Halloween at Grammie and Pa's

I took a pumpkin to Grammie the other day. I meant to decorate it before I got to the house, but I forgot. I showed Grammie the pumpkin and she just loved it. I asked her if she wanted it decorated and she said yes. I got a pen and stood by her bed.
"What kind of eyes?" I asked.
"Triangle."
"What kind of nose?" I asked.
"Triangle."
"What kind of mouth?"
"Missing a couple of teeth."
"Does it need ears?"
"Of course!"
At this point I stopped asked because I had run out of room due to the fact that it was a baby bear pumpkin and not very big. I had also found candy corn lights and they are hung on the tree outside her window. I asked her on Friday if she was going to get up and answer the door for trick-or-treaters and she said that she would just stay where she was.

AJ bought candy for Pa to hand out tonight. He absolutely loves this night and handing out candy. On Monday, I looked over and Pa was opening up the candy and eating it. Now, he'd already had a small candy bar and he really shouldn't be eating candy. As I was leaving I reminded him to stay out of the candy. He looked at me and said, "She (AJ) didn't buy enough candy anyway and she'll have to have to go get more!" At this I went and had a small piece as I was leaving. :-) AJ did buy more and he hasn't opened the new bags, but the 1st bag is almost gone.

Friday, I took a pillowcase to Grammie. She just loves the one I took this summer, so I went and found a fall one that has all the Peanut characters on it. When I gave it to her, she was so excited. She said she remembered the characters and pointed to the old pillowcase and told me she likes that one too.

New Couch

After being sick for 4 weeks and spending 9 days on my back in bed, I decided that I seriously needed a couch. I went and found the cutest futon.

After
Before

Scissors, Glue, and Lice

Three weeks ago I went to work on Mon and figured it would be a regular day. After having the flu for 4 weeks and being severely sick I was finally able to eat 3 meals a day. It so happened that all 4 of us adults were in our room during 1st period and we were just chatting. Our supervisor mentioned that we had too many adults for the amount of students that were in special ed and someone needed to move to a different school. There were 4 choices and all of them were elementary. I quickly ran down to the principal, volunteered, and mentioned my 1st choice. I found out on Wed. that I got my first choice and would start the following Mon.
I decided that moving down to the elementary level and being in special ed necessitated a haircut. All I could think about was scissors, glue, and lice because I've been in the elementary before and I know what it's like.



I have to say that I didn't realize how much I missed the little kids. I also didn't realize how stressed I was at the Jr. High level. I knew I was stressed, but I had no idea how stressed until the second day at the new job and I could just feel myself relax. I'm so glad that I moved and can't wait to see what the rest of the year holds.

When I got to Grammie and Pa's after having the haircut Grammie kept looking at me. After about 20 minutes she said, "I like your haircut." I told her thanks and that I thought about getting a haircut like hers. She said, "Blue/green." I've been telling her that we should dye her hair and she could have blue hair like the old ladies who go to the beauty parlor. I thought for a minute and then had to ask, "You know your hair really isn't blue don't you?" She said yes and I was relived.

Laughter

I have to say that laughter really is good for the soul. I have been feeling so much better since I have stopped eating gluten. I had no idea how crummy I felt before I became gluten free. However, being gluten free and corn free does pose some challenges. Most people who can't eat gluten eat lots of corn and that isn't going to work for my body, so I'm constantly trying to figure out substitutions for corn. I came across a substitution list on allrecipes.com and was quite impressed. The one that struck me was a substitution for corn syrup. By using water and sugar you get the same basic results. All at once I thought to myself, "Hey, now I can have Dennis' homemade caramel corn." About 20 seconds later I realized that I still can't have the popcorn even if I made a substitute for the corn syrup. I shared this story with Mom and she laughed and laughed. Then I shared it with Dennis and it took him about 20 seconds to realize what was wrong with that scenario. Thought I'd give you something to smile about as well.