I had some friends over for dinner last evening. \u00a0And yes, I cooked.<\/p>\n
Let that sink in for a moment.<\/p>\n
Actual food. For other people.<\/p>\n
And only part of it was from a can.<\/p>\n
I know, I know – it’s unbelievable. Though, the really only amazing part was that only the bread was delayed. The pasta, meatballs, and sauce all were done at the same time.<\/p>\n
I’m not going to get carried away and do this… ummm… cooking thing all the time – but it’s nice to know that it’s at least possible.<\/p>\n
———–<\/p>\n
After dinner, we carved jack-o-lanterns. Or rather, carved pumpkins until they were jack-o-lanterns. You know what I mean. \u00a0I went with the super-hero theme. Okay, technically a misunderstood super-villain. They tend to have better budgets, anyway.<\/p>\n
And while carefully carving my pumpkin, my chisel slipped and slid neatly across my finger.<\/p>\n
We had a bleeder.<\/p>\n
I got myself cleaned up and put a band-aid on it – hoping against hope that I didn’t get infected with pumpkin DNA.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, I managed to cut myself again. Not as bad this time, but more bleeding, clean-up and band-aids. This time, I was pretty sure the pumpkin got into my bloodstream and I expect some kind of orange colored mutation to kick in shortly.<\/p>\n
It was worth it, though. The pumpkins were awesome and I think everyone had fun.<\/p>\n
Except for Thunder(cat) – he didn’t get enough attention and sat off to the side.<\/p>\n
Judging us.<\/p>\n
And finding us wanting.<\/p>\n
(shudder)<\/p>\n
—————–<\/p>\n
So, yesterday evening was a Halloween tradition and yesterday and today at lunch were spent making ornaments with my committee and students to send to troops overseas as part of Operation Evergreen. (whoa, that was a long sentence.) I really should have had some kind of turkey dinner this evening to round out my concentrated holiday experience – but I missed the boat.<\/p>\n
THE GRAVY BOAT!<\/p>\n
Ha! I’m kidding. I don’t like gravy.<\/p>\n
(I wonder if this a pumpkin mutation side effect already?)<\/p>\n
Anyway, the ornament construction went well and I churned out some origami and helped with the clean up.<\/p>\n
And let me tell you – that glitter glue gets everywhere. I went to clean my glasses, saw a twinkle in my eye and thought I had gotten glitter in my eye. Nope, it was in my soul.<\/p>\n
You can’t just clean that up with some Windex and a paper towel. I suspect that at some point I’ll… well.. excrete it – but for now, I’m just sparkly inside and out.<\/p>\n
So, two holidays in one day, a pumpkin mutation, and glitter in the darnest places.<\/p>\n
Never a dull moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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