"rainy day.............."

Fall decorating, cooking (sorta), and spending the day with my boy............. So the kids don't have school today. I took the day off to take them to the pumpkin patch. POURING down rain. Ummmm.......pumpkin patch didn't happen. Nicole stayed at a friends house last night, so it was just me and my boy today. Got up, made him breakfast. Had planned on running errands (bank etc). To rainy and ugly to leave. So I decided to decorate a little for fall/halloween. (obviously, these pics are NOT my house, just cool pics that I found on the internet, I wish...)Made homemade guacamole (recipe to follow) and homemade granola.

Guacamole was excellent. Made it in time for LeRoy to try it when he came home for lunch.

Granola didn't fair so well. It was almost done and I wanted it to be a little bit crunchier. So I put it on broil and set the timer for 3 minutes. Got busy doing other things and didn't keep an eye on it. HOLY SMOKE. Literally. Opened up oven and entire house was full of smoke. I told Tyler to open up the garage door and be ready for fire alarm to go off. BEEP, BEEP,BEEP! I opened sliding glass door and took my charred granola out. Opened up all the windows and turned on stove fan. Not good. Was smelly. And I don't have my granola. boo.

Tonight I'm going to drive the girls to the varsity football game in Cresent Valley. I don't want to sit in the rain so I will kill a few hours in Corvallis before I pick them up. (nice mom!) guess I'm goin by myself. No takers to go with me..... :(

Tomorrow I have a funeral and a bridal shower to go to.

I want to go on a date with my husband tomorrow night.

Sunday is cleaning day and I need to go to the grocery store........

I guess this answers my question of "where did the weekend go?"

*Guacamole*

3 coarsly mashed avocados

1/2 c diced (seeded) tomato

1/4 c sliced scallions
3 tbsp fresh lime juice

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp ground cumin

3/4 tsp salt (or to taste) I like Kosher salt

1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce (tobasco)

Mix all together. Serve or cover surface directly with plastic wrap (to prevent from turning brown, important step) and refrigerate up to 4 hrs.

Serve with tortilla chips. (make approx. 3 cups)

I double recipe cause it's SO good...................