HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!

I hope that all is well on this fine fun-filled holiday.

I am so stuffed from last night that I don't think I'll be able to eat for a week or two.

I made halloween-cat cookies, halloween trail-mix, spice pumpkin cake, witch brew punch, pizza, chili, candy, and some wine-coolers.

...And I had some of each...couldn't help myself.

We watched The Haunting that was a very freaky movie!

Hehehe...

Okay, so...Rather than retracting the last post because, I like it...I'm going to do like the news papers.
My husband has redeemed himself.
First, he let me sleep in this morning.
Second, he had already emptied and filled the dishwasher before I awoke (the amazing part of this is I didn't have to remind him...Yet, he says he doesn't ever think about those kind of things...hmmm...Well, that's a bitch fest for another day).
Third, he chopped up my onions and peppers for me without making a fuss.
Fourth, he helped make the bed this morning...Again without making a fuss (damn, I could really get used to this).
Fifth, he has taken the camera and is downloading the pics I asked him about last night...Again without my reminding him.
Sixth, he had coffee ready for me this morning (It must be true love).


So today looks to be very promising! I'm ready for Trick-or-Treats and scary movies!
YAY!

...Sex Change, maybe?

Some times, just some times, I wish I could be a man.
There are things that they can get away with that are mind boggling.
Perfect example:
It's after 3am. Yes, I am still up and I'm waiting for this last batch of cookies to finish baking before I call it a night. Not that anyone really care but, I am up because I have fifty billion things to do before I can take the kids Trick-or-Treating and watch scary movies with a nice drink tomorrow night.
"Baby, I could really use some help tonight with preparations."--Me
"Okay...Like what?"--my vampire
"Well, I've got to carve that last pumpkin and the pumpkin in which I'm putting the snack mix, I have to bake the cake tonight so I can put it in the freezer for the night (that makes decorating the cake a breeze...Little tip there), I have to bake the cookies tonight, I've got to make the stuffed peppers tonight, there were a few other things that I can't recall at this point..."--Me
"Well, if it involves the kitchen then I'm not up for it."--the bastard
"So, you answer is no, then."--Me
"Well...Yeah, I guess it is."--asshole
"Well, I have an idea. I'm going to go get you a small table in which you can sit on your ass and watch TV while carving me some pumpkins. Sound like a winner?"--Me
"Lovely."--the defeated

Some one pass me a power tool...This woman is liberating herself....LOL!

Bunny Magic

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Sure, they look like cute little sweet bunnies but, it's almost Halloween and looks can be decieving....
(Evil laughter can be inserted here!)

It must be time for the Holidays...

Yes, folks. It's that time of year again. You know what I'm talking about, don't ya?
It's the "end of the year three-some." That's right, Halloween (candy, candy, candy), Thanks Giving (Turky, pumpkin pie, more turkey), and Christmas (presents, family feuds, more turkey).
I realize this as I look at the clock in horror...1 am! It can't be!
I mean, I just started a load of floor mats and I'm not done mopping yet. I just finished a report for one of my classes (which isn't due yet but, I like to have 'em done before the last day...Just as a precautionary measure) and I've not yet bathed the cat!
Damn, where does the time go when you're doing slave labor.
No kiddin' here, I'm sweating like a Hebrew slave.
I've still got to bake the cakes and make the cookies, decorate all of them, make the chili, clean some houses for some extra cash, vacuum, dust, clean the beds, clean the appliances...
I believe I am just a little obsessive about cleaning for company, just a little.
Well, hell...I'm going to bed but, first...I think I'll rinse all of this crap off of me...I'm sticky with dirt.
I'm so ready for tomorrow to be over with...LOL!

Scare Crow Pillow

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This was my first attempt at a scare-crow pillow...I have since perfected the art but, I have no pictures of the final product...I was spreading the Halloween cheer and gave them to some friends.

Drama!

Ah, such is life, more exactly...My life.
I feel as if I've been dipped in a drama flavored magic shell. I am helpless as I pray for one who is strong enough to sink their teeth through the dark prison and release me to myself.
Yes, it is more bitter than sweet and leaves behind a sickening after taste...To remind you.
How is it that guilt can seep in when nothing has been said and no finger has been pointed?
Not an overwhelming guilt, mind you but, it is guilt all the same and sits waiting like the beginnings of a sinus headache. Where is my Sudafed: drama and guilt/non-drowsy?
Too much to say...And no words to describe it!
I hang my head as if I am swinging from the gallows and close my eyes to the stinging reality.
Guilt is a prison in which I seldom have leave from. Drama is my warden.
Where is my Life Mate?!
I wish I could remain in my fantasy world in which Christine Feehan's perfect lovers reigned supreme! Alas, I am here and am trying to cope with the things I have no control over and take care of the things which I can control.
I suppose the old adage could be applied here: got out on the wrong side of the bed.
Or maybe, just the fact that I had to get out of bed at all...lol.

Beware! Beware! Beware of those who try to force their opinions down your throat and beware of those who never say a word.
Shy away from evil yet keep it not so far that you cannot see it coming.
Hold your family dear to your heart and your enemies closer for if you love your enemies, are they still against you?
Beware those who dictate your reality and take everything with a grain of salt.
Learn to use your other senses for your eyes can play tricks on you.
Know that you're insignificant and yet never believe that you don't count for something.
Beware the foolish who in their gullibility will bring you to ruin.
Beware!

Halloween Balls

(Humming to myself Chef's chocolate salty balls song)
Ingredients:
one tube of sugar cookie dough
one package of semi-sweet chocolate chips
one package of milk chocolate chips
orange and black sprinkles
Directions:
roll the dough into small balls
now, everybody has a Chocolate Factory thingy, right? LOL
If not, you should...Or you can just use any double boiler...It all works the same way.
Heat up both bags of chocolate chips in the same pot
dip each ball into the melted chocolate
set chocolate covered balls on wax paper to dry and sprinkle with either or both colored sprinkles
Keep refrigerated until you are ready to serve
(Put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em and suck 'em...Still singing Chef's salty chocolate balls song)

...And I'm TIRED!

So, it's 11:33pm right now and you ask what am I doing?

I, my friends, am multi-tasking.

I am writing, no scratch that, re-writing a report that I had mostly finished.

