One post a month… I’m really catching up now! ::eyeroll::   It was mid-October. We told the kids we were going to pull them out of school a little early to get flu shots. Except, the drive was taking a lot longer. And we’ve never had to get on the freeway to get to the doctor’s office. They were puzzled but just mostly happy to be missing a couple hours of school. Then they started to recognize the familiar drive. And the Mickey ears started appearing on top of the streetlights.                                      …

Yep, because it’s now nearing February. I’m feeling great about this.   A look back… [deep breaths]                                                            

Pumpkin Spice Latte, anyone? No?   Argh.   And I thought it was late back when we carved pumpkins on actual Halloween day. In other news, did you even know that it’s next to impossible to buy a pumpkin anywhere on October 31st? Not Ralph’s, not Pavilions, not Trader Joe’s, not Bristol Farms, not Walmart, not Target. Huh, I didn’t either. Apparently there is a mass exodus of all pumpkins on October 30th. Now we know and knowledge, as they say, is power. Huh?   Anyway. We ended up at a makeshift “pumpkin patch” set up next to the mall where they were selling their last few picked-over, sad-yet-enormous pumpkins…