Spookaween: 5/5

Dear QotD?ers,

Today I passed out the remainder of my at-work halloween candy. I'll take down the cobwebs on Monday. Tomorrow we are going to carve our pumpkins and buy candy for the trick-or-treaters I expect. I really do hope we get some.

When I was in 8th grade, I had a crush on a boy that lived in my neighborhood. My three girlfriends and I chaparoned my (then) little brother for trick-or-treating. We totally went to that boys house. His dad was just sitting on the porch handing out candy. One of my friends asked if he was home. Yes he was. At this point I was probably red and mortified and I can't remember if anything else was said at that house. We continued down the street. Near the end, some kid goes racing by on the sidewalk. It was him! OMG! (I did not say OMG in 8th grade, but it holds the connotation of foolish drama) None of the girls noticed! phew! Then I was dumb and said something to them, so one of the girls chased him down. OMG! I think she, or maybe all 3, told him that I liked him, blah blah blah. Then it was arranged for him to walk next to me alone, while I'm trying to use Matthew as some sort of akward conversation shield. He actually asked me out and I declined. It was the most rediculous of rediculous situations. We actually started 'going out' a week or two later, but since he was a crush and not a friend, we never talked to each other and it was rediculous and akward. THE END.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What's your favorite ghost story or urban myth?

Love,
The Asker

Spookaween: 4/5

Dear QotD?ers,

I'm still really proud of my 'bag full of jellybeans, I mean, rainbow licorice' costume. That's probably the most creative one i've ever come up with.

Tonight we sealed the granite countertop of our island. Tomorrow we'll see how well it worked.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What's the most memorable Halloween you've had?

Love,
The Asker

Spookaween: 3/5

Dear QotD?ers,

ET. (so much so that I preferred getting in trouble in Kindergarten and sitting in time out instead of watching the movie. Also, ET inspired one of my scariest nightmares. There was a neighbor kid in Victoria that had a stuffed ET in his pile of stuffed animals. It made me very uncomfortable). Gremlins. Goonies. Wizard of Oz. Jurassic Park. (oh yeah, dinosaurs opening doors is a terrible thing. I'm also convinced they could jump through my large bedroom window or hide in my closet.) I agree about Signs. I was irationally wary of doors with light shining through underneath. EEK. TamiJean's story wins, though. Lesse, what else... We watched Rosmary's Baby at one of my 'halloween parties' and it was more disturbing than scary. Hmm, mostly I avoid scary movies unless I'm watching them in daylight and won't be alone that night. Thanks Justin!

I wore a scarf at work today. I got a lot of looks, but come on, if you are going to keep the office that cold, deal with it. I've also realized that no one else at work has halloween candy. There are 7 pieces of candy corn and 3 handfulls of chocolate eyeballs left.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What is the most fantastic costume you've ever worn (for any reason)?

Love,
The Asker

Spookaween: 2/5

Dear QotD?ers,

Hilarious. You all love spicy foods but are big scaredy cats!
When I was around 5, I went to a 'haunted house' at church. This must be one that Mom remembers going with me... all I remember is walking by one room with a mock-surgery, screaming and blood. AND I WAS TERRIFIED! Like Jackie, I've also been to Screams, but the scariest part of that was driving a truck home in the cold, without a defroster, in the rain and hydroplaining past the stop sign at the exit. Also, Reindeer Manor, which the HS drama department used as a fundraiser. I was 'volunteered' to be a chainsaw/hotdog factory victim and got fake blood on my clothes. Like Justin, I experienced Hotard from Hell. And I took Matthew to a haunted house in Dallas one year, though I remember that being dissapointing.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What are some of the scariest movies you've seen? Please feel free to include movies from your childhood.

