Rain, Halloween, Christmas

Raining and quite cold today. I like the rain, especially in the spring and fall, but we haven't been out other than to the school today. I am home doing laundry, making turkey stew and biscuits. I tried a new recipe for whole wheat biscuits, but I won't post it as it still needs some tweaking yet. I also made some headway with documents today, and may get all sent out tommorrow.

I brought out our spooky lemax houses today,Josh stared at them transfixed for awhile. It was so cute. i am sure he doesn't remember them from last year. I was going to set up more, but Josh was stalling not wanting to nap, so I haven't yet. I have a cute hallmark haunted tree that is animated and plays music I will surprise the kids with soon. We got mimi's costume, a vampiress, noni is going to be Belle, and Josh a tiger. I sent treat bags home with Mom to my nieces, since we will not see them on Halloween. Things are coming together, I am planning a kids party with maybe 7 or 8 kids this year. I will make my spider cake again, as it was a big hit, and I have some new spooky recipes to try this year.

Dave is seeming better, went to work this pm. He is gone to Texas next week, I wonder if he will get to see Mike down there or not. He is so close to being done, I can't wait. My parcel arrived from LL Bean today-wow fast shipping. It looks nice, really well made, can't wait for the rest! I am anxious to finish my holiday shopping, I haven't a lot to get, but I am anxious to get doing it. I am doing my main tree different this year, I have a lot of clear heavy carved glass balls to add on this year, and I think the plaid ribbons are going to go this year, I am also thinking a new tree topper. I like to change things up every year, just to make it interesting. The kids tree and snowmen trees also have many new additions, so they should be good too. I am also doing a slightly different color scheme in the living room area, a kind of mossy green for a base color. I always look forward to getting in my bins, I forget what I have and I always buy new end of season stuff, so I get a few surprises once I get in there!