October 2008 Archives

Despite the rain this evening, the two of them brought in somewhere between eight and nine pounds of candy, almost certainly because of their costumes:

Props to Maria for making Cecilia's awesome witch garb (sans broom/hat), as well as Becky's adorable pumpkin getup. Becky wouldn't tolerate her hat for any amount of time which would have allowed us to take a picture, let alone trick-or-treat. Armed with a “scary” laugh, and full knowledge of The Wicked Witch of the West, Cecilia had a blast trick-or-treating, while Becky hung out in the stroller for the most part. I imagine Cecilia is already looking forward to next year.

We went and took pictures of the girls today for our Christmas card (Maria is very much on the ball this year). I just wanted to give you a teaser of the beautiful fall colors we got to work with. What a gorgeous time of year!

I hope you're seated – chances are you are already. It might be best if it were a chair that could recline a bit, and if you had some smelling salts nearby. I don't mean to upset you with this… but I was nearly floored when I found out for myself. A piece of your heart is about to die… technically it filed bankruptcy and closed its doors last week. That's right—Mother's Cookies, makers of the oh-so-tasty-and-delicious pink and white Circus Animal Cookies is gone. 94 years of deliciousness is about to disappear from your grocer's shelves. You played with them as a kid, indulged in them as an adult, and now I've got you in tears about their soon-to-be non-existence.

Stop reading this blog. Stop right now and go to the grocery store and buy some. If you don't, they might not be there the next time you actually want some. Don't bother going to the store nearest my workplace, because I bought all but 2 of their bags. It appeared to me that somebody else had my same idea. Sure, the expiration date is in March… but I've now guaranteed myself another 5 months of this piece of my life.

I'm not going to delve into their closing and whether it was done properly or not. This evening while coddling a bag of their cookies I'm not going to cry… much. I can only hope that another company buys the recipe or the rights to make my favorite store-bought cookie – a cookie I feel has made me who I am today. Until that time comes, I hope my stockpile holds up. Let me bid a hopefully temporary farewell to these cookies in the best way I know how – a haiku of passing:

Covered in frosting
Probably not good for me
Freakin' delicious

You knew it would happen again. It's been almost a year since I finished the previous G2 (this one I finished on 10/10, so I'm one day short of a year). For those of you unfamiliar, the G2's are CD mixes I make for my wonderful wife, Maria. This one was made yet again for our anniversary. You'll never guess how long we've bee married. I like sharing the playlist/song with you, and telling a little about the design of the covers. I reserve the right to tell you what I want about the songs I selected for the album, as usual. Unlike the previous G2, this one didn't have a specific theme, or original set of music from which I selected.