Thanks to some little red-headed bitch (no offense to those nice red-heads which I'm sure do exist somewhere) who pissed off my History Professor yesterday. This, in turn, prompted him to change the assignment which is due tomorrow. When we asked him why his response was simply, "teacher's perogative."

I've got my own perogative...And it looks just like my fist slamming into that stupid bitch's crooked nose.

Anyway, I'm loosing focus on my post due to my fantasizing about scalping the whore...Uhm, I've got a bad case of writer's block.

I didn't want to flip on the TV and try to clear it up as that will only distract me so I decide to stay on my feet and bake some Halloween cookies.

Why, hell, I don't really know. I had thought about bringing them with me to class tomorrow night but, I don't want to be a suck up.

I think I'll be sucking up enough when he grades them and hands back my paper with a bright red 'A' on it.

And...I'm studying for my test tomorrow.

I'm not too worried about it though. The professor gives us a review every class period. Only the evil Red Cap doesn't pay attention in class and would rather piss of our professor, who, might I add is a very good and very easy teacher. So there is really no need to piss off a good, easy, nice teacher...Is there?

I don't believe I should have to suffer because she hasn't started on the damn report like half the class. I have way too much shit going on to put stuff off like that and see...Here I am and it's now 11:52pm and I'm still trying to get passed this damn writer's block.

I'm going to give it another hour and then I'm going to bed and I'll just finish up tomorrow before class. I just hate being rushed.

(sorry for the miss-spelling of perogative...the spell check doesn't know and I'm too tired to look it up in the dictionary, don't you just hate that)

...more Halloween trivia

What is the vampire disease?

Enter the Mystical Kingdom...That is My Life...

I, Queen B of all that is Halloween, started out the day with cleaning and the normal routine. The little princes and the royal jester were frolicking through the palace as usuall.

Yes, everything was right in Halloween land. Even the sky was a beautiful shade of dreery storm that added the wonderful spiciness which is Halloween.

All was going well until lunch, when Queen B and her young subjects had a spat about the menu. It was easy enough to fix. Queen B, with her many years of negotiating skills, came up with a compromise.

"If you two eat all of your lunch, we'll carve the pumpkins today." This was rewarded with much cheering and happiness.

And so they ate and being a good and fair queen, Queen B came through on her promise and brought out the pumpkins. The princess and the royal jester chose their faces and Queen B (who needs funding for her kingdom being as she has no servants...DAMN IT) helped them clean and then carve the pumpkins. There was much happiness in Halloween land.

Then came time for Queen B to carve her pumpkins. She chose a hanging man and Elvira to carve into the orange skin.

Oh, but what was this...there was an air of unhappiness about. Not in Halloween land! NOOooooo!

It was the princes and the royal jester...they were fighting over the freshly carved pumpkins.

"I say, Nay! There will be no fighting over said pumpkins and hence forth as punishment for creating bad vibes in my kingdom...I sentence each pumpkin to the outskirts of the kingdom. They will spend the rest of their existance on the royal front porch!" (Evil Laughter....)

This made the royal jester sad and he ran off the the tower and slammed the door where he stayed for the duration of the King's abscence. But the Princess was not so obliged. No, for she was very very sad and very very mad and didn't like the Queen anymore.

"It doesn't matter, you'll like me again later when you need something. The Queen has spoken and her sentence will not be revoked."

"Ah, but Mother, I will speak with Father when he returns and his rath shall be great upon your hind quarters."

"Posh, the King is but a mere weakling as everyone knows that I, Queen B, wear the royal tights and no one shall lay rath upon my hind quarters!"

"Then I shall ring the royal Pops and he shall swat your royal end."

"Nay, not even the royal Pops shall lay a hand on my royal end."

This made the Princess so very sad that she wrote a ballod and sang to the Heavens about her great sorrow.

"I love daddy, so much...I don't like mommy anymore...oh, daddy, I love you...come home from work daddy, I don't like mommy anymore because...I love daddy so much...."

This made Queen B laugh...

"Ha Ha Ha...your attempt to move my cold heart has been in vain. For I know how you truly feel and I now sentence you to the tower with the jester for the duration of the King's abscence."

All was well, again in Halloween land once again...or was it?

In The Army

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...and here I thought that there weren't gays in the army...
I know, I'm twisted...there really isn't any hope for my kids, LOL!

Stunning, isn't she!

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I believe it's one of my favorite pictures of my daughter...she looks like she's up to something, LOL.

So...Is Halloween really Grinch Night?

I own the movie and remember watching it on television as a child and they advertised it as being so. According to the movie, however, grinch night comes only when the sour-sweet wind starts blowin' ...Maybe we'll have a sour-sweet wind on the 31st. One thing is for sure, the grinch will not be coming to my house for Halloween!
Does anyone else remember that movie?

Creative Pumpkin Pail Ideas

We all have at least one or two of those cheap plastic pumpkin pails from Wal-mart.
And what do we do with them?
If our kids use them for Trick-or-Treating, that's one thing but, I find that even my 2 and 4 year olds want new ones each year. Of course I give in because, well, I can get two of them for under $2...So yeah, why not.
But now I find that I have six of them and my children don't even use them for Trick-or-Treating. They're too heavy for them to carry once they get filled up with candy so I've got them SpongeBob Halloween sacks (38 cents each at Wal-Mart...You have to love Wal-Mart).
So here are some ideas to make those cute pails useful...
-they make a really cute fruit basket
-they are great for a catch-all (everyone has a spot where the family just piles crap...This is a perfect way to hide it when company comes over)
-obviously, they are perfect for candy and cookies
-add some sand and some silk flowers and they are a great center piece
-fill them with water, add dry ice chunks, and place them around your house or outside for some spooky fog
-add a flashing pumpkin light in them and they make perfect night lights or double as a jack-o-lantern
-fill them with spicy-cinnamon-apple popouri to add a nice Holiday flavor to your home
-fill mostly with sand and add some of that smoke-be-gone stuff to the top and you have perfect ash trays for an outside party
-add sweetened condensed milk, pineapple juice (chilled), orange soda (chilled), and scoops of orange sherbet for a perfect Halloween punch

Birthdays...

Today is my friend, Jeremy Duvall's 26th birthday!

Happy birthday, Duvall!

