They’re here…still
There are things in this house that don’t belong.
Nearly a week has passed and they continue to taunt me.
Every morning they greet me downstairs, sniggering. After each meal in the kitchen, they sit beside me, mocking me for thinking I was full and satiated.
These lousy neighborhood kids and their foolish manners, have they no clue?
Don’t they realize when someone holds out a bowl full of candy at the door, you should take more than just one? Help a pregnant lady for crying out loud. Just because I look like I swallowed a toddler whole doesn’t mean I will.
I mean really. The last thing I need is a stash of leftover candy in the house to carry my sugar high into Thanksgiving.
My pregnancy with Babisodes somehow managed to skip right over the holidays. Well, the fattening ones at least.
She was deprived of delicious pies, turkeys, and any gluttonous goodness the holidays have to offer.
This baby girl I’m pregnant with right now? I have hunch her first words may be, “Sni-ker” or “choc-lit.”
Perhaps all of this kicking and punching down there is just morse code for- Unwrap another! Either that or she has a sixth sense for sucrose and does a happy dance when high-caloric foods are nearby.
All I know is that I really hope I don’t have go on bed-rest again. I cannot afford to turn into veal while trapped in the supine position. Not with Thanksgiving and ChristmaHanuKwanzadan on the horizon.
Muscles will atrophy as cellulite takes over.
Anyone want some candy?
Please take more than one.
Maybe you should send one piece to each of your favorite readers??
Rachel @ Grasping for Objectivity in my Subjective Life´s last blog ..The Holiday Shopping (Un)Guide.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I have learned to buy stuff I don’t like that way I will only eat a little of it. Yup…I will eat candy I don’t like. Hangs head.
Christine´s last blog ..New Blogging Buddy
November 5th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
LOL. I’ll gladly take a few pieces…but I think you’d enoy them more
Oh, and I don’t let the kids take, I put it in their buckets – by th ehandful
Sarah´s last blog ..What was I so worried about?
November 5th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
you could clearly just mail all that to me. i won’t complain b/c i’m a helpful person. lol @ choc-lit! that will be absolute HILARITY!!! for the record you seem like you eat toddlers regularly anyway. lol.
Jameil´s last blog ..Fooooooooooooood
November 5th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
No dental floss or apples? I think I know where -I’m- going trick-or-treating next year!
Tracy´s last blog ..On Blueberry Hill
November 5th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Oh I know! We have three pumpkins full of candy here. UGH!!!!
Kat´s last blog ..Dad-
November 5th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
The amount of candy my children brought home this Halloween is obscene. They collected a huge (yes, huge) diaper box full. Meanwhile, while I was pregnant with Monkey Girl I craved chocolate morning, noon and night. I gave in to a few of those cravings (okay, maybe more than just a few…) To this day, she gets very excited when she gets a small piece of chocolate. Just thought I’d share that tidbit.
Joyce-Anne´s last blog ..A Meme
November 5th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Oh man you have the best candy ever. As I was watching my nephew today I was eating their leftover snickers like it was my job. And lemonheads and junior mints? I’d gladly come watch babisodes and eat yours for you too
It’s a two for one deal 
Mbonn´s last blog ..A Little Help please?
November 5th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I am right there with you. Currently battling the urge to have a mini Butterfinger. Deep down inside, I know it counts even though it’s mini sized:P
November 5th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
LOL! I love the morse code: unwrap another one!
)
I only WISH we had left over chocolate, all I bought this year were lolipops, which are still yummy but not as high priority as chocolate.
My son trick or treated at a friend’s neighborhood (he never does it anywhere since I’m paranoid) and only hit a few houses so I don’t even have THAT going for me!
Enjoy it and then get to work in between holiday binges by hitting the treadmill, or something…
November 6th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Seriously? That was my exact post today! Well, close to it any way. The only difference is I am wanting the chocolate. And not just any chocolate, the Snickers kind of chocolate. I wish I could just take them for you because nothing else is hitting the spot right now, and I just ran out today. Good luck with that!
Amy´s last blog ..I am an Elephant
November 6th, 2009 at 12:13 am
You’re pregnant, so I say LIVE IT UP!!
