Halloween

Do you want a coupon off my fridge? Goodness Gracious. Worst thing is most of them expire and end up in the trash two months later. But heck, if you want a dollar off of a jamba juice come to me first.

Silly boys. Nathan loves this costume 3 years ago it had a shirt and pants and knee and elbow patches. Now he just wears the vest, but he doesn't want to be anything but a ninja.

You should have heard her say "bibbit".

I'm not sure what the angels pose is for, but they are ready for action.

Something wicked this way comes.

Swagbucks- Updated

So, my friend Dee has this swagbucks button on her blog. I kept watching her earned gift cards increase so thought I might as well give it a try. So I got myself a little swag button. Click on mine and do it too, that is if you can find it.

One day I'll take the time to figure out how to put it where I want it. For now we'll play hide n' seek.

*Update

I copied a banner, and not the swidget. (The banner is a tiny thing at the bottom of the page.) TA-DA --------------> there it is. Click it and join with me. Free money is fun.

Must Make

I made this today for class parties tomorrow. It is so very yummy. Something in my brain thinks it is healthier for you than regular sugared pop corns because it is honey instead of white sugar. How do I rewire this untruth? For the love of my pants fitting someone help me figure that one out.


Honey Flavored Popcorn

1/2 cup (8 tbsp) honey
1/2 cup margarine
10 cups popped popcorn
1 cup shelled peanuts

Heat honey and butter in a saucepan until blended. Cool. Pour over popcorn which has been mixed with peanuts, stirring as you pour. When well-coated, spread in a pan in a single layer. Bake at 350 for 5 - 10 minutes or until crisp, stirring several times. The difference between crisp (not brown) and burnt can be a matter of minutes. Package in plastic bags and twist tie.

Funny things said today in the Arnold home

Elizabeth to Dad:

"Dad, would you say your hair is brown or brownish-grey?"

Elizabeth and William at the dinner table while eating chicken:

E: Dad what kind of bone is this?

W: A dinosaur bone!

E: Dad what kind of bone is this?

Mom: Will said it's a dinosaur bone.

W: SEE! I told you! (very happy and excited he was right)

Garden Goodness (yes, still)

The owners of the land where we did our community garden wanted butternut squash. It did better than any of the other vegetables.

There is still more in the garage. And already some in the freezer. And, in our waffles.

Did I tell you that the gluten free diet has gone by the wayside?

These squash waffles are being eaten with way too much syrup. A friend told me to use the squash for any recipe calling for pumpkin. I found a pumpkin waffle recipe from smitten kitchen. It's good, the kids liked it but it's too pancakey for me to be called a waffle. The outside would not get crispy the way a good waffle should. Oh well, it has squash. And, did I say the kids liked it?

Also as I said before, we have plenty of pumpkin too.

I was surprised to find the seeds in this one sprouting. I've never seen that before. However, I am not the usual pumpkin gutter for jack-o-lantern making.

I baked it and scooped the insides out for pumpkin butter. I first saw pumpkin butter for sale at Williams and Sonoma. And what do you know the smitten kitchen had a recipe for it.

I tripled the recipe because that is how much pumpkin I had after cooking one. I added all the spices and sugar and about choked when I tasted it. It was a ginger/clove lick. I KNOW I did the measuring right. Her recipe was just way, way too spicy. So, I cooked up another pumpkin and added it to the pot. It took an extra 8 cups of pumpkin (the whole pumpkin, but a smaller one) to get a pumpkin taste back to the ginger lick. I wasn't sure if I liked it or not until:


I ate it (again, like SK) with vanilla yogurt, granola and pumpkin seeds. It's my new fall breakfast and is really, really, really good. Good thing I have a whole lot of it.

And it came to pass

Today William read the scriptures. It went something like this:

"And the Lord said to the people to run away and so it shall be".
"The people fight just so too much and the Lord is not happy in their innocence"

and my favorite.............

shoot, I forgot it already. But it included the word "smite" and it was stinkin funny. Maybe he'll read more scripture tomorrow and say it again. Good thing I have a blog or I'd a forgot this whole thing ever occurred.


And, this is a bad pic of me and a really good one of my hubby. He's always cuter than me. I don't mind.


Amen.

Called

Throughout the summer I thought my new calling was going to be easy. Then school started. Now there is quite a lot to do. And, I love it.

Finding new crafts.

Planning dinner parties.
Canning and storing food.

GOING to Relief Society.

Planning service projects.

This is one of our Super Saturday crafts.

And this is what went on while it was being made.

Painting of their own.

It really took some figuring out. Freezer paper or contact paper? Spray paint or acrylic? Definitely contact paper and spray paint. SO much faster.

You want one of these don't you? Well, come visit me and go to our Super Saturday. Which is actually on a Thursday night.

Keeping Score

Good:
My Leah is pooping in the potty every now and again.
I lost two pounds.
I don't hate my hair anymore.
Carolyn played and won her first tennis matches today.


Bad:
Loo-Loo has a fever and cough.

Ugly:
My piriformis is spasming so badly I can hardly push the gas pedal to drive.
Eddie is out of town and therefore unable to remedy my hiney problem.

At least Good wins.

Frosted

The night before last we had a frost. I didn't even cover the tomatoes. Oh well.



I told you we had lots of pumpkins (17). They are $5 at Walmart! So glad I don't have to buy any.


The kids didn't have school today or yesterday. Dad stayed home today to work, then play.

Yesterday we made Halloween cookies. What? It's October already. And, this kept them busy for an entire hour. Carolyn made these ones. Hers were better than mine.

As soon as this kiddo finishes her nap we are off for a bike ride on the greenbelt. I have to run along with since I don't have a bike. I hope they go slow.

Looks like we had carbs for lunch, with a side of carbs. That's what fall is for!