the essence

News of the week:

-Ray arrived home safe & sound from his guy weekend at NASCAR. I think he had fun.

-Even though I'm not big into halloween, I obviously had fun "dressing up." Maybe her costume next year should be a pumpkin, too!

-A lot of our neighbors sit in their driveways to pass out candy & Ray & I did too (I have mosquito bites all over my belly). I wanted to go talk to my neighbor two doors down but that meant walking right pass mean-neighbor-lady-who-won't-talk-to-us-because-we-won't-close-our-blinds. I braved it & walked by she & her husband (who still talks to us) & I was nervous so I rambled a bit: "Hey ya'll, how are you doing? Happy Halloween." And as I passed by her I could hear her mumble, "Disgusting, that's disgusting." I can only assume she meant my painted belly, which got rave reviews from so many other people, especially parents. She's just a mean women &, for the record, we're not the only neighbors she won't talk to.

-(slightly graphic so read at your own risk, muah ha ha) My cat killed & ate a mouse this week. Before he killed it though he brought it into the house & dropped it a couple times (thankfully on the hard floor because it was bleeding!) & the poor thing was squeaking. It was too far gone for me to save & when the cat ran back outside to toss it around & play with it I shut the back door to keep him out. But then, he brought the mouse up to the glass door & proceeded to eat the thing! I don't quite know what compelled me to watch him eat the head off but I could hear bones crunching too!

-My boobs grew another inch in just four days. What will I do when my milk comes in???