Carving pumpkins

We did a lot today. First we went to Sam's Club where we bought the usual and I checked to see if we could put mom on our account but she can only be on it if she lives with us so that did not work out. We also bought Halloween candy we do not like to eat ourselves so we won't be tempted to eat it as we have done in past years.

Then we went to Perkins where we had to wait forver for the food but Luke ate his pizza, Pete had breakfast and Breanna and I each had the salad bowls.

Then we headed over to Steins so Pete and I could pick out our pumpkins since the kids already had theirs. There was not a good selection left. Pete's would not stand on its own and mine has a huge scar in the back but a good front for carving. We also picked up some gourds and a corn stalk bunch to put around the lamp post. THis is the only Halloween decoration we have.(I'm not big on halloween decorations and technically, the stalks and gourds are "Fall decorations".)

Then we decided to go to the car lot to see what was there. Back home, Pete called around for loan rates and the credit union in Crystal definetly has the best rate.

We carved our pumpkins. It took Luke and Breanna about two hours to get all the seeds out. (Luke's pumpkin is the size of a grapefruit but it kept him busy). Pete cut out the face for Luke's pumpkin and it turned out pretty cute. Breanna has a cat on hers which she did all by herself. Pete's looks like a scared bald man(The painting 'The Scream' comes to mind) and mine has the name "Linna" carved out with a spider and a web and it is not very good. I then roasted the seeds in the oven and they turned out pretty good.

Finally got around to making supper. None of us were all that hungry so we just had sandwiches....whew!

It was nice to have Pete home on a weekday and he is home tomorrow as well. We are taking the van in to see what the dealer will give us for it. Pete is checking the bluebook on the internet for it now.

Read John's blog and wished we could have gone up to visit today to make his day a little better.

I keep checking Pat and Pennies blogs but they have not blogged lately....I miss them!!! Chrissie, if you read this, I somehow am not able to respond to your comments but do know you will be here for Thanksgiving.

Have a good one...Lori