I'm hosting a pumpkin carving evening for some of the girls at the salon. We'll also be having wine and cheesecake.
Candy for the trick or treaters
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.....but, but but......a knife isn't a power tool!
Still--carving pumpkins with knives while drinking wine doesn't sound like a safe combination......but, but but......a knife isn't a power tool!
Still--carving pumpkins with knives while drinking wine doesn't sound like a safe combination.
I forgot to mention that we'll be gathering around the fire pit as well. ......maybe I should just be the sober hostess for the evening.......and stock up on bandaids and burn cream.....
This makes me sad.
Did you take your kids Trick or Treating to make up for it?We have one of these families in our neighborhood. I took my daughter by there the first year, but skipped it after that.
......maybe I should just be the sober hostess for the evening.......and stock up on bandaids and burn cream.....
Or at least wait until the pumpkins are carved and you're away from the fire pit to do the drinking--no need to be sober all night. 
Great idea! I can carve a pumpkin, slice the cheesecakes, and then enjoy the wine! You're a genius!!
I lived out the in the boonies growing up, so usually went to a friend or cousin's neighborhood to get our loot.
Where we are now, aren't many kids but we've had as many as 15 show up. I would take the kiddo around usually with another neighbor and her kids. A few blocks would yield a big bag full of candy and some worn out treaters.
There is a place at the beach that we went one year. The entire neighborhood goes all out. Folks park at a putt-putt and then walk the neighborhood. We filled up a pillowcase and walked until she was just done in, and I don't think we hit half of the neighborhood. She's getting too old for mom to go now and almost too old to go at all.
Where we are now, aren't many kids but we've had as many as 15 show up. I would take the kiddo around usually with another neighbor and her kids. A few blocks would yield a big bag full of candy and some worn out treaters.
There is a place at the beach that we went one year. The entire neighborhood goes all out. Folks park at a putt-putt and then walk the neighborhood. We filled up a pillowcase and walked until she was just done in, and I don't think we hit half of the neighborhood. She's getting too old for mom to go now and almost too old to go at all.
I go to Dollar Tree and get two bags of the midget Tootsie Rolls.
I have one of those ankle injuries that plague you for life stories, also. I was about 25 and playing on the company basketball team. Went up for a rebound came down and twisted my ankle tearing just about ever ligament on one side of my foot. Turned the ankle and tour ligaments on the other side. Drove myself home (about a half hour drive) in terrible pain. Almost passed out a couple of times. Went to the hospital across the street from my house. Doctor also said I would have been better if I’d have broken it. I also had nerve damage that affected the left side of my foot. They wanted to do surgery to reattach the ligaments on both sides of the ankle, and the foot would be in a cast and I’d have to be on crutches for over six weeks. I refused. The doctor said I’ll have to have it sometime because every time I turned my ankle I would be hitting the ground. He also said I needed to wear support hose the rest of my life. He was right about hitting the ground. I can’t tell you have many times I’ve fallen into lakes while fishing after turning my ankle on shoreline rocks. The other year while coaching girls softball I stepped on a softball with that ankle and fractured it. Three weeks ago twisted it again and the pain is almost gone now. I should have gotten the operation, but now it’s just something I’ve learned to live with. Just wish I wasn’t so terrible at basketball back then which would have made the lifelong injury somewhat bearable. Young and foolish was my middle name.
Dremel makes a pumpkin carving power tool kit. Bandaids are extra......but, but but......a knife isn't a power tool!
Dremel 7000-PK 6V Cordless Pumpkin Carving Kit
I lived out the in the boonies growing up, so usually went to a friend or cousin's neighborhood to get our loot.
Where we are now, aren't many kids but we've had as many as 15 show up. I would take the kiddo around usually with another neighbor and her kids. A few blocks would yield a big bag full of candy and some worn out treaters.
There is a place at the beach that we went one year. The entire neighborhood goes all out. Folks park at a putt-putt and then walk the neighborhood. We filled up a pillowcase and walked until she was just done in, and I don't think we hit half of the neighborhood. She's getting too old for mom to go now and almost too old to go at all.
For the last couple of years, my daughter and her friends dress up, and go downtown for the annual "Boo!" The little ones trick or treat door to door at the local shops, and Cara and her friends just walk around and admire their costumes, take selfies, raid her dad's store for candy, and then eat dinner at one of the restaurants.
I can make you a poultice for that......it'll never bother you again.
Btw.....I don't think it was my hideout......unless you happened to be up at the viaduct, then maybe
The dry corn stalks across the road rustle in the continuous breeze sounding like thin dry bones brushing together. Coyotes in the hay-field next to the home yip and howl as the big moon lifts above the horizon. Bats flit about making their high-pitched squeaking noises while hoot owls make their lonesome hooting call in the woods on the other side of the home. This is the same woods next to the home where black angus cattle rustle in the dried leaves and occasionally bellow out. Other than the porch light reaching just beyond the edge of the porch, and the soft glow of a lamp in the front picture window, no other lights can be seen.
It is because of this that I do not ever purchase Halloween candy. But....if I did, it would be a mix of snickers bars and those little bags of hard candy that look like bones so the kids could attempt to create a full skeleton.
It is because of this that I do not ever purchase Halloween candy. But....if I did, it would be a mix of snickers bars and those little bags of hard candy that look like bones so the kids could attempt to create a full skeleton.
Beautiful description! How are you and yours, Cowboy??
That sounds fun! I'll have to check and see if something like that is available around here.
I am aware of it. But I don't put one out. I don't usually out out any pumpkins.
If you don't want to paint one, some Michael's stores sell the reusable ones in Teal. (I hope some of the profit goes to FARE or Food Allergy Canada.)
I have one of those ankle injuries that plague you for life stories, also. I was about 25 and playing on the company basketball team. Went up for a rebound came down and twisted my ankle tearing just about ever ligament on one side of my foot. Turned the ankle and tour ligaments on the other side. Drove myself home (about a half hour drive) in terrible pain. Almost passed out a couple of times. Went to the hospital across the street from my house. Doctor also said I would have been better if I’d have broken it. I also had nerve damage that affected the left side of my foot. They wanted to do surgery to reattach the ligaments on both sides of the ankle, and the foot would be in a cast and I’d have to be on crutches for over six weeks. I refused. The doctor said I’ll have to have it sometime because every time I turned my ankle I would be hitting the ground. He also said I needed to wear support hose the rest of my life. He was right about hitting the ground. I can’t tell you have many times I’ve fallen into lakes while fishing after turning my ankle on shoreline rocks. The other year while coaching girls softball I stepped on a softball with that ankle and fractured it. Three weeks ago twisted it again and the pain is almost gone now. I should have gotten the operation, but now it’s just something I’ve learned to live with. Just wish I wasn’t so terrible at basketball back then which would have made the lifelong injury somewhat bearable. Young and foolish was my middle name.
Sucks doesn't it? Although it is nice to be able to tell when it's going to rain. Come to think of it, my ankle didn't bother me much all summer.
Wonder how muskrat's ankle is doing......?