Why Cats Hate Halloween!

Ok, it took us forever to get a good picture. But, this is why cats hate Halloween! Especially MY cats! LOL!
Jingle Bells did NOT think this was funny!
But, then again, Christmas is his Holiday.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Boy, I used to LOVE Halloween as a kid! We spent weeks trying to decide what we wanted to dress up as. Unfortunately, when I was a youngster, grandma made Halloween costumes for me and Mark. Mine was a clown, and Mark's was a witch. I dressed up as that clown for years! I got too tall for the costume, and the pants were like capri's on me (when capri's were NOT in style! Then, when Mark outgrew the witch, I had to be a witch. No store bought costumes for us, no way. Grandma made these great costumes, and by God we were going to wear them. We had to use these tired costumes, year after year. Oh well. They were great when they were brand new, but they got old quick!
Then the witching day of Halloween finally came. The night we had waited so anxiously for all month long! I remember scarfing down my dinner as quick as possible, so we could get out and go trick or treating.
Now mind you, we lived on a big, steep hill. It was torture walking around to all of those houses! Kids today get driven around in cars, not us, we had to hoof it, up and down these steep hills, up and down steep stairs. And we only had 1 hour to trick or treat. From 6-7. These kids in our neighborhood will be walking around at 4pm, right after school! And, when I lived in the apartment, kids would ring my bell at 10pm! Not in the 70's in Ohio. You had 1 hour to hit as many houses as you could, and be back inside the house. We were like mini marathoners. Running from one house to another, tripping over our costumes, tripping over sidewalks. Sometimes, you had to leave the wounded behind, you couldn't have anybody slowing down your progress! I remember the house of one older lady. Every year, she made us all come into her house, and the drilling began. What were we dressed up as, who were my parents, where did we live. Yadda, yadda, yadda! Look, I'm a frickin clown lady, now give me my candy, you're slowing me down! It only took a view visits to her house before we realized this was the house to avoid in future years! Our time was precious, and we didn't have time for all of her crap!
I loved trick or treating as a kid. We had no worries of poisoned candy, or sex offenders. We left the parents at home, and walked ourselves. And we were safe. It was a great time to grow up. I feel so sorry for the kids now! I remember getting popcorn balls, homemade cookies, fudge, and brownies. And not being afraid to eat it!
Then, our hour was over, and we had to go home. Daddy made us dump our stash out on the floor, and he did the daddy inspection. This consisted of confiscating every GOOD piece of candy we had! His favorites were Buns, Snickers, anything with peanuts. He pulled things out of the pile, saying "you don't like these, or these." We got stuck with the plain Hershey bars, the Mary Jane's, the jaw breakers, bubble gum. He got all the good stuff. I was in high school before I ate my first Snicker's bar! He had me convinced I didn't like them!
Then, you pigged out on the candy daddy didn't take away from you, and you tried to go to bed. We were exhausted from the running around, but at the same time, on a major sugar high from the candy, and couldn't sleep!
That candy would last us until Thanksgiving, we got so much. I remember sneaking candy while being in my bed. One night, I was being ever so quiet, trying not to make any noise with the wrapper. Then fear struck, what the heck was I gonna do with that wrapper? Mom was going to find it, and I was going to be in big trouble! That was the first and last time I ever ate a wrapper. Yes, I ate it! I hang my head in shame about it now, but, you gotta do what you gotta do!
I loved Halloween then.
I hope everyone has a safe, and Happy Halloween. And don't eat too much candy. If you can't finish it all, you can send me some. LOL!


I found this on the Internet. I though it was cute.What message are you sending to others regarding your favorite candy? I like Snickers and Reese cups. What's that say about me?

Three Musketeers: Does well in groups but is somewhat pompous. Prone to fancy costumes and arcane weapons. Wears hats in public that are ill-advised.

Almond Joy: I'm going to put aside my aversion to coconut in praising these folks as happy-go-lucky.

Bit-O-Honey: They have contradictory personalities, hoping to express generosity but also having the passive-aggressive desire to damage the fillings of trick-or-treaters.

