Cooking Skulls

Well, Hazel is sick, sick, sick.
August has a few things to do today so he'll get out of the house-
thank God Trey is home this weekend! He's been running around town
gathering things for Hazel and taking the dogs out and bringing August
to the movies.
I spent many hours last night listening to Hazel breathe while I
scoured the Internet for things to do for Halloween. Found this gem
sometime between 3:44 and 7:00am on a blog called alphamom:

We made them out of salt dough (1/2 cup salt, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup water) and cooked them for 2 hours at 200. We'll paint them later tonight, hopefully Hazel will be feeling a bit more energetic by then.

Inspiration from a Far Friend

I've been posting a bunch but haven't really been spending much time poking around to check on my far away friends. So tonight, while the boys read in August's room and Hazel snoozed, I read up on your lives. A lot has happened out there folks. Too much really to talk about here.
It's a new year and many of you have turned new leaves, exposed new sides of yourselves, made new commitments. It's inspiring really. I'm still working on this whole new year thing. I think the transition of having the kids back in school will allow me to do a bit of reflecting.
In the mean time, I'm going to take a page from Melissa's book and join her in a bit of a pay it forward thing.
The first 3 folks who comment on this post will receive a handmade gift from me. I can't promise how quickly said gift will arrive in your mail box as I'm breaking through weeks of un-productivity but a hand made gift you shall have. There's a catch though- you've gotta do the same. You've got to make 3 handmade gifts to send out to the first three signer uppers.
Ready?
Set?