I also want to mention that my little sister had her 24th birthday on Friday.

Where as I did call and wish her a Happy Birthday...I didn't post anything about it.

Oops, my bad...I'm such a bad sister, lol.

So Happy Birthday to all who were born in October (including me!), it's the best month to be born in.

Shall We?

Shall we meet in the middle

Of a foul and mucky swamp

And we can dance and giggle

Where the alligators romp

Shall we dance in the moon light

On the night of haunts and scares

And sing as the ghosts might

Flying through the vampire's lair

Shall we laugh at ourselves

On this wonderful night of fright

Staying far off from elves

On a fun filled Halloween night!

Ever Feel Like You're Being...watched?!

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Pumpkin Patch Poo-Poo

Yesterday we were on the hunt for a pumpkin patch. I knew where one had been but, apparently last weekend was the last week for them...They were no where to be found. I was extremely disappointed as were the children. So we ended up stopping by a local garden center who had plenty of pumpkins and the children rejoiced. I got three fatties and the children picked out "baby pumpkins;" they were actually the baking pumpkins but they were kid sized.

So our little outing wasn't completely in vain. At least the children were happy but, I was disappointed. I was so hoping to get some nice pictures of them wandering the pumpkin patch. Oh, well...Next year I shall know not to wait 'till the week before Halloween weekend. It's perplexing, as you would think this weekend, being the weekend before Halloween weekend, would be their best selling weekend. Hmmm...Maybe it's just me.

Oh well, enough of my pouting...Halloween is only a week away! So much to do...So little time! We're going to carve up the pumpkins this week...So that they are in good shape for Trick-or-Treat night. I'm just so excited...I can't stand it. My little sister and I are going to go "ghost hunting" or at least try to find one of those "haunted trails" tonight. Whee-hee! I can't wait!

My husband just doesn't want me to have nightmares but, like I told him...It's the months of creepy haunts...That's when you're supposed to be scared!

-BATS-

Bats fingers are actually parts of its wings and their "fingers" are bigger then their body!

I Believe Some One Wanted To See The Night Shirt...

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...She loves it!

Dez

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My cat just isn't much of a Halloween cat...
He's sleeping infront of my scare-crow and if you look in the top right of the picture you will see the paper-mache ghosts that we worked so hard on...
Just click the pic and it'll enlarge itself!

Yup...obsessed!

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I do want to mention that I painted that Jack-o-Lantern by the lamp...
Completely obsessed with pumpkins!

Did I mention...Halloween is my favorite Holiday?!

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...and I love pumpkins...more like...I'm obsessed with them!

Halloween Spirit

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Even my green Anuls are decorating for the Holiday!
Of course they're hiding because I just cleaned their cage and they're not happy about it at all.
Aillen and Arawn are also a little camra shy.

Awe...She's definitely a Pumpkin

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Excuse my bed room...
We were playing dress up!

My Little Pony

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...Wee-Hee...

Whazz-Uuup...uh, Doc!

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Now, that's a play-boy...I just don't know about the bunny part.
LOL

So...what does yellow and purple make?

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...A mess!
They truly do not mix well, lol...and they fight too!
Hehehe...

Just Hanging Out...

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That's my little purple crayon and my happy pumpkin...It's great to be a kid!

Well, It's not a Play Boy Bunny

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"...that's her eager face."
LOL

The Rogue Wit

I have to give a shout out to my MacGuyver-rific husband.
I LOVE you!
When our A/C went out, he came home from work and drove the kids and myself to the store and did our grocery shopping with us. It was so we could be cool in the store and I wouldn't have to drive in a heat-induced-road-rage. Because, let me tell you...he just loves going to the store (I hope everyone can hear the sarcasm dripping from that last line).
Not only that but, yesterday...When the dryer stopped working and the lights in the kitchen were on the blink...He fixed them both in a matter of 20 minutes.
He is the only man alive who can smooth my ruffled feathers and make them shine.
If I was a cat, I do believe I'd be purring at this point.
Not only is he the love of my life but, he is the best Daddy to our children.
I get flutters in my stomach from watching him talk and play and just interact with the kids.
I love the way he loves us.
I would be nothing without him.
Without him, I could survive but, it would be just that...Surviving.
The best part is that he has always loved me for me and has never tried to change my bitchy-ass.
Now, that's true love.
I knew it the moment he woke me up from a dead sleep by farting bare-butt on my bare leg...I knew we were meant to be together forever.
If you can fart with your lover and still be attracted to one another then it's meant to be.
...Just thought I'd give everyone some rules to live by...
I hope everyone has a wonderful day...I know mine will be!

...you can't live with 'em...can you live without them?

I’m feeling discussive today.
More than that, I’m wondering…what makes a family a family?
I mean, there is more to it than just genetics and blood.
I consider my friend, Tracy, to be part of my family and my pets.
Yet, I cannot disregard even those blood ties which I would prefer to forget about.
I believe it is because I am loyal. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty, I am there for my family when they need me.
The unfortunate thing is some of them I can never count on to be there for me. It is only in recent times that I have come to accept this.
I have others in my family to make up for the part that is lacking but, it stings none the less.
Yet, should I act to them as they do to me? No, I am above that. I do not mean to sound smug but, I do not love people and help them only when it is convenient to me…or when I need something from them.
The truth is, I’ve learned long ago not to need anything from them nor do I expect help from them. Indeed, I will always love them but, they do not even know me. They would like to believe that they do but, they have never known me.
My question today is simply this:
What makes family, family and why are blood ties so thin in this day and age?

True Or False

Since 1995, trick or treating in the town of Sandusky, Ohio, has been against the law for anyone older then 10.

Devona's Kitty Litter Cake

You will need:
1 choc fudge cake (bake as directed)
1 yellow cake (bake as directed)
2 large packs of vanilla pudding mix (bake as directed)
1 large back of vanilla wafers
green food coloring
1 small bag of tootsie rolls
1 brand new kitty litter box (for authenticity)

Directions:
Smash, blend, or crumple the whole package of vanilla wafers and set about a cup to the side.
After baking each cakes and pudding as directed, crumble both cakes into the kitty litter box.
Add the rest of the crushed vanilla wafers with the pudding and mix into the kitty litter box.
Take the remaining cup of vanilla wafers and add green food coloring until light green
(make sure to get an even coating)
Sprinkle the light green vanilla wafers over the top of the mixed cakes and pudding
(to give it that kitty litter look)
Then melt a few of the tootsie rolls and shape to your desire...Placing them randomly on the
cake and smashing a few to the side of the litter box (for that, oh, so delicious look).

