Happy Halloween

Peter Peter Punkin Eater

Kate and Alex carved the two big pumpkins today. They look great! Kate saved all the seeds and I think I'll actually attempt to roast them. Pumpkin seeds are chock full of vitamins and fiber. They're so good for you!! Here is a recipe for roasting seeds. Enjoy!

boil pumpkin seeds in salted water for 20 min. let dry over night. melt 1tbsp of butter. mix butter, 1tbsp olive oil and seeds and spread on a baking sheet. bake at 300 degrees for 30 min.

PopEye!!!

Why Eat Spinach?


Spinach nutrition is amazing. The calcium content in spinach and the other dark leafy greens mentioned above strengthens bones.



The A and C vitamins in spinach plus the fiber, folic acid, magnesium and other nutrients help control cancer, especially colon, lung and breast cancers. Folate also lowers the blood levels of something called homocysteine, a protein that damages arteries. So spinach also helps protect against heart disease.



The flavonoids in spinach help protect against age related memory loss.



Spinach's secret weapon, lutein, makes it one of the best foods in the world to prevent cataracts, as well as age related macular degeneration, the leading cause of preventable blindness in the elderly. Foods rich in lutein are also thought to help prevent cancer.



As you can see, the health benefits of spinach are numerous. The vitamins and calcium in spinach, combined with the overall nutritional value of spinach, make this vegetable and its dark leafy green cousins top picks for healthy food choices.



Fresh or frozen, add these greens to your food menu as often as you can.

fright by the fire = success!

So last night was a huge success! Yay! The rain moved through early and we were able to be outside for most of the evening. We were missing a couple of kids but everyone who came seemed to have a good time! Kate loved being here and meeting all of Joe's friends and we were talking about all of the parties she used to have when she was in middle school. We were laughing about who kissed whom behind the house and who went out with who and broke up with who.  It really seems like yesterday that Kate was having those parties. The kids were really good and even though I wasn't feeling so great with this cold or sinus thing I had fun seeing them have fun.

Fright by the Fire

Looks like we might have to come up with a plan B for fright by the fire. The rain that was supposed to come through yesterday didn't and now it is supposed to rain today. Soo...that might mess things up for Joe's get together. I asked him what he wanted me to get for this evening and he said he didn't care, they just want to hang out. I am trying to kick this cold and I really need to get out to the stores and buy the goods for the party. The Thursday night game threw me off but we had a great time. Being back at Buccanear stadium made me appreciate the space we have especially after being at Mt. Brook last week. Hoover played great and pulled off a win! Yay! Now on to the play offs. HOpe the weather holds for next weekend. Hoover play off game and the huge bama/lsu game. Rick and I are looking forward to being in Tuscaloosa for tailgating.

Almost Friday

It's almost Friday! Friday is my favorite day of the week. I don't have to work and its my pay day and in the fall there is Friday night lights. Tonight, though, Hoover plays so a Thursday night game is kind of throwing me off. Hope the Bucs can recover from being beaten by Mt. Brook. Ohh speaking of Mt. Brook, I never did write on here how awful and rude they were last week. Of course Mt. Brook has quite the reputation of being snobby, blah blah blah, well, let me tell you, from what I saw in their closed off parking lot at 5pm to Hoover people, they lived up to their rep. We knew the game would be packed especially since Mt.B only has one side of seating so we left early and headed over to the other side of town. We naively thought we'd have enough time to hang out a bit, visit, eat a little and then head into the game and we even thought, we'd get a good parking place in the parking lot! Knowing the parking lot was fairly small, again, we left early, we got there a little after 5. Mt. B. police were telling people to park on the side streets because the parking lot was full. Well okay then, we did that but what we learned after we were in the game is that the parking people were asking before cars turned in if they were Hoover or Mt. B. If they were Hoover they were directed to park on the street. What in the world? There was a s'mores table set up by the entrance gate but the s'mores were only for Spartan fans. Good grief!! I was good though, I wasn't sassy, maybe an eye roll here and there. Then, we're sitting in the game, and some dumb kid on the mt. b side starts mocking the national anthem. Thankfully, a Brookie daddy grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and put him in his place. Then about 20 min. later a water bottle was thrown into the Hoover parents section from the same group of rude mt. b. kids! Really? Who does this kind of stuff? I think they should have been kicked out, They weren't. Its just a bad idea to have everyone sitting on the same side. With all their money, they need to build a bigger parking lot and a bigger stadium. And this year, the Spartans are good which made it even harder to take! I know a lot of the surrounding communities love to hate Hoover when it comes to football. I totally get that. We're good, and we've had lots of national recognition. I guess jealous spoiled brats take that as opportunity to tell our middle schooler's that Hoover kids are ghetto because they like flat billed hats. Well, I'll take our diverse ghetto flat billed wearing kids any day over rude spoiled mt. brook kids!

Ohhh! I love this!!

Remember to be patient and compassionate with yourself as you meet up with the challenges in the world. Trust that God is always providing whatever you truly need that serves your Soul and all of the creation.




- John Morton