Is Halloween the devil's birthday?

I never would have imagined that some of the kids at my church would think that Halloween is the devil's birthday. They go to a church where the sermons taught are not topical in anyway, but verse by verse, chapter by chapter Bible studies. The reason they think this is because of screwed up beliefs that their parents have from their parents' screwed up upbringings.
Halloween is NOT the devil's birthday. Satan, also called the Devil, was a created being. He was not born, like we are. He was made by God as all other angels are made. There is no human time or day that we celebrate his creation, and thinking so is just...silly. Halloween was originally a Gaelic festival celebrating the end of summer. They believed that since that night was the end of summer and the beginning of winter, the spirit world and the physical world no longer had anything separating them from each other. They dressed up in frightening costumes so that they would look like a harmful spirit and therefore avoid harm.
This is a pagan belief, yes, but after being mixed with Catholicism, Christianity, and other various myths and legends, it's turned into nothing but a night for kids to dress up in costumes and get free candy, for teenagers to sit at home and scare themselves witless in front of horror movies, and for adults to have rather questionable Halloween parties. It's not the devil's birthday. That's just silly.

Being 17

Yesterday was my birthday. My Monsieur took me out for the day so I was much too busy to blog about it, but now I'm back at work and have not much to do. :)
He took me to an absolutely wonderful Mexican restaurant called Abuelo's and it was delicious. We ordered off the lunch menu, partly because we could and partly because it had the least expensive stuff on the menu. ^_^ My Monsieur got a pepper stuffed with cheese and topped with queso and these delicious beans on the side, and these cheese potato things. I got two tosdadas, one chicken the other beef. My Monsieur was a little unsure about my choice of restaurant, I could tell, but he enjoyed himself and his food was sooo good. It was better than what I ordered. :D
This is the gift he gave me:
I'm wearing it right now. ^_^
Thank you my sweet Monsieur, for such a wonderful birthday.

52 Degrees

The weather around here is being quite agreeable right now. I'm very pleased with it. I hope it keeps this up for my birthday.

Scrumptious isn't it? I think I love this. And of course, you can check out her other work here.

"Another hideous black nail polish."

Oh, I beg to differ. Black nail polish, in my book, is the essential nail polish. It goes with everything, it looks incredibly elegant when applied right, you can use it to paint those tiny details on that ugly barrette you want to re-do, and although modern pop-culture has tried and unfortunately succeeded in making black nail polish popular every other week or so, it's still a definite Goth staple. A Goth staple to the forehead. :)

And speaking of black nail polish, don't you just love this bottle?? I saw it last week, and I couldn't help myself. I bought it. Oh, Halloween, you suck the life from my bank account.

I'm going home soon.

I don't know when the Rapture will happen, or how soon or how far off it is from today. I just know that I'm going home very soon. It's never been this close. Ever.

Interesting article if you're into that kind of thing.

Do something good for someone today. You don't know how long you have left here.

1 Year Anniversary

Today is the 1 year anniversary of my blog. ^_^ And this is the 100th post. Yeah, I planned it. :)

I've had tons of fun with this thing. It's nice to think that although this blog started out with no direction, no plan, and not really being anything of importance, it still hasn't changed. Thanks for sticking with me.

Adorableness

These two are so cute. And do you see Tim's socks? Quite amazing.