Hello there.

It has been brought to my attention that I haven't blogged in over a week.  My apologies. I don't really have a good excuse, to be honest.  So to make up for lost time I shall write a list of succinct updates/thoughts from the last week:

1. Someone stole the pumpkins from our front porch decoration. Or our neighbors threw them away because they fear rodents. Either is plausible. Neither is acceptable.

2. I love Halloween. Spending Halloween weekend in Charlottesville was a brilliant idea.  Being back in DC in time for trick-or treaters was also a good idea. We saw a lot of monkeys. One girl sang me the "trick-or-treat, smell my feet" song.  And two kids came by in Scream costumes which was horrifying considering we were watching Scream while waiting for them.

3. There is now a Pie Truck in DC.  This wouldn't mean much to me except that my sister has a strange obsession with pie so it immediately caught my attention.

4. Here is a quick story.  Last week, a small boy knocked on our door selling cookies to raise money for kids in need of something (I don't remember exactly what).  He gave me the run-down of what they were selling and told me that all I needed to do was give him my name, address and money and baked goods would arrive in the mail shortly. While I didn't really care about the yummies (these were no Thin Mints) I was happy to help him out so I asked if he had a pen.  No dice.  So I left him on the front steps while I went inside, grabbed a pen and my checkbook and announced to Elise that I was fairly certain I was being scammed by a small child selling cookies.  Back outside, I asked if he would take a check. After consulting with his larger teenage friends, he said no. At which point I knew I was being scammed and said no thank you, I am fresh out of cash, but good luck with your quest.  

5. I failed one of my first research attempts. And I have never ever put so much effort into one before.  Alas, it was not meant to be, I suppose.

6. I finally changed the light bulb in my room. After about three weeks I now have light.

7. Blair and Chuck last night? Yes. Thank goodness. Their union is the best thing about that show.

8. Washington International Horse Show was in DC last week. Maybe that is why I wasn't blogging...because I was spending my lunch hours there before jetting off to Charlottesville. But anyway, McLain Ward did the Gambler's Choice dressed as a chicken.  Pretty awesome.