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I am lagging behind in my NaNoWriMo word count. I need to spend some quality time sitting this morning and banging out some words. I need to accomplish 2000 words minimum per day. So far I am getting in more like 1500. It is developing into romantic fiction. I don’t know how steamy it will get but the steam is building between my lead characters. I am thinking about posting it here daily.

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Also? Steven got his first black stripe on his white belt in Karate class.

The weekend began with making for the spooky but that sort of went awry due to not only the rain but winds. Wind + rain = no luminaries and no candles and that just isn’t fun and did not play into my decorating ideas so the front porch was a bust.

I set out my tried and true carved foam pumpkins and plugged them in and made the best of it.

The kids were excited. Gracie was meeting up with some of her friends from school and Steve was taking Steven out. Getting everyone in costume was a bit rushed but fun and filled with giggles.

Steven wouldn’t call Steve “Robin” or “The Boy Wonder”. He had somehow decided that Steve was in fact dressed as Barnacle Boy from Sponge Boy. So, in the delighted mind of a three year old he went out trick or treating dressed as a super hero with Barnacle Boy at his side. Gotta love it!

Steven only walked about 40 minutes or just long enough to get about half of his bag filled with candy then he was ready to come home. Done. Completely finished. He and Steve then took over handing out candy.

Gracie was as gorgeous as ever in her pink poodle skirt. She skipped along excited to meet her friends. She was also delighted by all the older people who told her they once wore a skirt just like hers. She was also thrilled with her candy haul.

This is the only photo of me from Saturday night. Believe me the photo makes me look like I am thinner than I really am. There must have been a spooky spell on the camera. Yes, the low carb is working, but it isn’t working that fast! I wish I was already as thin as this photo suggests!

We ran out of candy at about 8:30. We cleaned up the porch quickly, closed the door and turned off the light.

And kids kept coming.

All we had was some junky candy Steve had forgotten to mix in with the good candy so they got a handful of suckers. After unlocking the door for the fourth time and trying to find something for kids knocking we shut down all the lights in the front of the house and didn’t go back to the door.

I know we suck. But what do you do when you run out of candy?

I think everyone had a great night.

Do you get very many kids trick or treating?

Did you dress up?

Tomorrow I’ll tell you what we did with our ‘extra’ hour and show you the cookies Gracie baked.

My sinus and ears are playing games again. Just when I thought I would make it out of September without issues I developed issues. Another trip to the doctor yesterday, yet another ear infection caused by sinus infection which is leftover from the 2 or 3 colds I have managed to pick up from kids being back to school I am very sure. The pain medication for my ears put me to sleep last night and I slept the entire night through without waking once. This has put my present making and quilting on hold. I just don’t feel like engaging in any thing right now. The biggest news? I have lost 22lbs according to the doctors scales! Yayyy me!!

It was 45 degrees this morning when we went out to wait for school bus. It warms up to the high 70’s during the day. I am debating as to whether or not I should start bring my plants inside. They are sheltered on the porch but the cool night air may be too low for the more tropical types like my hibiscus and mandeville.

Steven has begun talking about Santa. What he would like to ask Santa for changes daily – hourly. He has the smallest concept of what Santa means and can’t quite make the connection of what it is the jolly old elf actually does while one is sleeping on Christmas Eve.

Steven has final settled into his Karate class. It took nearly 3 weeks of bi-weekly classes, explaining where we were going, what was expected of him, encouraging him to participate, Gracie going with him, Steve standing in line with him and lots of begging, pleading and I’ll even admit to bribery (3 cheeseburgers, a dinosaur, a pack of gum, and a helicopter) to get him to follow the lead of the other boys.

He is so introverted and is very cautious when it comes to joining in groups most especially with people he doesn’t know. The instructor intimidated him greatly initially. Steven took right to the instructors son (who is twice as big as the father) and performs best when he is instructing the class. Last week the long awaited for uniforms arrived. This made it a really big thing for Steven. Now he is ready to go to karate without any issues whatsoever.

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