It actually got cold last night. This morning, I had to put on my winter robe.

I love Fall.

Tomorrow, the local kids come over dinner. I cooked a chicken the other day, so today I boiled the bones for soup. I'll add vegetables and noodles tomorrow - the thick, homemade noodles. I'll serve it with focaccia bread, covered with pesto and goat cheese.

For dessert, I'm making a chocolate cake. There's a celebratory reason for that, too: my daughter is finishing the first phase of dental assistant school, AND her birthday is coming up.

Good enough reasons for cake, methinks.

Oh, and grapes from the CSA box.

In other news, I actually finished a short story and got it posted over at OWW. Mind you, that kept me from writing in the novel...

 Remember when I said Rick was taking the day off? Didn't happen. So he's at work and I'm trying to get things done, although I'm finding all kinds of ways to waste time.  I'm running off to the gym in a few minutes, I have to stop by the vets and pick up doggy medicine, and I'm going to make a cake for Rick. 

He got one present this morning: no - now knock it off! I mean, I wish he'd gotten that present, but we didn't have time...

The present he did get, is a yard full of candles. It's silly, sure. But you'd feel special if you woke up to find this in your yard:



Me, I've to get to work. That presentation won't write itself - I've given it enough time to do it!