Weekend scary stuff

If you and your kids can't wait until Halloween, there's plenty of scary things to do before then:

Ghosts and Goblins Family Fun Night Saturday, Oct. 25th, 6-8 pm, at Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek. Games, costume contest, arts and crafts and storytime. Ages 2-10.

Davieween Happenings is Sunday, Oct. 26th, with a pumpkin patch, free halloween games that include play bowling for ghouls, feed the hungry pumpkin and more and a costume contest. 1-4 pm.

A Masquerade Dance is Saturday, Oct 25th at the Civic Center in Miramar, 6920 SW 35 Street. (954-704-1631)

Pumpkin Origami is at the Morikami Museum Saturday, from 11-4 in Delray Beach. (561-495-0233)

Pines Night Out

Bring the kids to a special Pembroke Pines Crimewatch Program at Walter C. Young Middle School tonight, (Friday), from 6 to 9 pm. There will be police and fire vehicles and safety demonstrations and free child ID kits as well as lots of free fun for the kids. Rock climbing, face painting, pony rides, bounce houses and more.
(954-436-3274)

Hell's Kitchen Auditions

Today's the day for you to grab your favorite spatula and skillet and head to the Hell's Kitchen auditions. They're going on from 10-3 at the Hard Rock Cafe at the Bayside Marketplace. You have to be at least 21 and over, and have the skills, stamina and competitiveness to go toe to toe with Chef Gordon Ramsay. Details here.

Birth order predicts career

Before you decide on a career, maybe you should consider your birth order. Experts say each birth position has a special role within families and the position leads to different patterns and personalities and jobs. Firstborns are ambitious, assertive and dominant and last borns were the least likely to report earning six figures. That explains so much to me... as a last born. Read more here.

Wolf down lunch?

Did you wolf down lunch and ate until you were full? Bad news. You're more than likely going to be overweight if you keep that up. Research finds those who gobble down their food and eat til they're full are three times more likely to become overweight. I used to eat real fast to try to sneak those calories past my stomach. Didn't work. Neither did eating while standing up. Weren't the calories supposed to go to your feet? :) Details here.

Don't skimp on sleep

If you don't have enough hours in the day to get it all done, don't skip your sleep. Let the laundry sit, or dishes pile up, because lack of sleep is connected to several critical health problems. Those who get less than five hours of sleep are more likely to get heart attacks. Also less sleep triggers hunger hormones, and is linked to diabetes and high blood pressure. I think a nap sounds good about now. More about sleep here.