A little taste of winter

It's cold today...33 degrees. Now, I know that doesn't sound too bad to some folks, but we've had the oddest weather this Fall and mostly the temperatures have been well above normal, so 33 is feeling cold! Last night I lit the fire I laid a few days ago and kept it going until I went to bed at 10pm. Sure felt good. Since I'm keeping the thermostat so low the fire made a big difference. However, I'm going to need some more firewood soon. I'm not sure which is the cheaper, the furnace or the fireplace, but I think it's the fireplace.

I spent most of the day Sunday cleaning out the hedges (mostly cutting out privet hedge) and I found several reasonable downed, dry limbs that I cut into fireplace-sized pieces. Most of them are azalea which seems to burn rather quickly and some oak. I've been told not to burn pecan because it pops and spits terribly and could be a fire hazard.

Sunday I put a rather large rectangular basket with a rug in it in front of the fireplace. I was hoping that Shirley would use it some and free up my lap or neck (she likes to drape around my neck at night). Well, Shirley didn't care for it too much, but Mercy had claimed it as her own! Last night while the fire was burning Mercy laid in her basket and purred loudly and watched the flames and sparks for hours! She's one happy kitty! Goodness uses the back of the sofa when he isn't in my lap.

Funny thing, Goodness has started getting on top of the refridgerator and calling me. I answer one or two times and he jumps down and gets in my lap. Funny cat!

Monday morning I called the fellow I talked to two weeks ago about a job. He said he was planning on calling me later that day. So I said, "Right! And what were you going to say?". He siad he was going to offer me a job, but he was swamped right then and could he call me back. I said sure. Well, he called back that afternoon and did offer me the job...at $8.50 an hour to start, and I accepted. Here's the kicker, the full time position doesn't start until the first working day of January, but starting the 12th of December I'll be going in from 10-12 to learn the system from the girl that's leaving. It's going to be tight...actually, already is, so I guess I should say it's going to be tighter. Good way to start a new year.

I just hate that once more there's no money for Christmas. Or anything else for that matter. Mother's sending a little check..should be enough to pay the electric.

Still no Bud...

I thought that maybe I'd made a mistake, but I went back to Bud's e-mail and read it again. He said he was going to come here Friday. He didn't and hasn't today either and I've not heard from him. Makes me worry. Makes me sad and upsets me a bit.

Funny how good thing happen just when you need them. I got a check in the mail today for $28.00 from Sprint. A refund on a deposit from the last place I lived here. Now, that's just a drop in the bucket, but it sure makes breathing a lot easier!

Pretty day. Gathered another bag of pecans, made a pot of turkey noodle soup and watched a rather funny movie, The Honeymooners. It was a spoof of sorts on the old TV series made in current times and with black actors. Was a hoot! There's a lady at the movie rental place that always recommends movies for me and she's not been wrong yet. (I didn't pay for the movie...have a pre-paid card...it has one more rental on it).

Had a nice fire in the fireplace last night that warmed the entire living room...and since it was quite chilly this morning I had another. I've laid another for tonight if I need it, trying to save on propane as much as possible.

Thank goodness gas prices are dropping some. Got gas on Friday and it was $2.23! Though it's much cheaper in both Tallahassee and in Thomasville I figure that unless I'm going to either place for another reason I might as well get it here.

I'm wearing a pair of jeans that I couldn't even zip a few years ago and they are BAGGY!!!!!

Just finished watching the Glamour Magazine Women of the Year awards. How very inspirational. And here I sit like a slug. Nothing very inspirational about that.

Life's just one adventure after another

Well, I've been locked out of the house since 10:30 this morning. Shirley and I went out to gather more pecans this morning and when I had a full grocery bag and a really tired back we decided it was time to come in. Imagine how my heart dropped when I couldn't turn the knob to enter. I put the bag down and tried the knob several times, wiggling it this way and that. Nothing.