Love,
The Asker

spookaween: 1/5

Dear QotD?ers,

I will share pictures tomorrow, but know that I got 1st place, doing a 5k in 43:11. YEAH! Jackie got 2nd. Matthew (younger brother/Giant Boy/Jackie's boyfriend) got 1st and Justin got 1st too. There was a whole lotta winning going on. Also, my cousin's chili won 9th place at the cookoff.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

Have you ever been to a haunted house 'attraction'? Was it scary?

love,
The Asker

Some like it hot

Dear QotD?ers,

I went walking this evening! 5k in about 44 minutes. I am ready for Saturday morning.
I got a doormat for the new house shortly after we moved in. It's some gray flowery scrolling on a black base.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

How do you like your chili?

Love,
The Asker

I saw a pirate one, once.

Dear QotD?ers,

Jackie wins for worst insect stinging experience.
I was around 5 and playing on a friend's swing set. I had put my fingers into the end of one of the support poles while climbing around. We never saw it, but it was probably a wasp that stung my finger. ouch!

This evening we tried warm, spiced mead. It tasted like Christmas candle.
There are only 3 days 'till my 5k walk race and I've only walked once this week. It was rainy this evening and I wasn't up for it (and I didn't want to face the shin splints.).

Today's Question of the Day? is:

Do you have a welcome mat for your home? describe it, please?

Love,
The Asker

another question about bugs

Dear QotD?ers,

A co-worker and I got to host an interview candidate for dinner tonight. That's a really fun part of working, sharing a free meal and good stories. I also went to the library and back before meeting them. I LOVE HAVING A LIBRARY CLOSE BY. I had to take back a book that I couldn't finish reading. I always feel dissapointed in books like those.

I'm going to vote mosquitos. They bite. I itch. they swell and inflame even if I don't scratch or rub them. And the mosquitos down here are particularly brawny. I'm glad I don't live in lake Jackson anymore, where the mosquitos will bite you through 3 layers of closing at 6 am in the morning. Fire ants I can avoid for the most part. The bites may itch like the dickens, but the radius of itch doesn't expand ilke it does for mosquito bites.

Today's Question of the day? is:

what is your worst insect sting experience?

love,
The Asker

ITCH

Dear QotD?ers,

Today I did my evening walk and my shins felt terrible. But I was listning to 80's music, so that made it a little better.
I've put up all of our Halloween decorations, though I thought we had a plastic jack-o-lantern that plugged in, but I don't know where it might be. So I've got cardboard cut-outs of scary things, just like when I grew up! And 2 strings of jack-o-lantern christmas lights.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What is worse, mosquito bites or fire ant bites?

Love,
The Asker

What We Ate at the Fair

Dear QotD?ers,
Justin told you what was under our beds. But this weekend I went under my old bed at my parents house (and closet) and sorted through all the things I've kept throughout the years. So what was under my old bed? Dried flowers from all the corsages and bouquets I was ever given, two boxes worth of family photos, a large box of elementry and middle school stories/art projects/notes from friends, notebook of poetry that i started in junior high.

I am incredibly dissapointed that I somehow managed to delete a picture from my camera before I got to show you. Me, Mom and Justin played Killer Bunnies on Friday night. At the end I had 7 bunnies and ~14 of the 20 carrots. the last 3 cards I played were 'choose # carrots' and I still had a choose-a-carrot card in my hand. I laughed so hard at the rediculousness of it all. Have no idea what I'm talking about? Come on over and we'll play.

So, at the fair, we got a 12" corn dog:
and saw some amazing butter sculpturing:
and got some fried butter: and ate it:If you were to take some biscuit dough, fold a pat of butter in the middle and then deep-fry, you'd get it. We got ours with some grape jelly and it was incredibly like eating a biscuit.
Before we left, I got the fried peaches and cream:

which i was actually dissapointed in. They drizzled raspberry sauce all over the plate. The fried peaches batter was like a strusel and, therefor, a little too heavy for what I wanted. But I still ate it. Sadly, I couldn't find the chocolate covered strawberry waffle balls this year.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

Do you have any halloween decorations up?

Love,

The Asker

is it MONSTERS?!!?!?

