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Whew! Trick or Treat hordes!!!

Oct 29

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      We had so many Trick or Treaters show up that I had little time to take pictures and keeping my cauldron filled with candy was quite a trick.

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Six pumpkins and a bottle of wine later…

Oct 27

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     Okay, only three of them were big enough to carve.   Pictures will be posted tomorrow night.  I didn’t do any fancy carved ones.  I went lowbrow and easy.

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The pups are ready for Halloween…

Oct 27

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     Okay, if the dog Halloween hats had not been only $1.47 and were at their regular price of $5.99, I wouldn’t have bought them. 

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I need a keeper

Oct 26

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     I shouldn’t go shopping at this time of year.  At least I shouldn’t go without a keeper.  No, G isn’t my keeper she’s my enabler. 

     We went out shopping for three pumpkins yesterday.  We brought home four…and three teensy pumpkins, a neat garland, a fake pumpkin with light inside that changes color, a dancing, singing broom, a sign, and a battery powered color changing light for a pumpkin (I now think I should’ve bought two more of them.)

     I couldn’t help myself, all the stuff was half price!

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Week of preperations for Halloween

Oct 25

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     The beef BBQ/sloppy Joe dinner is made and ready to reheat in the crock pot Friday.

       Today G and I are going to pick up a couple of pumpkins to do some silly carvings–not the usual fancy stuff this year.  I’ll do the carving Thursday night.

     Wednesday I’ll do some last minute cleaning and get the house ready for Friday night.  DH has picked out the Halloween movie to play–I don’t ask I wait and see.

     I am undecided as to my costume this year.  It might be what I wore last year,  or I might do a Zombie costume.  It depends on the weather, the Zombie outfit will be much warmer…after all it’s easy to layer clothes in that costume.

     Until tomorrow…Boo Y’all.

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When things go bump in the night…

Oct 23

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     In this house it most likely isn’t a ghostie or a goblin, it’s probably DH dropping something upstairs.  If not him, it’s a silly Bull Terrier rolling around in his or her crate.

     Then again, it could be the neighbors we share a wall with, the one son does tend to jump those last few stairs–he’s done that since he was a small child and we’re used to it.

     I say it most likely isn’t a ghostie because our last one left us a while back.  DH’s grandfather stayed with us for a few years when we were first married.  He died a couple of months before we married….  I’m sure he stayed just long enough to make certain we were doing okay.  Once satisfied, he left. 

     I sort of miss the door to his old bedroom opening and closing on its own and things moving from one room to another.

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Have you ever had one of those days?….

Oct 22

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     You get up too late.  Your brain is fuzzy from oversleeping.  Three cups of coffee don’t seem to put a dent in the fuzz. 

     You hurry and scurry to get things done and still are so far behind you seem to have jumped ahead.

     You feel as though you are running in clay mud.  Yeah, you know what I mean, that sticky, slippery mud in which you can’t make any headway.

     Welcome to my day….

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A new St. Joseph arrived today

Oct 20

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       I’m up to trying anything to get the MIL’s house sold so I was very upset to find the St. Joseph statue that I’d planned to bury was stolen.  Who’d steal a little St. Joseph statue?  I had to order another one.  The new one arrived today.

     This time I’ll bury it right away and not stick it in the mailbox to bury later.  I wonder if the mailman took the other one?  No mail is delivered there, we have it all forwarded to our house.

     Anyway, I plan to get the statue buried next week and if all goes right the house should soon be out of our hands.  Please, please, please let it be so. 

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RIP Cousin Bill

Oct 19

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     Cousin by marriage, I never had a chance to meet you in person.  We talked on the phone a few times and I did enjoy your sense of humor.  I will dedicate ‘Fluffy’ to you.

     I was lucky in August, I had DH call an ambulance when I didn’t feel right.  That saved my life, I survived my heart attack.  I wish you had listened to your symptoms. 

     My heart goes out to Bill’s wife–my Cousin Gloria and his family.  He was a good man who touched many lives.

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16 days to Halloween

Oct 15

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     We are somewhat ready for the hordes.  Candy is stockpiled along with small toys.  I need to drag props down from the attic.  However, I’ve been on the lazy side and am thinking of bringing down only my better props this year and leaving the simple stuff in the attic.

     What can I say?  The idea of dragging it all back to the attic this years is the kicker.  I’m thinking this is a good year to KISS it.  (For those who don’t know what that means–Keep It Simple Stupid.)

     Vampyre, Zombie Zin, Royal Bitch and Wolf’s Howl wines are waiting to be opened.  I’m ready to party.

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Anyone want to buy a house?

Oct 12

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     Sunday I’ll be going over to the MIL’s house to check on the work the roofer has done there and see all the extra painting the neighbor’s son did inside.

     I hope we can buy some flooring for the kitchen soon–it depends on our finances.  I’ll be glad to get this place sold.  My cardio and mental health don’t need me constantly dealing with a house other than my own.

     I think it’s almost time to call Assist to sell.  I know I can’t do this myself.

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Sunshine, the happy vitamin

Oct 11

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     It’s amazing what a spending a few days outside in the sun can do to lift the spirits.  Of course, my being outside means I was working in the gardens, which is also quite therapeutic for me.

     I may have some sore muscles but I am certainly in a happier mood than I have been for a while.  All the gray skies and rain we had made for a miserable me.

     When Mom is happy the pups and DH are happy…

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