Well, since I was looking for Bud I thought we'd just wait till he got here with his key. Waited until 12:15 and really needed to get inside. So I went to a neighbor's house and called Mother since she has a key, too. Turns out she couldn't find her key, but came over anyway with her cell phone and phone book. We couldn't find a listing in Monticello for a locksmith, so we went to a local hardware store and they had a name and phone number for us. Called him and he met us at the house.

Turns out that I hadn't locked the door, the lock was broken. He ended up having to drill it out and replace it and it was 10 minutes after three before I got in. I've never seen a bathroom look so good! Also, hadn't had breakfast or lunch, so I wolfed down a sandwich and here I sit.

Bless her heart, Shirley missed her nap. She's now curled up on the bed sleeping soundly.

Bud's still not here, so I'm glad I didn't wait, but the locksmith said it wouldn't have helped to have the key. I did feel a little better about that.

Nothing much more going on now, thank goodness! I think I'll take a nap, too.

Stuffed like a turkey!

I promised myself this morning that I'd not over eat today. One more promise broken! There was more food today than I've seen at a single gathering in a long time! So, I only took a little of each, a little ham, a little turkey, a little Boston Butt, some corn pudding, collard greens, butter peas, field peas with okra, rice and gravy, mashed potatoes, yams, squash casserole, fruit salad, tossed salad and stuffing and of course home made yeast rolls with butter and jelly...I know I've left something out, but I probably tried it! Then there was the dessert table, cakes and pies and cobblers, cookies and brownies and fudge. I only tried a brownie with thick chocolate frosting, but only because I couldn't hold another bite.

There were 50+ people there, from the age of 6 months to 90 years. Wow, what a get together! Wonderful fun, wonderful people and an absolutely beautiful place! Everybody, except for MJ and me, was related somehow. CCC's sister is married to CCC's husband's brother and everyone else was either a grandsomething, or niece or uncle or sister or something. They were all so gracious and welcoming and made both of us feel right at home.

And the weather, the weather was perfect! Not too cool and not too hot, just right!

The directions to get there were interesting, which is why MJ drove, she knew how to get there. The directions were: behind the New Leaf and behind the Moon! I'd never have made it alone.

A really good Thanksgiving!

A wonderful balmy morning

The weather couldn't be nicer than it is this morning! Clear, blue sky with a very light breeze and low 60's (to warm up to 80 later)! How nice!

The house smells fantastic, I baked the turkey last night and have an apple pie in the oven right now. Now, I sorta cheated with the pie, bought deep dish crusts. All went well until I tried to invert the second crust over the top of the pie...damn thing crumbled to bits. So with a little water I patched it over and crossed my fingers and stuck it in the oven. At least it'll look home made, no one would sell one that looks like this one!

Had an e-mail from Bud. He's coming here tomorrow! Wonderful!

Will go to MJ's house at 11:30 and she's driving us to Tallahassee for Thanksgiving with friends. We've been promised Bloody Marys and more food than can be consumed at one meal! I'm so glad the weather's nice, we'll be eating outside. I'm taking the dumb pie.

Will let you know how it goes.

A Thanksgiving invite

Yesterday the president of our Humane Society called and invited both me and MJ to join her and her family in Tallahassee for Thanksgiving. We both said yes (after discussing it). This should be great fun. I'm taking a green bean casserole and hope to shell and toast some pecans to take also.

I have a large bucket of pecans I've gathered from the tree out front. So far, every one I've shelled have been really good with big, plump meat. I've only shelled a few and Shirley and I have shared them...tasty!

It's very cold this morning...below freezing. I turned the thermostat up to 68 yesterday and am quite comfortable. However, Shirley, Goodness and Mercy all say that they are freezing. I can't sit down without a lapful of animals!

Spent a few hours yesterday decorating the little white Christmas tree. It turned out that the lights I got for it (a string of 100) has a green cord and it looked stupid on the white tree, so I found some green garland wrapped with silver stuff and circled that around the tree and over the cords. Looks pretty good...added 64 little red balls and an old angel on top and it's quite festive! Probably will do the big one on Friday.

