"Well fuck that from now on i'm an artist, I carve pumpkins chop chewy" -- Pumpkin Carver, Insane Clown Posse

still humming...Pumpkin carvers that be the hobby...Sotown, motown collectin' bodies..

What an odd song...anywho...the annual Pumpkin Carving Party is this thursday...wooo-hooo! I love carving pumpkins. Last year we had about 15 carved pumpkins after the party, I'll have to find the pictures. We put tea lights in all of them and lined them up on the driveway and it looked so cool. I still have to get to the grocery store and get the food, drinks and whatnot. I so love party planning. :)

The Witches Ball this weekend was a lot of fun. I ran into so many people that I only see once or twice a year. As usual we worked the ball, which is a ton of fun because we work the front door and get to see everyone as they come in the door and then once everything is in swing we can go socialize. I need to get the pictures off the digital camera to share.

Talked with my mom yesterday, she's really worn out and really wants me to come to Florida for Christmas. I can't find plane tickets under $500, so a grand for plane tickets and roughly $400 to kennel the dogs, I have NO idea how to swing this. She already told us "..don't worry about the cost..." I hate having to have them pick up the bill, but we're WAY over budget for the year on travel expenses. (To date this year we have paid the kennel $1042.00 -- I wonder what I could offer them in trade?)

Dirk is has been at the shop all day today. When I talked with him earlier he has two walk-ins for some touch up work, so the day wasn't a total bust.

Just got a phone call from some dumbass who's female boxer is fighting with their male -- they want to give her up. Oh, and by the way they think she is pregnant. Great! We have dogs who we can't find homes for and now I have to find someone who doesn't have any other pets, who is trustworthy and able to foster this boxer until she has her puppies -- and then we have to find qualified homes for the puppies.

Where the fuck are the brains of these people??? We are *overflowing* with dogs, yet every day in the paper some other moron is offering their boxer puppies for sale for $600 to anyone who calls....they don't care if the person is able to care for the dog, has a fenced in yard, has the time for an energetic boxer who NEEDS constant attention...they don't care that the buyer won't give the dog the proper obedience training or socialization because when they buyer has an unruly and stubborn 2 year old boxer who are they going to call? Not the backyard breeder who could give a shit, but Ho-Bo Care and we'll be expected to find a good, safe home for their out of control boxer.

Well, getting wanked off about this isn't going to change the situation. I better get on the phone and see if I can find someone to help us by taking this pregnant bitch in..sigh...it never ends...