And haven’t you heard? Cellulite is the new s-e-x-y!
It’s true. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it……
Pajama Mama´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday
November 6th, 2009 at 12:22 am
It’s not you…it’s the baby! The unborn can be such devious people…
Muthering Heights´s last blog ..Picture Day – Eleventh Grade
November 6th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Ha – so funny – love that you got a photo of the side of the snickers bar that says “hungry?”
Elle´s last blog ..Harvest 2009
November 6th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Love those chocolates! They are very, very, very hard to resist!
ceemee´s last blog ..They’re here!
November 6th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Thanks for those sweets! Love ‘em =)
louann´s last blog ..On Work
November 6th, 2009 at 5:06 am
I would enjoy it while you’re pregnant
worry about the weight afterwards.
Jeanette Verster´s last blog ..Snakes and Dragons
November 6th, 2009 at 7:11 am
This is one good thing about the kids being too old to trick or treat anymore…
Puna´s last blog ..Cat Pose
November 6th, 2009 at 8:29 am
You can sent some my way!
My husband insisted on buying popcorn balls to give out on Halloween because he knew we wouldn’t eat them. I totally missed out on any good Halloween candy this year!
Jeanne´s last blog ..Trans-who?
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am
*steals the mints*
We’ve still got leftovers too… I’m trying hard not to succumb to them by having a cigarette when i have the urge to stuff my face. Not recommended, but i have lost 18lb since the summer by doing that ><
Zack was the christmas/easter *noms too much all the time* baby, and was only 1lb heavier than Max who missed most of that.
Marylin´s last blog ..In today’s news…
November 6th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Mmm…junior mints! You have the good stuff.
Asianmommy´s last blog ..Elodie & Naomi Paper Dolls
November 6th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Enjoy it while you can! Next year at this time you’ll either be trying to loose that last bit of baby weight or trying not to put all that you lost back on! Live it up now, sister.
Emily´s last blog ..PSF and talk talk talk
November 6th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Sni-ker! Choc-lit!
I have to learn to not read your blog while at the office . . . people look at me funny when I burst out laughing!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I’ll take those Junior Mints. Mmmm….they’re so refreshingly delicious and we didn’t get any this year. Silly fartknockers for neighbors.
Hockeyman´s last blog ..Vote For Me!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
LOL! I lucked out and let my husband hand out candy. He gave out HANDFULS to each kid, so we have none left over. None. I only got one small snickers this Halloween!
Jac @ Wuzzlemakesthree´s last blog ..Let the countdown begin…
November 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I was just thinking the same thing…if it would just go away I could quit craving it!! But I can’t seem to make myself THROW it away…why is that?
Cecily R´s last blog ..Photo Story Friday and The Bright Spot
November 6th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Oh. That is HARD. Can you send them in with Babisodes as treats for the staff at her school? Kinda mean but kinda nice, if you know what I mean.
Jen of a2eatwrite´s last blog ..Slow Food Huron Valley’s Local Harvest Cook-Off
November 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
My butt and my muffintop might not benefit, but since I didn’t really do the whole candy thing this Halloween (instead, I did Disneyland!), I feel like I missed out. Which is why, in addition to taking as much of that candy as you want to give me, I will also continue to raid my coworkers’ candy stashes on a daily basis until it’s all gone.
Please don’t tell my husband. He likes me skinny.
Oh, and on the topic of pregnancy…if I’ve been feeling little waves of nausea and my last period was ten days of realllllly light spotting and virtually NO cramps, does that mean anything to you? Am I? I mean…pregnant? Eek!
Tabitha´s last blog ..5: Five Top Five Lists for the Fifth (say that five times fast).
November 6th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
They are still here at my house too.
Secret Mom Thoughts´s last blog ..Skywatch Friday
November 6th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
This is what I love about the “Turn off the Lights and Pretend you Aren’t Home” method of dealing with Halloween.
The Mother´s last blog ..Algebra, Alchemy and Albucasis
November 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Yeah, Halloween is making losing pregnancy weight a little tougher. Thanksgiving and Christmas ain’t gonna help the situation.
