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Corn Mazes and ghost pumpkins

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 Went to the farm today and walked through the corn maze. We found the tomb and it was amazing. We also got pumpkins, fresh cider and donuts. All in all it was an amazing day. I love Autumn, even if it is rainy and occasionally cold.    The pumpkins we brought home are being painted and look pretty cool so far. Even if they don't all look great , it was fun to paint them. I don't find that cutting them up is as fun. It is both messy and kind of mean. I have a strange attachment to gourds. ;) http://painting.about.com/od/gourdartpaintedgourds/ht/paint_pumpkin.htm  Here is some insight to painting your pumpkins. They last longer if you don't gut them. There was a huge assortment of pumpkins at the farm. Including ghosts pumpkins which were white. The maze was both exciting and a challenge, as we didn't really have a map but more an aerial picture and some clues we had to decipher in hieroglyphics. I may love the yearly haunted house, but this was also entert

Fall Pumpkin Martini from Allrecipes......

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Ingredients 1 graham cracker, crushed 1 tablespoon honey 1/3 cup milk 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree 3/4 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vanilla flavored vodka 1/2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger creme de cacao 1 pinch pumpkin pie spice 1 cup crushed ice Original recipe yields  1 martini Directions Place graham cracker crumbs in a shallow dish. Coat rim of martini glass with honey, and dip into graham cracker crumbs to coat. Combine milk and pumpkin puree in a cocktail shaker, and shake to combine. Pour in vodka and creme de cacao, and add ice. Shake well, and then strain into prepared martini glass. Garnish with a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice. http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/153225/recipepumpkin-pie-martini Oh yeah, this looks amazing!

Writing

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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.   Ernest Hemingway   So I have been doing a lot more writing with these classes. I am currently working on finishing my BSN. I found this quite suitable to how I feel as of late.  Here are some places to go if you want to work on writing   http://www.writing.com/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ http://www.pens.com/ http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/writing