Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Week! Yup, we are approaching the end of October. Has this year been flying by? Sometimes it creeps and then before I knew it, it is the end of October. But, back to Halloween. Do any of you celebrate this very strange event? It really isn't a holiday. I must admit that Halloween isn't all that special to me. I do not have fond memories of trick or treating which may be why I don't really enjoy Halloween. I don't even give out candy any more. I know most of you don't live in a neighborhood that can give out candy, but you ought to come to my house and see all the cars. It is VERY crazy. All those kids do not live in my neighborhood, where are they coming from???!! I can easily see over 100 kids in an hour and a half. I usually have to turn off the light before the deadline. Crazy!!

I stopped giving out candy when my kids went to college and couldn't do it for me. Oh, by the way, I really hate old kids trick or treating. My children had to stop once they were out of grade school (the fifth grade). But I also hate the babies. Do those parents really think that we believe their child is going to eat that candy!! So, what actually is Halloween. Dressing up? Candy? Parties? Does anyone really know what we are celebrating?

So, tell me your plans for Wednesday night. Mine are simple...leave my light off, enjoy dinner at home, probably grade some papers, watch a little TV, and go to bed. Very exciting! What do you have planned? You better not be trick or treating!! Leave that to the kids. Have a marvelous week...should I bring candy on Wednesday???

How would you "Make a Difference?"

This shall, to everyone's enjoyment, be a rather short blog. It is currently 11:19 p.m. and I should be in bed. My 5:30 a.m. alarm is sure to startle me in the morning. But I cannot skip my blog for the week. So here it is...

Next Saturday is Make a Difference Day. Did you know? I did, but am unsure how to make that difference. It is very uplifting to read about all those famous and not so famous individuals that will be "making a difference" next week. I somehow feel left out. How would you choose to make a difference?

My final thought for the evening is this...I sit here in my "den" while my husband watches football in the livingroom. What is up with all the "joy" over football? Many of you blog about football and I just can't seem to even watch it on TV. I did attend four years of football games at Adrian High School because my daughters played in the band. Clearly I was there for halftime and not the game!! So, is it a "guy" thing? Do you ladies enjoy football just as much? I was just wondering.

Remember to read each others' blogs and comment!! I am enjoying this blog thing, are you??

The Art of Communication

As I sit down tonight to come up with an interesting topic, I am taking a look back at my weekend. Which, I am sure, was very lame compared to everyone else's. Friday I went to the Adrian HS football game. I know!! But, my godchild plays and is a senior. I should say he sometimes plays. But on this particular night he attempted his first field goal and made it. I was very glad that I had attended. But, the announcer for the football game announced Sand Creek's score backwards and I went home thinking that we would be celebrating!!

Now on to the topic of this blog...communication. I purchased a new cell phone this weekend. It is rather cool: thin, plays music, video, and actually does answer phone calls. But here is my question, why do we feel that we must ALWAYS carry a phone with us? Must we at all times be connected to someone else? No one really calls me except for my children and I am grateful for the phone for that reason, but I do not carry it with me wherever I go and I truly don't know how to work all of the "extras." (and probably won't ever!!) Do you all have cell phones? Are they with you at this moment? How often do you actual use the phone? Is it of utmost importance that you have the cell phone with you? Who actually calls you? Could you live for five days without that phone?

Have a marvelous week and don't forget to blog, blog, blog!!!

Worrying!

Another week has passed and another blog has appeared. I am glad to see that after three weeks most of you are getting into this blog thingy. Truly "bloggerific!" So, what shall we blog about this week?!?! I seem to find it a bit difficult to come up with appropriate topics or even topics at all. But, never fear, I have a topic...worrying. Do you?? Worry that is? As an adult, I suspect that my worries are a bit different than yours, but it is human nature to worry about something. As you approach graduation (seniors that is) or just another day, what worries you the most? We could speak of big worries, like global warming (right Nicasio?) or the war in Iraq. But what about the small things, like that quiz you have this week or that research paper you have to do for that computer teacher :-)

I challenge you this week to take your worries and put them aside. FOCUS on the things that you can change and not those that you cannot. Less worry makes for a much happier person. I'll put my worries "away"...now you try it. Have a fabulous week and don't forget to blog at your site too!!