HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
THIS MADE ME LAUGH THIS MORNING.......
LOTS OF FUN PLANNED TODAY! MORE CHANCES TO WIN FRESNO FALL HOME IMPROVEMENT SHOW TICKETS, LOTS OF LIFESTYLE FUN, HOLLYWOOD DIRT, AND MORE!
CHECK OUT SOME GREAT RECIPE IDEAS BELOW TOO! SPOOKY TREATS FOR HALLOWEEN!
PRIZES:
TICKETS TO THE FRESNO FALL HOME IMPROVEMENT SHOW!
VIP Admissions for FOUR. Valid November 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. Fresno Fairgrounds. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
LISTEN DURING THE SOFT ROCK CAFE @ NOON FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!
LIFESTYLE FUN:
HALLOWEEN IS EXPENSIVE!
Price of Costumes
For kids going trick-or-treating, you can find Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Spider-Man costumes. Child-sized costumes will typically cost you around $30 to $40, not including some additional spooky make-up and a handy sack for collecting all those treats.
If you love all things Batman, a leather, form-fitting Batgirl costume complete with a mask and boots can be purchased for $399. If you're a "Star Wars" fan, you can purchase a Stormtrooper outfit for $999.99. Alternatively, you can spend less money
and be Darth Vader, for a mere $799.Price of Candy
If the price of costumes isn't in your budget, perhaps you'd just like to indulge in some candy for the holiday. Americans will spend an average of nearly $22 on candy this year. Before you indulge too much, consider that the average kid collects between 3,500 to 7,000 calories on Halloween. Those kids will have to walk for nearly 44 hours or play for 15 hours to work off the calories from all of those treats.
The Bottom Line
The National Retailers Federation states that, "when the economy is down, Halloween spending soars." The reason is simple. People need something to celebrate, and they need to have some fun. After spending nearly two months planning and preparing for this deliciously ghoulish holiday, remember to carve a pumpkin and enjoy passing out the candy. Get creative with your costume instead of breaking the bank.
Weathering the storm:
Julia Alemany’s road to motherhood on Tuesday included an epidural by flashlight, an anxious escape down eight flights of stairs and a harrowing trip in an ambulance that was struck by a tree branch in the storm.
She was told she’d have to evacuate, but begged for pain relief until doctors agreed to give her a low-dose epidural.
In her pitch-black hospital room, an anesthesiologist administered the drug into her spine by flashlight and the glow of a couple of cell phones as labor pains wracked her body.
She was still in pain as three burly security guards put her on a sled and hustled her down eight flights of stairs, flashlights leading their way. Some had headlamps, making them look more like coalminers than medical staff, but the staff were kind and encouraging, she said.
“They must have asked me if I was OK 20 million times,” Alemany said.
As she and her husband were loaded into an ambulance with an NYU nurse, the epidural was starting to wear off. Then she heard a question from her driver that was the last thing she wanted to hear:
“Do you know how to get to Mt. Sinai?”
The driver of the ambulance was a FEMA employee from California who had just arrived to help during the storm.
The nurse was able to instruct the driver, but the ambulance still had to navigate storm-ravaged streets as the rain and wind pounded the city. Maddeningly, cops diverted the ambulance several times as it made its way north. A tree branch even fell on the vehicle.
“I hope you don’t have this baby in the ambulance!” Alemany recalled the nurse telling her.
At midnight, Alemany, originally from Barcelona, arrived at the hospital. Her obstetrician, Dr. John Wirth, was able to wrangle a taxi and race to Mt. Sinai in time. Forty minutes after she arrived at Mt. Sinai, little Micah Alemany-Markus finally appeared at 12:48 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 15 ounces
HOLLYWOOD DIRT:
Cee Lo Green is the target of an LAPD sexual battery investigation, TMZ has learned ... but the singer is adamant he did NOTHING wrong.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... a woman recently filed a police report with the LAPD, accusing "The Voice" judge -- real name Thomas DeCarlo Callaway -- of a sexual assault.
The LAPD is mum on the identity of the alleged victim, when and where the incident allegedly occurred, and what Cee Lo allegedly did.
Cee Lo tells TMZ he categorically denies ANY wrongdoing. In fact, the singer says he hasn't been to the restaurant in question in 3 months ... and insists, "Nothing ever happened there or anywhere else."
