Guy Fawkes Party

We know these people who always have a Guy Fawkes Party. I wanted to share the reason why we crash it every year (we have never technically been invited). The host is from England, so he celebrates this holiday. Mostly it is a great excuse for him to show off to the kids, blow things up, and mingle with his neighbors and friends. I love it because I get to see people that I haven't seen in ages, drink IBC root beer, see fireworks, and make s'mores.

Guy Fawkes is a man who was part of a plot to blow up parliament in 1604. He was suppose to be hung, drawn, and quartered, but he jumped off of the scaffold before they could cut him down to be quartered. Ever since this happened people in England get together and celebrate the fact that parliament wasn't blown up and burn effigies of Guy Fawkes in large bond fires.

True party style we have a Guy Fawkes Effigy that the kids beat down for candy while the older kids wait to grab him to quarter him and throw him into the fire. After that, fireworks are lit with sparklers for the kids. Once the house has almost caught fire a few times then the s'mores come out for everyone to enjoy.

Halloween

Halloween this year was rather exciting at the Gedge household. We actually got invited to a Halloween party. This was a rare instant (since we just hide in our house on Halloween). It was a great party because we were able to carve pumpkins, eat caramel apples and play a quiz game. We also went to our ward Halloween party in the afternoon. Screaming sugared up children really make the holidays great.

PS I just realized I haven't written in over a month, but there was much trauma with getting new front teeth (I crowned my old ones), that Blogging has been low on my list of things to do.

Conventions and Festivals

This Saturday was the first time I got to see the Dragon Con parade. It is a parade that the people who go to Dragon Con dress up as their favorite characters. they make their own costumes. That is probably the best part because some of them are really clever or just funny. Daniel had already seen the parade before and I wanted to see it this year. It drew this huge crowd. All of the people I sat next to; it was their first year going too. I loved it!









There was the Princess Bride
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Trojan bunny,
Box Troopers
Chewy
and of course Doctor Who (which gets bigger every year)





After we hopped on the MARTA (Public transport of ATL)and went to the book festival which had only three booth that were selling books. I was sorely disappointed because I wanted to buy some books, but there weren't any that interested me.

Girls Trip

I have wanted to go to the Bonnie Hunt Show for a couple of months. Most people are asking who that is so here is a clip of who she is (everyone recognizes her and go "ohhh")
I mostly wanted to see how a TV show is made. I asked one of my friends to go with me, but she wanted to go to Ellen, so I called my mom up to go to LA with me. My mom told me about the garment district in LA that is suppose to be great. I was excited because I wanted to see if they had Mood from Project Runway there. I found the most incredible fabric there for a dress I am going to sew. We were there during the fires, so other than the city burning down. There was a great sunset.I got to rent my first car. I felt like a grown up! I didn't have to pay for extra insurance or anything! When my mom first saw the car she said, "Are we going to get shot in this car?" The rental girl laughed and said she hadn't heard anyone say that before. We decided to get a GPS unit. We named her Julie, and she had to "Recalculate" our path more times then was necessary. We kept giggling because we would go one way then Julie would shout "Recalculating!"
When we finally got to the Bonnie Hunt Show, we had to wait in a line. To keep us entertained a man was handing out DVDs. He dropped one out of the window and my mom was just looking around and the DVD hit her. The man came outside and let her have first pick of the DVDs. We went into the studio and the "audience master," Billy asked us where we were from and he seemed really excited that I was from Atlanta. My mom shouted that she was from Utah, and Billy said he was sorry. Anytime he asked for anything to be done he would say, "Don't point to the camera and wave...Utah." During one of the commercial breaks I got to come down and win a Starbucks gift card for knowing the most movie quotes. It was a great hour and a half we got to see Lisa Kudrow, Dylan McDermott, and the little boy who interviewed President Obama. It is a great talk show and next Tuesday the 8th I will be on her show(8 am in Atlanta 2pm in Utah).

After the show, we went to visit my flatmate from London. She took us to the Ivy (where a bunch of stars eat, we didn't see any). It was great to feel all rich in cool in Beverly Hills. It was great to catch up with her.

Ocupational Hazards

Being a flight attendant is the most glamorous job to be had. You get to visit, in my case, America in all of its glory for free. You don't have to pay for the hotels either! When the companies recruit you, they tell you about the benefits of flying for free, you only work for four days out of the week, and like the "Devil Wears Prada," "A million girls would die for your job."

I have had this job for almost four years and have had a pretty good time with it. I have only had one near death experience, two melt downs, and a few parties. Now what they didn't tell you when recruiting you is that passengers will grab your bum, it can be hotter than HELL in an airplane, you don't get paid the entire time you are at work( ie work a 16 hr day and you get paid for maybe 8), there are not lunch breaks, but it's okay we are unionized, people automatic know how to do you job better and come argue with you about it. But the best kept secret is the hotels. Many won't change the sheet, just remake the bed. I have to ripe my bed apart every day to make sure the next crew member gets fresh sheets. Now, after almost four years it is the first time for me to get bed bugs. I was staying at the Shreveport Holiday Inn, and I heard from one of my friends that this hotel had roaches. I was nervous to say here, but what choice did I have since I never had bug problems in the hotels I thought she was exaggerating. I woke up at 5 am and was putting on my makeup when I felt something painful on my foot. I looked and a little black bug was on my foot! I brushed it off and I went to go put my socks and shoes on. By the time I put my socks on three more bugs appeared and were eating me. I had the bites for three weeks at least.I have been avoiding Shreveport ever since!