Mmmm...Delicious!

(I've added a link with a picture of one)

Friedrich Nietzsche:

Battle not with monsters

lest ye become a monster

and if you gaze into the abyss

the abyss gazes into you.

RAIN!

Thank God for the rain!
I really mean that too!
After yesterday...I'd walk naked in a blizzard and be happy about it!
After calling around this morning...I've discovered that it's just going to cost about $100-$200 dollars more to get a complete new unit rather than just a compressor.
Hmm...So much to choose from.
We have a friend who used to do Heating and Air Conditioning work. He has advised us that it'd be better just to get a new one with a warranty.
You know you're getting old when you start looking at warranties....
But seriously...I'm going to be picky about the warranty.
I've got sears coming out sometime in the next few days to do their "free in-home estimate."
I'll give them that...No one else I've talked to does anything for free, especially "in-home."
Anyway, thank God for the rain and may it rain for a week or two...Please!

Oh Posh!

Well, I wasted $69 today!
Why?...You ask. Well, I'll tell you!
After waiting an eternity for the A/C people to get here...I was informed (after I handed over my check like a good woman) that it was, in fact, the compressor.
Okay...What does that mean?
After giving me one of those, you poor stupid woman looks, he proceeds to explain that he can't fix it and it needs replacing.
To which I hesitantly ask...How much?
To which he replies, oh, with parts and labor...Anywhere from $1500-&2000.
Oh, yeah...You know I just keep that kind of money stashed around for a rainy day.
...So here I sit...STILL in the freakin' heat!
It's the middle of October...It isn't supposed to get up to 90* outside.
But, this is Oklahoma...If you don't like the weather...Just wait a minute.
And that is precisely my problem...It could get even hotter or below freezing and we have no heat or air!
Damn it...At least it isn't July...I suppose things could be worse.
I'm going to call the bank tomorrow and see if they'll hook us up with another small loan. We should be in good standing with them seeing as how we just finished paying off our wedding rings a couple of months ago.
Keep your fingers crossed...I NEED A/C!

Too Hot To Handle (Tssss...)

Ugh!

No...A/C...heat...too much for a house full of asthmatics!

I'm (im)patiently awaiting the arrival of the A/C repair men.

This is a day in which staring at butt-cleavage isn't a bad idea...that is, if they would ever get here.

Hell, at this point, I'd be willing to hold their sagging britches up for them.

They said they'd be here any time between 2 and 5...Hmmm...don't you just love the -between- thing they give you.

So you won't be surprised when they show up at 6:30!

...Sorry, I'm just a hot, cranky bitch at this point...so...

....come on world...give me your best shot!

Evil Laughter

The sound of a cackle in a far off land
Sets my heart a beaten' in spite of my hand
As it covers my heart as I run through the sand
Away from the cackle in a far off land

Into the woods I stumble then fall
And am terrified beyond it all
As I lay there and stare at this form so tall
Hovering near by and pleased by my fall

I pull it together and am off like a flash
And I run on forever inspite of the trash
Cutting my feet as I run on so brash
The air leaves my lungs as into something I smash

Dare I look up into the evil face
As I wake up in another time and place
My captor's not human but, another race
Of honor and kindness he has not a trace

I'm thrown in a dungeon in darkness, can't see
If anyone or thing is in there with me
Then I hear again the cackling, evil with glee
And I realize that it's coming...from me!

Where did Mary Shelley get the name Frankenstein?

Happy Halloween!

The sky is growing dark
As we’re walking through the park
I hear not even a Lark,
A night of evil we will embark.

Shivers trail my neck and head
And I’m sure that neither of us said
Anything at all, as the tree before us bled
Something was out there…undead

The mist began to rise up high
I quicken my pace and watch the sky
And as I see a witch fly by
I do my best not to cry

The house is just a few steps more
I keep my eyes affixed on the door
And my lungs begin to feel sore
As I run from an unseen gore

At last, safe inside our solid home
It was then that I heard the phone
The other voice I heard was like a stone
It was then I felt very much alone

I tried to hide and not be seen
As the door opened and my friend did scream
I saw the edge of something gleam
As the monster said, “Happy Halloween!”

Haunted Stuff For Sale?!

Now, why would someone want to buy something that's haunted?

It goes beyond my understanding because if I found something that was haunted...I'd be throwing it away and blessing my house.

I can understand the people who are trying to get rid of whatever it is...I mean...I wouldn't want it if it was haunted.

I guess it's more of a keep-sake type thing as some of these items are from crime scenes and such.

Hmmm...so is there anybody who wants to buy some haunted stuff?

...Why?

Do Ghosts Exist?

Check out the link and leave your comments there!

13 DAYS 'TILL HALLOWEEN!

I am reminded of the movie The Fog this morning as I look outside to see nothing but.

The cool air and the thought of unseen beings creeping close to my house completely undetected makes my hair stand on end and my flesh goose-bumpy.

I'm going to get some pumpkins this weekend and carve 'em up!

HALLOWEEN CAT COOKIES

1 tube (18 oz) refrigerated choc chip cookie dough

54 pieces of candy corn

1 can (16 oz) choc frosting

Red shoestring licorice, cut into 1-3/8 inch pieces

9 thin choc wafers (2-1/4 inch diameter) quartered

Bake cookies according to package directions.

Cut off yellow tips from 18 candy corns and set a side (discard orange and white portions).

Frost cookies with choc frosting.

Immediately decorate with two whole candy corn for eyes, a yellow corn tip for nose, six licorice pieces for whiskers, and two wafer quarters for ears.

Makes about 1-1/2 dozen.

{Taste of Home's Halloween Food & Fun}

We have all had bad dates...but this takes the cake. I received this email from a friend and had to share.

We have all had bad dates...but this takes the cake. This just tells you how tough it is to be single nowadays . This was on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Jay went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience. There absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!