Still haven't heard about the job...to call or not to call...that is the question.

It's hard to type with Shirley in my lap...so will close for now.

Getting ready

Thanksgiving is two days away! I can't believe how quickly this past year has gone...lots has happened and most of it feels like it's eons away, yet last Thanksgiving was only yesterday.

Sunday I took the little 8.22 lb. bird out of the freezer and put it in a cooler on the side porch (no lid). Yesterday I poked it with my finger many times throughout the day and nothing gave...not a dent. This morning the wings move, so I feel it's making progress thawing. If it still feels hard tomorrow I'll put it in a sink of water. Thank goodness it's not a 23 pounder!

My friend MJ from the Humane Society is coming for Thanksgiving dinner.

I put a Christmas wreath on the front door last night and am thinking about putting lights on the trees today. (Mother gave me her two trees, one's tall and slim and green and one's short, table-top type, and white). I haven't had a tree in years and now I have two. Sunday I pulled out all of the decorations I have and combined with what Mother gave me I have quite a few. I'm thinking the two trees and the wreath and some ornaments in a bowl on the dining room table should do it...but I do have a mantle...not sure how to approach that.

Still haven't heard from the fellow I talked with last week about a job. Sure wish he'd call...I don't want to call him. Figure if he hasn't called by tomorrow he won't call. I'll call him Monday.

It is COLD here! We actually had two days of rain, boy, we needed that and then the winds came. They actually blew the chairs from the patio and out into the yard and brought in the cold. Brrrr...

Helen called last night. She's very tired. She went to Senior's yesterday and had to have someone bring her home early. Said she went to bed and slept for 1 1/2 hrs. She says she still has no pain...God, I pray she never does. She's having Thanksgiving at her house. Family's bringing food, but she said she's still going to roast a turkey, wants the smell, and will send it home with her grandson and his wife.

Mother came over yesterday morning. Gave me $150.00. Spent some of it at the grocery store and put the rest in the bank. I'll pay the phone bill tomorrow and then there won't be much left. Need a job.

I've got a fire laid in the fireplace. Almost lit it this morning, but am trying to wait for tonight...'spose to get to 32 or lower tonight, so I'll probably need it. I've huddled all of the potted plants (all seven of them) at the back steps and this afternoon will tent a plastic drop sheet over them. Hope that will save them.

A fun day

By 8:15 this morning CCC had called me 3 times. She was a bit crazed as the big trail ride/family farm day was to be at her place today. I ran a couple of errands and made some more table-top tent cards for last minute donations for the raffles and was out there by 10:30. The trail ride was under way when I got there and the folks that were to be there to set up had not gotten there. So MJ and I along with a couple of recruited folks did the set up. We did get a couple of CCC's farm hands and her husband to set the tables up and lug out the chairs that were borrowed from the American Legion...but there was lots to be done. We finished as the first of the guest arrived. For some unknown reason not only did the set-up people not show, but the volunteers to work the various tables didn't either. So I worked one table and CCC's husband worked another one. We got it done and had fun doing it. The photographer from the paper didn't come, but I picked up CCC's camera from the office on my way out and I hope she got some shots, but I didn't see her do it.

We had horseshoes, pony rides, a hayride, horse games (egg & spoon, musical buckets and something else...damn this one brain cell) and FOOD! We had grilled chicken, pulled Boston butt, slaw, baked beans, sweet potato pies (which were potatoes yesterday) and kettle baked apple, blueberry and blackberry cobblers which were all cooked on the spot. It was soooo good! I brought home chicken, pork and slaw, but I'm still so full that I don't think I'll be having supper.

After lunch we had the raffle. We raffled off a 7-yr old quarter horse mare, sweet little thing and pretty, too, and a 7-mth old miniature horse filly. I was out there yesterday when the little horse had a halter put on her for the first time and she did beautifully. Smart little thing and very social. They both went to good homes. We had lots of other things that were raffled including 500 lbs. of sweet feed and lots of baskets of goodies. What fun!!! and, how tiring. Right as I was leaving CCC's husband was kicked in the knee by one of their horses and was sitting with a bag of ice on it...looked pretty bad, bruised up almost immediately and was very swollen. He said he thought it missed anything vital and was okay...hope so.

