I've got my first couple of posts up and running at OC Family. My column is also out in the print issue. If you can't get your hands on an OC Family Magazine, here it is: "You're Soooo Orange County."
You can click over and read my "Post Halloween Ritual" on my blog there as well. If you're still grousing about a bad deal you got from a Nov 1st candy trade with an older sibling years ago, you'll be happy to know, you're not the only one. Go read...
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Um.. I would like all the Butterfingers, please. And--break a leg!!!
Posted by: Mental P Mama | November 02, 2009 at 11:13 AM
So happy for you. You deserve your spot there. You're very talented.
Posted by: Joe Sweden | November 02, 2009 at 05:11 PM
We've been doing much sorting here and I'm sneaking candy. They haven't figured out the part about counting their candy. Until then...I'll continue sneaking.
Posted by: fancy feet | November 02, 2009 at 06:10 PM
So, I was at Ruby's the other day, and I picked up an OC Family magazine, and I saw you! I felt like I knew a celebrity. Yes, I likened you to a celebrity, how you like them apples?
Posted by: Hippo Brigade | November 04, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Congrats, Suz. I'll have to surf on over.
It looks like quite a haul for Halloween. Has everyone finished bouncing off the walls?
Posted by: Paula | November 04, 2009 at 04:31 PM
You're doing a great job juggling everybody! Sure it was and is a lot to get your head around. You're the perfect gal for the gig.
Posted by: Debbie, Peace Love and Momminess | November 04, 2009 at 04:38 PM
this is so perfect! i'd forgotten those exact rituals in my own family. now that you reminded me, i remember my poor little brother always getting the short end of the pixie stick!
Posted by: lisa mertins | November 05, 2009 at 09:14 AM
Big congrats, Suz! You are a wonderful writer and you deserve to be read all over the place! Love this pic of the post-trick-or-treat booty, too! So much fun to see the kids sort through everything. My son was into trading with friends, too. Such negotiations over a Snickers bar!
Posted by: Kathy Sena - Parent Talk Today | November 05, 2009 at 11:24 AM