Party part II and answers

Alrighty, it did take me a bit longer but here are the party photos.

First off Happy Halloween.

The party was held at a friends house (actually he introduced Grumpy and I and became a Justice of the Peace so he could marry us) not to far from the house.

Grumpy and our Host

Costumes were a requirement. Initially Grumpy and I were going to go as Catholic Priest and me a catholic school girl however when my costume arrived I found that the skirt would not be suitable outside the bedroom. So I dug up my old (9 years) medieval dress and cape and Grumpy was going to go as a pirate. He couldn't find a hat or bandanna so he went as the ghost of a Pirate instead.

Aren't we spooky?????

I have to say there were some really good costumes at this party and I am sorry I have not gotten more pictures. There was a Willy Wonka and an Umpalumpa (I am sure I misspelled that one).

Mark Anthony and Cleopatra gave us to honor of their presence.

So did King Arthur here with my English friend Paula.

They realized they both have the same birthday and where trying to count that with their fingers.

As you can see Paula went as a Naughty school girl but she didn't have to buy a costume for it as she really did go to Catholic school.

She even found a priest to forgive her sins (20+ years since her last confession was just the start). In additions to saying several Hail Mary's she was also sentenced to be the Morality patrol for the party and to spank any guests that were misbehaving.

As it was a Halloween party and everyone there did misbehave at some point she was rather busy all night long and her ruler had a worn look to it by the end.

Of course no party is a full success until there is at least one person so drunk the he/she passes out. This lad ended up sleeping it off for a while just to wake up in time to puke all over the sun room.

But our hosts were gracious and arranged for him to get home safe while cleaning up his mess.

Great party guys.

The next one is December 16 wanna come?

I know you (all 3 of you) have been waiting patiently for the answers to the Fun Facts so here it goes.

1. I enjoy sleeping naked (well semi naked I usually wear panties)

2. This one should have been easy as I just wrote about it. I've been attacked by a cub.

3. I have to say Grumpy is really good about putting the lid down (actually both lids since I don't

want the kitties and pups drinking out of the toilet)

4. Yeah I don't know to many people that would eat Grasshoppers they creep me out.

5. This is a trick question. I wear my hear long mainly because it grows very fast and I can not be bothered to run to the hair dresser once a month. That and the emotional scars from looking like a boy with my short hair cut when I was young. I do generally cut it once every 2 years and then donate it to Locks of Love. I tend not to tell Grumpy when I do it and he is shocked when its all gone - it takes about 2 years to grow to my waist and I refuse to have to worry about it when I go to the bathroom so that's when I cut it.

6. That one is another trick questions. I was and will always be a goth so I used to spend a lot of time at night in cemeteries in Germany. But those are huge parks and not like here. These days in lack of big park cemeteries I go to the park on a nice day and play with the pups

7. I was a "Baywatch" babe. Is the correct answer. I used to lifeguard at the Baltic sea and I loved watching the show. Go on snicker but I am standing my ground I liked watching the show and not just because of the half naked cute guys but there where a couple of episodes where I actually learned things.

saturday night "live"

Just a teaser I will post more later.

Fun facts

Okay I found these on this blog and thought they were fun questions to ask (I adjusted some).

Which is the true statement?

1. I enjoy sleeping naked --OR-- I hate sleeping naked.

2. I've been attacked by a cub. --OR-- I used to be a cheerleader.

3. I fall into the toilet every night. --OR-- I've convinced my husband to put the lid down.

4. Grasshoppers creep me out. --OR-- I like to bake them with a little brown sugar and cinnamon.

5. I keep my hair long. --OR-- I cut and donate it.

6. I like going to the park when its sunny. -- OR-- I enjoy grave yards at night.

7. I was a "Baywatch" babe. -- OR -- I don't go in the oceans/lakes in fear of sharks, snakes and others.

Now if you read my blog(s) these should be pretty easy. I'll post the answers in a few days. First I got to go to a Halloween party tomorrow. Grumpy will be a Pirate and I'll be the wench (gives me an excuse to wear a variation of my profile pic outfit.)

