You Don't See That Every Day

How much Halloween candy do you have left?!? So it has been a week since the big party-day, aka trick-r-treat night. And I am finally getting around to showing you my little costumers. This year we had a puppy, an Olympic swimmer, and a hot dog. I think this year Little K. really got into the fun of it. After every house we visited, she would come back and excitedly say, "I got candy!" As you can see, we got a lot of candy too! There were a number of houses where our girls were the only ones, or the very few that came to a house, so the candy was often very freely handed out. At a neighbor's house, we were the last to visit, and they just dumped the rest of the candy into the girl's bags. In our family we dump everything into one bowl to share. I went through and checked all the pieces, and then divided the suckers and hard candy out from the rest. And yes, I threw some away. Throughout the week I have let the kids have some for after-lunch, or after s...

So after cleaning the house on Friday we had a little dinner party. Here's what was on the menu: Lasagna, bread, salad, and for dessert - hot fudge pudding cake. The lasagna, well I saved myself from stress, and bought it at Costco, knowing it would taste good and be enough for all of us to eat. The bread was in the bread maker, from a recipe in the manual. It is soft and fluffy for the first day; after that it is good for toast. The piece de resistance was the dessert, in my humble opinion. My mom used to make this "cake" back in my youth, and I love it. I would choose it over Costco round chocolate layer cake anytime (you know the one I'm talking about!?!) So I thought I would share it with those who might not be in the know. Make it for dessert tonight - you won't be sorry. Unless you don't like nuts, and then you might be sorry. Or you could just leave them out. It will still taste great. And it is even lovely the next day. I finished it up for lunch o...