Halloween letdown

I was disappointed in the number of trick-or-treaters we got this year (12). It was our neighbors' fault - about half had their lights all turned out, including both houses on the end of Vistadale. The natural course for trick-or-treaters was proceeding down Vistadale and looping down promising streets. Ours hardly qualified. Our house was itself extremely inviting - orange and purple twinkle lights, candle-filled pumpkin lanterns, lights ablaze. But alas, the hordes just didn't think our street was worth it. :(

The good news is it is now November, aka my birthday month. =D

Pene has developed an unfortunate new trick of getting into everything. So far the casualties include: my sewing kit, a kit-kat, a bag of cheetoes, a loaf of bread, some Christmas decorations, Matt's middle school football jersey, and some crackers. She doesn't actually eat much of anything, just plays with them. Mostly she does this when we're gone or separated from her (like when Matt leaves in the morning and I'm still asleep). We're combating this two ways: 1) putting things away or up higher, and 2) putting Pene outside when we're both gone. I hope she gets over this phase quickly.

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Video game poll results:

Video games:

Yes, often!	4 (36%)
Sometimes.	3 (27%)
I did when I was a kid...	3 (27%)
Nope.	1 (9%)