Spooky crew

Spectacularly spooky!  The annual pumpkin walk was extra fun this year because Hippie Chic and Pebs joined us with their chil'ens

and Wild Shelley came too.

These blow-ups were lining the path.

Trick or Treat!? Isn't this really for the kids?  What's Wild Shelley doing with that big bucket of candy???hmmmmmm?????

Anyone look like they don't belong here?

I love this halloween picture...it's just awesome!

Good costumes kids - even though everyone needed coats on to keep warm!

Bright fireworks ended the night...Yay!

Until next year....mwha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Monster Mash -check this out!

Dog Sitting

We had a visitor!

A miniature visitor - named Shelley!

It's a play date for the dogs...

awww, we take such good care of our doggies.

Feed 'em, bath 'em, clip 'em and make sure they establish

 meaningful relationships with their own kind too.

Here's an imaginary dialogue between grumpy dog and Shelley dog - not that this is how they really felt...I'm just being goofy cuz it's more fun that way!

Shelly dog :" You look so so lonely, friend. Do you want me to come over to play? Huh? Huh?!  C'mon, it'll be fun!"

Grumpy dog:  "Are you serious...company?  No thanks."

Shelley Dog: "I'm He-re!!!  See me all full of joy!  Let's play!  We'll romp around and have a good old time...I'll make your day...it'll be cool!  I'll chase you and bite your face!"

Grumpy dog: "Oh, you're here.  Great...just what I don't want...I gotta get outa here, quick."

Shelley dog : "Where are you going now?  I wanna come too...don't leave me behind...I'm a real bundle of energy you know...hey, lets do something...what do you want to do...I'll do anything you want...by the way did you know that you're my best-est friend!  I'm serious...I mean it, my BFF for ever and ever."

Grumpy dog : "Do you have to follow me around...can't you find something better to do? Didn't your Momma ever teach you how to stop talking for a second?"

Shelley dog : "Awwww! You're great, you know...I just love spending time with you...what was that you said...I didn't hear you...and here's another thing I bet you didn't know...it's just this crazy feeling I have...it washes all over me when I see you...this must be love...hey did you hear me...I love you!  How's that for news!"

Grumpy dog: "Is it time for you to go home yet?!  I need a break."

Kinda reminds me of Shrek and Donkey eh?!

Pie Fest

Made pies the last week...ugh...groan...I hate making pastry...

not that I'm complaining really, but come on...

it gets the counter all sticky,

doesn't roll out properly,

and then doesn't fit in the pie pan.

I mean, really.  Pastry is challenging!  Bah!

I try.  I try real hard.

See - it just doesn't work for me!

Finally managed to get some pastry dough in each pan.

Now it's time to peel the apples...this I can do! 

How long can you peel your peels?

Whew!

What a mess!  I am not happy when my counter looks like this!

I didn't do a pastry topping - cuz you all know now how much I hate making pastry!  So I did a crumble topping...but then I forgot to add the sugar...

so I plastered brown sugar all over the tops...shhessshh!!  What next?!

OK, when my counter looks like this, I finally feel happy.

Taste tests always make me happy too...especially if I get to add more sugar, or cream, or ice cream!!!  Dig in...it's a pie fest!

Virtual Kids

Kam had a really cool session the other night on the computer...

of course this technology has been around for a while, but we are just now

discovering how to use it. 

See, our computer has a web cam and her friend has a web cam.

Her friend had another friend with him and they all got on the computer at the same time.

The kids at my house could see and hear the kids at their house and the

kids at their house could see and hear us kids over here...through the video cam...it was cool!

The friend was playing loud music, they were typing back and forth with messages, then they would talk, then they would shout all as they played this bowling game...its a party around here...but with virtual kids!

A virtual party!  Wonderful!  Wierd!

Webcam display, typing screen in the middle, and bowling on the side.

So cool.  It's like Skype, but with Windows Live...neat!

But now the competetion is fierce around here for

being the first one to get on the computer!!!