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Keeping it Together

On: October 31st, 2011 at 6:22 am | Number of Comments » 0

This weekends’ activities have been patiently lining themselves up for weeks now.  Saturday morning hit and they came stampeding toward us something crazy.  Hudson’s soccer game found us cheering and screaming right until the final whistle.  This left us just enough time to swing home, costume the kids and head over to the school Fall [...]


“Fight or Flight”

On: October 29th, 2011 at 6:31 am | Number of Comments » 0

Will and I slipped out for a Halloween double date a few days ago.  The Haunted Hotel ranks #13 for best Haunted Houses in the country.  So naturally, that’s where we headed.  I don’t scare very easily and my “fight or flight” response tends to heavily favor, fight.  Will can testify of that.  Let’s just [...]


Our Little Pumpkins in the Patch

On: October 27th, 2011 at 6:29 am | Number of Comments » 0

Fall wouldn’t be complete without a pumpkin patch.  Since ours was neglected for a few days during that August heat wave and has since gone the way of the earth, we headed out to Pumpkin Station.   This included a hay ride and a lovely jaunt through the corn maze, none of which we could [...]


A Feast of Screams

On: October 25th, 2011 at 6:19 am | Number of Comments » 1

Who doesn’t love a party with good friends?  Halloween is always a great excuse to get together.  Not to mention, I am a sucker for a great costume! Will and I tapped into our heritage.  Will’s 1/16th Mexican and I’m 1/16th Spanish…and it showed.  Nacho said it best, “Chancho. When you are a man, sometimes [...]


Ghoulish Goodies…

On: October 23rd, 2011 at 11:05 am | Number of Comments » 0

I know they’re tacky treats!  It’s taboo to bring them to a party since they lack both gourmet and originality points.  But I like them so I made them anyway.  Sometimes you just have those days where you’ve scheduled 27 hours worth of stuff in a 24 hour day…these treats are good for those kinds [...]