• This post is coming to you from my couch. Little girls who spend many, many hours at conferences get to leave early on a Friday. NO COMPLAINTS HERE!
• It seems that NaBloPoMo starts tomorrow, and so sometime between now and tomorrow, I shall make a decision on whether or not to join. I failed at it last year, so kind of feel like I need to redeem myself by being successful this time. Are you doing it?
• I will, however, be participating in NoBloShoeMo because I am a) VAIN and b) already taking a photo of my outfit everyday for the Working Closet, so I may as well take a closeup of my shoes as well.
• I’m very much looking forward to doing NOT MUCH this weekend.
• My house is messy and I have MUCH packing to do for my trip to Chicago to see Kristabella! Straight from Chicago, I’m headed to Providence, Rhode Island for another tourism marketing conference – so I’ll need to pack VERY CAREFULLY as I’ll need many items.
• Oh! I am Aero-Gardening again! I “PLANTED” salad greens last night. You may follow my progress here.
• I’m VERY relieved to have definite plans for my 30th Birthday in just 6 FRACKING WEEKS. I’m having my very own Pub Quiz, which will be put on by the lovely folks at Pub Quiz Oregon (dude, SO FUN). And, of course we’re having it somewhere with yummy food and beer. If you’re coming to my party, please remember, ONLY MY TEAM IS ALLOWED TO WIN. Thank you.
• Can you help me decide what to do with the rest of my afternoon? The choices are a) nap b) grocery shop (ALL OUT OF WINE!) c) clean my house.

And, that’s all! Happy Halloween, Pretties (and handsomes?)! Hope you can scare up some fun!*

*totally plagiarized from a Halloween card my dad sent me. Sorry, dad!

Oh, hello.

There is much Carrisa visit recappage to provide, and I have failed you in that area. I’m attending a marketing conference for the travel industry that is in Portland this year, so there is just no time right now for recappage.

So, I shall leave you with these two stories:

Story the First: We arrive home from our Deschutes Brewery outing. The cat is meowing loudly, yet does not come running. She continues to meow loudly, only it’s her AFRAID meow. We cannot find her. We follow her meows to my bed, only to find out that she was IN MY BOX SPRINGS. She is very fat and I have no idea how she got up there. We had to cut her out with scissors and now she owes me a new mattress set (because it would be silly just to get a new box springs).

Story the Second: We arrive at Isabel’s hotel to pick her up for our lunch date. As we’re walking away from the car, I realize the key fob for my fine European automobile is not locking. Carrisa suggests that I use the power locks from the inside and then shut the door. I do this (STUPIDLY) and then realize that if the key fob is not working, well just how are we going to get IN the car. The key does not work, so we consult with Isabel’s husband (which meant he and I both stared at the car for a while). He then suggested that I stop pressing the button for five minutes. Five minutes is an eternity so we set off in Isabel’s car. When we arrive back, the car opens like magic. There is a photo of this ordeal at Isabel’s site, if you’re interested.

That is all for now.

• This might be the shortest Friday Bullets ever, as I’ve abandoned Carrisa at the mall for a couple hours while I finish up a project at work.
• We’re having a lovely time thus far. Except, for the part where she was snoring last night. I did not like that.
• Last night we played Pub Quiz and sadly had our asses handed to us by several teams with VERY INAPPROPRIATE NAMES.
• Incidentally, I just booked Pub Quiz to come to my 30th Birthday Party in December and I’ll be making up all the team names for my guests. Also, my team is the only team allowed to win.
• Tonight, we’re having a big get together at one of my favorite pubs and Amanda and Kerri are coming.
• Then, tomorrow we’re playing with Isabel and DeAnn.
• Saturday is my friend’s annual pumpkin party. She lays a big tarp out on her back lawn and we have fall beverages (of the adult variety) and we carve pumpkins. It’s FAB. I’m looking very much forward to it. But, WHAT TO CARVE?!?
• Then, Sunday, we’ll go to a baby shower for my friend and coworker who just had TWIN BABY BOYS!
• That’s really it for now. I’m off to retrieve Carrisa from the mall, where she’s discovering the majesty of tax-free shopping.

Have a good weekend!