tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449131.post116233790772152365..comments2023-10-31T14:11:26.735+00:00Comments on Square One: Ghoulies and ghaisties and lang-leggedy beastiesKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530845147391401083noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449131.post-1162595940074699112006-11-03T23:19:00.000+00:002006-11-03T23:19:00.000+00:00At last, dear daughter! Welcome back to blogland!At last, dear daughter! Welcome back to blogland!Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449131.post-1162423856734722542006-11-01T23:30:00.000+00:002006-11-01T23:30:00.000+00:00RG - yes, the kids still did a turn. Mostly the sa...RG - yes, the kids still did a turn. Mostly the same (rather PC and untraditional) song, which leads us to suspect that the local primary school has been teaching it to them.<BR/><BR/>Our best guising year was (ahem) 13 years ago, when my sister and her friend decreed that the neighbourhood kids would be the Addams Family. My sister was Cousin Itt - all she needed for her costume was a hat and glasses, as she had hip-length hair of the appropriate colour... I was Morticia. I'm not very dark, but then our Wednesday Addams was blonde!<BR/><BR/>Jeni - yes, he's not all that scary, is he? As for the running group - all the women are very nice and friendly, and we ALL huff and puff to a certain extent (I know I tend to grunt like a tennis-player when I'm going up hills. But it gets me there). The jog leaders make anyone who gets too far ahead jog back to join the group, so it's not like a race.<BR/><BR/>It might be slightly different if it was a mixed-sex group - I hear some of the guys in the advanced group are a bit more competitive with each other, but then, since they're at a more advanced stage they've probably learned to deal with it. It's pure chance that our group is women-only, but there are way more women in the group as a whole.<BR/><BR/>I've felt pretty self-conscious on the few occasions I've run with J, not because I'm worried he'll think I'm unathletic, but because I feel like I'm holding him back. He's 6'2 with long legs and I'm 5'5 with short ones, so I will never be as fast as him no matter what. That's OK. Keeping up at walking pace is enough for me!Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530845147391401083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449131.post-1162412651560428672006-11-01T20:24:00.000+00:002006-11-01T20:24:00.000+00:00Do the kids at least do a turn still? Rather than ...Do the kids at least do a turn still? Rather than just show up and demand sweets for their cuteness? I always sang a song, or recited something, my favourite year was when a friend and I were the wierd sisters from MacBeth, we were "punk" witches (it was the 80s...) and made props to go with each ingredient . Eye of Newt was a golf ball painted to look like a bloodshot eye. Evidently from a very large newt. <BR/><BR/>An american friend recently send me an "article" on how trick or treating comes from the penny-for-the-guy tradition, which children did on halloween. I had to tell him it was complete nonsense, and that they're two completely seperate traditions. Fortunately, he's a history student, so he was happy to know the real story.Rosemary Riveterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114557203546642161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449131.post-1162345343739889612006-11-01T01:42:00.000+00:002006-11-01T01:42:00.000+00:00Hee! I still like you, too! I'm glad you're stil...Hee! I still like you, too! I'm glad you're still around and posting sometimes. :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847033988465914081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449131.post-1162343136111938732006-11-01T01:05:00.000+00:002006-11-01T01:05:00.000+00:00Hi K! Good to hear from you. And thanks so much f...Hi K! Good to hear from you. And thanks so much for the comments on my site. You are very sweet.<BR/><BR/>That's great about the running group - I thank joining a group like that must be a good motivator. Have you met any friends doing it or anything like that, or do you keep to yourself? I know a lot of the girls I know run, but I'm always afraid to do it with them for fear of huffing and puffing and not being able to keep up. But having a group with people at a similar level sounds perfect. Anyway, keep it!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I think your pumpkin is quite nice!Future Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159116814887852763noreply@blogger.com