The. Party. Was. Awesome.

OMG so it was so awesome that so many people came and we had good times and played wii and ate too much cheese and sweets and booze!

i don't have pix of costumes and fun times (sorry, i was too busy having fun times) but i do have pix of the spider cakes and such.

awesomest point of the night: quietly cuddle partying in the bedroom.

i loved when, as i was standing outside, i saw mrs. pinchloaf standing by the piñata, gently hitting it and looking out, as an expectant cat bats at the toy on a string, waiting for you to pick up the stick and make it move. piñata time was fantastic, even if i did not respect the laws of physics when choosing my piñata stuffers. broken gumballs and candy corn went a-flyin', but even mashed lindt truffles are yummy :)

sadly, i realized that the smaller magnets had lost their magneticity (damn cheap craft magnets) the next day, so if you are disappointed with your magnet and would like a working one, let me know and i'll fix it up real good-like. the magnets with the thicker backs should be fine, tho.

thank you everyone for coming. and bringing cheese. and giving me a great party for halloween. i haven't thrown a party for nearly five years because the last one was so lame, so this was a nice comeback.

ya'll rock.

spotted!

definite IDs:

Black-capped Chickadee
Downy Woodpecker
House Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Finch
House Wren

maybes:

American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-headed Woodpecker

work out

i tell the people at the office i'm going to exercise. i put on jogging clothes and take my iPod. but i really go down to the snack machine for honey buns and twinkies and eat them quietly in the unlocked downstairs supply closet.

almost there

so, i spent another $400 or so on house stuff... and i'm *almost* done. it's amazing when you're kind of starting over how much stuff there is to get. and how much stuff you want to get :)

so, a little more organization and the place will start looking like an actual home, with a living room and bedroom and non-paper plates and everything. it's pretty exciting. i hope by the time the halloween party rolls around it really is in better order -- that's the plan, anyway.

the birds are totally digging the balcony. of course, i put out the primo seed -- sunflower. a wren has been spotted, but the most exciting bird moment of this weekend was the titmouse. or, rather, the titmouses, uh, titmice? titmeeces. there was a pair. they are adorable. i was watching through the window when one flew to the window ledge, 8 inches from my face, and gave me a look like he was sizing me up. then he took off with an attitude of "you're not worth it." it was great. but the house sparrows are getting so comfortable i'm afraid to leave the door open, thinking maybe one of them will decide to explore inside and i'll end up with another fiasco à la the wrens of springfield.

with the new coffee table and it's non-glass top, i decided i needed some coasters. and being the crafty girl i am, i decided my sunday project was to make the coasters. the a.c. moore didn't have exactly what i went for, so i improvised with a couple picture frames (glass to be cut to coaster size) and floral flat-backed marbles. i'm less than ecstatic with the results, but it was less than $10 so lesson learned. and they'll work until i make the coasters i really want.

the magnets of last week, however, are pretty awesome. i bought some more supplies to make more of 'em.

Spotted

a tufted titmouse. hee hee. i said 'tit.'

finally saw the dang cardinals i can always hear but never spot.

also, possible wren action.

The Joys of Homeownershipness

1. paying twice my rent for the privilege of fixing everything that goes wrong. like the plumbing.

2. seeing a Downy Woodpecker outside my balcony. OK, you can see 'em renting, too, but it's different. it's like i own the woodpecker :)

3. having a party at my new house. a nice, small, quiet party with really cool peoples.

4. painting the walls whatever colour i damn well please.

5. installing stuff in the walls requiring screws and whatever.

6. not having to wonder if, in a year or two, all this furniture will work in my new place.