My Quiet Corner of the World: Before I leave, it's a Halloween Treat!

Since I won't be on this blog again until Nov. 13th, when we are back home again, I just had to have a wee bit of fun and share a few Halloween pictures with you. Aren't those skeletons cool? I have to say, I think you'd be asking to have them stolen by putting them outdoors. Sad isn't it? I never used to think like that and it takes the joy out of decorating your house for either Halloween or Christmas. Maybe I can use that for the excuse as to why I am such a Scrooge? LOL

I saw these cookies and thought, if I had kids this would be fun. The days of being able to give out a "homemade" treat to little "trick or treaters" is long gone. I guess you could always give them to neighbors kids that you know, if there are any.

I was reading a gal's blog yesterday on the making of her bbq sauce and had a good chuckle. It brought back memories of when I was in the south... people really are that fanatical about their barbecue! I am a wet barbecue kind of gal too so this was like an article I would write, but since I didn't write it, I'll appreciate it...

http://www.themeaningofpie.com/2012/10/basic-bbq-sauce/

It's hard to believe we are going to be away for one day short of a month! I am praying I can get down there this year without collapsing. Last year it took me a good week to get over the drive. I am planning to make our meals on this trip though - no burgers, burgers and more burgers while we are on the road. That probably didn't help how I felt when we arrived. And this year, dammit, I am going to drink my water even if we have to stop for washrooms a lot more frequently. I swear that's part of why I was fighting a urinary tract infection last year. I wasn't flushing my system the way I normally do.

This year we are taking it much slower by stopping in Portland (2 nights), Red Bluff, Agoura Hills (2 nights) and Ontario on the way down. Originally I had Bakersfield in the mix but 2 nights in the Santa Monica area appeals to me more. It should give us time to drive a little bit of the PCH, explore the Santa Monica Pier and take a run down to Riverside to see and photograph the Mission Inn. I have wanted to do all of them for some time but we just never quit got there - it was pedal to the metal for Palm Desert.