Monthly Archives: October 2011

Hobby Lobby Overheard

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I was in Hobby Lobby Saturday afternoon picking up supplied to finish off Sean’s Halloween costume. Ok, let’s not lie–to start & finish off Sean’s Halloween costume. We’re going as Charlie Brown and Lucy, and I’m all about what I call t-shirt finagling. That is, making a t-shirt into what looks like the best t-shirt resemblance of the costume you want to make.

Anyway, I was in line with my bright yellow t-shirt and black spray paint when a group of girls came behind me with stuff to finish up their Halloween costumes, and this is the very loud conversation that I’m pretty sure I and every other person in Hobby Lobby overheard:

Girl 1: “Girl, I’m gonna need to hit me something tonight. Not a drink, that other stuff (very loud inhaling noise), especially if Julia’s at that party.”

Girl 2: ” Ha ha! If you’re gonna see her, you most definitely need to calm down.”

Girl 1: “Because if she gets up in my face, I know I’ll hit her again. And I don’t wanna go to jail again. I just can’t handle going to jail again.”

Girl 2: “Well, don’t worry. We know there will be some at the party. So you can can chill and skip jail tonight.”

Seriously? I had to resist the urge to turn around and stare the further this conversation progressed. There was a grandmother with her grandkids in front of us. She was rushing to get out of there, probably so she wouldn’t have to explain any bit of that convo to her g-kids.

Did the girls think they were cool yelling through the Hobby Lobby check out how bad ass they are, smoking pot, getting in fights, and going to jail? I just don’t understand people sometimes…

Happiest Halloween to you all! Try not to get arrested tonight!

Happiness vs Jealousy

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The weather here in Hotlanta is nice and cooooool. It feels so go. This morning the high was 58! It’s fall-y already, and I’m totally in love with it. While we’re rather urban, the perfectly landscaped trees are one fire with oranges and reds. It’s almostlike Tennessee. Only with more people and fewer trees.

TN fall colors, back when I had hair.

Nonetheless, we have entered my favorite season. Then comes winter my second fave! Yay! I feel alive this time of year. Is that odd? Feeling alive while everything else is dying? I’m going to say it speaks toward my character.

In other news, I read an excellent post on one of my favorite blogs the other day, Health Tipping Point. It was titled, “Life is Not a Supermarket” and was about how, in life, there isn’t a finite supply of happiness. That, when someone else achieves something great, it doesn’t mean that they’ve taken our chance to achieve something great. There’s no need to be jealous of someone’s happiness, because, unlike a grocery store, the supply of happiness in the world doesn’t run out. There’s more than enough to go around.

I have so much to be thankful for! Especially my family's acceptance of my ability to ruin holiday pictures!

I needed to read that. I have a really bad habit of being secretly jealous. I think I’m getting a lot better, but it helps to know that other people understand the struggle. While I’m only 23, I often expect bigger things for myself that I know people who have what I want, worked a LONG time to achieve.

Sometimes I just have to remind myself: “Slow down, Carolyn! You’ve got your whole life to earn what you want. Enjoy the process! And be kind to others too!”

I recommend you read the Healthy Tipping Point blog above! It may inspire you! Happy Halloween!

Why I could never handle having kids

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Besides the obvious point that having kids wreaks terrible havoc on your body (which I know most women are willing to forgo for tiny humans of their own), I just don’t think I could handle infants, or young kids, or any age kids. Wanna know how I know? Cats.

I know what you’re thinking, “Cats are no where close to kids.” My point exactly. If I feel like cats are overwhelming, kids should drive me over the top, right?Lazy Kitteh

For example, there’s a small Halloweenie cat nibbling my foot right now.

The past week or so, the kittens (I say that, but they’re getting bigger everyday) have been pestering us almost regularly at 10:00 PM, midnight, 2:00 AM, and 4:00 AM. I know they want food, but I hate rewarding right after they exhibit late-night bad behavior (scratching at the carpet, nibbling, knocking things off of nightstands). Also, we’ve thought about leaving food out for them all night, but crazy Mitten Head eats all the kitten kibble. Toothless Mitten Head eats all their food.

It’s trivial, I know. But my sleep is precious, and Sean is even starting to get tired of it.

In other news, we carved pumpkins Monday night and roasted the pumpkin seeds. Yum.

Sean hates carving pumpkins--it's the goo!

See that fist? I won't tell you what he was about to do while I was taking this picture!

Rhinoplasty...

I read online that you can soak your carved pumpkin in a bleach solution for 8 hours and then coat the open cuts with Vaseline to make it last forever (like two weeks). But we didn’t have any bleach and 8 hours was a long time, so I sprayed our pumpkins with disinfectant and coated them with Vaseline. We’ll see.

They’re still sitting on out kitchen table! I need to put them out tonight!

Happy almost Halloween!