Get a Clue

Colonel Mustard, reporting for duty. I'm pompous.

I made myself some Honors...

And what's that medal? Oh... :)

The whole Clue party...

Here's your cheat sheet: (also for Amber and Charles' housewarming present, we gave them the board game Clue but we put these cards in it. So they can play with us!)

It turned out that Mrs. Peacock did it with the lead pipe in Charles and Amber's kitchen.

Also, I happened to win "best overall" in the costume contest purely because I stayed in character the longest and tried to kill people all night with various weapons. But, really, I didn't win. In my acceptance speech, I said, "I'd like to thank the Members of the Board game. Without them this would not have been possible."

It's true. I have amazing Halloween (and always) friends.

What the Hell?-oween

Well, Happy Halloween.

What happened to trick-or-treating the right way?

Tonight these things happened:

1. Some kids asked for different candy after I had already given them some.

2. One kid put his hand in my candy bowl and said, "I want some Nerds" after I already gave him a candy bar and I took his hand out and said, "no, that's rude".

3. That same kid replied, "But I hate f-ing butterfingers". (prompting a friend of mine here to say, "If they can swear near an adult, maybe they are too old for trick-or-treating)

4. A dad actually held his hand out for candy after I gave his way-too-young-to-be-trick-or-treating baby girl some candy.

5. One girl asked for a glass of water.

WHAT THE H?!

I will only think of the kids who said "Trick or Treat!" and "Thank you! Happy Halloween!" just so I will be willing to hand out candy next year. I'm wearing a scary mask next year and having my roommates jump out of the bushes. Bet no one will say "I hate f-ing butterfingers" then.

Boo.

Sad News, but good to know...

Ok, I have to make this chart for myself. Like Mandy, I LOVE butterfinger bars more than anything in the world. Halloween is a difficult time for me. I learned this info the other night, and I wanted to put it up here so I wouldn't forget...

To walk off the calories in a Fun Size (two inch!!!) candy bar: (in order of least miles)

Kit Kat: 0.83 miles

Baby Ruth: 1.12 miles

Nestle Crunch: 1.17 miles

Snickers: 1.33 miles

M & M peanut: 1.50 miles

Reese's Cup: 1.53 miles

Butterfinger: 1.67 miles

Of course, Reese's cups and Butterfinger are my favorite. Of course.

I did not make this post to change anyone's behavior. Eat away! I just need this information where I can see it and remember it!! Or I will be walking to California.

Happy Halloween!

The Daily Show!

Yes! My cousin Courtney is the best! She let me know on Sunday that she had tickets to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and did I want to go with her?

YES!

So, we met at the Chinatown metro stop and wandered over to Harman Hall. After waiting for about an hour and a half, we still weren't sure if we were going to get in. But sure enough, they sat us around 5:45. Around 6:30, the show got rolling. First, a guy came out to warm up the crowd and get us laughing a bit. He was good! Then Jon Stewart came out to welcome us, to make us laugh and to answer any questions we might have.

Then the show started. It was AWESOME! I was laughing a ton and super loud (maybe a little louder than usual).

Here are some highlights that we saw:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
NPR Staffing Decision 2010
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity

And then there's this fun:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Welcome to the Sanity Bus
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity

And the guest, Austan Goolsbee! (yes, I didn't know who he was before the show. But I know now! Ok... well.. something about an Economist...)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Austan Goolsbee
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity

It was absolutely incredible. I watched it again tonight with my roommate and I got excited All Over Again!

thanks, Court.

What a Hack

So, I got hacked. I was actually on my computer when it happened, and all of a sudden I got like 30 emails in response to one I had "sent".

My favorite alert, though, was my friend Anna's: "Cait, your email was hacked into. You just sent me an email regarding your Chinese iPhone. Might want to change your password!"

So I did. Damn you, chinese iPhone hackers.

I don't even HAVE an iPhone!

It's official

The pretty is here and the force is strong. Colors have hit northern virginia!

Worlds collide and brothers grow up

When I was at home, I got to see something amazing.

My brother David played baseball against my high school's team. This is Dave batting at the Western Branch field! He was awesome!

He played first base and then he pitched for awhile.

He's so tall!! The tallest on his team. And he's a 6'2" sophomore. He's not even finished growing. This brother is going to get to play baseball at any college he wants!!

As Phebe and I were walking home from the baseball field (which is very near my mom's house), she needed to stretch her legs so I let her run around the high school football practice field. There was a JV football game being played in the stadium. It was a perfect October Saturday morning. :)

Some cakes

Last weekend I felt like cake-bakin'. I made two for school (3rd grade was in charge of the October Birthday Bash celebrating school staff with October birthdays).

And I made one for my house with all the leftover icing from the other cakes.

Here are the school cakes:

Tri-Color family members

Last weekend, I went home. I was super stressed and tired and I just needed to go home and have some quiet and be around my family to recharge my batteries.

As a family, we love cockapoo dogs. There are three in our family. And they are all different colors.

You know this smiling face. Sweet Pheebs is the youngest. For sure.

Next is 5 year old Murphy. She is, by far, the cutest of all the dogs we've had. Her fur has so many gorgeous colors in it and she is an absolute love sponge. Also, she looks like a teddy bear.

Maggie is 14. She may not be with us for much longer because she's very old and she's very sick. But you'd never know it. She scampers and puppy plays. She's completely deaf but she can still seek out peanut butter from a mile away. Sweet Mags.

Sometimes Murphy judges me.

They did some goooood protectin'.

Phebe mostly leaves Maggie alone but LOVES to torment Murphy.

I love our cockapoo family.

Happier Notes!

Ok, I realize my last post was kind of a downer. I was actually a lot more fine than it sounded! I love everyone who is in my life. :)

What I needed was to go home, relax, see a couple of good friends, some family and have some Quiet. I realized that I don't really get much quiet around here.

I got to talk to Anne on the phone tonight. She's so lovely. It's Anne, Andrea, Meghan, Laura and family that make me miss living in Chesapeake...

I said there were happier notes: Check THIS GUY out... this Alice video makes me nice and sleepy...

He also did a Wonka one:

And a Hook one!

His editing skills are so amazing!