Ah October!! What a wonderful month!! The leafs begin to change, the weather begins to cool down, everyone starts to shop for Halloween costumes, children day dream about all the candy they’re going to eat, and appearing all around town and all over porches are PUMPKINS!!! But why Pumpkins?! Well, lets go back to the beginning… The Druids, a Celtic religious order in ancient Britain, Ireland and France, believed that the souls of the dead returned to mingle with the living on ‘hallowed eve,’ October 31. People originally dressed in costumes to disguise themselves from these spirits. And to protect themselves just in case the spirits recognized them, the children would carve turnips and place candles inside to scare away the spirits! 
The Druids brought this tradition over to America during the great potato famine. Since pumpkins did not grow in Europe during that time, the Druids tossed their turnips over their shoulders the minute they saw our large pumpkins and got to carving. Bringing us the wonderful tradition of PUMPKIN CARVING!!!!!
So we thought it would be a fun activity to bring to Filter Pure!!
Everyone was given one pumpkin to get creative with. The only rule…you can not damage the pumpkin in any way. You can not carve it, stab it, poke any holes, etc. We made this a rule so that after a week we wouldn’t be plugging our noses trying to escape the smell of rotting pumpkin. Ready to see everyone’s Pumpkins!?!? 1. Jessica’s OWL! 
2. Desmond’s ANGRY BIRD! 
3. April’s HONEY BOO BOO CHILD! 
4. Denise’s Ghost!! 
5. Vince’s PIRATE!! 
6. Angela’s Deadly Poisonous Spider!!! 
7. Craig’s Crazy Creature!!! 
8. Lara’s Largest Pumpkin Farm! 
9. Rusty and Karen’s Pumpkin Outlaw 
Now, we here at Filter Pure love a good competition! So we decided to have our walk in customers and each other vote who they think is the most creative pumpkin!! We set up this little voting station and tons of people have already voted! 
On October 31st, we will count up the votes and declare the winner!! Of course, the winner will get a gift card to…well it’s a surprise, but you know they will get a lot of CANDY!!! So come back soon to see who will be the MOST CREATIVE PUMPKIN!!!
I fondly remember your melted cheese and sauteed onions warmly infused with delicious chicken on a mouth watering hoagie, but unfortunately you are extremely high in carbs and calories, and there is no place for you in the Biggest Loser competition or in our Wellness Program. You see, the purpose of this competition is to support our efforts to follow a healthy weight-loss diet and exercise program and to establish patterns that we will continue long after the contest has ended. It is not intended to promote rapid weight loss. We have weekly themes to help us on our journey of bettering our healthy decisions. 
This used to be the wall separating the office from the warehouse. 
Remember that old tile?….. 
…..say “Hello!” to CARPET!!!! 
We even have new “Visitor Parking Only” signs!! 
We have the carpets figured out and the color for the main walls (which is the lite blue pictured in the middle), but what dark blue should we choose for the accent wall? Our office gathered together and one by one gave their vote. Everyone had a good reason for why “their” blue should be the color for the accent wall. Should it be Sea Worthy, the blue on the right? Or should it be Indigo Blue, the blue on the left?
