I decided to get my hair cut too. While mom was busy at the salon I finished running my errands. I picked her up and we headed home for dinner. I even put her to work helping me make chili for the party as well as an apple pie from the apples we had picked ourselves. Then I dropped her back home, only to pick her up on Saturday evening for our Halloween party. What a beautiful evening it turned out to be. We were running around the neighborhood in tshirts. I sent two small groups of guests out on a scavenger hunt. It was a great excuse to get out and see all the decorations and kids and dogs in their costumes. Our neighbors down the street had a bonfire in their driveway and were hosting a cook out. I was sporting my Walking Dead costume(the neighborhood kids thought I was Jack Sparrow the pirate). What do kids know. I was Michonne from the Walking Dead(she kills zombies with a ninja sword and has dreadlocks). I bought a wig. Everyone came to our party dressed in some type of costume. It was terrific. We ate tons of food and played Pictionary afterwards. Mom kept score. She said she just enjoyed watching all of us make fools of ourselves. We also had two cavachon puppies running around under our feet-Cookie dressed as a Ton Ton with Luke Skywalker riding her and Ripley borrowed our pumpkin outfit. They were adorable. Or as one guest pointed out, Cookie came dressed as Ripley and Ripley as Cookie(they really do look exactly alike). Anyhow, the extra hour came in handy on Saturday night. I dropped mom off around 11pm(10pm daylight savings time). And it was nice to sleep in on Sunday morning.
We were especially happy to have Allison home for the party. She spent the entire day playing Field Hockey at Uof Maryland. They were in the playoffs, but lost their 1st two games. So they were eliminated. But they were asked to play a 3rd game. Allison played incredibly well and they won. By the way, she was the only goalie playing for her team that day and each game is 1 hour long. They were asked to play a 4th game at 6pm and that is when the girls called it quits. They may have played all night and then would have had to play again on Sunday. The girls were exhausted and just wanted to go home.
It was so fun having kids at our Halloween party. It is nice that the different generations can hang out together and have a lot of fun doing so. Scott had tried to organize his friends in order to have another scary moviethon but last minute planning did not work out. They are rescheduling this coming weekend.
Scott was also busy working this past weekend at the roller rink, although he said it was surprisingly slow. Guess all the kids were off doing other activities. He finished his 1st semester of school on Friday and was so relieved to have a little break(very little). He still had lots of assignments to catch up on Sunday afternoon after work. He has also been busy running the boy scout meetings. Last week the boys enjoyed themselves with a costume contest and pumpkin carving contest. I picked up a few prizes for the boys and came dressed in my Star Wars skirt. (It glows in the dark!) The scout leader and his wife were sporting their Star Trek uniforms. Guess we are all geeks! Scott is still trying to adjust to his new role as Assistant Sr Patrol Leader. Last week he had to run the meeting himself when all the rest of the boys came down with the flu. And he is still very busy keeping his video club running. I am also busy working with the boy scouts-attending the parents meeting on Monday and collecting money and permission slips for an upcoming rappelling and zipline camping trip.
Allison headed back to school Sunday afternoon(before it got dark). I packed her up with plenty of food and candy bars.
It was nice to end October on a high note. Last week was a bit depressing as I said goodbye to 3 wonderful people that recently passed away. On Thursday, Tom and I attended a wake for a good neighbor of ours-Paul Rehmet. He was in his late 80s. His wife Winnie is amazing and is staying on in their home. (must be that german heritage). After the wake, Tom and I decided to go out to dinner. I was also shocked to hear that the kids previous school nurse passed away last week-she was only 54. Not sure what happened to her. And then I received a phone call from my old high school pet store boss. Al and Bonnie informed me that our dear friend, Rochelle had passed away suddenly of a heart attack. She was 75 and living with her youngest daughter in Las Vegas. We used to all hang out together when I was in high school working at the pet store. And after going to the late Sunday mass, I was shocked to hear that one of my girl scout moms and fellow co leader was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Not a great week.
On a good note, Congratulations go out to Tom for being accepted into an online University PhD program. He is studying Management and took his first online test this weekend. Only 3 more years to go! Happy Birthday to Stacey's husband Matt. Hope you all got to do something fun and special to celebrate. And Congrats to Eric and Sarah on the purchase of their 1st home! What fun!
Scott carves his pumpkin at Boy Scouts
Spooky house guests!
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