How was your Halloween?
Ours turned out to be just the evening I was hoping for – a night of drinking beer and watching Jeff play video games while we each took turns answering the door.
We had heard from a neighbor that they had over 300 kids show up last year, so I dashed to the grocery yesterday afternoon to pick up some more candy. I think we ended up having about 75 to 100 kids, and only went through half the candy I bought. It was really hard to not just eat fun size Twix for lunch today. 😉
It was really nice to feel like part of a community. Jeff and I were talking about how much we feel at home here. Even though we’re renting, it really feels like this is “our house.”
And it’s coming along nicely. We’ve made huge progress in getting things put away where they belong and setting it all up to feel comfortable. We finished clearing out the second bedroom which is being used for an exercise room and place to do our art and electronics projects. It was so filled with stuff that you couldn’t walk around in it.
I got my office set up how I like it…
All the knick-knacks are on the bookshelves, so until we get a full size dining table, the dining room is mostly done.
And the basement, which was pretty dirty when we moved in, is getting much more usable as we clean it out. I’ve got a laundry area set up and we’ve moved a bunch of long-term storage downstairs as well.
And we’re getting a few projects done around the house to make it more comfortable. Jeff hung the curtains in our bedroom and I spent some time crafting a drawer organizer to make the silverware fit better in the narrow drawer.
And the cats are loving it too. Liam has apparently just rediscovered sunbeams (our last place was in a basement so it was kind of dim.) I can be sure to find him in a different patch of light each day.
Lucas gets too hot in all the direct sunlight and has to occasionally take a break by stretching himself out languidly to diffuse the heat.
Handsome devil.
Today I roasted the other batch of pumpkin seeds I had from carving the jack-o-lantern. I tried to do a Japanese flavor using toasted sesame oil, soy sauce, mirin, nori kome furikake, and togarashi spice.
They’re alright, not good enough to share the recipe though. I think the toasted sesame oil is just overpowering the other flavors.
This year is just flying by, I can’t believe that Halloween has already gone by and we’re headed straight into the winter holidays. It’ll be 2012 before I can blink.
Love all that natural light in your new place! Glad to hear you’re getting settled… and you got a good amount of trick-or-treaters! That’s the one thing I miss living in a condo.
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I’m so glad you had a warm and fuzzy Halloween night and such a great turn out. The house is looking great and we’ll have to see about getting together soon and I’ll bring you those items we talked about. They would be perfect!!! I really would like to go shopping in a couple of weeks….. so give me a call and we’ll make it a girls day out and niece and nephew. They miss you!!!!
Wow, 75-100 trick-or-treaters. That’s a lot! We had 5…and now way too much extra candy.
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Even with that many, we still have a whole bowl full of candy to get rid of or I will surely eat it all.
Sounds like a perfect Halloween to me
Alas, we don’t celebrate it here, so I have no shenanigans to describe. Instead, yay house and gorgeous kitty! And yay Japanese deliciousness!
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75-100 kids all asking for candy??? It sounds like you must have been really busy that night. And yes, the year is passing by at rapid speed.
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Do you remember where you got your drawer dividers? I’m having similar space issues.
I got these at The Container Store for less than $10. I don’t remember the brand, but they come in long strips and you cut them to fit yourself. Truthfully though, they didn’t stick to the sides of the drawer very well. They’re still in there but they fall over or tilt to the side all the time. The horizontal arrangement is awesome though, if you can find some dividers that stick it’s much better than the typical tray inserts.