so sorry

I know its been a while that I posted and I haven't been able to keep up with all my blog reading. Be assured I did glance at some and things will be better starting next weekend. This Sunday is my last day at Busch Gardens for the season so that means I will have a day off again. I am very much looking forward to that. I am regaining my strength [and weight :( ] these days and am almost 100%. Things have been pretty busy around here with school and work. I took of Tuesday from the office to get some rest but with schools and the au pairs and all I really didn't get much of it. Right now I am watching my taped shows and catch up on school work.

I think the other reason I have not posted is that I finally talked to my mother last week. She hadn't spoken to me in several weeks. Supposedly I didn't sent her something (but I did) and now she says I cost her a few hundred dollar. She also says she doesn't want anything to do with me while I am this egotistical person I turned into according to her. Anyhow obviously the conversation didn't go all that well so I was surprised to find a missed call from her the next day. I called her back also to let her know that the office was going to be closed for 5 days over X-mas and to explore the idea of going down to see her in Florida. Her response to that was "why would you?". The conversation when south after that and at some point she mentioned my estranged sister was going to be there for a few months. I haven't talked to my sister in years and my mom only talks to her through email and more to her boyfriend then my sister so I was taken aback at this and made a comment along the lines - well then you don't need me to come-. Well that's when my mom told me to be ashamed of myself, how dare do I say that while my sister is terminal ill. She let me run into the open knife with that one. The thing that makes me wonder is why I don't feel bad about my sister. Now we have been estranged for 12 years now and we never got along which I partly contribute to the fact that she was to old when my mom adopted her from an orphanage (she and her brother were taken away from their parents after those were deemed unfit). So anyhow I guess not feeling sorry for my sister and the why, has been on my mind. Maybe my Mom is right and I am egotistical you decide.

I had fun

Grumpy and I just got back from a wedding. I had a really good times and it is so rare that we get to go and have fun on a Saturday night. One of Grumpy's fraternity brothers got married and a lot of the guys from the fraternity were there. We were running late for the ceremony and the ceremony wasn't all that. The bride is the preachers daughter so a lot of the service was the father/preacher telling the groom how he should be. It was (or just felt like it) a long ceremony and the fun didn't start until the reception. The guys were talking about old days and I really liked most of them and their spouses. We laughed, ate and just had fun. Now I have to hit the books and finish homework and tomorrow its back to cleaning and then off to freeze my butt off while working at Busch Gardens.

I knew it!!!!!!!

So I have been saying for years that there is something in the food here that makes you fat and most people look at me skeptical. Well when I got into work today my manager told me about a conversation her husband had with the major diet and gastric bypass surgeon during surgery yesterday. The surgeon was on vacation in Italy and notice what the people ate there and the fact that they were not as fat as people here. He started to look at some of the ingredients and it hit him - corn syrup

(if you read this you knew that already from Leslie's blog).

He remembered that in the 70's during Nixon all the farmers had a lot of corn left over and were taking a financial hit and no one really wanted to buy sugar from south America so they came up with the idea to put corn syrup in all the food. Well guess what corn syrup does not get metabolized it is also addicting and causes you to be hungry!!!! So when my managers husband told my manager that, she told him that I had been saying there was something in the food all along!!! Ha I was vindicated by a renowned Doctor that knows all about diet and foods.

Also here is the recipe for how I made the fake mash potatoes (P.S. I lost 15 pounds so far!!!!)

Take frozen or fresh cauliflower cook it until it is very,very soft

Mash it add butter, heavy cream and nutmeg to taste and enjoy.

If nutmeg is not your thing here is a recipe with salt and pepper

P.S. (its 11:30pm now) here are 2 pics of the mutts - they laid behind my computer chair watching me work.