As we end the first week of November, I’m stopping for a moment to count the blessings of the week and sharing them with you all and Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story.
1. Family costume party. Back during the pandemic, when all the regular avenues of dressing up and getting candy were closed, Jason and Mittu proposed having our own family costume party on Halloween. We’ve done so ever since. It’s always fun to see what everyone comes up with.
Jesse’s is some kind of medieval outfit–I told him he looked like a blacksmith. Jim’s is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I’m Rosie the Riveter. 🙂 Mittu is Hot Sauce. (Jason bought the costume. 🙂 ) And Jason is a Starbucks drink.
Timothy is kind of hidden in that picture–he dressed as Granddad!
Jim usually wears a polo shirt with a pen in the pocket, and he usually has his glasses on. So this is spot on. They even sprayed Timothy’s hair with grey highlights. 🙂
I was supposed to bring dessert but didn’t want to do ghosts or mummies or that kind of thing. So I made the easiest-ever peanut butter cookies (one cup of sugar, one cup of peanut butter, and one egg) and tried to decorate them as owls.
You see why I usually leave the food decorating to Mittu. 🙂
We had a really fun time with dinner, dessert, and games.
2. An extra hour Saturday night. It takes me a while to get adjusted to the time change, but I do love the extra hour that day. I really wouldn’t mind if they left Daylight Savings Time in place, except that school kids end up waiting for the bus in the dark around this time of year if we don’t change back to regular time.
3. A change of doctor but not of time. I got a call from the doctor’s office that the person I was supposed to see for back-to-back appointments in February (yearly physical and yearly Medicare wellness visit) was not going to be in the office that day. But, thankfully, someone else was free for both appointments.
4. Yard clean-up. Our wildflowers have been past their prime for a while now, and Jim was able to cut them down and clean out the flower beds this week. He didn’t plant tomatoes this year, but he found some unripe ones growing among the flowers. It’s odd they didn’t ripen over the summer–I guess the tall wildflowers blocked the sunlight from them. The yard looks immensely better.
5. New game. My oldest son told me about an online word game called Raddle that has been fun.
Bonus: When my husband says, “Do you want me to pick up some dinner, or do you have plans?” Even if I have plans, I won’t turn down take-out. 🙂
And that wraps up another week. How was yours?
Stray Thoughts 
Ha ha, ‘plans’ would never preclude an offer to pick up dinner 🙂 Your owl cookies look great! Love all the costumes and at first I was thinking, “Does Timothy have gray hair?” So I was glad you explained 🙂
Very ingenious costumes! Timothy sure does have his “Grandpa vibes” going on. Lots of fun and the cookies look very, very good.
I like the daylight coming earlier now but for some reason I’m having a problem with adjusting to the earlier sundown. Not sure why. I’d like to stick with one time and not re-adjust every 6 months but I’m not sure which one I’d choose. Probably not this one. 😀
It’s always a win situation when you can schedule back-to-back medical appointments! I’m glad your’s is working out.
I don’t blame you for gladly accepting a take out meal. I enjoy anything I don’t have to cook!
I think the costumes and owl cookies are awesome!! How fun for T to dress up as grandpa and you are the perfect Rosie the Riveter!! LOVE it.
I looked at that word game and it seems a bit complicated. Although it’s similar to a timed one I do on Linked in.
I play Strands, Wordle and Connections daily and sometimes the Linked in word games and one visual perception game. I do these while waiting for laundry or watching the morning news to wake up my brain.
I’ll never turn down take out!!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
What a fun evening you must have had with everyone dressing up. Oh yes take out is always a nice treat. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
What a fun tradition you guys have kept. Fun that Timothy dressed as Jim. Our neighbor girl dressed like her grandmother also, right down to the grey highlights. Oh yes, never turn down an offer of takeout.
I love your owl cookies!! I am going to check out the new game.
My week was so busy! And so was my weekend… thus I am late commenting on FFF posts.
I love the costumes and the idea of dressing up for a family party.
Good on Jim for finishing up the wildflower garden. I am still working on putting my garden to bed this fall; I am so far behind. Fortunately, the garden is fairly resilient.
Take out? Yes, please!!
Those costumes certainly put a smile on my face. I love the creativity and simplicity of them. I think I’ve made those cookies, too, though never attempted to decorate them!
Love that you won’t have to change your doctor appointments.
There’s something really nice about tidying the yard after the growing season.
We use that cookie recipe as an easy base for a lot of variations–sometimes we put a Hershey’s Kiss in the center, or a chocolate heart on Valentine’s Day. I also like to put the cookie dough in mini muffin pans and then press a mini Reese’s cup in right after taking them from the oven. Or we just add chocolate chips and/or peanut butter chips or M&Ms.