She said it was midwinter... snowing and quite cold...and the guy had taken her skiing to Lake Arrowhead. It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and truly had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon. They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her pee beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car. They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. Unfortunately, in the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to pump handles! Immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the extreme cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor she answered her date's concerns about "what is taking so long" with a reply that indeed, she was "freezing her butt off and in need of some assistance!" He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.

As for the Tonight Show... she took the prize hands down... or perhaps that should be "pants down." And you thought your first date was embarrassing.

Game!

How many words can you make with these letters?

WICKED WITCH

(they have to at least be three letters or more...so "it" doesn't count)

Costumes!

I received a big box full of Halloween costumes this morning!

Thanks Peg, they are so very cute!

My daughter can't decide what she wants to wear now, lol...she wants to wear them all.

"Can you hear the cackling of the witches?"

The leaves are still falling off of the trees and the ground is covered in a bazaar array of death that I find beautiful.

The air is so cool and crisp.

My mind is tingling with spooky specters of Halloweens past.

It's so close now!

Milk bottles --retold by S. E. Schlosser

She was just another poor, bedraggled woman, struggling to feed her family. He saw them all the time, their faces careworn, and blank. The Depression had created hundreds of them. He was one of the lucky ones who still had his grocery and money coming in to feed his family.
She came one day to his shop, carrying two empty milk bottles, and wordlessly placed them on the counter in front of him. He took the empties and replaced them with full bottles, saying: "Ten cents, please."
She did not reply. She just took the bottles and left the shop. He might have gone after her to demand his money, or called the police, but he did neither. Her need was in her face, and he always felt a little guilty at being one of the lucky ones with money and a job. She was probably one of the migrant workers, he decided.
She was back the next day with two empty milk bottles. He replaced them will full bottles and watched as she hurried out the door. She looked so worried that he wondered if she had a job at all. If she came back, he would offer her a part-time position cleaning the store.
She came again the next morning, and exchanged her empty bottles for full without saying a word. He tried to talk to her, to ask if she wanted a job, but she practically ran from the store with the milk. Her urgency worried him. He followed, wondering what he could do to help.
To his surprise, she headed away from the migrant camp outside of town. She went instead to the graveyard by the river. As he watched, she hurried up to a stone marker and then disappeared into the ground. He rubbed his eyes, not believing his eyes. Then he heard the muffled cry of a baby. It was coming from the ground underneath the stone marker where the woman had disappeared!
He ran back to the store and phoned the police. Within minutes, the graveyard was swarming with people, and the workers started digging up the grave. When the casket was opened, the store owner saw the woman who had visited his store lying dead within it. In her arms, she held a small baby and two full milk bottles. The baby was still alive.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Well, I'm the big 2-6 today!

LOL, nah...I'm not even worried.

I'm going to be one of those women who are proud to be old.

(hopefully, we'll see when I hit forty..hehehe)

Anyway, I got a call from my little sister this morning.

She wished me a Happy Birthday...Consequently I am now in a wonderful mood.

I slept very well last night and got a chance to do some arts and crafts before I left for the land of Nod.

I'll post more tonight...but I'm off to see the in-laws.

My father-in-law used to be a chef in Louisiana and is making dinner for me.

YUM!

I'll probably gain 12 lbs while I'm there but, who cares...it's my Birthday!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today.

...oh, and thanks for all the Happy Birthdays...you guys are wonderful!

I promise to have worthy reading stuff up later tonight for everyone but, for now...

TTFN!

...Ya know, Vampires have it easy.

They can sleep for decades if they choose to.

I just want a few hours...in a row.

It's just after 7pm and the kids don't go to bed until 9pm.

My eyes are droopy...As soon as they are down for bed, I'll be wide awake.

I did too much running around today.

I'm tired and I'm bored...the stuff I want to do I can't do when the kids are up.

I guess I can but, it's more trouble than it's worth keeping them out of my paints and what not.

Ho-hum...it's just one of those nights.

Fear not little ones...for tomorrow is my Birthday and I will be cheerful once again!

*winks*

Haunted Hallow

I just turned 16 and my best friend Jeremy and I decide we wanted to go to Haunted Hallow. My little sister decided she wanted to go as well, along with this little preppie bitch that Jeremy hung out with. Oh well, so we pile in my mom's Geo Metro and head out to BFN.
We finally find a parking area and it happens to be at the end of the trail. This was a bad idea. Jeremy and his friend are freaking out because they just saw a dude with a chainsaw chasing some kids...so they decide they don't want to go. I still wanted to go but, not by myself. In the middle of the arguing my little sister gets up and decides that she is going to go by herself. At this point I get really pissed off.
I grab Jeremy and tell him that this was his idea and he is coming with me. His friend is crying at this point to I don't even bother with her. So we go pay our $7 a piece and go in.
It was a creepy and very dark trail through the forest. Jeremy was squealing like a little girl every time he heard something. I smacked him and tried to be logical.
"Shut up...they're going to hear us if you keep that up!" Well, I said I tried to be logical.
We do okay as the first monster we meet looked like he was from sesame Street. That boosted our confidence...bad mistake.
After we go through a man made cave we come out to see a little shack. We saw movement in the shack and decided we'd give the new monster a scare or a laugh.
"Hey, can we scare you this time?"
"Yeah, we saw you move in there...there's no use in hiding now!"
As we approach the little shack, still feeling our rising confidence, we hear it...
It was the sound of a chainsaw starting up. Jeremy doesn't even wait and pushes me towards the shack and takes off running. I was in such a stupor that I stood there for a moment being pissed off that he pushed me and left me. Then I remember why he left me and I turn around to see this guy wearing a hockey mask holding a chainsaw and he hits me in the butt with it (they had removed the chains so it would be safer). I didn't wait any longer and took off like a bat out of hell.
On the way through the rest of the walk we encountered several more chainsaw men. At the exit they had a group of them and one of the bastards actually knocked me down. I was pissed and adrenaline was coursing through my veins so I got up and turned to him. I started chewing him a new ass when my friend Jeremy (still screaming like a little girl) grabs me and pulls me the rest of the way out of the trail.
After we were about half way home we all had a good laugh...well, everyone except Jeremy's little friend whom we were teasing about being such a coward.
It was loads of fun...and I wish I could do it all over again.

