This year I'm planning a quiet Halloween--so far. I'd like to have some sort of get-together either the Saturday before or on Halloween night, but it's a school night and my family usually takes those seriously. Maybe have a few people over for a DVD "Fright Fest", I prefer suspense and eerie movies to slasher ones by far.

Besides, I'm gearing up to have Thanksgiving this year at my house. I'm feeling quite well since my surgery, if a little tired at times. Oh, yes, I had the weight-loss surgery on September 13, and have lost 49 pounds so far in 6 weeks. Of course, the surgery is really a tool, I'm still having to learn how to eat after the gastric by-pass, but I'm not hungry at all and right now having no problem with appetite except to make the food I DO eat appetizing and high in protein while low in sugar, fat and carbs. I'll eventually put before and after photos but onlyl after I have plenty of after ones!