It's Thursday. Happy Halloween!

[anna7602]

Is there really not a Thursday thread yet today? Hello, everyone, and Happy Halloween! What's going on today? 

QOTD: If you celebrated Halloween growing up, what's your favorite tradition? (This question inspired by the fact that DH and I just carved our first pumpkin ever this year. YouTube taught us how since it wasn't a thing in either of the cities where we grew up.)

[anna7602]

I am taking a mental health day. The job I went back to is super high stress and even though I am not supposed to work more than a certain number of hours per week, I am expected to be on call all the time. So, today, I decided I will check emails as necessary, but will not going racing anywhere for any impromptu meetings or get sucked into any last-minute conference calls. Instead, I am cooking up a storm at home for a potluck Halloween party tonight in my building and for a School Harvest party/fundraiser to take place tomorrow night.

I'm making: lentil soup, pumpkin curry and pumpkin cheesecake. Plus a cauliflower au gratin for myself to eat for lunch today and take the leftovers to the office tomorrow. 

QOTD: I loved it all growing up, but costumes are the best part for me. I still dress up. I also have a particularly fun memory of getting my friends in Spain to bob for apples in someone's apartment bathtub the year I was studying abroad there. 

[dulcemariamar]

Hello! Just came home from Zumba and now I am reading up on AE day on the CE&P board while LO naps.

I think we are going to try out the pumpkin tonight.

[mrsukyankee]

No clients today so I've taken a bath, cleaned dishes, did three loads of laundry & hung them all up, went grocery shopping (found American goods like chocolate pudding at Tesco which is making me happy), did dishes and played on the internet. And the in-laws are taking us out to dinner tonight - yay, Turkish food!

QOTD: I just loved (and still love) dressing up in costumes. England is a great place for me to live as people here live for what they call 'fancy dress'.

[doctoranda]

Happy Thursday. Today did not at all go as planned. I tried to roll with the punches and still be productive. I managed to slash 5 pages of my conference paper, make a new organizational sheet for it (I am still on schedule so that is my main concern), did some grocery shopping and will have a political meeting tonight. DH just came home and so we're quickly going to watch a Halloween movie before I have to leave for my meeting.

QOTD: I did not grow up with Halloween

[Wanderista]

Just a typical workday for the most part. I suppose I'll need to put some candy out.

QOTD: I really enjoyed dressing up. I've been to a Halloween Party this year and may go to another.

[Deleted]

Hello! We had a grand total of TWO trick-or-treaters. Womp womp. Now we have 5 bags of candy leftover. H is sad that we didn't get more trick-or-treaters, but I guess that's what we get from living in a neighborhood full of old people.

QOTD: Carving pumpkins. I've never really loved dressing up in costumes, but did it for the candy. I think I probably stopped trick-or-treating younger than most people stop (I think my last year was when I was maybe 10 or 11?)

[allibally]

We put pumpkins in our window. Our kitty sat up there to watching the people walk by. We don't pass out candy because of living in an apartment. I had my nails painted like Frankenstein but no costume because the school I am teaching at doesn't do costumes.

QOTD: Watching Hocus Pocus and carving pumpkins.

[allibally]

Halloween nails.

[doctoranda]

allibally Mauer is wearing a custome??!!!OMG! And I love your nails and the pumpkins!

[allibally]

Nov 1, 2013 2:57:55 GMT -5 doctoranda said:

allibally Mauer is wearing a custome??!!!OMG! And I love your nails and the pumpkins!

Yes he was an Ewok

[doctoranda]

Adorable! Miss Levi will not let me do that, no no no.