Sunday, October 31, 2010

A New Party...Monday Music with Nancy...

we are supposed to post something about music...
and for me...
I thought about the music I used to listen to when I was a giggling pre teen, pimple popping girlie...
so this week...
it's Bobby Sherman!
he was so cute!
and I looked forward to each new issue of Tiger Beat!
and I loved watching HERE COME THE BRIDES !
I still have my Bobby Sherman album with this song on it...
but it's in the PEACHES crates in the very end of my closet...
no way to get it out today...

so sit back...
and watch him in his finest!...
and dream of the bluest eyes, skies you've ever seen...
http://nancy-myentertainmentcorner.blogspot.com/2010/10/monday-music-1.html
Linking up with Nancy for Music Monday...
click here to see what else you can find today!...
this is her first Music Monday...
so if you can play along...
that would be so much fun...

Halloween past...

I have been reading with much interest the recollections of your Halloweens and trick or treating as a child with much fascination indeed...
we lived in an average size neighborhood...
mom and dad knew most of the neighbors or of them...
it was in the mid 60's...
it was a small college town...
I got to go as a bear when I was 4...
but that was it...
and most of the candy was thrown away...
all of the apples were cut up and if mom and dad were not sure of who gave the popcorn balls...
they were tossed, too...
you see in the mid 60's in our town in Ohio...
people were mean...
very mean...
they put pins, needles and razor blades in the apples and candy bars...
they put pot in the cookies and popcorn balls...
and they put LSD in anything they could shoot a needle in...
for 2 years straight...
kids hit the ERs with slashed mouths...
on "trips"...
and it was spreading from one community to the next like wild fire...
how anyone could ever think this was funny is beyond me...
the outrage was massive...
so the city leaders outlawed trick or treat...
we had none...
when I was in 6th and 7th grade...
I got to do a couple of block parties...
it was only for the kids in that block and you could only go to homes that had been ok'd by the other parents...
so most of my Halloweens were spent with only one activity...
and that was carving the pumpkin...
that sat on the porch all alone...
if the neighbor kids didn't smash it in the middle of the night...
so I so looked forward to the parties at school...
and God Bless all those room mothers who made the best goodies for us...
the cupcakes and cookies and the treat bags...
and the teachers who decorated our class rooms with the most fun things ever!...
they kept the spirit of the holiday in our lives...
and when I had kids and moved to this small town and they did trick or treat nights...
I was so thrilled that my kids wouldn't miss out!...
of course, we checked the candy...
and threw away anything that wasn't factory sealed...
but they got to go and have fun and be a kid...
and I suppose that's why I decorate like I do...
to make up for lost time...
and bless Linus for not losing hope in the pumpkin patch year after year...
thank you to everyone for sharing all your Halloweens this year!...
it sure has been fun...
and I can so see Sherry with her pillow case full of candy...
and Ann tracking door to door...
and Rebecca as a pink fairie princess...
I so had a wonderful time with all of you!
Hugs and smooches to you!

The Mummy...starring Bebe...the wonder dog...

Bebe's Halloween Costume this year...
DH said this was wrong...
and he is so cheap!...
I had to wad up the tp and put it back in the bathroom...
TO USE!...
but my little mummy guy is so stinkin cute...
it will be worth it...
keep going down in the blog...
crazy little me has been busy this weekend...
but, I have finally ran out of stuff to blog...
so I'm doing the spaghetti and taking a nap...
to dudes of house are doing football and nascar...
at the same time...
and they tell me they can't multi task...
I know better...

that's a wrap...

our trick or treat was last night...
and we had one goblin attend...
so back in the tubs it goes...
notice it's orange...
so we know which ones to grab every year...
so now, all we have is fall...
blue skies...
washboard clouds...
the wind is really blowing out there...
and here it is...
October 31st...
and we still have bloomers...
and not the long john type either...
some green things in with the browns...
and then there's always the sedum...
which is the most versatile plant in the garden ever...
it goes from one season to the other effortlessly...
always a show stopper...
and with that...
the next bunch of photos is my mini photo shoot of this amazing plant...
upshooting is easy and most impressive...
just turn your camera upside down and stick it in everywhere!...
you never know what you will end up with...
upshots and downshots...
give them a try...
hope you are having a great day...
Happy Halloween to all of you that have trick or treaters tonight...
or a spooky party to do...
we are doing spaghetti and football...
and of course...
all that left over candy...
bwahahahahaha!...
I am so going to miss doing that...
HUGS!

Sunday Inspirations....

Love wasn't put in our hearts to stay...
Love isn't love until it's given away...