I don't know how much money we took in for the Humane Society, but lots of people just did donations of $50/$100. So I think we did pretty good.

I haven't heard from the fellow I talked with on Monday about the job. I'm broke and finished with the work I was doing. Hope I hear from him on Monday if not, I think I'll call him.

Was having very dark thoughts last night.

Not sure about Thanksgiving, Bud invited me to come there, but I'm not sure I really want to...and I know he'd have more fun there than here. Gotta think about it.

Chilly today

It's quite cool this morning, low 40's. Our first freeze warning has been posted for tonight. Finally, season appropriate weather! Yeah! It was down right hot yesterday, 80's, and then IT RAINED!!!!! First rain in over 5 weeks, you could almost hear everything outside sucking it up! It cooled off with the rain and I opened all of the windows in the dining room. Goodness and Mercy use the wide window sills in there as their personal perches and this was the first time since we moved in the house in July that the windows have been opened. Even Shirley got in a chair at the window to look out and smell the rain. It didn't last long, about an hour, but it sure did make a difference.

I've almost finished the job I've been working for the last three weeks and have nothing in store. I did talk to a fellow on Monday and he said he'd call later this week. Well, it's certainly later this week now...hope I hear from him. Gotta have something...the power bill is due on the 23rd and I don't have the money for it.

I dreamed about Daddy the other night. It's only the second time since he died 6 1/2 years ago that I have. The other time was a couple of weeks after he died. In this dream he told me he was going to write me a large check. Do you suppose it was wishful thinking?

I've talked with Helen almost every night this week. It's like I'm her touch-stone. If our talking can help ease her through this time in her life I'm glad. It's so little to do.

I'm going to go to the office later this morning even though I probably shouldn't go at all. Unless some bank statements turn up there's really nothing to do. But I'll figure up my hours and give CCC a call.

No bridge this weekend. LJ's going out of town on Saturday for the holiday. No word from Bud, I guess he's not coming.

A busy week looming...

Yesterday was nice. Played Bridge until 4:30 and did do a little better, came in 2nd high.

Helen called shortly after I got home (she'd left an earlier message on the machine)...she just needed to chat. I sat outside with Shirley and we talked for about an hour, in fact it was almost dark when we hung up.

My friend LJ asked if I'd tend her dog (a very old dachund/sp?) over Thanksgiving. She doesn't want me to bring him here, just tend him over at her house. Of course I said yes. She's the next street over and down a ways.

My #2 child, ETC, and her family are adopting a beautiful baby girl from China, she's 10 months old. She posted pictures of the baby on her blog, Red Thread. How very exciting! They are to go get her next month...what a Christmas gift for them!

Will call the fellow I talked with on Friday about a job. Cross your fingers for me. Actually, I don't even know yet if it's something that I'll want, or if I'm what they may want, but I must find something that will support me for a few years.

Oh, talked with Mother last night. She got the tax notice for this house in the mail on Saturday. She'd told me back in the summer that the taxes would be around $3,000.00, imagine my pleasure when she told me that she'd been wrong, it's $300.00! Big difference!

Have a Humane Society meeting tonight at 6:00. The Trail Ride/Family Farm Day is this coming Saturday and we'll start setting up on Friday. Still have a slue of work on the books.

Would you believe there is a tropical storm looming? If she strengthens just a bit her name will be Gamma. Hard to believe isn't it?

Gotta go try to do magic...an extreme makeover...for work.

Helen, Mother and other things

Helen called on Friday. She had gotten a lovely card from Mike and wanted to share it with me. She was so pleased. That was thoughtful.

