A Good Day for a Hot Toddy

I feel like I'm just now playing catch-up. For so long we were anticipating Kat's wedding and all the company that would bring. Once that event was over we had to hurry up and plan our annual kid Halloween party, which we had last night and yes...there was a fire! So much excitement in the Many house...I'm sure our neighbors were real impressed! ( the fire was small, I lit some candles around the house and someone placed the paper towels a wee bit too close...there was very little smoke and the soot came right off the white back splash with some simple green.)
Now were revving up for our trip out to Alabama and Louisiana. We're fitting two visits into this one trip. Trey's dad and step mom live in Alabama and we don't see them nearly enough so when Trey's mom asked if we wanted to go to Louisiana to help her celebrate her 60th birthday we knew we had to fit them both in. The kids are so excited. I told them of our plans on the way home from school today and H announced that she just could not wait to see grandpa Joseph Many and Chee Chee. They've got cat and it really doesn't concern H too much that she's allergic. A visit gives her ample opportunity to get fed some southern food and get cat hair all over her.

We took the dog to the dog park today despite the grey sky and chilly breeze. Tank does so much better when he's tired. I like him so much when he's sleeping. After the park we came home to clean up the mess accumulated from the Halloween party. A did his home work while H set her small stuffed animals up all over the living room. I searched the Internet for a recipe for hot toddy's and found this yummy one:

1/4 c boiling water
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz pear brandy (or apple brandy)
1/2 oz honey

all you do is put the honey in the boiling water and mix it till it dissolves, then mix the rest into that and put a cinnamon stick in it. I doubled it cause it's that good.
I'm sipping it right now and it's warming me up in this cold, cold house on this cold, cold night.