Author: The Jody

I like that my blog is listed on blogrolling as “recently updated” but when I look at my blogroll, it isn’t actually listed as updated. It either is or it isn’t, right? And I can get the pinger to work from my home machine but not from work. Very odd. So this pointless post is just to update my blog to see if I can actually get the site to appear as “updated”.

I’m not sure what my plans are for the weekend. There are a lot of things to do, but at this very second, I don’t feel like doing anything. I have high hopes that this will change by tomorrow, but giving the nature of my blah’s (let’s put it this way – I’ve been craving chocolate the past few days) who knows. But the weather forecast looks delightful, and it’s down to the “this could be the last good weekend until next year so we have to enjoy it!” time of year.

This weekend at Sholan Farm in Leominster they are having a scarecrow contest. We haven’t ever been to this but I heard it’s fun. Of course, to participate you have to have your scarecrow completed at delivered to them by 2:00pm tomorrow. The rules, while simple, are all online. There’s always Marshall Farm in Fitchburg, where we can spend $4 for an all-day pass for the moonwalks. This can kill an hour MINIMUM, and exhaust the kid at the same time! They’re also having a big Halloween “party” on Saturday. How to choose!!!

Sunday we have our choice of two different Halloween parades to attend, although we’ve done the one in Littleton for the past 4 years or so. Why mess with tradition?

You know, it’s not often that you can use a photo from exactly one year ago and have it be completely appropriate. Granted, I don’t have that table out on the deck anymore, but

everything else looks eerily similar.

When I left home, branches were already drooping under the weight of some seriously heavy snow. There was much less of it at work, which is southeast of home.

I don’t usually buy soda at work, because it’s a big honking waste of money. It kills me to pay $1.25 for a 16 ounce bottle when I can buy a 12-pack of cans for $2.00 when it’s on sale. So generally I stick with the free water (complete with free ice!). Except this week I just felt the need for an afternoon beverage, and Diet Pepsi was the drink of choice.

They’re having a contest – the name of a football team is under the cap. Match two caps and you win an NFL team hat. Guess who won a free NFL team hat? Thank you, Detroit Lions!

Now granted, I need to find a “box or padded envelope” to mail these back to Pepsi, along with my name, address and team choice on a 3×5 card. And I have to pay THAT postage. Suddenly, there’s a lot of work involved to get a ten dollar hat. So the big question we must all ask ourselves…will Jody actually claim her prize?

Today was Junior’s field trip to pick pumpkins. It was 40 and drizzling out. He had his winter coat, hat, mittens and boots. They picked apples and pumpkins.

So when I picked him up tonight – he had the hat, the boots, one mitten, no apples and no pumpkin. He thinks he left the mitten on the bus, the pumpkin at kindergarten, and the apples somewhere at daycare. He thinks this because he gave an apple to one of the daycare teachers. No other apples were spotted. I KNEW this was going to happen.

p.s. Update on the snow…they’re saying we might get four inches. AAAAAAH!