Happy Thanksgiving.

On this Thanksgiving night I'm feeling extra grateful.

I didn't get on the facebook grateful day thing band-wagon,
BUT
that doesn't mean I'm not grateful.
I have a full list.
a continuing list.
an ever growing list.

here goes my "28 things" I'm grateful for:
1- my faith
2- my husband
3- my family
4- my friends
5- my health
6- my puppy
7- my education
8- my freedom
9- my running water
10- my husband's job
11- my home
12- my car
13- my peace
14- my bed
15- my weather
16- my toilet
17- my medicine
18- my phone
19- my knowledge
20- my full fridge
21- my clothes
22- my travels
23- my sight
24- my camera
25- my clothes
26- my dishwasher
27- my AC
28- my backyard

hope you all a great night with yummy food surrounded by people you love.

Halloween.

Did you know that halloween is somewhat of an awk night for people in my stage of life?
BECAUSE

we don't go to frat parties and dress like sluts:
"Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it." - Who said this?

we don't have kids and we are no longer kids... so we aren't going trick-or-treating

so what's someone to do on halloween night that's in our situation? (i decided watching a scary movie wasn't going to cut it.)

so i hosted a party.
costumes included.
duh.
&
i told everyone to bring a spooky dish.

before Mr. headed off to work i made some ghost cakes. 

started the day off spooky. 

i made some spider cookies for my young women.

soooooo ummmm i tried to make a "cute" halloween cake BUT then it turned out to be spoooooooky.
i was okay with it because halloween is the only time when "spooky" is cute.
it actually tasted really good. we kept eating it. and eating it.

after that party ended
we had another party...
a pool party (because its still in the 80's in October)
spooky night swim with smeared face paint

 Now for some of the costumes:

p.s. missed my nephews and nieces this year, BUT at least i got some "happy halloween" text decked out in their gear. only thing is i'm just a little disturbed why i didn't get any halloween pix from the cordon kids?!?