I had to attend my store's annual stockholder meeting on Nov 8 & 9. It was in State College, PA. I had never been to Pennsylvania before, and I was pleasantly surprised at how many mountains there were. This is a view from near the PA/MD line.

November 9 is also my birthday, and the girls finally got me the giant cookie I have been craving. I was given an IOU for one on father's day, but as you can plainly read this one is for my birthday. I expect another one will be coming shortly to fulfill the father's day obligations.

For my birthday, Dea got me "The Complete Calvin & Hobbes." I told her I would not be the first to read it, and sure enough, Madeline has seized control of volume one.

We had two jack-o-lanterns this year. Madeline designed this one and I carved it. For some reason she decided it would look better with a mustache.

Our mouse and little jack-o-lantern are ready to get some candy. Madeline had a pretty good haul, and people kept offering candy to Molly, but I told them I was just carrying her around to show her off. Thanks, Mel, for the costume.