I'm awake... sorta.
I made some candy last night - tried a new mix for the holidays (for giving to neighbors in cute little tins) It was orange chocolate with dried cranberries and walnuts in it - it was a huge hit here, so I imagine the neighbors will like it. I also plan to make gingerbread men cookies for their tins.
Hubby was protesting that he liked the pecan bark just fine, then he tasted the new mix candy, he likes that better, I think - he asked why I made such a small batch.
I was testing, dummy!!
I am just waiting for Halloween to get past so I can start decorating for Thanksgiving and Christmas
I used to decorate all out for Halloween, but the kids are older now (or gone) and we don't get trick or treaters here - and much of my house is decorated like Halloween all year round (if you go into the right rooms, or you know what your looking at in the main rooms), so it just doesn't have that thrill for me like Christmas decorating does
Up north I could be rather "in your face" about the "halloween" house and nobody batted an eye, but down here, I don't want to offend my neighbors when they come over, I like my neighbors. I was subtle for years before I could do my house any way I wanted, now I guess I can be subtle again.
Luckily, much of my Home decor is angels and nativities and crosses/crucifixes
so everyone assumes I am Baptist or Catholic (or some church affiliation) down here. I don't believe in the Church, I believe in God - and many of them can't understand the difference, but they are good people anyway so I want to keep them as friends. So I keep the other decor in rooms that I can shut the door if they come over, or tucked in amongst the crosses and angels so they can wonder but not be too sure
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Hmmm... how did I get onto this subject?
Well, I have to call Shelley and get her butt out of bed to meet me in town, and get my kid out of bed so he can get ready to come along (he needs some game component at
Walmart and I have no clue what it is he needs - he'll have to find it there).
see ya all later -
meri