Dear Diary,

I love Fridays, I love Halloween…it would only be a little better if that dang Bay Bridge would re-open. The traffic was not as bad as Wednesday…but it was still crazy.

Mellie is here and we are having a blast. I took her to Tuttle Tattoo and she got her first tat. It came out great, Tanja is fantastic. Jeff is going to get his half sleeve from her. I am excited to see that.

We will be doing some Halloween recon. I need fangs, fake wounds, waitress trays and a ponytail for tomorrow…you know, the usual stuff.

Tomorrow morning, we are going to this great breakfast place and all of the staff is dressing up. You get to vote on your favorite:) I love it.

Talk to you tomorrow,

Dear Diary,

Wow, traffic was so nuts yesterday. Normally, it takes me about 30 minutes to get home, but I sat in my car for an hour and a half. It was awful. I am truly hoping they get that Bay Bridge back open before this afternoon’s commute.

I am so excited that Mellie comes today. She is staying through the weekend and I have fun Halloween stuff planned. It does sound like there are a million ‘Sookie Stackhouses’ out there. However, we are probably not going in to the city. So hopefully, that is where they will be.

I think we might carve pumpkins tonight…put on a scary movie, roast pumpkin seeds…eat candy. That is the best part.

Talk to you tomorrow,

Saturday is Halloween, and we were thinking that before you take the kids out trick-or-treating, you might want to feed them a delicious, Halloween-themed meal…

It’s called Meat Hands. And as gruesome as the name makes it sound, it’s really just meatloaf that’s been shaped to look like a severed hand…complete with onion slices for the wrist bone and fingernails.

When 42-year-old Anthony Toth was a kid, he spent a lot of time flying back and forth to Europe with his parents. In that time, he developed a bit of an obsession with the now-defunct luxury airliner, Pan Am.

In fact, Anthony is so obsessed with Pan Am that he’s spent the last 20 years of his life building a near-exact replica of the first-class cabin of a Pan Am 747 inside the garage of his condo in Redondo Beach, California. And all it cost him was $50,000…

Dear Diary,

Yea…Mellie comes tomorrow. I can’t wait. I was on Facebook last night checking out pages of my pals in MN. I miss them so much. This time of year was big for us. We would work really hard on our costumes and all go out together. One year a group of us were show girls…now, that was fun.

Kate and Kelly sent me a message and talked about coming for a visit. I said they were welcome anytime. Kate is going as Wonder Woman this year, she has a picture posted. Her costume is awesome, mainly because she made it herself.

It is my gal, Alison’s birthday today. She was just here to get married. I hope she has a very special day.

I am off to get my hair done today. I am trying something new. I hope it works.

Talk to you tomorrow,

Southern Living: Tim McGraw will take his Southern Voice cross-country beginning Feb. 11 in Omaha. The Lost Trailers (Feb. 11-April 10), Love And Theft (April 11-Aug. 15) and Lady Antebellum (all dates) will open for McGraw on the seven-month Southern Voice tour. Cities on the itinerary include Tulsa, Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and closer Virginia Beach on Aug. 15.

You need more ticket info www.timmcgraw.com

Idols Reunite: It’s going to be a mini-American Idol reunion when Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Daughtry each perform at the American Music Awards Nov. 22. They join previously announced Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, the Black Eyed Peas and Idol alum Adam Lambert in the lineup of performers. The AMAs air live Nov. 22 at 8pm ET on ABC

This Halloween, you can hand out “regular” candy just like everyone else. Or you can break the mold and pass out some “less traditional” Halloween treats.

–Bacon-flavored gumballs
–Garlic mints
–Zit Poppers, which are oversized acne bumps filled with candy pus
–Human Dog Food, which is candy kibble in a mini bowl
–And Scorpion Pops, which are just like regular lollipops, only they have a dead scorpion in the center

You can buy these disgusting treats, along with several others that sound just as nasty, here…
 http://www.stupid.com/fun/all-of-our-can…

Dear Diary,

It is not Monday…but I am wishing this week would go by faster. This month has been zipping by, but I think it is because we have been so busy. I can’t wait for the weekend, it is Halloween. That is my favorite holiday.

I got my ‘Tru Blood’ in the mail yesterday. They package and ship it out right here in the bay area and Victoria heard me talking about my costume. She works for the company and shipped some to us. That is so awesome. Talk about an authentic costume.

I did a plyometrics work-out yesterday…ouch. Man, every time I think I am getting my butt in shape I do a tape which knocks me down a peg. I just gotta keep in trucking. The CMA’s are just around the corner. That means photos next to small country artists…very petite, which I am not.

Talk to you tomorrow,

Here’s the Dr. Wendy Walsh divorce test. If you answer “yes” to more than 7 questions below, you have a statistical probability of getting divorced:

1. Was your courtship less than one year?
2. Did you live together before marriage?
3. Were either of your parents divorced?
4. Is this your husband’s second marriage?
5. Do you make more money than your husband?
6. Do you keep separate bank accounts?
7. When you fight, do either of you blame, defend, or stonewall?
8. Does the husband need to “win” most arguments?
9. Were either of you under the age of 25 when you got married?
10. Do you practice different religions?
11. Are your family and friends unsupportive of the marriage?
12. Do either of you have a heart rate increase and breathing pattern change right before you discuss a conflict?