Day 280 - October 7

I love this book.  I don't really bake much, and even if I did I doubt I could pull many of these off - but this sequel to Hello Cupcake has some adorable designs.  My favorite is the chinese food take out.  They cut up orange starburst to be the little carrots, and they used a cut green Tootsie Roll, some icing, and some sprinkles to create broccoli.  Genius!

Day 279 - October 6

These are this month's giveaway for the Duclaw beer release.  They're pretty cool this month.  (Sorry for the napkin styling ... I needed something to make the designs show up! 

Both of us are stuffed up today, and we realized half way through dinner that it was silly to make our eating out day be a day that neither of us can taste anything.  So I just imagined that I really enjoyed my sandwich. :) 

(Although I am stuffy - I am not as tasteless as I was in New Orleans.  That was the only time in my life I can remember it being completely 100% gone.  So far gone that I ate mashed sweet potatoes. There are few foods in life I dislike more than sweet potatoes (they're on par with green vegetables) and I ate every bite because I was hungry and couldn't taste a THING.  So no, not that stuffy!)

Day 278 - October 5

At 7:30 this morning, this is what the book shelves looked like.  Full.  Pretty. Colorful.  11.5 hours later .... well.............. not so much.  It's amazing how many books a school full of children can go through!!!

Day 277 - October 4

The book fair has arrived.  My world looks like this right now, and will continue to look like this for the next week...

Day 276 - October 3

We have several mums in the front flower bed.  Most of them are growing in the generic globe shape - but this one is breaking apart like it has tectonic plates.  The rain from last week really made the sections pull apart even further than they were, and the bush is getting rather ugly...

Day 275 - October 2

Today was the marching portion of my high school band reunion.  We spent a couple hours re-learning how to play our instruments and responding to drums and whistles.  It's amazing how quickly it all comes back.  What amazes me even more is that even though my more recent marching years were in college and done in a different style, it's the high school style and commands that stuck in the deep parts of my brain.

Day 274 - October 1

Tonight was our high school marching band reunion.  300 people milling around - most of them were band people, but a few folks were dragged there by their spouse. :)  The party was fun - but tomorrow's the real test to see what we remember! :)