You'll Crack Your Head Open!

I’m soooo glad Halloween is finally over.  I’m ready to be done with it.  I’m not much for horror  movies or anything like that, so by the time Halloween week rolls around I’m up to here with all of the scary movies and TV plots everytime I turn on the television.  I did more decorating for Halloween this year than I probably ever have.  Which means there are pumpkins on my mantle.  I’ve always got a lot of plans for decorating, but never quite get it together.  Maybe I’ll hit some clearance sales and see if I can get some stuff for next year.

Right now I’m fighting off some sort of a bug.  It’s just hovering in the headache and sorethroat stage right now.  Thank goodness oscillococcinum and zicam are gluten free.  I hate just sitting there and letting a bug get me.  At least those make me feel like I’m doing something that might help.

I’m going to be hosting Thanksgiving for our family this year.  I think I’m going to go the honeybaked ham route if they’re still gluten free.  As of Easter, someone on one of the message boards confirmed that the ham was GF, but it’s always better to reverify I think.  And it only takes a few minutes to email.  I’m hoping their ham and turkey are both gluten free so we can have both.  It’s a small group.  Just 8 adults, one teenager and four littles from 4-8 years old.

I’m planning on going the traditional route – ham and turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes (chunks, not mashed), fried okra courtesy of my FIL and a big salad.  Then pumpkin pie for dessert.  I might add some other stuff if I’m feeling like doing it when Thanksgiving gets closer, but I think that’s pretty much going to be the basic menu.  As long as Honeybaked gets back to me with good news the only thing I need to really get that’s gluten free is pie crust from Whole Foods.  That’s easy enough.

I’ve also got my birthday in November.  I’ll be 39.  Woot!  I’m obnoxious about getting older.  I’m totally fine with it.  Some of the side effects, not so much.  But getting older in itself doesn’t bother me.

Today I’m going to try to get through a bunch of laundry.  I’m planning on going through my son’s toys and “putting them in the attic” (wink, wink..).  I always pull a few aside that I think he might still miss and keep them in the garage for a few weeks just in case he notices something is gone.  I went through my daughter’s toys a couple weeks ago and she’s done fine with it.  Fingers crossed that my son doesn’t freak about anything I can’t get back.

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