The Smoke Has Cleared (Thank God!!)

     Thank goodness that the 4th is now over and I can fully immerse myself in Halloween. My BBQ went okay. It would have been soooooo much better if Mother Nature hadn't decided to dump about a half inch of rain on us all morning. It was so soggy by the time everyone showed up that we all hung out inside for a while. Mind you my poor kitchen/dining room is NOT that big and to have 15 people and two tables in it made it quite snug. Only 3 of my mason jars went home with people (which is better than I thought would happen) and we didn't get stuck with a lot of left over food. So all in all I call it a success. 
     I am hoping that the weather will be better this year for the Kid's Party. I really want them to be outside so that they have more room to run and play.  Besides, I think that they missed the Doughnut Tree last year. I am already picking the 19th as the date. Figure if I go ahead and lay claim to it people can plan around it. Now to figure out what the colors are going to be this year. Thinking I might even have a small Tea for the Ghoulfriends, we will see.
     Hopefully Hancock's will have plenty of brown material for me to start stocking up on for my monks habits. I still haven't really decided on a patter for them yet but then I don't have any material for them yet either. Dang I gotta get to work on that.  So much to do and so little time and motivation. Really need to work on that.