dwgm | It was a Piratey Halloween...

I've been fooling around with the layout of

prettygoodfood today -- I think the one I came up with is prettier, and more legible. I posted a few recipes, too, and hope to work on it a little each day, and get the rest of our family cookbook posted. I know, I know. I've said that before. But this time I mean it. Not that I didn't the other times. Many thanks to all the friends who've joined and posted their family favorites there, too. Everything is tagged, and saved to memories.

Took a few days off to commandeer

viva_gloria from LAX last Monday. We drove many miles in search of beaches, good seafood, and Disney adventure (for which

gingersnapps was our kind hostess -- many thanks to her!), and had a small but lively pirate gathering on Halloween evening with

choose2live,

hippediva, and

smutcutter, with a brief appearance by

hazelhawthorne and company.

viva_gloria was an ideal guest, and I hope she had as much fun as I did (in spite of jet lag).

Here are pix of the PotC pumpkins that

gingersnapps and

weemonkey6 made for us. Just like some that were posted awhile back at

arrrrr, but these are OURS! They're made with those craft pumpkins, so we'll have them for years to come (if Wee Monkey will bring them home from work -- she took them in to show her co-workers).