Happy Howl-oween!!

I hope the spooks aren't too spooky, and the freaks not-so-freaky for you all this year. We're in the midst of a very energetic day at work, so I only have a minute.

I promised Mom I'd post an update on the WW matters. This week was a definite win with Clay down 2.2 and me down 3.0! Now when we hug, we're about 35 lbs. closer to one another! I'm sure we'll have days when it's not so easy, but we're still hanging in there! We're still doing (more than) our fair share of eating out, and we're never going hungry. Pants are fitting better for both of us, and that is the best motivation of all!

We have one last party to go to tonight, then we're packing in all of the costumage for a whole year. I love love love Halloween, but I have to admit I'm glad it's almost over. We almost spread ourselves too thin this year.

Halloween is here!

Andrew said it was time for me to blog again, so I'm here! (Hi Andrew!!!)

Ok, so how did this happen? Wasn't it five minutes ago that it was July 28 and I was dressing up for my wedding? And now, already, it's the end of October and I'm once again donning my fake lashes and getting dressed up for a totally different party! I know you're all on the edge of your seats dying to know. I promise to post pictures someday (you know how good I am about that!) but I'll go on and ruin the surprise and let you know. Clay is going as William Wallace from Braveheart, and I will be the Japanese geisha girl. We will be very cute, and have very much fun. We already had one party last weekend, and we have two more this weekend, then one on Halloween night. Whew...that's a lot of face paint!

On more exciting news about dressing up, though, I got some really cool news yesterday!!! Do you ever watch The Amazing Race on tv? It's the reality show where they have all of these couples racing around the world doing all of these fun tasks to reach a final destination where they can win a MILLION BUCKS! This has always been my favorite reality tv show, but since I've been with Clay, I've really toned it down on the tv in general. But this season, there is a Louisville couple on the show!! And better than that, Clay and I know them!!!! It's the cutest little Goth couple you've ever seen. Rumour has it they have a total of 18 different hair colors during the course of the season. If that's true, it must mean they make it pretty far on the show! Obviously, we're really pumped about this. If you're interested in getting excited and watching along with us, the show starts on Sunday, November 4. You should be able to easily pick out our little goth friends by their outlandish clown-like clothing and black fingernails. GO KYNT AND VYXSIN!!!!!

I'd also like to mention that fully half of my readership (Hi Granny and Papa!) are on a month-long hiatus. I'm hoping Papa hasn't smushed his new laptop like he did his first one, and that they can still get online. However, I haven't seen any travel blogs out of them, so who knows what they're up to. Last I heard, Granny had let Papa out of his cage, and back onto his leash so that he could drive their RV. I hope you're having fun, Granny and Papa!!

Health Bulletin: In a final few words, I thought I would update you all on my gimpy foot. I know you've been worried sick judging by all of the cards and flowers I've received (ok, not so much). My gimpy foot is doing much better. It did finally bruise, but the bruise is now gone. In most of my work shoes, it is quite comfy now, and I hardly notice it. My tennis shoes, however, smoosh the top of the foot and make it really uncomfortable. So I stopped wearing those. On a Weight Watchers note, I am currently down 12.6 lbs, and Clay is down over 17. YAY US!!


I feel that my blog is not overly interesting, so if you have a topic you'd like to see discussed here, chime in and I'll cover it as only I can. :-) With finesse!

The vision of grace

So, I was always graceful as a child. All those ballet lessons and and meditation really paid off to give me great poise.
Ok, maybe I lie.
So yesterday afternoon, at work, I was dancing about and acting the fool on the playground, as I am apt to do on a Friday afternoon. But the difference this time is that I somehow slipped over my Croc and fell flat on my face. It was really elegant, I'm sure. The teachers who were standing around politely stifled their laughter before coming to help me back up. Falling stinks.
I'm mostly ok, except for one foot. My right foot is hurting in a special kind of way. It's not swollen or purple or visually off in any way, but I know there is a problem because it feels like there's a knife going through it when I put weight on it.
This is all fine and well for a typical weekend. I'm really not one that minds spending a quiet weekend at home having someone wait on me for a while. But this weekend was different. I was supposed to be walking in the Komen Race thing today. I got up at 7:00 with great hope of being miraculously cured. I hobbled to the bathroom and back thinking maybe, just maybe, that would stretch the foot out, pop it back into place, something to make it feel better. But it didn't. I flumped back into bed in defeat. I had really been excited about this walk. It was in support of someone very lovely. So many people have donated money in honor of the walk, and of Debbie. Several of my coworkers, and even a couple of my graduated students are walking in it. Clay had even agreed to walk it with me. And now that's all shot because I'm a clumsy tard who trips over her Crocs.
And now Clay won't even get up to make me breakfast. What a bum weekend this is turning out to be.

The Big Reveal!

Ok, so it really wasn't near as big of a deal as it got turned into. I think all of my loyal readers (Hi Mom and Granny!) know by now. The "changes" that I mentioned previously was in reference to Clay and I starting Weight Watchers. I wasn't really trying to "hide" anything, so much as just wanting some time to settle in to our changes before letting people know. So, now I think we're on the right track. We're consistently losing, and we're figuring out this whole plan a bit more every week. I still wouldn't say it's "easy", but we're getting there. Our school had a fundraiser at Mr. Gatti's last night, and it really could have done us in. However, I'm proud to report, we both stayed on program!! :-) Yay me and Clay!

In unrelated news, tomorrow is the big Louisville Komen Race for the Cure. I won't so much be racing, but Clay and I are going to walk the 5K, which should be nice if it's not TOO cold. I'll be wearing sweats and a jacket, for sure!

Sadly, I think that's all the news I have for now. We had a wonderful weekend in Gatlinburg last weekend, and we're looking forward to a good weekend this weekend. Mom and Dad will be back in town, returning Cooper from their big camping excursion, and Clay and I are gearing up for Halloween. We will be attending FOUR Halloween parties this year, all exceptionally coordinated so that they are on different nights. Impressive, huh??

So, if you know of any good low-point snacky foods to take to a Halloween party, email them my way!! I read something on the WW website about sprinkling apple slices with cherry jello in order to simulate candy apples. I might actually give that one a shot.