All Things Halloween-ish

What is it about this holiday that brings out our dark side? Now, I didn't say evil and for good reason. As soon as you mention evil in the same sentence as holiday or more specifically, "Halloween" somebody has a religious cow. Hmm...Religion. (There's debate going on over at the college of cosmos about freedom that's leaning towards "religion" in case anyone wants to check it out.)
I found time to put spider webs up all over my kitchen and in the bathroom. I have ghosts hanging from the fan. There are pumpkins everywhere. I have skeletons scattered through-out the house and some scare-crows too. It's spook-tacular! I can't wait to take the kids our trick-or-treating.
Tonight is looking to be pretty good as far as the scare factor goes. I've got some good movies lined up. What I'm wanting to know is what is everyone's favorite horror movie...and why?
I'll start it off:
My favorite horror movie of all time, classic even is Halloween. It's slow and sets the mood. It's reminiscent of a Hitchcock film with some of the camera shots. It is gory but doesn't rely on gore to scare you. It doesn't need to...it has the mood set for an element of surprise and fear. It's a classic!

a ray of sun shine in the middle of the night

It was around mid-night and I was just slipping into bed next to my old man. I'd flipped the little TV that sat next to our bed on and was flipping channels. I do this every night in hopes that it will put me in a sleepy trance or at least make me feel sleepy. I was getting upset about the lack of horror flicks on this far into October. Just as I was about to flip it off the phone rang.

"It's for you." My husband moans without ever really waking up. I knew he was right. Most of my family works nights, I used to as well. It's better money and less stress. So I get up and run to answer the phone.

"Hello."

"Hey!" I was in a medicine induced fog and it took several minutes for me to realize who I was talking too.

"Hey, Devona, Are you there? It's me." It hit me like a ton of bricks.

"Tracy?! Damn, girl! How are you...."

We talked till about 1am-ish and when I got off the phone I was able to fall right to sleep. It's been months since I heard from her and I've been worried and missing her everyday. We've known each other since the 3rd grade and are closer than sisters. She practically lived at my house for years.

It just goes to show you that true friends never loose touch. She's had a rough time and has been missing me as well. It seems that now we're both just about on our feet and are able to stay in touch once again. My daughter has been missing Tracy's son...she calls him her boyfriend. Maybe things really are going to be alright after all...I think it's a sign!

Every Body Is Getting In The Holiday Spirit

Halloween stuff 002
Originally uploaded by boabhan sith.

After much pleading, I gave in and made some Halloween costumes for my daughter's Barbies. You'll see the infamous "ugly Barbie" is sporting her new pumpkin costume...
I love my kids, LOL.

SHOCKING

The Electric Chair was invented by :

A) a surgeon

B) a dentist

C) an electrician

D) a lawyer

Halloween Safety and Other Stuff I'm Thinking About

We haven’t had the AC on in a few days. There hasn’t been a real need for it being that it’s very cool outside. It got down in the 30’s last night. I love cooler weather but, not cold. I don’t care of winter or summer but, spring and fall are wonderful…with an extra Wonderful attached to fall.
I sat on the couch under the front windows last night with my husband. We enjoyed a recorded episode of CSI and listened to the wind and rain outside. It was a beautiful night for snuggling under the covers. This morning the kids and I snuggled under a blanket and took a 15minute power nap…well, the kids had more like 20-25 minute nap. I woke up and was delighted to just sit holding my babies. I know in a few more years I won’t get that opportunity. God, they grow up so fast!
I was surfing the net last night and came across an interesting site. Looking back I should have saved the address but, hindsight is 20/20. The site was about Halloween (surprise, surprise) and it had a link on it about Saving Halloween.
Saving Halloween?! I had no idea it was in need of saving. Apparently, more and more communities are shunning the holiday and promoting it as being unsafe. The reality of the matter is that Halloween is not anymore unsafe than any other holiday. It’s a night of frights that’s for sure but, there have not been as many “tragic occurrences” as they would have us believe. If people would take responsibility where it’s due then we would have less happencess. With that being said, in the links bar is a Halloween Safety Tips Printable flyer. Halloween is just about pranks and costumes and candy…let’s not make it out to be more than it is.

Bell Free Bats—Grandpa Tucker

Frankenstein went shopping to see
What the cost of black bats might be.

He wished them to dwell

In his Halloween Bell.

He now has bats in his bell free.

Well, well, well...

Well, it appears that my bitch aunts realized that they might have to shell out some money if they stick my Grandma in a nursing home because medcaid doesn't pay for all of it...(shaking head). So my Grandma is going to come down here this weekend as planned but, she's checking in the nursing home until we retrieve her on Saturday...it's going to be a long trip-9hrs give or take.

I have to wonder about family. I could not imagine putting my family in a nursing home...and I hope I will instill the same into my children. I would never want to be put in a nursing home. It's just not the way it's meant to be. I know that most families aren't prepared or even capable of taking care of their own. I don't want anyone to feel like I am trying to put a guilt trip on them. Though, if you have a family member in a nursing home...when was the last time that you went to visit them? Did you know that if you don't visit regularly their health declines and most of the staff will over look them. It may not be intentional but the truth is that nursing homes are always...always understaffed. The fact is that my family is a medical family. My Grandma and her sister became nurses during the depression. My Mom, Dad, Step-Mom, Sister-in-law, brother-in-law, Older sister, and younger sister are all nurses. My older brother is a Nursing assistant as am I and I am in school to get my RN. We are more than prepared and able to deal with all of my Grandma's needs.

My Grandpa would be turning in his grave if he saw how they were treating his little woman. I just hope that this is the end of this crap.

DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT!

Well, the evil cows have put my sweet little grandma in a nursing home...against our wishes. Grandma has agreed but, she's unable to make decisions on her own. The bitches talked her into it because my psycho-nudist-400lb-greedy aunt didn't want to loose my Grandma's check!

FUCK!

I just want to hit something. So it wasn't okay to put Grandpa in a nursing home. They even had me go up there and stay with them to help take care of Grandpa while he past away from cancer...but it is okay to put my sweet little Grandma into one?! Damn it...she's going to die in there and alone! They don't even fucking care! DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL TO HELL! I've got a few choice words for my aunts. I hope they like it in the fucking nursing homes because none of us are going to offer to take them in. They can rot in it for all I care but, not my grandma. If they do that then they take away her quality of life and with that...her will to live. AHHHHHH!

