we made one apple pie today, and two pumpkin pies. one of the pumpkin pies went with chanda to her halloween party.
on my way back from picking up my vegetable box, i stopped to get a pumpkin. it was nice to have it be fifty percent off, but it was also much bigger than i intended (there were no little ones). chanda had to come meet me to help carry it home.
her traditional halloween costume for the past few years: jedi knight. we spent part of the evening at our friends' house two blocks away. my friend janet had all her boys home this evening. one was sewing a costume for a late night party, one was eating dinner before going out to a party, and the other two were spending the evening playing games with friends at the house, and watching stranger things, which is a little to creepy for me. from the reviews i've read, it's also a bit too gory. everyone is too grown up for trick or treating these days! when i came home, greg was just falling asleep, happily stuffed with chili, apple pie and pumpkin pie. i fed the cats, unpacked the vegetable bag, put the chili away, and now i need to put away the pies.
mr. jack o'lantern will have to be finished tomorrow.
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there was an incident on our bike path this afternoon. someone drove a car along it and then fired some shots at people down by chambers and west streets. several people were killed and injured. greg couldn't ride his bike home this evening as everything was still blocked off. the traffic was backed up, and everyone was talking about it on the streets when i went to get the vegetables. i spoke with my sister, my cousin, korrina and greg. my nephew called and spoke with chanda, and i texted with san. everyone has been worried, but we're all okay here. it felt strange not having to call and speak with my parents to let them know we're alright.
Happy Halloween! So Chanda did not go trick-or-treating? Miriam, Veronika, and Flora went, and all girls carved pumpkins. We also went to the vigil Mass for All Saints'. I tried to post pictures last night, but somehow my camera did not let me transfer them to the computer. Very strange and frustrating. I also read about the truck incidence and what it involved. Very sad that there are people that do something like that. I'll try one more time now with my pictures. Maybe it will work today. I spent most of my day cleaning up and getting out winter clothes for the girls. That is always a very complicated process. In between I taught my German class, but we did not do any homeschooling today, but after all, it was a holy day!
ReplyDeleteHello Eva, it's such a sad situation with all these violent incidents. I pray every night for peace, as people have been doing for hundreds of years.
DeleteI think your day sounds busy and nice. I hope you were able to get your camera to work properly again. No, Chanda was not interested in trick or treating. My sister misses the times we would go around with her in CT. Chanda finished her pumpkin today. I'll put up some pics. We finally turned on the heat today, and I'll probably move clothes over this week and put warmer blankets on the beds. This was really the first day that I felt cold in a long time!!!! I'm not used to it, and I'm always surprised to finally be confronted with an approaching winter. Summer gets so hot that one feels that Winter will never come.
Happy All Saints' Day!
P.S. No, my blender still isn't working. I'm considering getting a Nutribullet. They seem to be very powerful for a reasonable price.
We had a Nutribullet in London, but I was not so thrilled with it. It tended to only blend half of the things I had put into it. You had to do a lot of stirring with a spoon to coax it into blending more and even then, not everything got blended.
DeleteP.S. Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your blender?
ReplyDeleteWe have a vitamix blender, I know they are not cheap but it is a real work horse blender. We have had it since pip was 18 months old xx
ReplyDeleteThey are supposed to be the best. I do not have a regular blender and have never really needed or wanted one. I guess it is not a very German thing to have.
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