Butterfinger: Evasive, slippery, not necessarily to be trusted.

Candy Corn: Purely deluded people. They don't get that candy shouldn't attempt to imitate other food groups, particularly corn.

Good & Plenty: Optimistic, perhaps overly so. A little bit of Weimar energy. Strong advocate of gay rights; acquainted with the bitterness at the center of most lives.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: Generous souls. Those who understand the salty in life, as well as the sweet.

Snickers: Just going with the crowd, the safe candy choice, guaranteed to please the masses. Not ambitious, but dependable.

Congrats To The Sox!

In honor of all of John's cousins who live in New England, I just wanted to say "way to go" on the Boston Red Sox winning the 2007 World Series! I know there is some major partying taking place up there! Wish I were there to join in the festivities. :-(
Anywho......here is a picture I took of the World Series cow when we were in your fine Beantown.


I have GOT to get up that way some fall to see a real New England fall. So, everyone convince John that he needs to bring me!
I want to stroll thru a quaint little town all bathed in fall colors.
I want to see Salem Mass, and the coastline of Maine.
I want to drink some hot muled cider in front of a warm fireplace.
I want to pick pumpkins in a pumpkin patch, and take an old fashioned hayride.
I want to see a dusting of snow on fresh fallen fall leaves.
I know it's too late for this year, so we need to work on him for next year!

News Flash! The Time Doesn't Change Until NEXT Week!

Ok, so last year I changed out my alarm clock, buying one of those fancy smart-set clocks. It resets itself if there is a power outage, and it changes itself when Daylight Savings time begins and ends. As y'all are well aware, last night should have been the night we change our clocks. But, no, someone came up with the idea to delay it until NEXT Sunday.
I worked this weekend, which means getting up at 5:15 am. Thankfully, we were talking about the new time change, so I was thinking about it all night. I went to bed, wondering if my clock was going to mess up.
Well, guess what?
IT DID!
I woke up after 2, went back to sleep. Woke up again, look at the clock and it's saying 2:05?! What the ____?! I look at John's clock, and it's actually 3:05. If I hadn't put 2 and 2 together, if I hadn't been thinking about it all night long, if John didn't have a clock too, I would have been a hour late for work! Stupid technology!
Now, the question is, will my clock reset itself NEXT Sunday?
I don't have to get up next Sunday morning, so it's not such an issue as it was today.

Feline Friday

It was a rainy, cool, fall day today. A purrfect day for staying home, and catching up on some much needed sewing for the craft shows. I was hard at work, when I heard a rustling in my closet. Jingles was digging in some shopping bags, obviously something had grabbed his attention. I turned from the machine to see what he was up to, and here is what I found.....

He STOLE one of the feather boas that I purchased to add to the top of a purse! He looked so cute, and so guilty, I just had to snap his picture.
Here he was just moments later, with a feather he plucked out of the purple "bird" he killed! LOL

Now who could possibly punish that sweet little face?!
By the way, I forgot to blog yesterday, just wanted to remind everyone that yesterday was 2 MONTHS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! Do you know what you are getting me? LOL!

What I Have Been Up To Lately

You ask, what have I been up to lately? Well.....here's a picture of what has been occupying most of my spare time.


I am doing my first ever craft show on Nov 16 and again on Nov 30th. I make purses, and bags. So far, I have 56 of the small zippered shoulder bags, 6 diaper bags, and 32 purses. Ranging in all types of themes. Cartoons, animal print, college mascots, ect, ect, ECT!
I pray these purses sell! Otherwise, EVERYONE I lknow will be getting a hand made purse for Christmas! So watch out! LOL!
If you see anything that looks interesting, drop me an email, I can put it aside for ya.
After all this work, my poor craft room will never be the same! Right now, it looks like Hurricane Penny has struck! Just push the door shut, so John doesn't fuss. :-)

Something All Mothers Would Appreciate

Here's another video that I thought everyone would love to see. Especially all you moms out there! I love www.youtube.com, I can watch videos for hours on end. What ever would we do without the internet? Who knows, I'd probably be able to sit down and read a book again. Does anyone remember the last book they read?! LOL