Go Rays!

Okay, tonight is the night. If they don't win tonight......it is all over. Well, at least for this year. It has been a lot of fun. I really would like the Rays to win tonight because Bill and I have the tickets for Game 6 on Wednesday night.
I decided that 'Scrappy' needed to get into the Rays fever so here she is.

It's Halloween Time

Sarah had the EDGE Halloween party on Friday night. She had thought up her costume at least two months ago. She won the prize for the most original costume at the party, too.
She walked around saying things like, "Wow! I say it louder" and "Surprise!!" or "Grrr! That's a cat!"

7 Weird Facts about me

Several of my online friends have challenged me to post 7 weird facts about myself.
Here is goes.

1. I HAVE mowed lawns before, also have helped change the oil in my car, bleed the brakes, and change tires.
2. I bite my fingernails. No particular reason. Can't stop. Only time I have had pretty nails is for a year or so back in the early/mid 1990's when I got acrylic nails done every two weeks. I NEVER bit them when I had the acrylic but they were certainly a lot of maintenance.
3. I took four years of Spanish in high school. I really cannot speak Spanish.
4. I like my beef cooked medium rare. Please don't cook it more than that, it ruins it. I hate to have to prepare meat well done. Almost cannot do it.
5. My knee hurts a lot every single day. Doesn't really seem to matter what I do or do not do. I know I need the surgery, but I am apparently too young. I try not to complain or even make it evident that it hurts, but limping is difficult to hide.
6. I have had some very strange surgeries. Benign tumor on my parotid gland at 16 years old that came back several years later and needed to be removed again. This resulted in a 6 hours surgery with an ICU stay and lots of care. Also, had a HUGE dermoid cyst on one of my ovaries that had to be removed via and awful surgery. I do not have two full ovaries. One is only 1/3 intact and the other one is 2/3 intact. It didn't seem to effect my ability to get pregnant, however.
7. I never go my lower wisdom teeth. Never formed in my jaw.

Let's Go Rays!

Daniel is all ready to go to school today and root for the Rays tonight. He decided to sport a RaysHawk today.

Simple pleasures

Beryl, over at House of Paper, suggested that we have blog prompts. It has taken me almost a week to do this one, but I guess it is better late than never.
The prompt for this week is simple pleasures. Why do I find this difficult?
I guess I'll try.
-the boiled peanuts that I made today.
-the Rays going to the World Series
-warm chocolate chip cookies
-watching my kids thrive
-using my scrapping supplies
-my computer and checking in with my friends at House of Paper
-my sunroof in my car during this time of year.
-chai iced tea

They Did It!

The Rays are going to the World Series!!! Bill and I got to go the game last night, and boy, what a game it was! It was exciting and scary and loud and late! We stayed after the game for a bit at the Trop. to take in the moment.

Pie Contest

Last night was our First Annual Harvest Blessings Choir Ministry Pot Luck. It really was quite fun. One of the things that had us going was a pie making contest. The kids really wanted to make pies from scratch. Funny thing, neither one has ever baked a pie before. Daniel made an apple pie and wanted his crust to have latticework on top. Sarah only likes pumpkin pie, so that is what she wanted to bake. I made an Autumn cheesecake and just did it in a pie pan. The kids were amazed at how hard the crust was to make, especially since they don't really like to actually eat the crust. We had fun and here is a result of our pie making. None of us won the contest, but we had fun working on the pies.