happy halloween

tonight is our neighborhood's trick-or-treat night. with any luck we won't run out of candy (it's been known to happen). we do have a bulk-size pack of atomic fireballs to fall back on, just in case. they are predicting good (as in not 28 degrees and snowy) weather for tonight, so it should be fun! i'm especially looking forward to seeing the nieces and nephew (the ones that live within walking distance) all dressed up. i'm hoping that pictures of the out-of-towners will be forthcoming. (hint hint)

today was my pumpkin carving day. here's my gutted pumpkin (poor pumpkin).

and here's my finished pumpkin. i'm not very good at making things scary. so i opted for the much easier to obtain "weird-looking" pumpkin. i think he looks appropriately grumpy for someone who just got his guts ripped out with an ice cream scoop.

i also decorated a couple of candle holders. i saw the idea here and decided it would be fun and/or festive. i might as well do this kind of thing while i can, eh? fire and glass will need to be kept well out of reach next year.

double-digits

my countdown ticker went to two-digit numbers today! is it too weird to be excited about reaching double-digits? if so, i guess i'm too weird... of course, i was also excited when we bought pizza cheese this past saturday and the expiration date (2/13/09) was after my due date.

meetings & monkeys

we had our staff meeting today, so of course there was doodling. i nearly walked in there without my sketchbook (trauma!)
i don't seem to be doing quite enough doodling lately. maybe i need to set up a doodle-a-day challenge for myself...

fall back

it's hard to believe that we're almost done with october. where has the time gone? i was looking at the calendar this morning and found that we will be turning back the clocks this sunday (huzzah for an extra hour of sleep!) and there have been emails circulating about plans for the holidays (hooray for the holidays and visiting with family!)

important note to self: buy november bus pass, the october pass will get you nowhere fast next monday morning

hats

i purchased this pattern ages ago with the intention of trying to make a hat or two out of some of the fabric inhabiting the third floor. i still have yet to get beyond looking longingly at the photos and taking out the pieces for a cursory examination. one of these hats would've been lovely on the wet walk from the train this evening. i should probably finish off a few other projects (like painting that room) before i start on something else.

catching up

i'm trying to catch up on things i meant to post this week while i was not posting.

first, these images. aren't they lovely? found here.

the second is this image, found here. i just thought it was really cute and funny.

eye candy at this website (can't remember where i found the link. sorry!) and this resource (found via here and linked from here).