the busy season begins

I love this time of year...weather is glorious, leaves are ablazing, and it begins the busiest time of year for most. Maddie turns 14 on Monday as we launch the season. Being the great party hosts we are, Maddie is doing another top notch event..Cupcake Wars. Last year, we did Top Chef Pasadena. 12 girls participated..3 teams of 4. They did an appetizer, entree, and dessert. It went as smoothly as one could expect with 12 girls in your kitchen, except maybe having someone pour a pot of oil down the sink. This year, we will avoid that. We are doing Cupcake Wars. Girls will be doing 2 rounds...one is a single cupcake for flavor, the final is 3 cupcakes with taste and appearance. Let the games begin. Halloween follows close behind. Guess I better put a spider up or something. Then we have my birthday, where we throw a huge dance party. This a tawdry event...shots, dancing, barfing in the wood pile, sex acts in the bathroom (you know who you are)...as one guest remarked "This is like seniors gone wild".... Then there's Thanksgiving..a big event for the Burns family. Followed by Christmas, which we have no memory of from last year as I mentioned previously. Whew.... Off to buy fondant, homecoming accessories, and fix Andrew's glasses...he's home as well...