Sunday Dinner, November 1, 2009 & Halloween Pics

If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time you know when you see the Sunday Dinner graphic that features the chef with a question mark on his tray it means I have no idea what's happening for Sunday Dinner this week.

Lamar's already informed me that his Dallas Cowboys play football at noon tomorrow so I know I'll be a football widow Sunday afternoon. He's already set for Sunday Dinner. He got some packaged pork barbecue at Wal*mart when we did our monthly shopping so I don't have to worry about cooking for him.

So I've decided to take another break from cooking Sunday Dinner this week. I have no idea where I'll end up eating but I won't be doing the cooking or the cleaning up. Works for me.

For those of you who'd like to share your Sunday Dinner plans this week just leave a comment.I'm just going to scatter some pics of Emmy in her Halloween costume and from the weinie roast tonight in the rest of this post. Click on any of them to enlarge-ify.

As I mentioned earlier, Lamar and I went to Jonesboro this morning with his Mom to run some errands and do our monthly Wal*mart shopping. I usually get all my household cleaning supplies and other necessities on or near the first of each month and go about a week later to do my monthly grocery shopping so it's not such a big hassle all in one day.

I sometimes pick up a few grocery items on the first, but for the most part I wait until the next week to do my "big" monthly grocery shopping.

We ran a few errands and paid the cable bill first, then went to eat at Ron's Catfish again for lunch. It was great, as usual. I could eat there at least once a week if we could afford it. It's probably a good thing we don't have our own car or we'd probably eat there a lot more than is good for us.

After lunch we headed to Wal*mart, and let me tell you, apparently everybody else within a 50 mile radius had the same destination today. It was a madhouse! The fact that it was Saturday, Halloween and that everybody that gets their government checks on the first got theirs Friday because of the first falling on the weekend had a lot to do with the crowds, I'm sure. If I hadn't been out of a lot of things, including some of my prescriptions, I'd have waited until later instead of braving those crowds.

It was hard to get down the aisles without running over people, and they would just stand and look at you with their carts right in the middle of the aisles, almost daring you to ask them to move! So frustrating, and rude people just do not make for an optimum shopping experience. Whatever that may be.

We finished our day by stopping at Sonic on the way home to take advantage of the half price drinks during happy hour. I was more than ready for a drink by then, let me tell you.We got home and unloaded our purchases and got to rest about an hour before my sister Ducky and her granddaughter Genna arrived to pick us up to go to a bonfire, weinie roast and hayride with our church.

Jessica and Emmy arrived about 10 minutes after Ducky and Genna, so we took a few pics and then headed to the weinie roast. By the time we got there the sun was beginning to set and it was indeed a glorious sunset. I took about 2 dozen pictures trying to capture the beauty of the sunset, but apparently sunsets are beyond my grasp and abilities.

We enjoyed roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and some people made s'mores. (Ick!) I like all the ingredients in s'mores, but not together, thank you very muchly. And I'm not much on chocolate anyway so to me putting chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers together just ruins some good marshmallows and graham crackers.

After everyone had eaten, we piled into the trailers filled with bales of straw and pulled by tractors. We had 2 trailer and tractor combos and we made 2 trips so everybody could ride at least one time each. Some of us (me, Lamar, Jessica, Jason and Emmy included) rode for both trips, and it was grand!

The moon was almost full and so bright it was almost like daylight! The stars were shining and it was so good to see clear skies after all the rain we've had lately. It was a little chilly so my sweatshirt, jacket and quilt that I brought to snuggle up in felt good.

There is still a LOT of water on the ground and over the country gravel roads. We went through a lot of water and Emmy was amazed at riding the trailer through water! She wanted to get out and swim, lol! We told her it was awfully cold to be swimming tonight, with the temps in the mid-50'sF.

I thought I had my camera with me on the hayride, but someone moved my purse and it fell out of the top of it, so I don't have any pics on the actual hayride. I was so disappointed! Boo hoo!All in all, a good day, but I have been going since my feet hit the floor this morning, so Diane is a TARD girl tonight. Even if I'd wanted to cook Sunday Dinner, I didn't get home until 10:30 pm and I'm not about to start cooking at this time of the night, not to mention that I'm worn to a frazzle!

I hope you've all had a great Halloween, and don't forget to Fall Back and set your clocks back an hour if you haven't already done it by the time you read this. I for one am glad to get that hour back that we lost last Spring.

I'm going to get this proofread and posted and I think for once I'm going to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Allowing for that hour we're getting back, I may even get in bed before midnight. What an interesting concept! ;o)Y'all have a blessed Lord's Day doing something you enjoy with people you love. May God meet all you need, and may you have enough to share is my prayer for you all, dear family and friends.