Barbecued Pulled Chicken Sandwich

This past weekend has been one of those weeks, where everything spins off in every direction but the one you want it to. Work is crazy busy. The rains haven’t stopped, and now my backyard is a river with the sides of my house transformed into rushing rapids, and then on top of that, lightning struck a nearby telegraph pole, sending us into a blackout. So, hubby and I did the next best thing; we went to the shops for a coffee.

When we got back home, I decided it was time to use my slow cooker since it’s a bit nippy, and I’m craving a hot meal.

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Pumpkin Attack!!!

All right, it’s not pumpkins attacking us, thought that might be cool, especially if they sprouted miniature legs and arms.. hmm that sounds cute actually.

Anyway, I’m digressing. Halloween! That’s what I want to talk about, and how much I love this holiday. Why? For two reasons. Okay just thought of three.
1. An excuse to get together with family and friends
2. Bake to my heart’s delight and hold a halloween tea party
3. This one is obvious – Horror!! I love the black stuff

I know halloween is still over a week away, but I convinced a few people at work to hold a halloween morning tea, and before long everyone in the department was on board. Yipee. Everyone brought a plate of anything they wanted. I decided to bake up some chocolate frosted cookies in the shape of pumpkins and bats… muahahaha

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Soft Lofthouse Style Frosted Cookies

I’m basically addicted to Stumble Upon - surfing sites that I never would have found otherwise, and I found the most awesome site – Sweet Pea’s Kitchen. Highly recommend checking it out.

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You know you want a snickerdoodle…

When I’m not writing, but still need a creative outlet or time away from editing, I turn to baking. One of my all time favorite cookies are snickerdoodles.

The first time I ate a snickerdoodle was in Seattle as I lined up for PAX (a computer gaming convention) with my hubby. These wonderful girls were selling cookies for charity, and after two hours in the python queue, I jumped for the delicious cinnamon cookie.

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