Election Day Approaches

We're getting ready for Election Day 2008 at work, and it should be interesting. We've written several stories about all sorts of election-related stories, including individual races, trends and voting registration issues. We'll keep up our coverage through and past Election Day. Check out our site throughout the day and evening Tuesday (and every day, really) for the latest news.

I've included a picture of DJ's first Halloween costume. This year he went as a monkey. Well, we didn't do any trick-or-treating, and we were all under the weather for the family Halloween party. I did dress him up for his cousins' Halloween parade, though. It was surprising that he didn't mind being in the costume or wearing the hat. He isn't always a huge fan of hats.

Today is a strange milestone: I’m spending an entire day at home all alone. My work schedule has changed (at my request) so I work on Sundays, and Tim took DJ to Pennsylvania for our niece’s Baptism. The house is strangely quiet, but I’m looking forward to taking a nap later.

It never ceases to amaze me how fast time passes. We’re nearly at Halloween, and I’m still trying to figure out what happened to September.

For DJ’s first Halloween, we thought about having a family costume. I probably should have used our feature on finding Halloween costumes on the Web to get what we needed, but after visiting several stores, I gave up and bought DJ a monkey costume. Our Monty Python and the Holy Grail-themed costumes will have to wait another year.

Speaking of Halloween, findingDulcinea has created a whole site devoted to the holiday. Read about planning a party, finding the right candy, and learn about spooky sites in Boston, Chicago and New York.