Slices of Life

 I didn't want to skip out on Monthly Musing with Holly and Patty two months in a row even though this month's topic of Halloween doesn't really apply to us anymore. Now that the boys are grown, Halloween is kind of like a non-holiday around here. We live out in the country at the end of a dead end road so trick or treaters never venture out here. But I thought I'd answer most of the questions with what we USED to do. 1. When the boys were little we used to get them dressed in their costumes and drive to each of the grandparents and great-grandparents houses (well, the ones that were local anyway; which was nearly all of them). Then as they got older we would go to either of my sisters' houses and trick or treat around their neighborhoods as a group. For the first couple of years after the boys decided they were too old for trick or treating we watched spooky/Halloween movies at home and enjoyed some candy and ice cream. Now it's just like any other night for us...

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday. Another month is wrapping up and once again I am so surprised it's already over.  What We're Eating: Sunday: steak, baked potato, and green beans with salad Monday: Chicken pot pie with flaky crust  (mostly because I need photos for the blog post since all my all photos were deleted from the blog!) Tuesday: Egg roll in a bowl (I use this recipe from Holly) with rice (riced cauliflower for me) Wednesday: Homemade chicken fingers with fries ( butternut squash fries for me) with corn on the cob and salad. Thursday:   Homemade lasagna with salad and freshly baked garlic bread. (Though I'm not sure if I'll make it in a loaf pan or do a whole 13x9 for leftovers) Friday: We're heading to Maine for the night with Evan to check out another college so Ian will be on his own and Alec is staying at college this weekend. The 3 of us will pick something up on the way. Saturday:  I...