After Helen and I got off the phone Shirley and I went outside. The air was so crisp and clear and the stars and the moon were spectacular, so we sat out for a while. Then, because it was a little cool and we wanted to stay out, I decided to light the little chimney thing. I knew that everything I'd put in it was quite dry, but it took several attempts to get it going, but once it took off it sounded like a jet engine! I had flames leaping 3-4 feet out of the top! It took some time, but I ended up with a really nice little fire that was actually quite hungry. I fed it wood until I had to declare "enough's enough!"...didn't realize how quickly one can go through firewood!

Last weekend I bought a trunk-load of split oak for $20.00. Now, I'm planning on using that for inside and haven't gotten into it for outside, but it's tempting!

I spent the day with Mother yesterday. It's amazing to me to see the change in her since last November. She's actually quite feeble, forgetful and down right puny. We shopped, had lunch and visited. She's still mean as a snake at times, but all in all it was a really nice day.

When I left I went by my sister's house. She was dozing in front of the TV. We visited for a little while, but it was obvious that she'd really rather just doze off a little more, so I didn't stay long, about 1/2 an hour. I did ask her if she had plans for Thanksgiving. She does. She's going off for a week, didn't say where. Mother and Bert are going to his family for Thanksgiving, so it looks like it's just Shirley, Goodness, Mercy and me for the celebration here. Won't be the first time and probably not the last that we've celebrated alone.

My friend LJ and I had planned to go to Church before lunch and bridge today, but she called yesterday and told me that the minister wasn't going to be there today and it was going to be a morning of prayer. So we decided not to go. We'll meet at her house around 11:30 this morning for lunch and bridge later.

I have on a cute new outfit. Winter white jean-cut pants with a periwinkle short-sleeve sweater and a PURPLE tiny-wale corduroy over shirt. Cute! I've dropped another pants size and that tickles Mother!

Time for the Sunday crossword puzzle.

The Fox

A couple of weeks ago the exboss' wife told me about very early one morning seeing a red fox run from my yard to the empty lot across the street. Well, I've been clearing out the dense beds along the side of the yard and yesterday I found a hole coming under the fence and a deep indention or hole or waller or something. Wonder if it belongs to the fox? Every morning Shirley goes nuts with her nose to the ground over in that area. You reckon? I hope they stay here and don't go out to one of the plantations...they have fox hunts!

While Shirley and I were in the yard late yesterday a neighbor from across the street, waaay across the street, drove over. She'd been out to see a friend of hers earlier in the day and he mentioned that he was looking for a receptionist. So she told him about me. Of course, as she said, she didn't know too much to tell him, but did tell him about the fellow I was working for (she knows him, too) and said that if I could work for him I could work for anyone! She's a hoot! Called him this morning and I'm going to go talk to him on Monday. Told the young woman I'm working for right now on a temporary basis and she said to please use her as a reference. How nice. But, she also said she sure hopes I can finish what I'm doing for her. I've finished one of her companies (there are 4 more) and I'm up to June '05 for the Humane Society. That's in 8 days which I think is pretty good. If my back were not giving me such fits I could have put in a few more hours. And I was worrying about finishing before I have something else. Now it's possible that I could have a fuller plate than I'm wanting. I know it'll all work out. Feast or famine.

I have a full weekend and am sorta dreading it. Tallahasse tomorrow and Church, luncheon and bridge on Sunday. Don't know when I'll get my weekend chores done...you know, I can't let chores cut into my computer time. Oh wow, just thought, I still haven't finished the membership roll for the HS. And we have a meeting at 6pm on Monday. The trail ride is coming up next Saturday and this will be our first actual planning meeting, though lots (food, games, raffles and pony rides have all been taken care of) of things have been done there's still a lot more to do.

It sure was nice to pick out warm clothes to wear this morning, but "they" say it'll be hot again (upper 80's) by the first of the week. Still NO rain. It's been 4-5 weeks without rain of any sort. I've put the sprinkler on the herb garden twice, but everything is sure looking pitiful. I'll have to do my rain call, just wasn't ready to reveal that side of me to the neighbors yet.

