I have no pictures from last night, but it was wonderful.  My friends (of all ages) turned a crappy morning (truck had to be jumped twice, fight between the man and I, slight frustration and general hysteria) into a wonderfully, delightfully, spooking evening. 

Thank you and may your New Year be as Awesome as you all are!

Inconceivable

We are dining next to a model of the pirate ship Revenge.  Bodes very well for the next 16 years of marriage.  I love my FarmBoy

It is beginning to look a lot like Halloween

Other people have Advent Calendars

An historical day

We celebrated Nana's birthday with a trip to Atlanta History Center. 











We had fun walking all over and visiting different sites and ....we snagged a tour of the Swan House (no photos allowed inside) and found out they had just finished filming part of Catching Fire in one of the rooms - we all think it will be President Snow's office.

Stitch in time Stitching Time {to the tune of Sweepin' Time from Mary Poppins}

Lucy and  Nana are working on her quilt - she's making it as a gift (personally, i covet this one - wish it were for me).  The colors are so exciting and beautiful.

Taran and I are playing with electronica.  He has captured a new pokeman that he has named Sapphire.  I am playing with my blogger app and using

Talk Like a Pirate Day

This morning saw a combination of two our favorite things:
Krispy Kreme donuts and talk like a pirate day.
We left port and headed out for some pirate booty. 

the cashier even took our picture and we not only scored a luscious box of golden delicious glazed donuts but individual treasures as well!

Arrr matey, enjoy the day!_

Japan Fest

For years, Atlanta has been hosting a v. cool event and I finally got to go this year.  The husband and the kids went last year and had a delightful time (I often hear about it).  This year they asked me to join them.  How could I resist an invite to such a wonderful day?

 We saw Sumo Wrestlers ... did you know that there are female wrestlers here in GA?


Met up with our friends (whose company we always enjoy) and saw the Samurai and his 18 assistants (most amusing his assistants).  The Samurai carefully controlled the placement of his assistants so only 7 samurai were on stage at one time - most funny.

We visited the koi and goldfish show - Lucy had hoped to bring comet (our newly adopted goldfish), but I wasn't sure we could pull that off - I mean, I have seen purse dogs, but a purse goldfish was not something I wished to contemplate.

Vendors, oh what goods they were selling - I could easily have left a few hundred dollars there, fortunately, I did not.  They sold items of anime and those of paper and some of silks ... oh how I would love to stroll through there again.  We did bring home a Shadow Lugia, an Espion and a inflatable toy dog on wheels.
We spoke with many people and had a lovely time - so much fun people are!

Did I mention the piece de resistance?  The food?!  I had been hearing about the tonkotsu ramen from Umaido that had been sold there for almost a year and so, we grabbed some ramen and we ate and ate and ate (did I mention how large the portions were?). The pork was like butter and the miso was most tasty.  Lucy finished up the ramen with a bit of dirt from Sunno - no worms though!