I'm the death metal soccer coach, so how appropriate.....

that soccer season ends, and death metal begins. Knowing that the season is over, I put an ad in Craigslist for a drummer, and I finally found one. It's been years since I've been searching for one, and I got a message last week from a guy who plays death metal. We jammed today. We both have similar interests musically, and I think we have common musical goals so it sounds like I finally have the foundation for the band I've wanted to put together for a long time.

Jack-O-Lantern 2009

Yesterday was a totally crazy day. I got up early because I had to meet the Age Group Coordinator for AYSO U10 Boys at 7:30 a.m. to pick up sportsmanship badges. Had to set up the goals early, then we had our boys game at 10:00, which we won. My brother met us and got to watch the kids play. Had our potluck after and presented the kids with trophies, and had to run away to the girls game at 12:00. We won that one too, and had the second potluck, where I presented trophies to the girls. Ran home, took a shower, and had only an hour to come up with a concept and carve my pumpkin.

Since we just came back from Disneyland, I wanted to go with a Disney theme. After a couple of failed design attempts, I decided to do an easy Mickey sihouette, since I had about 20 minutes to do the carving. It's not as intricate as past years, but I'm happy with the design - sometimes simple is best! If I had more time I might have done the signature buttons on his shorts.

Went to our friends' house for dinner and the kids all went trick or treating together. We didn't get home til 9:30, so the kids didn't have time to sort through and eat candy!

What a crazy day.