BLONDE ON THE SUN

A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day.

The Russian said, "We were the first in space!"

The American said, "We were the first on the moon!"

The Blonde said, "So what? We're going to be the first on the sun!"

The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads.

"You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!" said the Russian.

To which the Blonde replied, "We're not stupid, you know. We're going at night!"

...I just thought it was cute!

Scary Ol' Bat, Ain't He?

Halloween Superstore
Originally uploaded by Blizzo.

Lean close to me
And you shall see
Your life as it passes by
As I drain you and you die
It's your blood that sets me free

Twisted

DemonKid
Originally uploaded by R80o.

It makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up...
I can't wait to watch tonight's episode of Ghost Hunters on sci-fi!

Maybe

Maybe it’s the chill in the air
Or the smell of autumn’s spice
As the leaves and grass withers away
Maybe it’s the way the cool breeze
Sends the hair on the back of your neck straight up
And sends goose bumps up your arms
Maybe it’s the fresh scent of rain
On a dark day that accents the orange and black
Halloween décor adorning every other house
Or maybe, it’s just me
As I sit in my house with the windows open
And eagerly wait for Halloween to arrive

Our Halloween Adventure

After talking with my friend Peg from Peg’s Pen, I’m feeling really good and decide to take the kids on a “Nature Hike.”
That’s what it was intended to be but, it turned out to be “Halloween Adventure.”
We walked around a few block and were picking up leaves to bring home. As we were walking I pointed out each house that had Halloween decorations. This soon became a game with my little ones. My daughter and son were singing the Ghost and Pumpkin song as we saw ghosts and witches and pumpkins and bats and scarecrows. For those of you who don’t know the Ghost and Pumpkin song…well, I don’t either, it’s a song that my daughter made up about happy ghosts and pumpkins and her brother tries to sing with her. It was very cute. Every time we passed a decorated house we pointed out the decorations and the kids made, “Muh-ooh- ahh-ahh” noises.
By the end of our little walk, we had several brown crumbly leaves, a cheerful Mommy, and two very happy little children. All in all, I’d say it was a beautiful day in out neighbor hood (hehehe).

-Alfred Hitchcock-

When the shooting of The Thirty-nine Steps began, Hitchcock amused himself by what means?

What is the name for the fear of being buried alive?

Settin’ Around –by Shel Silverstein

Settin’ ‘round the campfire
With a Werewolf, a Ghoul, and a Vampire,
I told ‘em the story of Merderin’ Mack,
And the Ghoul ran off screamin’
And never came back.

Settin’ ‘round the campfire
With the Werewolf and the Vampire,
I told ‘em the tale of Three-Headed Ed,
And the Werewolf ran home
And hid under the bed.

Settin’ ‘round the campfire,
Just me and that ol’ Vampire,
I read him the poem of the skeleton bone,
And now it’s just me,
Settin’ here all alone.

...A Little Distracted Yesterday

Good Lord, I can't believe that I was so distracted that I forgot to post something yesterday! (Slap on the hand)
My apologies, I was very distracted as I was away doing my gig and awaiting word on my Grandma. She's stable at the moment...They've decided at her age (93) and with all of her conditions that surgery just isn't going to happen. They've set her foot as best they can and are just going to put it in a cast and hope for the best. The good thing that is coming out of this is that she's coming down here so she can be pampered in her last few years. I'm glad my children will have this opportunity to play with a great-grandma. It will be very special for all of us.
I promise to post, if not tonight when I return, then tomorrow. My birthday is the 17th of this month...Going to be the big 2-6. God, I feel old...I know I shouldn't at 26 but, my niece graduated high school this past May. Damn, I remember changing her diapers! Anyhow, I'm sharing my Birthday dinner with my little sister who will be 24 on the 22nd of this month. We're going to a nice Italian restaurant tonight. I've been told it's completely awesome! Yum!
One more thing...I'm going to take Rathwel's lead here and beg you all to rate my site on Blogarama...the link is just below my archives...Hehehe

I'm desperate for recognition, LOL.

-interesting-

In what state is it illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits?

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-?-

What is Samhanach?

Tis The Season To Be Spooky!

The dark skies tell of foreboding mysteries. Rain pours down in layers upon layers of thick cold sheets. It is a perfect day for Halloween!
I stepped outside to let the cat in who is completely drenched and I couldn’t help but notice all of the beautiful houses up and down the block. Every other house is adorned with some type of Halloween decorations and mine is no different. Breathing in deeply I absorbed the wonderful smell of fall. The air was spicy with spookiness. So today, my friends, I will be doing even more Halloween arts and crafts with the children. We are going to be watching a parade of spooky Scooby-ness.
Tis the month of Scary Things!
Tis the season!

Up this morning with the sun
Not looking forward to a day of run
Run to here, run to there
Some times I wish I didn't care
Yet today is not for me
It's about my husband, see
His pressure has been sky high
And I'm worried so that I
Am making sure that he gets fixed
So that his ashes are not mixed
With wood from the fire that we
Used to cremate his body, see
We can't afford the cremation fees
So we'd have to burn him with the trees
At our red-neck burial party
First prize goes to the most arty
Of the home made crafted urns
In the which we'd put his burns
And I'm not ready to wipe his ass
And so off to the doctor we go, alas
So that we can be spared our
Red-neck funeral power

Oklahoma Ain't So Bad

save a horse ride a cowboy
Originally uploaded by boabhan sith.

I'm thinking if he's going as a cowboy...that I'm going as a horse at the Halloween Party.

Halloween Recommended Reading

Lisa Cantrell's Torments

Promised to get you into the mood for Halloween.

Morbid

How much does the average person weigh when cremated?

Yum!

According to ancient lore a spider rolled in butter and swallowed was said to cure what?

Thanks Guys...

