Trick or Treating

What a good time we had tonight! We trick-or-treated down our street, then went to see Phil and Cathy (thanks for the Butterfingers!), Barb, Matt, and Shelby, then on to Laurie and Dean's, and lastly to Pattie's. My co-worker loves to bake and gave us some cupcakes, then we went through the 2 rows of evergreen trees that were all decorated for the kids- Adam just wanted to poke at everything and say, "Is that real?" (there were spiders and skulls hanging from some of the trees). Tommy ate so much candy tonight he just ran in circles as fast as he could laughing. I think he finally passed out somewhere.

Happy Halloween!

The kids are excited about tonight. Casey was able to trade shifts with someone who doesn't have kids. We are going to trick-or-treat down our street, then hop in the van and go visit a couple people: aunt Laurie and uncle Dean, Barbie S., and Pattie (a co-worker of mine). Pattie said her husband made a little "haunted" area between a couple rows of trees that they have. But not too scary. I don't do scary.

Why?

I have been a dental hygienist for 8 years. I seldom see patients that chew tobacco, but I had one yesterday. Since it's my duty as a health care provider to inform the patient of the ill effects of this nasty stuff, I did just that. And he told me, "I LOVE to chew. I've only been chewing about 2 1/2 years, and I have no intentions of quitting" He was serious! Another discussion we had was about fluoride. He has read lots of literature on how dangerous it is. Is he SERIOUS?!?!?! He chews tobacco and smokes!! And he's worried about fluoride in his toothpaste! Wonders never cease. So that's my tirade for today. Here is some more info that I'm sure all of you are familiar with, but it's interesting to me nonetheless.


What's in Smokeless Tobacco?

Processed tobacco contains at least 3,000 chemical compounds including a lot of stuff you don't want in your body. Nicotine, an addictive drug, is what gets you hooked on any form of tobacco. Holding one pinch of spit tobacco in your mouth for 30 minutes delivers as much nicotine as 3-4 cigarettes.
There have been at least 28 cancer-causing chemicals identified in spit tobacco including:

Nitrosamines -- These are the most powerful cancer-causing agents in spit tobacco. While only 5 ppb (parts per billion) of nitrosamines are allowed in consumer products such as beer or bacon, spit tobacco contains from 20 to 43,000 times more nitrosamines!
Polonium 210 -- radioactive particles that turn into radon
Formaldehyde -- embalming fluid
Cadmium -- a metallic element; its salts are poisonous
Arsenic -- a metallic element which forms poisonous compounds
From the National Cancer Institute.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM!!!

This slightly resembled when Pam and I met. I wanted to post the video when Napoleon and Pedro were riding the bike together, but I didn't find it. Pam, I hope you have a wonderful day, it was so good to see you yesterday, you look so beautiful. Happy birthday dear friend.

Sarah's Baby Shower

This morning we had a shower for Sarah (Casey and Laurie's youngest sister). She is due around Christmas time and we are all so excited! Laurie and I went up north yesterday to decorate and bake our little hearts out. Maude was up until the wee hours still baking cinnamon rolls. Everything was so yummy, and there were 4 different egg bakes. Delicious. I think I am going upstairs to have a muffin right now. That's the bounus for baking it, we get to bring home the extras. :)

Nothing New Here

Casey doesn't enjoy reading out loud like I do. But when they crawl right into your lap it's hard to deny them their story.


Abby's little red nose didn't seem so runny today. It's taking forever to go away.


Abby hates to miss a thing. Adam and Rachel have discovered the mixing of colors, they were very tonight creating a new palate of colors.

I've been tagged!

#1. rules of the game must be posted at the beginning.

#2. each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.

#3. at the end of the post, the player then tags six people and posts their names, then go to their blogs and leave them a comment letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.


6 Things Everyone Must Know About Me

1- I used to want to be an Indian. You know, like Sacajawea. (sp)

2- I detest dirty fingernails.

3- I swore when I was giving birth to Rachel.

4- My great-grandma played the French horn, too! I didn't know that when I decided I wanted to play horn.

5- If I crunch down on a piece of onion I have to use all my control to not gag.

6- I flunked out of hygiene school half way through clinicals. I then went to the school counselor because I was feeling "lost". She was a Christian and so wonderful to talk to, she pretty much convinced me to not give up. I still think she was an angel. I love my job, so glad I stuck it out and continued on!

Jenny tagged many of my faithful blogging friends. I'll tag 4 people: Amanda, Laurie, Chris, and Phil.