Dear QotD?ers,

Oh my goodness. I should not watch Gray's Anatomy. This show is either eye-rolling dramatic, heart-breaking dramatic, or gross. I just got a shot of gross.
We have wireless internet. My computer used to be hardwired, but now it's got a little antanae sticking out of the back.
I need to start packing. We are going to the state fair this weekend! I will try deep fried butter, chocolate covered strawberry waffle balls and fried peaches and cream (sounds like cobbler!)

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What's under your bed?

Love,
The Asker

interwebs delivery

Dear QotD?ers,

I have neglected to answer some of my own recent questions. I like to have gingerale or cranapple juice. I really miss honey roasted peanuts as an airplane snack choice. I remember my dad would bring me the little packages when he had been off on a business trip. I think chewey cookies would be a good snack, with a choice of chocoalte chip or oatmeal rasin, or peanut butter.
I don't think I've ever gotten a flu shot. like may of you, I'm not in the at-risk group and don't plan on getting either innoculation.
I didn't go on my walk today. It was still 91ºF at 4:30, and I wasn't intereted in fighting that sort of oppresive heat in mid-October.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

Does your computer use wireless or hardwired internet?

Love,
The Asker

Voluntary Needles.

Dear QotD?ers,

I walked a reallly fast 5k this evening, but i must have bumped the buttons on my timer, because when I looked, my time was 00:00. Aww, but I KNOW it was real fast. I had done the 2.5 miles in 35 minutes at least.
At the work diaper shower/potluck, I brought Crapple salad. I love that salad.

Today's Quesiton of the Day? is:

Do you usualy get the flu vaccine? Those in the US, will you be getting the H1N1 vaccine? those in Brasil, is there any talk of flu vaccines down there?

Love,
The Asker

SNACKS ON A PLANE

Dear QotD?ers,

I came home from an evening grocery run to find a frog on the front door jamb. He was so smooth and green and adorable, but I couldn't remember that I put the camera on the shelf in the laundry room after I took it out of my cape pocket so I could put the cape in the washing machine. So I opened the door, crept past him, and he crawld up about 4 inches before jumping way the heck over there. Aww. But if I had been able to take a picture, I'd be sharing it with you.
Today we learned: fire in moderation.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What is your favorite airplane ride snack and drink? What would be a really great (and easily distributed) airplane ride snack?

Love,
The Asker

ON FIRE!

Dear QotD?ers,

We went to the Reneiasance festival today! It was a little chilly and mostly rainy. There was a great deal of mud. I brought some of it home with us on my boots and on my skirts and cape. MUD. I'm trying to get some of that cleaned up right now. goodness there was a lot of squishing. I planned ahead and we saw a lot of shows this time. Many of them had a similar theme: THINGS ON FIRE. here are the things: about 2 dozen juggling batons ON FIRE, 2 whips ON FIRE, hoola hoop ON FIRE, finger candle things ON FIRE, balls with chain (like a yo-yo?) ON FIRE, fan arrangement of batons ON FIRE, blacksmiths forge ON FIRE and fireworks ON FIRE!

Today's Question fo the Day? is:

What sort of entertainment, skill or trick would be more exciting if it included something ON FIRE!?

Love,
The Asker

ringringringringringringring BANANAPHONE

Dear QotD?ers,

I like the hot water heater. A cold natured person likes me really needs warm water. And that's how I periodically warm my hands (to normal human temperature) while spending the day at the icebox that is my office building.

Speaking of cold natured, let me introduce you to our front yard neighbor, ToadFrend! (no i on purpose) Occasionally he'll come out on the porch for a visit, but he's still pretty shy. I'm very glad he has a home in our front flower bed. I'll try to get pictures of TinyToadFrend, also front yard, and the frog and toad that live in the backyard. Seriously, it feels magical to have so many amphibians to protect us from bugs and spiders.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

Who is the last person you talked to over the phone, and what was the major topic of conversation?