Okay, I'm done having my little episode. I'll wait to have my nervous breakdown if something bad happens. Everything is on hold right now because of Grandma's heart.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by with a word of encouragement. I needed that. I took a chill pill and I'm okay right now. I think my Mom is going to freak out on me and I need to be cool for that...Believe me I've had years of experience with her.
One thing is for sure...If she pulls through my Aunt isn't going to be able to care for her anymore. And there is no way in hell any of us are going to let Grandma rot in a nursing home. Everyone of us have worked in one and we know the kind of crap that can happen. That's why none of us work in them anymore. It sucks to be one of the few good workers...You get worn down quick. So, if it comes to that...We're going to throw a fit and bring her down here. I have two brothers and two sisters and all but one of us are either nurses or nurse's aids and the one that isn't, married a nurse. So my Grandma will be well taken care of.
I just ask that you guys continue to pray for her.

Hee-Hee-Hee...

Said a printer pretending to wit:

"There are certain bad words we omit.

It would sully our art

To print the word f--,

And we never, oh never, say sh--!"

-Tee-Hee-

The cock of a fellow named Randall

Shot sparks like a big Roman candle.

He was much in demand,

For the colors were grand,

But the girls found him too hot to handle.

Here I sit in the dark again. Combining forms of blackness overwhelm me, swallow me.
Like fog so thick that I cannot move nor breathe is this shade of death. It is our dark reality.
We ride through the storm in the arms of the stork only to be carried away by maggots.
We are taught to be clean of dirt. For maybe, it is the fear of the dirt that we descent back into that keeps us clean.
I do not feel clean at this moment. Yet, I have no desire to join in the mud.
So here it is that I sit. Alone, and out of reach from the matches…they would only burn my fingers.
Our skins are shades of the earth just as death is the dark shade of life. So I shade my eyes and pray for another day without dirt.

(sigh) Up Date

My older sister just called with news about my Grandma. Wow, it's been a busy day.
They aren't going to do the surgery as of yet. It's very risky with all of my Grandma's other heath problems and so they're putting it off for a short time. The thing of it is they can't put it off too long because with the bone broke the way it is...it could cause a lot more damage. I'm staying off the phone to wait for more word. I just hope she pulls through...she's such a wonderful woman. My Grampa loved her very much and I know he wouldn't want her to be in pain.

My Grampa died of cancer and I stayed with him while he passed to help them out. I am glad I had the opportunity to do so. I got to know my Grandma while I was helping care for Grampa. Damn...I don't want to loose both of them.

'Grampa forgive me for being so selfish.'

Some Good News

Well, my sister went in for an ultra-sound. It looks like it's a boy but, they asked her to come back in in a few weeks...just to make sure. My daughter is not going to be happy. She has told my sister from day one that it was going to be a girl for her to play with. Well, now my son will have a play mate. I don't care one way or the other...I just want to hold the little darling. And I'm definitely going to have to spoil the crap out of it.

My sister is somewhere between 16 and 18 weeks along...God, it's going to drag out for me...and I'm sure for her too.

Well, now that we know what it's going to be they can start looking for names. I have a suggestion, Devon. It's the masculine form of my name, Devona. But, that's just me...It would be an honor for such a wonderful boy to be named after such a wonderful aunt. LOL!

I'm not sure that they'll agree though.

(heavy sigh) Bad News

I received a call from my mother.
My Grandma is in the hospital. She broke her ankle in three places (it was twisted completely around backwards) and she has to have surgery. She's already been having blood clot problems (including in her lungs) and it is necessary for surgery or face more blood clots. Although, surgery will likely cause some as well. It doesn't look good, if she makes it through surgery she's going to be wheel-chair bound after this. -Not good-
My Grandma is a little German lady who has always been independent. If she looses that, well, she looses her will to live.
Surgery is at five this evening and I'll know one way or the other what happens. I just wish I could be there with her. Alas, I am in freakin' Oklahoma and she is in Illinois. I know that if she passes she'll be with Grampa. I'm just not ready to loose her yet.

See how the mighty have Fallen.

It was with heavy hearts that we stood there staring down at the freshly dug soil. The wind blew my hair as I turned to look up at the afternoon sky. Fall, what a fitting name for this season’s day. Yet, through the sadness I found myself smiling. I would remember this day for all time. So would my daughter as she stood so distraught, pondering what had just occurred. Death was hard to explain to a child and I wonder if she would truly understand that he wouldn’t come back.
It had been my son’s fault but, he was too young to understand what he had done. I would never blame him. After all, a roly-poly was a fragile creature. Bless his heart, I told him to be gentle. He just touches too hard sometimes. I patted him on the head as my daughter sang the “ABC’s” for the dead roly-poly. He had been a good friend to her.
God bless that little poly and may he rest in peace.

Witches?!

Why weren’t any of the accused witches in the Salem Witch Trials burned at the stake?

Okay...this one is a little harder...

Any takers?

Weekend Trivia...Woo-hoo!

What’s the most popular trick or treat candy?

I'm hoping to have more comments this time...

come on people,

where are all of my loyal fans?

LOL

SHIVERS ~Aileen Fisher~

Bushes quiver
where shadows lean,
and not a sliver
of moon is seen.

Near the river
some goblins (green)
with a witch in front
and a ghost in between

Make me sh..i..vvvver,
but I am keen
about the shivers
of Halloween.

Awake with the rain and trees...

Awake. I turn to look at the clock, noticing that my husband is not in bed. The glowing green numbers confirm my suspicions. It’s 8am and it’s dark outside. I knew there was a 70% chance of rain today. Even had I not known, the storm had hit last night but, I wasn’t sure if it was sticking around for today. Hopefully, it will be. The rain balances my Libran quirks.
Last night my husband and I stood on the porch in the rain. We just breathed in the fresh coolness of the night storm and held each other. “My life is perfect with you in it,” I told my love. He nuzzled the top of my head with his chin and then kissed me.
I slept very well last night, thanks to my friend the rain. And so far, it has given me a good morning as well. I’ve sat here in the quiet of the morning and just pondered the universe and my role in it.
The children and I sat outside most of yesterday. We had painted our pumpkins and placed them outside. Then we got out the sidewalk chalk and drew some pumpkins and ghosts and vampires on the driveway. It was so nice and cool outside that we kicked the ball around and then sat back and watched the trees. The wind was blowing and the branches full of leaves were swaying like waves on a dark pond. My daughter said they were waving “Hi.” I fully agreed with her.
I am learning to feel calm again. It’s been a long time since I’ve found time to stop and smell the roses…or rather, to watch the trees with a small child’s imagination.