From Vicki’s.

Daylight Savings Time Time!

At 2 a.m. on October 30, groggy Americans will turn their clocks back one hour, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).

The federal law that established “daylight time” in this country does not require any area to observe daylight saving time. But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates set by the law. From 1986 to 2006 this has been the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, but starting in 2007, it will be observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, adding about a month to daylight saving time.