Weekend of Cats, Witches and Reese’s

This past weekend I went with my cousins (Carolyn, Susie, Barry, Jon, Ali, Emma & Dylan - oh and my cousin Giraffe is in the family pic too) to the Hogle Zoo on Saturday. It was “Boo at the Zoo” and was it ever a zoo to park, get in and get around!
We had fun in spite of some misadventures. Like ordering food at one of the concessions, waiting 25 minutes to find out they were out of rice for our rice bowls and it would take 30 minutes more OR 20 minutes for a corndog. We got our money back and walked around some more.
There are three people you do not want to let get too hungry: my daughter-in-law Stephani, Ali and of course, I have been known to get really ornery if I do not get to eat. (Sorry Steph and Ali, but we know it is true about ourselves)
We finally got to a concession where we just ordered fried food, so much for trying to stay healthy but it kept Ali and me from eating a zoo animal.
We saw a lot considering the bigger picture was to let the kids “Trick or Treat”. All of the kids were so good! We had a lot of fun with the cats. The leopard was lying down and when we walked up to the window it came right up and paced in front of it. It was a blast watching Emma and Katie squeal as it passed them. Barry got video of it.
We walked to the tiger, he was up on the bridge, and he walked back down to where the water window was and swam right up to us again! He then proceeded to pee (spray) right at Jon. We were grateful for the glass between us and the fact that he could have eaten us!
Barry went to go get the car that was on Sunnyside Avenue, he returned with a parking ticket. Where in the H#LL do they expect people to park for such a large event if they do not provide for it? EVERYONE parked on the street got nailed with a ticket. Both sides of the street, to above the zoo down to Foothill! Tell me again why I need to vote to renew the zoo? Perfect to do this a week and a half from Election Day.
I took a lot of pictures and yes, I know, I know, I am behind on posting to FlickR but I promise to catch up this week! (THEY ARE ON THERE NOW!)
When I got home there was a huge black cat watching me from the border of my neighbor’s house and ours. (I took a really cool picture you will have to check out on FlickR too)
As if Saturday was not eventful enough, Carolyn, Susie, Katie and I dressed up again to go to Gardner Village “Witches Night Out”. We met up with Lezlie and her granddaughter Grace. We had a blast wandering through the witches and some stores. Katie and Grace were darling and very good! I am excited to go back there with Alex, Max, Jamie and Steph tomorrow! (I will get all of the Gardner Vllg pics on FlickR soon!)
Yesterday I had some sort of black out due to Halloween candy. I had been avoiding getting the good stuff but I gave in and bought Reese’s Peanut Butter cups (my Kryptonite). I guess it is fortunate for me that it was a smaller bag. I ate all but 1 serving! The totals: 78 grams of fat, 1320 calories and hey, 6 grams of fiber! I just ate the last serving after lunch today, what the heck huh?