Candy Corn Infused Vodka and Spaghetti Sauce (But not together!)

Whew! Haven't blogged in a couple of days. Even worse I haven't read blogs in a couple of days! When you follow as many as I do, that can get pretty hairy when you go to catch up, lol!

Yesterday, my super wonderful hubster raided the garden and made spaghetti sauce to can. All the tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic for the sauce were grown in our garden! I love that! This is the second batch he's done. We have almost 20 jars of sauce canned so far this summer!

School finally starts on Wednesday, and I think we are finally ready. Clothes are bought (how can kids grow so much in so little time??), supplies are supplied, lunch money has been doled out, forms have been filled. And the sure sign that school's almost here? The kids are acting up. Yep, every year, right before the first day of school, the nerves set in (OMG, what if Bailey isn't in my class? What if my teacher's mean?! What if I can't find my class?) and the kids loose their minds for two or three days. Not so much with the oldest one (who's going to be a senior this year. A SENIOR!!), but the younger two are in full blown crazy mode right now. Thankfully, it'll settle down after the first day.

I am somewhat looking forward to school starting at this point, just so I can start getting serious about organizing The 31 Days of Halloween. I've added a few things to this year and it's going to be so fun (at least I really hope so, lol!), but it is a lot of work. There has been a great response from people about donating items for giveaways. Thank you all so much! You will all be amazed at the wonders that have been created this year! So much fun! Sponsors can continue to sign up until September 15 - and donations do not have to be pagan or Halloween themed.

And there is still time to join in if you'd like to participate! Lots of room left for anyone who wants to participate in the Haunted Walking Tour (dress up your blog for Halloween, we'll come visit you!). And still room for guest bloggers who'd like to have their article posted here! Just submit an article based on Samhain or Halloween - just about anything goes!

Anyone who wants to participate or find out more, contact me here.

I've been working on a ton of things to share in October! If you read Food Network Magazine (and if you don't, you should! That mag ROCKS!) you might have seen the candy corn infused vodka idea. They made a drink that looks a little something like this:

(except with better photography and without the water drops that says they just washed the plastic martini glass that they found in the back of their cupboard).

If you don't get the magazine, I'll be sharing this recipe in October, along with some other cocktails that Mr.B. and I are creating (working them out is a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it!).

Shockingly, no giveaway this week! I know! What the heck?