I just wanted to say AHHHHH NOOOO!!! on all that ibuprofen. I, too, used to praise the magical healing powers of the little brown tablets… until I had a nasty migraine that lasted for about a week. I went to my doc, and she asked me what I’d been taking for it. “Like 4 ibuprofen twice a day or so,” thinking that prescription ibu was, what, 1000mg and the otc stuff was 200, so what’s the diff? And she about knocked my head off my shoulders screaming at me to stop with the ibu IMMEDIATELY and switch to excedrin or something, because a) that’s a great way to mess up your stomach and liver and b) ibu has this nice little habit of making your pain rebound, after it initially makes it go away. So I was dragging out the pain myself. niiiiiice.

So now, I am an excedrin convert. It works sooooo much better for me (although there’s no difference between the migraine/back & body/whatever versions). For the *really* bad stuff I still take 3 or 4, but since it’s got caffeine in it, I cheat on it with ibu at night. Shh, don’t tell.

Just thought I’d share

If I hadn’t stashed the candy on a shelf high in the closet, H would’ve made a dent in it (I have my own, high-quality stash, which doesn’t stop me from raiding my kids’ treat bags).

For trick-or-treating, we’re throwing our daughter a halloween party with all her friends in an hour. Ever since she and my hubby bought me a gorgeous diamond necklace from http://www.idownowidont.com for my birthday recently, I decided my kid should have a halloween bash!

We’re all dressed up as the simpsons! Oh and theres play-doh pumpkin she made that’s outside our door.

I’m insanely jealous of your neighborhood. It sounds like so much fun! We live way out in the sticks and never are home for anyone to ToT anyway.

NikkiZ seems to be all into the Play-doh. I let my oldest have it, but she has to be in another room from me. I can not STAND the smell of it. Gag! I made a homemade kind and that I could tolerate but if a can of it is near me, it’s all over from there.