Halloween at Work!

So, we had the annual mandatory Halloween costume party at “the developer” again. This year, the Public Affairs Dept was determined to win…sadly, we did not. However, we believe it’s because we have the smallest department, not because we didn’t have killer costumes. AND we should have gotten extra points for dressing up as a Chino icon. What were we, you ask?! The Prison City Derby Dames…the Chino women’s roller derby team! I was GLAMazon, Boss Lady was BreakHer Babe, and the Assistant was Aztec Queen. What do YOU think of our costumes???
The Derby Dames

The Assistant’s daughter is a makeup artist and taught her how to put on bruises and tattoos. Fierce, aren’t we?!
I even got a tatoo on my back!
My sister helped us out by putting our faces into pics and then I made posters and “tickets” which I placed all around the office! Everyone LOVED them and thought that they could have been real!
Boss Lady really loved this one!
Ya, I totally posed upside down for this one…ha!
Our Team!

Where was I?

My friend Kelly did this on her blog and I thought I’d follow along!

Fifteen Years Ago
In October of 1993, I was about to turn 17. I was a junior at EDHS, heavily involved in dance team, church, hanging out with friends, and thinking about college somewhere far far away! I drove a super cool red Nissan truck with no power steering and a hydrolic clutch…we’d take that truck into all sorts of adventures, and I can’t even count the amount of times friends and I would pile in, and jump the dip on Bastanchury and Rose to see if our heads would hit the roof!

Ten Years Ago
In the fall of 1998, I was already living in DC! I graduated early, was living in Arlington with Robin, working on Capitol Hill, and making all sorts of new friends. Angie was living in NYC, and we talked on the phone nearly every day thanks to the Federal Government. Ha! I was attending McLean Bible Church with Keirsten and finally found my groove! I was also a lot heavier, had terrible fashion sense and BLOND hair!

Five Years Ago
I was working at the Toll Roads in the job that I thought was absolutely perfect for me! I had been in my condo for a year, drove a super cute black convertible, and had made some amazing friends! I was a volunteer in Student Ministries at Mariners Church and went every Sunday with Krissy-pooh! I was still dateless, but much happier with myself – I had brown hair (finally!), contacts, wore makeup and color in my clothes, thanks to Jennifer. Ha! My brother and Shannon had just been married that summer, so we’d been in Santa Cruz and Hawaii before that! It was a really fun year!

That house was NOT my project!

As my friend Steve said there were 2 very noticable things about that house…the overwhelming smell of weed and a giant stack of porn in the bedroom. My dad laughed and said he thought the house was “futuristic” when it was built in the 50s and agreed with me that if we pushed on it real hard, the whole thing might fall down.

The process continues…