All Dressed Up and No Place to Go!

It's not just for Halloween...


We dress our cats up for all occasions!


And, one of them happens to be scary ALL the time...

Happy Halloween!

Happy "Not Halloween!"

In Vicksburg, we are being forced to celebrate Halloween a day early because, Lord knows, it can't be on the same day as high school football! On Washington Street, however, the ghosts and goblins came out even earlier. It was like a sea of little princesses and Indiana Joneses (yep, they were fighting to keep up with one another). We ran into the cutest ones as we shoveled Smarties into pumpkin heads and plastic bags as quickly as we could (Olivia's mom, who was in town for the weekend, had to make a run for more candy halfway through!).


May, in disguise as Dorothy, picked up one of the better Indiana Joneses (her friend, Hayden).


Ellen won third place in the costume contest. How can you resist this grumpy little witch?!

Even though this is how they were decked out this past weekend, tonight's Trick-or-Treat is all about Star Trek, according to May. She said she will be some character we've never heard of.

Cookin' with Style

After many long hours creating and perfecting images for H.C. Porter merchandise, our order from Cafepress finally came in earlier this week. We donned some of the new wares (a special T-shirt and a not-so-perfect apron) while we prepared tacos last night.
It brought a whole new meaning to "bringing our work home."


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Making the Grade

After combining the points she earned from answering 3 bonus questions correctly, Lauchlin scored a 99 on Olivia's Chapter 3 test tonight.

Livin' Like Lucy

She's a Super Mom...

A Super Sister...

And, A Super Survivor!


Happy Birthday, Lucy!

All A'board!'

Lauchlin was recently named to the board of directors for Main Street, the organization charged with promoting downtown Vicksburg. Here is the story in The Vicksburg Post. It was strange to see her name in the paper — as her former editor said, "down in the gray as opposed to the big and bold."
It's the first time she's served on a board, and the first time her name has even been on a ballot since Lance Bass campaigned for her to be class favorite in ninth grade (an election she lost).
Now that she has been elected to a three-year term on the Main Street board, we'll have to put in some extra calls for Sir Dance-a-Lot. He will perform on "Dancing With the Stars" again Monday. We're hoping for a good week — like this one...

A Lot Of Oysters, But No Pearl

...at least we hope not!

Lauchlin scored us some vouchers for Ameristar's new restaurant, Pearl's Oyster Bar, and, since Olivia's mom is visiting tonight, we're going to scope out the joint tonight. Any recommendations?