A Diabetic Halloween treat!

I was puzzled about how I was going to handle the candy situation tonight with Sarah and went online to check carbs for candies. I went to a couple different sites and then remembered the American Diabetes Association website. I was thinking that I would not have luck and then I saw a picture of kids and costumes and after a little searching found a complete list of common Halloween treats! What a blessing in disguise! This list is so comprehensive and helpful to me. For those of you who aren't aware, my daughter Sarah is a Type 1 diabetic. Diagnosed Dec 27th, 2008. This is our first Halloween with diabetes... Mama is nervous! So anyhow, support your local American Diabetes chapter and right now Rite Aid stores/pharmacies are taking donations, so please be generous! Diabetes isn't just for old, fat people, little kids are diagnosed everyday at a rate of 10,000 a day actually! So anyhow enjoy tonight everyone!

Happy Halloween

I hope everyone has a great Halloween today. Blogger is being a pain again and putting my pictures where they want them to go! The farmhouse is down the road from Sarah's grandmothers and the trees outside are just beautiful. Taking the kids out tonight. Sarah picked a Ninja of all things and Travis is some scary skull thing, as usual. Ha! I don't know what Karl is going to be yet, we were teasing his saying we were going to get him a Barney, Rainbow Brite etc.. costume. Poor kid. We had our first snowfall the other day. Didn't get any accumulation to speak of really. Some places up in the hilltowns and mountains got up to 2 feet of snow!
Now after today, we get to look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hope everyone has a good day...

Wedding Pictures!

Here are the pictures from my sister's wedding!
They are Brenda and Bobby the happy couple! Then the cake, flowers and rings. Saying the vows with my Mom and step dad Frank. Last is Abbigail my beautiful niece! Congratulations Brenda and Bobby! Blogger of course put the pics where they wanted to!

Wedding Wishes!

My sister, Brenda is getting married tomorrow to Bobby! If anyone would like to send greetings, her e-mail is BrendaD1964@hotmail.com, hehe she will probably kill me but oh well! I wish I could go but I really couldn't afford it.
Travis is doing very badly in school. He is far behind in English and will fail this quarter because he is refusing to do his homework! He had a book report due today and also a big portfolio due next Friday. I am having a meeting with his teacher on Tuesday and hopefully work some of this out.
Rich and I took Sarah and Karl to the haunted hayrides last night. I think it really stunk because we were stuck at the front of the wagon and couldn't see anything. We just heard people at the end screaming. The only real fright I got was when I looked ahead and saw a guy crouched by the trail and I kept expecting him to jump up on the side of the wagon. Next thing I know two hands come down on my shoulders and I hear a roar in my ear! I jumped a mile and shrieked! LOL! He had got on the wagon next to the driver and grabbed me from behind! We may go back up to the Great Escape to Fright fest again this weekend except when its darker so it will be spookier and more dressed up frighters.
Have a great weekend everyone!

Pay it forward challenge

Donna at Donna's spot
just send me a box filled with goodies from a challenge I won from her a few months ago. I got a book of her poetry, a cookbook, some nice beef sticks, a magnet and a CD and video of a comedianne. I was so surprised and thrilled with my present. I want to extend the challenge now. The rules are simple! The first 3 people to respond to this and leave me their e-mails so I can get their snail mail address will get a goodie package from me! The only catch is that they have to do it to to 3 or more of their readers!

My pretend baby

I saw this over at Sal's website and couldn't resist. Even though I am not really pregnant. I can pretend!

Hello

Hello everyone. We had a rainy day here in upstate NY. Have tomorrow off and it should be a nice day, so I hope to get out and get some fall photos. I should go up to Porter Corners to the top of the ridge and take some photos from there! I got a recipe yesterday at work for an apple tart. I haven't tried it yet but it sounds good. Here it is..

Apple Tart

2 pie crusts -premade is fine
1 block of cream cheese 8 oz
4 apples sliced thin
1/2 cup sugar
2 T flour
2 tsp cinnamon, butter
Place crust loosely in pie tins. Don't push down. Spread cream cheese in bottom of crust, half block in each. Mix sugar, flour and cinnamon with apples and place half of mixture in each pie crust. Dot with butter. Fold crust up over apple mixture. Let bake in 450 oven for 25 min. Put foil over tart for last 5 minutes to prevent burning. Let cool, enjoy!