snowflake city!

This morning was the first true snow. That is to say, the first snow this season to stick on the ground. Yesterday was a beautiful day, and Laura and I spent a couple of hours planting a large bed of tulips in our front yard. Not a moment too soon!

Halloween was a blast. Or rather, the parties on Saturday (the day after Halloween) were a blast. I ended up going back to toys are us to see if the blow-up costumes we’d seen there on Thursday night would be on sale. They were 50% off of 50% off! I wasn’t sure if that was because the cashier rung the 50% in there one time too many, but I wasn’t about to complain. I felt silly enough purchasing the “fat ballerina” costume as it was… turns out though, that this was one of the better Halloween costumes I’ve ever worn. Here are some pictures a friend of mine took at the second party. (I’m in the pink.) You can click “previous” or “next” to see a few more… oh, and the large versions of the pictures (the link is to thumbnails) are quite large… just to warn you.

Laura started her new job today at like 6:30 AM this morning. For some reason that made it harder to get up instead of easier. (I had the whole bed to myself!) It didn’t help that I was up late last night playing a lot of SSX3. (Snowboarding, coincidence?) Our friend Derik got it for Nate for his birthday (which isn’t till the 8th). Derik said it was “wrapped enough” in the clear plastic that those things come in from the stores, and that Nate wasn’t suppose to open it till his birthday. I told Nate this when I gave it to him, and his reply was “I might not be able to wait.” About twenty minutes later I saw him put the disk in the PS2. He played all afternoon, and when I got home, I played for at least 3 hours straight. It is really a fabulous sequel, and the soundtrack kicks ass!