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Paperwork
September 9th, 2008
Alternate title: Hey You cannot make up her mind. Do it for her, please.
I have a new company interested in doing some advertising here, maybe even one that pays more than half a rupee per click of an ad..also maybe I will have more ads that pertain to my readers instead of how to get a 13yr old Asian Bride FedEx’d to you. (I think I got that one deleted finally. Watch it pop back up now.) This new company wants me to pick my FIVE best posts to be used to spread the word of TheHuckablog to other blogs they advertise with. Hmm. Well, that is kinda subjective, don’t ya think?
Most blogs have a tone. They are either all hilarity with some snark thrown in, or a run of the mill, here-is-what-we-did-today diary type blog, or they could be all let-me-vent-my-raw-weeping-emotional- wounds all over the Internet. Some are political. Some focus just on pop culture. Mine? Has ADD. Would you pretty please tell me what five posts in the past nine months you have liked the most? Have you liked any? Do you come just to see cute pictures of The Son? That is okay, just let me know so I can get an idea of how I should spin this to the new guys.
Now for something more fun. Not that reading my archives isn’t fun. It is super-duper fun (*waving* Hi Nice Advertising Ladies!). I am a planner. I usually have things like birthday parties (pictures are coming soon, I promise), and Christmas presents planned months in advance. Something I have not been planning? The Annual Halloween bash. We have had a Huckablog Halloween Party every year for six years. (Before I was even a Huckablog yet!), and this year….I am thinking seriously about skipping it. Last year’s was kinda lame, and no one wanted to play my Halloween inspired games (a party MUST have GAMES people! They are to a party like what the five jars of pickles are to your fridge. Unnecessary, but it would be empty without them.) Also, the day I had kinda thought about having it is the same day as the birthday party of one of our good friend’s son, and I do not want to miss that, or make our mutual friends choose who’s party to attend. If we are partyless then that means I get to take The Son to all of the cool hayrides, and carnivals, and Boo at the Zoo, and all of the other wonderful seasonal stuff without worrying about when I am going to find time to clean, and cook, and come up with costumes for everybody. Just he will need a costume. (I will probably throw on an old one to take him Trick-or-Treating). The theme for his costume this year is free! So I have scavenged around looking for him a creative costume that just also happens to be free, and I have come up with FOUR possibilities. Please, dear Internet, make a decision for me.
1. A cave boy. I have the fabric to make him a little cave boy dress thing, already own a rubber squeaky cave man club, and this would be easy to add clothes to or take away layers to prepare for our capricious weather. Also? I already have a cavewoman dress from a past Halloween that I could wear to take him out. Cons: I must make his dress, he would be wearing a dress.
2. A cowboy. He has an old fringed leather vest that was his daddy’s from his old Halloween costume. He has jeans, a cowboy hat, a plaid shirt, and a hobby horse. I think I could borrow some boots from someone. Cons: It might be hot, I would end up carrying around the horse, he has a poor track record with wearing hats.
3. An engineer (train, not mechanical). He loves Thomas. He has an engineer’s hat, overalls, and a bandanna, and some plastic tools. Cons: If it was cold and he had to wear a coat and then took off his hat, no one would be able to tell what he was supposed to be. I am sick of Thomas.
4. A park ranger: My dad bought him a really, really cute outfit at a local state park. It is a khaki shirt that says park ranger on it, and has a patch from our state parks system on the arm. It also has olive pleated shorts with a ranger’s belt. I thought I could stick rubber snakes, frogs, and lizards in his pockets, or pin them to his shirt. I also think I could find him a pith helmet somewhere. One more pro: It would make my dad really happy to know he picked out The Son’s costume. Cons: If it is cold, then all I could do without covering up the costume is to put long johns on underneath it, I have not actually tried this on him yet, and it may be a little big still.
Okay, what do you think? For his first Halloween he was a monkey, and last year he was a spider if that makes a difference to you for some reason.
What should The Son be for Halloween?
- A Park Ranger (76%, 26 Votes)
- A Caveboy (12%, 4 Votes)
- A Train Engineer (9%, 3 Votes)
- A Cowboy (3%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
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Good writing. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed my Google News Reader..
Matt Hanson
Re Costume: All your costumes are great, I can’t presume to make a suggestion.
Re Best Posts: This was really hard. I went through and narrowed it to 16, not 5. I then eliminated using the strategy of one each of: humorous, A day in the life of a SAHM, serious, marriage, and product recommendations. These are my picks:
Proper Alignment of Your Whine
Best In Show
All the Best Things
Dear Husband: Wooden Anniversary
Friday’s Read It or Rant: Incomplete
Other contenders:
It’s Not the Kitchen
LaLeche
Love With a Baby Wipe
The Library
Dear Son
Have You Ever Had Your Library Card Cut Up? Um, Me Either
No Regrets Tatoosday
Dear Husband: 3,680,640 Minutes Ago
A Matter of Faith
Just Who is Getting Trained Here
Lessons Learned
Parenting for Dummies
You are a good writer!
Hey You…I voted.
When I have more time to go back through your archival genius, I will let you know what my top 5 are. It may take a couple of days for me to find enough private time to peruse.
I too voted for the costume I thought would be cutest. I also had a little bit of time between patients to peruse your archives, and came up with 5 that I liked a lot. They are in no particular order:
Bridesmania
Best in Show
Do you mean that you do not sit on the couch and drool all day?
All the best things
It is not the kitchen
Okay, my patient is now here. Gotta run.
So, wait…how many times did you want me to vote for the park ranger costume. Since that is the only one I’ve actually seen, my judgment may be slightly clouded, but it is rather cute. He would be precious in any though, so whatever you decide is fine.
As for the Huckaween Party, I’m always game. However, if it has become a burden and is no longer enjoyable for you…the hostess with the mostess…then by all means, don’t feel obligated to host the party.
Quite frankly, I’d rather see a Huckmas party a couple of weeks before Christmas than the Huckaween bash.
And, tonight I will add my 5 faves to the list. I just really haven’t had much of a chance to read.
Of the four, I could only vote for one (bummer). So, my vote was more in opposition of one particular costume than it was in support of a specific one. Much like my voting pattern for political candidates (unfortunately).
Anyway, I like in the following order: train conductor (just b/c TheSon is sooooo into trains right now), park ranger (b/c it would be so easy since he has the uniform AND since I have a friend who can get him a ranger hat), and finally cowboy (because he loves horses and the country life) and then, finally the caveman (my own personal bias against the Geico commercials, I think, are in play on this one).
It won’t matter what you dress that little man up in, he will be absolutely adorable. So, go for whatever costume you like best. My camera’s memory stick will be empty, ready and waiting!