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[athomeontherange]

Well.. the candy stash is done. I ran out and dd supplemented her own stash because she wanted to give stuff out. Her grandma is buying he replacement candy. We had @ 80 tricker treaters.

I felt better today except for a horrid headache all day. I decided to grill dinner and make apple pie on the grill.. yum!!

[RMS123]

Yum on the grilled apple pie!

We had 150 kiddos in an hour and a half. We ran out by 7:30. I'm glad there was no candy to tempt me!

[athomeontherange]

Yum on the grilled apple pie!

We had 150 kiddos in an hour and a half. We ran out by 7:30. I'm glad there was no candy to tempt me!

Oh my goodness!!! That is crazy!

[Pebbles67]

We have a ton of candy for the boys because we bought all our little man's faves when we thought we would TOT at home. We never get kids at our house.

[athomeontherange]

I am taking photos of my food today. I will post them all after dinner. However, I am also picturing 30 days of thankfulness. Here is day 1 (also on FB):

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I am thankful for books. Through them I meet the most interesting characters, visit exotic places and learn about the world around me, the people around me and about myself.

[demuralist]

we had 5 ToTer's

Love the thankfulness journal.

[athomeontherange]

Ok, here is my food entry for today.

B: 3 slices of bacon, 2 eggs, leftover grilled apple pie with whipped cream (I do not put in anything for the whipped cream, I like the taste as is) and my coffee with cream (I have decided its best to stick with decaf most of the time)
L: 5 bacon wrapped chicken livers with homemade bbq sauce (tomato sauce, mustard, cider vinegar, broth, chili powder, minced onion, garlic powder, stevia), carrots with homemade ranch (thanks Chris) and 1/2 grapefruit
D: 2 salmon patties ( salmon, egg, ranch mix) wrapped in leaf lettuce with a mayo dill sauce (and a ginger ale- the only no-no)
S: really dessert- pumpkin pie (pumpkin, egg, 1 package sweetener, pumpin pie spice) with whipped cream

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I think a rather good food day though. I will tell you, knowing I was photographing my food it made me reevaluate what I was eating. I looked at it from a new perspective of do have enough protein, how are my fruits and veggies etc.

[athomeontherange]

OK.. so last night I had had enough crap from my dd. I drank 2 spiked nogs.. yup.. 2

[Pebbles67]

The pics are great. Love them.

[demuralist]

did you photo the nogs? I think the photos really help me as well!

I used to make a homemade nog that was actually fairly healthy, I think, if I find the recipe I will post it.

do you bake the pumpkin pie, put in in the micro, or just eat it raw?