It's finally over!

 

  Anyone who knows me well knows that I hate Halloween. I think it's a ridiculous waste of a holiday, a time when childhood obesity, diabetes, cavities, and greed is encouraged. And not to mention the freaks out there who use that day to perform satanic rituals and torture cats. But aside all that, nothing good has ever happened to me on Halloween, usually it's just the opposite and this year was no exception.

  Friday was the ward Trunk or Treat. We had been gone all day and Russ felt bad about having left Annie home all alone so he suggested bring her along. I agreed as long as we tied her up, since she does like to run. We kept her tied to the trunk latch and everything went fine until we were getting ready to leave. We unhooked her leash and put her in the car but when the kids got in, a back door was left open. Just as Russ went to shut it, our stupid dog jumped out, took off across the parking lot and attacked our neighbors dog. Russ took off after her but it was too late, he grabbed her and apologized but it didn't seem like there was much we could do, so we left. Upon returning home we were frantically trying to figure out who these people were so I could call and make sure everything was OK, but Russ didn't recognize them and I had been in the car with a screaming baby so I didn't know either but sure enough, about 20 minutes later the doorbell rang. The dog couldn't walk and they wanted to take it to the doggy instacare, which by the way, I didn't know existed until then, and I also learned that night that it's expensive, but if you read my last post you'll know that I value my neighbors, and money is not worth negative feelings among neighbors, so to make a long story shorter, the dog is fine and we're $200.00 poorer. Annie on the other hand, is not fine, she almost got taken to the slaughter house but Russ insisted on giving her another chance. We will be purchasing a shock collar when we actually have money again and hopefully it will shock some sense into that stupid animal, but until then, she is on house arrest.
  Well, to end on a positive note, my kids looked pretty dang cute in their costumes, Taevin was Scoobey Doo (with his face painted like spiderman), Ryler was a goldfish, and Kalei wore black jammies with a pumpkin on the front and a little tutu, pumpkin ballerina maybe? And let's not forget Russ' infamous mullet wig, gotta love that cute family of mine!