Love,
The Asker

it must use electricity. or natural gas

Dear QotD?ers,

Today was also a complicated day at work. I didn't get home as early as I wanted to, so we skipped our 5k walk this evening again. :[ (that's a sad face) Sometime over the past few days, I missplaced my heel lift (the one I'm wearing because of my functional short leg). (It's only 1/4" worth of lift.) I got a new one, and I can tell a difference. I must have compressed my last one considerably for me to notice. I would like to state that having to use a heel lift, because I have a functionally short leg, sounds rediculous.

Because Justin gave my answer for last night, I'll say what we had for dinner tonight: Turkey burgers and sweet potato fries. YUM sweetpotatos.
If you paid close attention to the comment-answers, you would have seen a pair that also ate similar meals. Since DrFandango is a minor, we shall use that name unless they reveal their true name on their own. It's not the first time a minor has been a QotD?er, but it IS the first time we've had a minor on the public-blog version of QotD? I'M PROTECTING YOU FROM THE INTERNETS!

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What is your favorite appliance, big or small, and why?

Tomorrow, as a united way fundraiser, I will be purchasing a snicker's ice cream bar for $1!

Love,
The Asker

Beef?

Dear QotD?ers,

Today's was one of those days where I don't like my job. There was a silver lining, in that my emergency* ride home (and two other passengers) came over for dinner and we ate our first meal at the fancy dining room table. THEN we saw a toad outside and a frog sticking on our bedroom window. YAY AMPHIBIANS.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

What did you have for dinner last night?

Love,
The Asker
*by 'emergency' I mean the van-pool leaves at 5pm and I ended up leaving at 6pm

QotD? to be regulated by the government, more at 10

Dear QotD?ers,

I had the hiccups today. I ate a small piece of chocolate cake and then I didn't have the hiccups anymore! This is my new favorite home remedy.
Justin is taller than me. When we walk the same pace, mathematics proves that he will cover more distance than me. So while Justin is briskly walking down the street, I'm behind him huffing and complaining about my shins. We walked ~5k in 48:52. Wikipedia just told me the medical term is "media tibial stress syndrome."

I have two home-made ren fest costumes and a cape. One maroon and one green w/ a sort-of corset (there's I enjoy wearing them at Ren Fests. I probably still have the pieces for the belly dancer costume if I was feeling very confident. I can't believe I wore that in public and my mother approved (and helped me put it together).

Today's question of the Day? is:

Did you know that the FTC wants to regulate blogs? Would this have any effect on your daily life?

Love,
The Asker
P.S. DISCLOSURE: That chocolate cake was free and I took it from the breakroom.

No, I can't spell, but you know what I mean

Dear QotD?ers,

I just had a long weekend. I love them. Friday morning I walked ~5k in 47 minutes but I had some terrrible shin splints. Does anyone know a good stretch for that? Also there was movie watching, laundry and vacuuming of dead bugs.
This weekend I learned that another QotD?ers lost a job. Please send good thoughts and prayers their way (and to all people who are finding themselves in crummy or devastating situations).

Montana, huh? That's a really strange question. I have no idea how I came up with it. I've been to Montana once, I think, on our Summer Across America family vacation. I see some brown packing paper that's all crinkled up and sort of looks like mountains. There are mountains in Montana. Connection made.

Today's Question of the Day? is: from Justin

If you are going to a reneaisance festival, will you dress up? as what?

Loooove,
The Asker

I SPY: 5/5

Dear QotD?ers,

Friday! I hope you will all enjoy it and the weekend ahead of us. I'm getting rather sleepy now, so I'll get straight to it.

1) I have this squiggly yarn monster. He could be an alien from the future
2) fancy safety glasses, they might represent the aesthetic of the future
3) frozen peas and lima beans. So I saw them when I went to the fridge, but since I don't like them, surely they are not from now. They must be from the future when I being to like such vegitables.

Today's Question of the Day? is:

You spy, with your little eye, something that reminds you of Montana. What is it?

Love,
The Asker