Halloween and Wrist and Dinner, Yum

This entry brought to you by the Halloween bracelets that J gave me. Thanks, babe! Today I'm wearing the one that says "Trick or Treat," and has the bats on the sides (see the other picture below). I love these things - they're so fun.

I've never been a person to get too into Halloween, really. I loved going trick or treating, of course, and getting a big bag of candy that I wouldn't even finish eating (I seem to remember running across a big bag of the stuff in a dresser drawer months after Halloween once when I was a kid - I must have hidden it from my Mom, because she never would have let it sit around that long), but I never decorated for it, and I haven't dressed up for it since the last time I went trick or treating when I was 11 or so. But now that J is in my life, my house is filled with skulls and scary jack-o-lanterns and ghosts, and there is even a Freddy Krueger image in the front window. And you know what? I like it. I love that he is someone who gets so into holidays. It's fun. (And I'll share some pictures with you before Halloween, or at least I'll try.)

So, it's been almost a week since my last update, I think, and I've watched a ton of TV since then. I'm watching all of the most interesting new shows, and so far the only one I won't watch again is Chuck. It was okay, but it didn't quite work right, in my opinion, so I'm not wasting time on it. I haven't watched all of the new stuff yet - I have Moonlight or whatever it was called on my DVR but haven't watched it yet, and I think there's something else on there that I haven't seen yet, too, but I can't remember what. The new stuff has been surprisingly good, though, I think. I loved Big Bang Theory, which I already wrote about, and I also really liked Reaper. And I wasn't even going to watch Bionic Woman, because it had already been done, but I'm glad I did, because it was nothing like the 70s version. I liked it a lot. I wasn't sure about Private Practice - it was pretty boring, but I'll give it another week or two to improve before I stop watching it. All in all, though, I'm loving having so much TV to watch, and I'm happy with almost all of it, so I consider the 2007 fall TV season to be a success.

I think I wrote in an earlier entry that I was thinking about making a baby blanket for my soon to be great-niece. Well, I got the yarn for it on Saturday, and started making it. I'm having fun crocheting again. I haven't done anything crafty in a long time, so it's fun. One thing I did forget about, though - I can't crochet for too long before my right wrist starts to hurt. I have a repetitive motion injury in that wrist (I've never had it diagnosed, so I don't know what it is for sure - I only know it started when I worked as a bank teller, and it hurts if I do anything with that hand for too long without having the wrist supported), and it doesn't like the crocheting motions much. So I crocheted for a little bit Saturday night and a little bit more on Sunday morning, and then had to take the rest of the day off from it. I'll do a little tonight, and will keep working on it every day, but I'm going to have to limit my time because of the wrist. Which is fine, but I only have two weeks until the baby shower, so I hope I have enough time to get it finished before then. I might actually try using a wrist brace to see if that helps with the pain. It can't hurt, right? Yeah, maybe I'll talk to my pharmacist before I buy one, to get their opinion.

And now I only have ten minutes until it's time to leave work, woo! J and I are going to my sister's house for dinner, which should be fun. I love seeing her every week, and I really love it when J can come with me, which he can't very often because of work. So it's a special night. My favorite sibling and my favorite man, all at the same time! :) Anyway, I better publish this and get ready to go. Bye!