Trick or Treat?

So tonight was Halloween and we did some menial decorating... enough to make the front of the house look inviting. I already took most of it down. Anyway, we were hoping to attract more kids than last year. It seems we actually attracted less. The first kids showed up around six-thirty and the last about eight. Huh?

I guess things have changed from the days when I was a kid and we would stay out trick or treating until ten and then roaming around until eleven or twelve. We lived in a gated community though. So maybe that was the difference who knows?

All I do know is this... there is a decent amount of candy left over and I was giving out handfuls. Oh what? You are only three? Well, here are eight pieces of candy and remember... brush your teeth!

Alright, back to the books. Test tomorrow. Evil.

Still burning...

So as we wake up this morning we see the fire situation seems to be improving. It is almost time to get a wide scale view of the damage. I hope that our friends whom had to evacuate will have homes left to go to. We will help anyone in any way we can. I still remember how it felt to go home to a house that didn't exist after Hurricane Andrew, and I was only 12 years old. I could still cry thinking about how hard that was and all the challenges we faced afterward. I hope to never experience that again for the rest of my life. My heart goes out to anyone who does. So the threat of immediate danger is over but now it seems the worst is yet to come.

Keep Southern California in your thoughts...

Just fine...

This morning the skies have returned to blue above our house and the winds are clam. There is a perimeter of smoke all around us but right above us is slightly hazy but blue. Blue sky makes me happy! There is still ash in the air and it still smells like fire. All the fires are still burning but it seems that they are spreading to the east now. I hope they are under control soon. Today there is more help in the form of water dropping planes and such. We will wait and see what happens by sunset. I just want to go back to normal life. I am done sitting around the house watching tragedy unfold on the TV screen. Especially when it affects people I know.

Goodbye blue sky...

Yeah, really. What a difference a day makes. We are still safe. No worries people. Although the skies have changed and it is snowing ash. Our deck is covered. Here are some pictures of the apocalypse that I took this morning around 0700.

Where there's smoke...

...there's fire.


There are 7 or 8 fires burning all over SD county right now. It's pretty crazy and way worse than it was during the fires of 2003. So, I went outside to take a few pics of the smoke rolling in from the South and East. So far, I think Oceanside is one of the only places that the smoke has not reached yet. No one in FL worry. Our home is not in any danger of burning. We do have friends in trouble though so send them good vibes! Little sister I hope you feel better soon. Love you all.