I’m completely enchanted by this color.

These candles have been selling very, very well! Although, I might be my own biggest customer. Anyhow, here’s your chance to have a  Mireio candle of your own. They’re perfect for this time of year– a bit of light in this newly adjusted darkness! I was recently interviewed by Bath, Body, Candle and you can enter to win a free candle from MOI just by leaving a comment on the post! So, go read the interview and enter the give-away!

If you leave a comment here on my blog that you did enter and you happen to win, I’ll let you choose which candle you recieve!

Perspective is a good thing. We don’t seek it as often as we should. There is a fine line between noticing the details and being overwhelmed by them. And yet, ever mindful, life is in the details.

The real trick is recognizing that the Universe gave us peripheral vision for a reason.

What’s left of Wende after running a very indecisive 11 year old all over the county for a Halloween costume.

This poor schmuck has no idea what’s in store for him.

As I feared, we left the pumpkin buying off too late. Most of the pumpkins in Safeway’s makeshift patch were past due moving toward mortification. Iz climbed through the mire and found one pumpkin that didn’t seem to be mushy. Of course, it was the biggest pumpkin there.

One pumpkin. We are carving ONE pumpkin this year. Better make it good boys!

The Jack o’Lanterns are laughing. Poor guy, he’ll never see it coming.

Sadly, our plans for this holiday have gone from simple to nearly non-existent.  Poor Boy Wonder was exposed on Friday to the gunk going around. (Um, don’t get me started here!) By Sunday, he was running fever and chasing his nose. We skipped Talking Tombstones and church and opted to sip hot chocolate for the afternoon.

I’m now officially on the IZ’s Amazingly Slimming Hot Chocolate Diet. Hahahaha. Ahem.

Even this guy knows the score.

The boy informed me on Saturday that his plans to be a “Spy” were simply to appease me. At this point, that’s not bad news. So, for the 5th year running, he will be something creepy. That is, if I can find his costume from last year. Uh oh.

You see a pattern, right? It’s just not my year. The boy did manage to write all his Halloween cards. Now it’s up to me to mail them before Thanksgiving.

Have I told you lately that you make me happy? Unabashedly, ridiculously, unreservedly happy? I’m holding on to that, Baby. Just to that.

And
In the end,
We lie awake and we dream of making our escape.

~ColdPlay

Play with your food.

And so it begins.

Wow.

It’s been two weeks since we came back to Oregon. I was so energized from our trip home, I immediately decorated our porch for the holiday. However, my Halloween plans and preparation have stalled. I’ve done very little since. To think I had such big plans.

Typical. We do this every year. Truth is, I’m a one-woman holiday show around these parts. And my dreams require an army. So, until I can afford to hire staff, we’re keeping it low key. Iz and I have difficulty coming to conclusions… we’re big dreamers, not so much on the follow through when it comes to this sort of thing. Which means I’m not bothering with a costume this year.

I did dream up a very good two person concept: Life and Death. Death is easy, right? Black shroud and a scythe. Life requires a white gown, and your imagination. I was planning butterflies and birds in my hair. . . and then flowers and fish and anything else I could dream up attached to my dress. Cool, right? Feel free to borrow and use. Send me pictures if you do!

Tomorrow the boy and I are going to attempt to secure a few pumpkins to carve. Hopefully, we’ve not left it too late like we did last year. Someday, we’ll learn to buy early. We’re slow learners, evidently.  And we have to hash out the details of his costume. After 4 years running of being some variation of creepy, he’s opting to be a “spy” this year. Any suggestions on that front would be highly appreciated!

So, simple it is. But simple can be good. And with 8 days until Halloween, simple will do.