Somebody has a case of the Mondays.

Don't worry I cured it with pumpkin carving. However, I am getting old. When I cut open the top to gut the pumpkin, I almost physically got sick at the thought of putting my hand in all the goo. And the smell. Oh, the smell.

I know, I know...

...the "picture a day" thing didn't last.  I'm a failure.

::pause for emotional placing of back of hand to forehead and looking away::

I could talk about the past 5 months, or put up pictures that show the past five months (I do have over 700 pictures on my iPhone.  And plenty of space on iCloud, thanks to the new iOS update.  So many i(nouns)...).  But let's face it, that takes a type of patience I'm not quite sure I have at this moment.  So, here's a couple of pictures just from this past weekend.

 Cigars and Stripes is a bar in Berwyn and they are known for being...well, weird.  Thursday was the start of their week-long celebration of Halloween.  It included a human pin cushion, freak-show like performance, the Polkaholics, and a beer tasting of beers like Zombie Dust, Lucifer, Nosferatu, and Mermaid (not a single one of those is made up).  This is Nick with the "new and improved" Sweet Pea, a local legend who stands outside of the bar and "smokes" a cigar. She was recently stolen by aliens and this is how she came back (again, not making that up...although I'm sure it IS made up, that's what was told to us).  Note the 4 pound chicken wing rotating in her stomach (Cigars and Stripes has PHENOMENAL chicken wings.)

 We had a Halloween party with friends on Saturday night, and here's me as Drinkerbell, Tinkerbell's lesser known drunk cousin.  The dress started out as a full length prom dress, originally $179.99, on sale for $15.  Yay bargains!  Note the shot glass necklace, sparkly purple beer coozy, and amazing makeup job.  I seriously had WAY too much fun with purple, teal and pink.

 Sister shot!

 Nick went as a wrestler named Sting...our friends niece thought that he should wear my "butterfly wings."  Hence, the face and the incredibly disturbing image of a guy in a black leather duster and sparkly rainbow wings.

I cleaned my rat Olive's cage today and this is her protesting her confinement in my old shoe box.

Here's hoping I don't go another 5 months between postings.

Oh, and go Bears!