Over 200 kids at my house on Thursday, and easily that many at the restaurant on Friday. My sister dressed up as Cinderella to hand out the goodies. It was great.

I caved and turned on the heat late this afternoon. When it hit 57 degrees in the house I caved and cried uncle. Thermostat is set to 63 and I'm using space heaters to supplement.

I have had a DAY. Was off to the airport before 6am, flew to SF, drove to my dad's, and then we were off to the celebration of life. We got there early to help set up. So many people showed up that it started late and all the speeches ran long. It was very emotional even while trying to keep it light hearted.

We left there before people were done mingling so we could go to the family's house to meet the caterer and get the house ready for the folks to got invited - mostly family. I hadn't been in that house in about 35 years. Was very surreal.

Came back to my dad's and headed off to Berkeley to surprise my high school be stir for her birthday. It is about 9:30 at this point. She was thrilled to see me, which was fun. But then she got fall down drunk, so in a total throw back to our post high school days, I drove her back to her parent's and helped her to crawl up the stairs. After she threw up onthe side of the car.

I'm so tired and done. Seeing so many people today was great but each interaction was loaded in one way or another.

We got no Trick or treaters.

We've been watching a Halloween movie every night this week. Hocus Pocus, Worst Witch, The Craft (I love following Fairuza in WW with Craft Fairuza), The Witches. Next year we'll start earlier and include Legend, for the Tim Curryness, and Lost Boys, maybe some Hammer Films Dracula. I'd love to find the Veronica Lake I Married a Witch to add to the rotation. And I need to get a copy of Bell, Book, and Candle. But it was time for Practical Magic last night, and H complained, because we'd watched it on a whim (after a day trip to Coupville, where Sallys' shop is) not long ago. So we watched Chocolat instead. And now it joins the Halloween movie roster. Perfect!

On grilled cheese, and -t's biscuits. Try splitting leftover biscuits, spread each half with a little butter, add a biscuit-sized slab of very extra sharp cheddar and run them under the broiler for a few minutes, just till the edges are brown and the cheese is melty and bubbly. Nom. One of my favorite things I have only rarely, because wheat.

That's a lot, Suzi. You're a better woman than I. Time for sleeps, now?

It got down to the 30s last night, so I turned on the heat. I wish I had a fireplace--this is perfect weather for one.

Oh! I have a fireplace! It's currently blocked off, because my grandmother thought it was too drafty. So I'm kind of afraid to take off the covering, in case it IS too drafty. I guess I could always put it back.

Oh, they can totally be drafty. I guess what I want is a fireplace like the one I grew up with, that Dad adjusted with fans and whatnot so the cold air stayed out and the warm air (sans smoke) mostly came into the living room.

60 upstairs, windy as shit outside and not going to get out of the forties. My sinuses hate me.

So I too, just turned on the heat.

I've had the heat on for weeks here -- I hate being cold! But I do regret forgetting to turn it down when I went to bed last night.

Turned on the heat for the first time and sort of figured out how to turn on the new heated floor in the bathroom.