A Ton of Food

I made a ton of food.......or so I thought. Two times the corn bread recipe, 50+ mozzarella sticks, 3 lbs of pasta salad, 5 lbs of garlic mased potato, 40 pieces of fried chicken, 3 loaves of banana bread.

Enough for 14 hungry college students, just enough. The good news is we didn't have a ton of left overs, a bit of mashed potato and a few pieces of fried chicken, and banana bread.

Who were these hungry fiends? Todd's class. And the chef? Well, let's just say she spent 3 evenings cooking, though truth be told, the fried chicken was purchased (thank goodness).

Very Special Treat

Todd was at school and the Geography club was holding a fundraiser by selling food.

He stopped by and got this "pastie" for Misty.

Why didn't he eat it? Well.....it's special. Misty has been going after squirrels ever since we got her. She's managed to get a couple, she just goes for the kill then relishes in her accomplishment. She finally got to eat one! Yup, that's right, you read it hear first boys and girls, this pastie was made from squirrel meat. Needless to say....."Misty, it's all your's!"

Raking Season

We've had a couple of cold snaps, a lot of rain and some wind. What does this all add up to? It means pine needles and leaves are all over...........LOTS of them. Hence, raking season. We had 40 bags! Two of our kind neighbors let us put 10 bags in each of their driveways - that saved us a $40 charge - the garbage haulers take 10 bags free and charge $2 for each bag over that.

Misty enjoyed her time outside..........she was supervising and I'm happy the supervisor didn't run away..............she likes to chase down "furry burritos" in the neigborhood. She's just being vigilant in case there are terrorist squirrels and rabbits lurking.