trick or treat

I made these for all my children's class halloween parties. 

Not.

Who does shit like this?

I'll tell you who. The same human dynamos that came up with sushi, origami, bento boxes and cutting vegetables into flocks of swans.

{Please join me for a linguistic time out. Swans don't come in flocks. A group of swans can be called several things and it seems to be a random list. Technically, a group of swans is a bevy or herd. If they are flying in a group they are called a wedge. I also like that it is accepted to call them a 'whitening' of swans or a 'lamentation' of swans. I'm going to go with 'lamentation of swans' from now on and would appreciate if you would do the same. You do know that a group of crows is called a murder? It is and you should. For a fabulous page of bird resources go here. }

Back to the Japanese. 

What's up? They are down with the details, are they not?

Those lovely macaroons are from here. Good luck to you with that recipe.

I am, in real life, making Frog Egg Pudding for Lewis and Della's classes for Halloween.

via progressive pioneer

I will tell them that they are REAL frog eggs. 

We will probably have a swamp story to that effect...I need to make one up...and there may or may not be a real frog involved. 

I'm fond of halloween and all its opportunities for grossness.

The Paris Triathlon is on my life list. 

Do you think they'd let me jump off the bridge?

Tonight we are having Korean short ribs in the crock pot.

Check out this simple recipe with very few ingredients.

Matt is in Georgia visiting his mother and helping around the house.

She has a lamentation (I'm running with it) of feral cats living in her crawl space. They come and go and are taking over. I could go on and on and on, but I'm not.

{OK. I tried. I do have to say one thing.}

STOP FEEDING THEM!

{which is the universal symbol for 'hello, we are your pets, now'}

.....and would make the following request seem a wee bit unreasonable....

"I want you to get under there and kill them for me." she said "They recognize me, they won't recognize you."

???????????

You'll be pleased to know that he declined.

Have a lovely weekend, all!