The carpet on the stairs........
The finished product.....
After the project I atttending the wedding of my former neighbor's daughter. Here are Russell & Joanne (Mother of the Bride).
And me....I would have had a photo of the bride but.......my camera battery died..JPG)
Interesting contrast between morning and evening. 
I also made some pumpkin cream cheese cup cakes.
The spread before everyone arrived. What isn't on the table is some yummy almond prosecco. Very good with desserts for those of you think about entertaining for the holidays. It would also be good with brunch too. Go to Trader Joe's and ask for the almond prosecco.
Gladiola's are in season or at least at the grocery store again. I love them!
We did actually discuss the book, The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter & Sweet. A fun evening. 
Since I only have 1 popover pan, I also use muffin pans.
When you do it right, they pop up and are SO good!!
The kids always hate cleaning the guts out of the pumpkins
Hannah was able to carve some of her pumpkin.
Simon did a good job of supervising.
We had a Halloween carnival in the neighborhood yesterday. I decided to dress up this year because it turns out I had everything I am wearing already on hand in my house.
Here is Hannah with one of the neighbor girl, Tatum.
Some of the neighborhood ladies and Shelby as a mime.
My little witch!
He enjoyed the little kid area!
Mike & Jason enjoying beverages.
Sally & Tatum
A great day had by all! 
She was so good with the kids, which make them think she was in a home with kids before she ended up at the Humane Society. She did not like the collar that Rosie tried to convince her to wear but Simon really did enjoy playing with her.
One last photo before Syndey decided the tulle was no more. Hmmm....might end up on my costume today! ;)
Happy Halloween! 
Hannah & I also met the garden mascot.
We took a hay ride and visited the maze.
Hannah found her pumpkin.
I had to carry Simon's....shocking, I know.
The kids & their pumpkins. Simon's is bigger than he can carry.
There were also games to be played by the kids.
We visited the Monarch butterfly pavilion.
There are still a few pieces of the Chihuly glass left in the garden. These are at the entrance and still as gorgeous as ever.
A family photo...might be the photo for my Christmas card.
I am working to buying REALLY nice knives, but I did get some higher end IKEA knives with a sharpener. That knife is sharp!
The apples after soaking for 45 minutes.
The lovely cake before cooking.....
The finished product. It was good!
She was very snuggly!
Hmmm...see any family resemblance??
I was lucky enough to visit on Mindy's birthday so we got CAKE and Hershey's ice cream too!
Thank you Matthew & Mindy for a wonderful visit!!!
While there I visited my friend Melody, her hubby and her son, Colin.
Isn't he a cute boy????
Melody and I have known each other since 1991 when we met in Fargo, ND while working at the USDA. We still look 20-something, right???
Lovely sleeping Colin.
Melody and her little boy.
Another blast from my Fargo past....Chris was the boss that brought Melody and I together. I made a joke that we looked 20 years older....oh, wait! We are almost 20 years older than the day we first met.
I was so lucky to also see one of my old Stitch N Bitch girls, Eva, from our group who moved to the DC area. We had a wonderful Ethiopian dinner. Yum!
I feel blessed that I was able to see so many friends while on a business trip!
The fun part about pita bread is that is puffs up some when you cook it to make the pocket inside. Here is one batch baking and puffing up. It was tasty and my kids even liked it.
I had gotten okra at the farmer's market. I thought I would try something new with okra other than battered and fried so I made curried okra.
Afterward it is sauteed with onions and curry. I added lentils to the mixture to make a whole meal. It tasted great with the pita bread.
Another recipe I recently tried was caramel apple cookies. I substituted caramel's for the bits because I couldn't find them. The cookies were really good but if you use caramel pieces, cut them up in REALLY TINY pieces!
I didn't make this meal but it is one of my favorites. Green papaya salad and summer rolls from a local Thai restaurant.
This is the last soup I made from the farmer's market produce. It is a butternut squash and sweet potato soup. I made up the recipe as I went along so, nothing exciting on that front. I topped it with fresh basil and Sriracha sauce.
Happy Sunday! 
The Fiber Factory also had people demonstrating spinning and bobbin lace making (below).
We thought we needed a photo to show you all how long our hair is now. Both of us used to have very short hair. Hmm....maybe we get along so well since we are about 5 days apart in age. Weird, huh? You meet someone at Stitch N Bitch and just click! Luv ya Heather!
The view of the field from our nosebleed seats.
You can't really see Heather's hat but you can see me modeling the scarf that took me nearly 2 hours to knit the last row. However, it is ready to block and send to its new owner somewhere cold. The scarf is made with Silk Maiden yarn given to me for my 40th birthday last December by the Queen of Snarkville. She drove all the way from Santa Rosa, CA to Sacramento to have lunch with me to start my 40th birthday extravaganza. We had never met before...but that is the wonderful thing about blogland. You meet amazing people!
I THINK the Dbacks lost but to be truthful, I don't care. I went for the company and time spent knitting my friend. 
