highlights at the 2chiusong household on halloween (btw, not many kids came by, just like last year. sad. and i have learned to not hold out the basket for kids to grab candy because some of them grab as much as their little fists can hold).

before dinner:
alinna: who's eating the cornbread muffins? who ate one before dinner??
mary (mouth full of the muffins, in a very muffled, innocent tone): not me!

during speed scrabble:
olivia (looking at my crossword and whispering to jenie): what's B-U-Y?
jenie (misunderstanding olivia, thinking she said B-U-I): i dunno
olivia (now to everyone out loud, but to me in particular): what's B-U-Y?
me (and everyone else in disbelief): ummm BUY!

during taboo:
me: (word: rodeo) these take place in texas...
jeremy: executions!

jenie: (word: blackmail) ____ & white
ev: black!
jenie: right. and the thing that was broken outside our house that we had to fix
forgot who: mailbox!
jenie: right... put the two words together!
ev: black & white mailbox!

me: (word: taxes) the month after march
jer: february! (everyone starts laughing)
jer: oops... april!
me: yes, and on the fifteenth, these are due.
sharon: valentines day!

alinna: (word: girl scouts) small women!
(lots of confused shouting from me, jer, and sharon)
alinna: ahh! in green! small women in green!
(more confused shouting)
alinna: small women in green! outside stores!
(everyone completely confused now, including the other team)
ev (who's not even on our team): small green women's club!
alinna: THIN MINTS!

me: (word: squeegee) oh! oh! irving! (looks at my team of jer & sharon) D'OH!
olivia: i'm guessing too!
me: (forgetting that olivia was guessing on both teams) oh yeah! irving! shower!
olivia: SQUEEGEE!

thanks to everyone for a household of food and fun! :)

ps. as i thought, not much from the second opinion. doctor says its scar tissue and to give it a couple more months to see if it will improve. he also said my insurance was ridiculous for not extending pt coverage for me. i agree! :)