Trick or Treat

Not to brag (but in this case I will because I'm actually pretty proud since I'm really not a creative person), but I was voted Most Creative at the Outlet Halloween Party for the past 3 years. Thanks to my friend, Jen Carpenter, for my costume ideas in 2005 and 2007.

Here's my costume for this year.

Here's the back in case you cared how it was all attached. There are slits through the sides and then its pulled in with a bathrobe tie.

Brent won for Most Humorous

John and Heather Shew won for Best Teamwork.

Here are some other fun ones.

Here are my off the wall costumes last year and the year before where I won Most Creative.

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Roughin' It In the Rugged Outdoors

This past Friday, I headed a bit north of Santa Barbara to El Capitan Canyon (http://www.elcapitancanyon.com/) with a few friends. Nickki found this place on the internet so we all got away for the night to celebrate her bday. It was great to get away from the wildfire air and hang with the girls. This was my first experience with camping (for those hard core campers - I know that cabins with beds and bathrooms don't really constitute camping).

Each cabin had a firepit and picnic table. Here's Jami, Nickki and Dionne cooking up some chicken, beans and garlic bread for dinner. We had s'mores for dessert.

Here's a shot of the cabin from the loft.

Here's a shot of the loft.

Nickki, Diane and I woke up early the next morning and went for a "mountain bike type of terrain ride" along the beach. Yep those are cruisers (El Capitan Canyon rents them out for free). It was a good workout.

There are a couple of different camping options. You can rent a tent structure or a few different types of cabins.

Happy birthday Nickki!!!! Hope your weekend was the BEST!!!

Cindy & Brian's Baby Bash

This past Saturday, I went to a couples baby shower for my friend from college, Cindy, and dad-to-be, Brian, at their new home in La Cresenta. She's expecting a baby boy on December 4th. His name is still a secret. I'm still whispering Peyton in their ear, but they are Packers and Redskins fans so that's probably not happening.

Heather and Reena (the hosts) with Cindy and Brian

They had Taco Fernandez (that's what was on the business card, although I think I've heard of him referred to as "the guy that sets up in the backyard for parties and has amazing tacos"). The tacos were super good. Definitely get them to cater your next gig.

Here are some cute pics of the decorations. Those four white things on the mantle were actually diapers with #2 in them, and we were supposed to sniff and guess what they were.

Here's a pic of one of the gifts that I got Cindy. Thanks to Stacy for making it for me. She loved it!!!

JibJab

What the heck is JibJab you ask? Well...Sam (expect 15 year old boy humor...) pointed me to this site, and I couldn't resist making some movies. Hope you enjoy them.

This might be posted before the "stars" have seen it...

http://www.jibjab.com/starring_you/receipt/1929680


Here's one that is more movie-ish. Math Camp Massacre staring Jen Pawlak (of course) and a few others you might recognize (sorry if you're not in it - its hard to find pics that I can crop and use). Sorry for the blood and violence. The site didn't have any chick flicks. Sorry for the bit of nudity as well (it's a body double).

http://www.jibjab.com/starring_you/receipt/1931185


Since I'm "promoting" websites, here are two others that are kind of cool.
http://www.priceless.com/us/personal/en/extras/peptalks/index.html?GP=ILC-REDpeptalks
http://www.godtube.com/

Running Out of Gas

Had the opportunity this morning to experience "running out of gas". Well sort of... Brigitte was taking Sarah to school this morning and ran out of gas at Grand and Penn. Sarah walked the rest of the way to school and Brigitte walked (in her pajamas) home (luckily we live in the Gundo and everything is within walking distance). Brigitte and I headed over to Chevron and bought the traditional red 1 gal gas holder with an adult proof cap that took us 15 min to get off. Equipped with a gallon of gas, we headed over to Penn. Apparently we didn't put the cap with the spout back on correctly and some of the gas leaked out as we attempted to pour it into the tank. Eventually we figured out how to pour it in (it was actually quite simple and probably worth the $9 she had to pay for it) and she was on her way back to Chevron to fill up her tank. Here's a shot of Brigitte (out of pajamas) proudly putting gas in her car.



Can you tell I'm fishing for things to blog about....