Halloween Cupcakes!

We had a little Halloween party, which meant I could have fun making some "themed" treats! My proudest, was my graveyard cupcakes!
Made to looks as though bony fingers are sticking up out of the grave site.

For dinner we had mummy dogs and calico beans. I made a blood red jello fruit salad... and totally forgot about it in the fridge. Nice. Now I guess we will be eating jello for a few days. Dang.

An Easy Fall Craft/Decoration

I am feeling particularly excited for the holidays, and you woud know this by the level of holiday decor/holiday magazines strewn throughout the house. In one of these many magazines, I found this easy fall idea... and in my opinion made it even better! With a roll of toilet paper, a quarter of a yard of fabric and whatever you have handy to create a stem and leaves you create an easy "pumpkin". Set the roll on the fabric and bring up the edges to tuck in to the center. The original version used pipe cleaners and felt for the stem and leaves, and a very bright orange fabric. I swapped them out for a more folksy look with cinnamon sticks as a stem and a silky ribbon as the leaves. Took me about 5 minutes to produce this, and can easily be disassembled for next year! A special thanks to me resident photographer, Dan. Thanks sweetie!

4 pounds?

Its true... instead of losing, I have been gaining weight. So I dug really deep... in my freezer, and this is what I found:

Could this be a problem? Dang this sweet tooth!!

I can't stop!!!

I just can't stop doing stuff. This weekend was beautiful, windy but sunny and warm-ish. My California friends would balk, it was in the mid-60's, balmy I tell you. I couldn't bear the idea of loafing about (Dan could) so....

• We drove to Wenatchee to visit Grandpa Gary and Aunt Deb. It was a beautiful drive, all the fall colors in full glory. It was a good visit, maybe the last for the winter season when the pass gets a little hairy.

• We bought Quincy's Halloween costume, a COWBOY, it will be pretty stinkin cute.

• I planted daffodils. I love the idea of planting spring bulbs in the fall. There is something so hopeful and optimistic about it. Just think, in a few short months, when we are tired of the gray and rain and cold... spring will come, and so will the daffodils.

• I painted our bathroom/toilet "nook". It has been painted black for awhile, which may seem really odd, but it is a very small room, and it just looks COOL. I have been wanting to "glam" it up for awhile, and I finally got around to doing it this weekend! The rest of our bathroom is black and white, with silver and crystal accents, so it suits the bathroom perfectly. I will include a picture, because I am so proud. OK, pic quality is poor... but you get the idea, and I included a picture of the rest of the bathroom so you get the idea of how it all works together.

Now... the rest of the house is a disaster. Oh well. I guess I know what I will be doing next weekend.