Pretty Tricky

We're not allowed to wear jeans to work. It makes life pretty lame, but I'm learning to deal with it. Today being Halloween we were allowed to wear a costume. Jeans are my costume. And pigtails. Ha. :)

Grapefruit Trees!

Grapefruit Trees!
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Our sweet little babies... We've grown them from seeds! There are three of them... Our other babies, Piggly and Wiggly were given a burial at sea last week. They departed this world two days apart. I'm afraid their bowl became a little too toxic for them... Poor babies. We miss them! But these little trees are sure cute!

Our new computer

Our new computer!
Originally uploaded by kjcard.

We got a sweet new setup... 24 inch monitor... Dell something or other... We really needed it so we can both do our homework at the same time. The fact that Age of Empires III was coming out and needed the most up-to-date system to run didn't have ANYTHING to do with it, of course. The fact that it was on our computer the day it was released doesn't mean anything, either. It really was for me. Really! It was my birthday present! Um... N.? Can I have a turn??

Winning Pumpkins

Winning Pumpkins
Originally uploaded by kjcard.

We won! The LDSSA (Latter-day Saint Student Association) at WesternU held their annual Halloween party last night. We were bribed with prizes so people dressed up and brought carved pumpkins for contests. All the little kids were so cute! There was everything from Bam-Bam to Darth Vader and Luke to an I-POD and a 3 foot high wig! We, of course, won the pumpkin carving contest! We won a little card game called SWAP. Our hard work sure paid off! The pumpkins from the two year old and six year old we were up against didn't stand a chance! Ha... We had sloppy joes, decorated cookies, had caramel apples, and everything! It was quite the shin-dig. It's fun to have such a big bunch of good LDS families to hang out with! Please admire our pumpkins. Really.

Happy Birthday to ME!

And what a happy birthday it was, at that. I got to play "Hot and Cold" before we left for work to find my birthday card. N. had made it by hand - so sweet. My boss bought me a doughnut on the way to work, and gave me a bundt pan and a rolling pin - two things I had bemoaned not having during earlier baking adventures. She's such a sweetheart! When I got to my office, I had to wait outside as there was a sign that read, "No Birthday Girls allowed (yet)." After a few minutes, I was ushered toward my corner that was bursting with color and confetti! Streamers were hanging all over and the admissions committee will be wondering why all the files A-K are full of glitter and confetti! Such a fun surprise! It really lightens up this dark corner, and makes it a fun place to be. My sweet co-worker K. did it for me. For dinner we went to Buca di Bepo's and wandered around the shopping center enjoying the warm evening. Afterwards, I was so tickled to open some fun packages - always exciting! N. got me Rumikub! I had been eyeing it for a while. We've already played it 6 or 7 times. So fun! The best was getting to chat with everyone throughout the day. It's always so nice to be remembered! It's N.'s birthday on Oct. 5th, so I've got some surprises in line for him. He wants to eat fish... keep me posted on any good halibut recipes you've got!