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I have been a horrible blogger and practically non-existent as a photographer. And I have been even worse at visiting and seeing what all my bloggy friends are up to. I am trying very hard to get back into some sort of routine but instead of getting easier, it seems more and more impossible. Maybe our routine, that “normal,” just doesn’t exist any more.

Anyhow, this week we are back to bullet points because despite my attempt to carve out some time for this, I have about five minutes to try to document everything from the past week. So bullets it is…

• All of our October commitments are finally finished. The Pumpkin Patch at Addie’s school – The Fall Carnival at Em’s school. The past few weeks have been crazy with obligations (mostly mine because I cannot say no) for both of them. But they are done. Bring on November, I say.



• And I have a very good start on Halloween costumes. What? I have nearly 24 hours before Em needs hers for school! Plenty of time. We are having a little Halloween party for Addie and a few of her friends because they do not get to dress up at school. So I have at least 30-ish hours for hers. I’m mostly re-purposing old costumes for them, so really it should be easy.
• Despite all of my complaining about craziness, we have been able to have a little fun this past week. J’s mom and friend are here and have afforded us cheap babysitters for two different evenings out in the past four days. (Thanks, Debby & Barb!)
• First up, gotta give props to U2 and Sunday night’s concert. Incredible. They are one band who can pull off a huge stadium crammed with 95,000+ fans and still put on a great show. And the Black Eyed Peas opened for them and I didn’t realize how much I liked them until after I saw them either. Great show!
• And we got to be totally spontaneous this week, too! J. called me (very) last minute on Tuesday because he had scored tix to the Lakers season opener. That was pretty fun, too. I liked people watching (trying to spy celebrities) and um…watching the Lakers win too, of course.
• Addie has decided she is going to be a veterinarian when she grows up. But she doesn’t want to help snakes. When we asked her if she wanted to work with small animals like cats and dogs (knowing full well this was probably the case) or big animals, like elephants and other animals at the zoo, she said, “only little animals like bunnies, kitties and baby elephants!”

• We have pumpkins to carve still. Blech. I hate the pumpkin guts.
• 55 days til Christmas, just in case you were unaware and haven’t visited the Hallomas (or Christoween) decorations at Target.  Addie was very concerned when we were in Target one day and she thought she had missed Halloween. “Mama? Did Halloween already go by? Is it Christmas now?” I had to stop and reassure myself that it was indeed a few weeks BEFORE Halloween, and yes, there are Christmas decorations out already. Poor Thanksgiving. It really does get the shaft.
• I have, however, started Christmas shopping and craft planning for gifts. So I feel a little smug and cocky.
• Ah, don’t worry. I’ll be behind again by the time next week rolls around.

Happy Thursday, everyone.