another stormy fall

I love autumn; it's my very favorite season, I think. I love the crisp air, and the cool sky, and the beautiful paintbrush God used across the foliage.  I love the new school year; the hope and excitement for new starts. Much better than New Year's, the equivalent of a teacher's New Year, I suppose. And my birthday! love being able to celebrate with friends, and of course, the excuse for CHOCOLATE CAKE!! Thanksgiving dinner has to be my all time favorite meal...of course, along with Christmas! I just love a real good Turkey dinner, with all the trimmings.and I love Halloween. But the one thing I HATE ABOUT FALL...when it turns from fall, but not quite winter yet...you know, when we get more rainstorms, and the leaves are all knocked around, and everything is brown. Just plain brown. ewww!
This weekend is one of those weekends...cold and wet and blustery. Getting the Halloween decorations up today...I always wait until after Thanksgiving.I keep getting into teh Halloween treats, so I bagged up the treatbags for my class and spooks last night. We only get about 6-7 spooks, but I always make up enough for a dozen in case "this is the year"! When we lived in Woodward's Cove, we would get 25-30. Much different when you live on the main drag.
So today may be a stay-in-your-jammies-by-the-woodfire kinda day.
Oh, except we have to go out this afternoon for teh RELAY for LIFE 2011 meeting.
But at least we can stay in our jammies until noon!!

I love Lindt!

We made it home from Dalton's Children's Wish trip! It was a great week, enjoyed by all. Not only did we see Toronto non-stop; I got to visit with my sister and a couple of good friends from years gone by. Teghre was so much to do, and certainly not enough hours in the day for everything.
Children's Wish took care of Everything...hotel, car rental, flights, City Passes, tickets to Blue Jays, and of course, tickets to Toby Keith... the whole point of the trip! They even threw in spending money for meals and souvenirs. It was nice to not have to worry about anything. Of course, Toronto is more expensive, and we wouldn't want to live there!
Dalton was thrilled to meet Toby, but very annoyed he wasn't allowed to ask for an autograph. We couldn't even take pictures. They took one, and then told us it would be available on his website, but neglected to say there would be a charge! Dalton was not as impressed after all. The next night, we went to the Blue Jays vs Orioles game. Again. no autographs; he was told they only do them Saturday and Sunday before games...Dalton argued he wasn't going to be there on the weekend; but the security guard sent him away. He was NOT impressed, and stomped all the way back to the hotel. Thankfully, we came across an eco-taxi and he was willing to take the boys for as ride. I just wanted him to take them back to the hotel, but they were almost there, so he suggested down the block and back aagain. A good chance for Dalton to blow off some steam in the cool September evening!!
All in all, a great trip, and we were all exhausted when we got back in Fredericton. Thankfully, Dalton's chemo got changed to Thursday, so he had a couple of extra days to rest, then DECH, then back home for a one day school week. So glad it is the weekend, though!

Almost forgot the CHOCOLATE!!
We met this great couple at the Toby Keith Concert. Turns out they own a Bar & Grill outside Toronto, and invited us for a free supper. As our days/hours were getting numbered, we went for a quick lunch before heading to Canada's Wonderland. Surprise! they had treats for Dalton and the rest of us, and put on Toby Keith again in the background! He got a Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey, and we all got shirts and hats.
the best part? St. Louis Bar & Grill has an exclusive signature dessert...Lindt Chocolate Ice Cream Cake! MMmmmmmmm...to die for! worth skipping the caesar wraps and sweet potato fries for!
need to go searching for a recipe now....