Carrie´s last blog ..Major accomplishment
November 6th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
We only got two trick or treaters, so we have/had a TON of leftover candy. We’ve worked our way through all of the chocolate, though, and now all we have left are skittles and lollipops. Not to worry, I’ll eat those, too. To great detriment of my thighs. Sigh.
Cara´s last blog ..Friday Fancies
November 6th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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November 6th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
My husband used to say that my baby was going to be born eating a donut. I love junk food!
Cookie´s last blog ..Seattle Rain
November 7th, 2009 at 12:38 am
I had considered slowing the pace on my fun-size Snicker marathon but then realized, the only way out is through.
Lisa Rae @ smacksy´s last blog ..My Son the Doctor
November 7th, 2009 at 12:54 am
send them all to me! American candy is waaaaay different to the stuff we have here in Oz!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:11 am
No candy in our household, but…. I can smell it…. !
November 7th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Sorry can’t help you. I’m weaning myself from halloween now. I ate candy like the end of the world was approaching. Turns out it was just the end of that size pants I was wearing.
sheila´s last blog ..Watching her drive away.
November 7th, 2009 at 11:06 am
The biggest advantage to not having a neighborhood filled with little kids is that we don’t have any trick-or-treaters and no need to buy Snack Candy. (Doesn’t always work that way, but this year I was good.) I did however lick the monitor when I saw all that chocolate.
Tara R.´s last blog ..You will thank me, really…
November 7th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Any Butterfingers buried beneath that luscious mound? I’ll take those–please!
Jannie Funster´s last blog ..Mystery Blogger “Over The Top” Meme
November 7th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
We didn’t even buy any this year. No point since we never get trick or treaters.
CC´s last blog ..RAWR!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Oh man, my candy bowl will surely hang around until New Years. At least yours has good stuff. Mine is full of Tootsie Rolls and even though they suck I still eat one just to be sure I don’t like them. What a waste of calories.
Melissa´s last blog ..Conversations with Jesse
November 8th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I’m dying to get rid of the candy too. Wish I could help.
Maria @ Conversations with Moms´s last blog ..The Hole in the Sky Book Giveaway
November 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Sorry, none of those are my faves. I can resist them. Make Dadisodes eat them & gain sympathy weight.
dysfunctional mom´s last blog ..Weekend WrapUp
November 9th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I was not home for Halloween. Unfortunately my daughter got rid of all the malt balls first thing ’cause she doesn’t like them. I was looking forward to having a few left over. Send me anything chocolate – it’s that kind of day. ;D
Eve´s last blog ..Blog of Thanks
November 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I had all the good stuff removed from the kiddo’s pumpkin basket and consumed by November 2nd. Thank God so many people in our hood gave out crappy stuff this yesr (by crappy I mean not chocolate and caramel filled) or I would be as big as a house!
Karin aka Perpstu´s last blog ..I Will Own Chris Baty!
November 9th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Send them to me, seriously, cause I have neighbors that are STILL wanting candy, and I am NOT kidding, remember how I told you at BlogHer what a big deal Halloween in our neighborhood was!
Heather´s last blog ..Weekly Winners: Halloween Edition
November 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I know just what you mean! We gave away a bowl of candy and ended up with one even more full! Sheesh!
November 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I have to agree with your other commenters here, my friend. Live it up. Pregnancy is the one time where you can do and eat as you please. It is the aftermath, that horrible period of weight loss, when you should worry about the candy lingering in your cupboards.
Francesca´s last blog ..Securing My Place in the Motherhood Hall of Fame
November 9th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I know what you mean. I still have a big bowl left. I’ve pretty much eaten up all the good ones, so at least now I’m not digging into it every 10 minutes.
Mama in Suburbia´s last blog ..The Great Divide
November 10th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Wow, I can’t believe you have candy left! Ours is all gone and my kids were stealing what my parents were handing out on Halloween.
killlashandra´s last blog ..Goat Castration
November 10th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
preggy moms can eat whatever they wanna eat!
wen´s last blog ..Kids Concert 2009
November 10th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Oh … if I could I would.
Jenners´s last blog ..Always…Sometimes…Never
November 11th, 2009 at 10:37 pm