Johnny Depp

I watched "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" starring Johnny Depp this afternoon. It really is a dark chocolate kind of movie! Very, very good. Of course, I don't know of a movie that Johnny Depp has made that I haven't liked!

Shirley has chosen NOW as the time she needs to go out, so we will.

Good things

Sometimes it's important to really look at the good things in your life. It's a practice I've used for a while, but after a while I seem to be looking at the same things and forgetting others.

One of the things I really like about the job is being able to set my own hours. Now, I realize, that this isn't a permanent job, it's just until I get several messes fixed. It's hard to say how long it's going to take, but it is going faster right now than I'd anticipated. I'd guess another month, probably not two. We'll see.

Well, anyway, I woke up at 4 this morning and by 6:30 I'd fed the animals, cleaned the litter boxes, dressed, cooked and eaten breakfast, made the bed, read the newspaper and done a few other chores. So I went on line for a few minutes and decided I was wasting time. Got to work at 7am! Finished the last two months of 2004 for the Humane Society and got home at 1:30! How wonderful! Piddled on the computer and then Shirley and I went outside. I spent 3 hours cutting privet hedge out of the azaleas. I've got a pile out on the street that's probably 12 feet long and 4 feet high and wide! There's still tons more to get out, but that sure felt good!

Had a message on the phone from Mother when Shirley and I came in. She wants to take me clothes shopping on Saturday. So I'm going to meet her at 10 Saturday morning. That'll be good, I don't have much that fits me anymore. I wore a pair of black slacks that I got last Fall to Church Sunday and they were much too big. Yeah! Need some good jeans, that seems to be the uniform "de jour" (sp?) here.

It's nice to have known the folks that I'm working with for a while. It's also good to get in before they do. There's always so much talking when other people are there and I find it easier to concentrate when it's quiet. I did have the radio on today and I think the phone rang three times, but basically it was quiet the entire time, no one came in and I left before my friend MJ came in. She's not going to be in at all tomorrow and CCC left early this morning to pull a friend's two horses to Atlanta for the big show. She'll be back in town late tomorrow and may be in the office on Thursday. I'm the only one who likes the early hours. Good thing! Also, only 3 or 4 people have the number to the office (Mother wants it, told her I'd call her with it tomorrow, I've got it written down there somewhere) and that's also a good thing.

The weather is really odd. Very dry and very warm. In it's own strange way that too is a good thing for me (not the dry part). The longer I can go without needing the heat the better...and it's not so warm that I need the A/C! The power bill came Saturday and it had dropped almost $100! Just $108 and change. I sure would like to get it even lower!

Good things...they are everywhere!

We'll see what happens now...

That last little thing I tried to post did post. Don't know what is different. So here goes! (I've sorta had withdrawal not being able to say anything!)

Helen called yesterday. She was in high spirits. Her grandson and his wife had come over and spent the day putting all of her outside Christmas light up for her. She is rather an attraction in that area at the holidays. Her lights and outside decorations are always something to see! She said she'd gotten one new thing for the yard...a 4' tall hobby horse that lights up and rocks! She put it on the patio so she can see it from inside too.

My friend Leah Jane picked me up at 10 til 10 yesterday morning. We went to the Episcopal Church here in town. It was built in 1885 and has been in continuous use ever since. It's a small rather decorative structure with many stained glass windows and a wood-clad vaulted ceiling. Very pretty, cozy and comfortable (except for the pews). Yesterday was the celebration of All Saints Day. What a lovely idea. The celebration is to be not only for the big names that are recognized as Saints, but the day to day people in each person's life that make a difference for them. Now I know why the Episcopalians don't jog or walk before the Sunday service...they have to save themselves for all of the rising and sitting and kneeling that they do.

After the service they had punch (red and orange) and cookies in the fellowship hall. Saw a few people I knew from "way back then" and was introduced to many more. What fun!

Then it was back to LJ's house for lunch and bridge. It's been years since I've played, but I did take the first hand, it was downhill from there. I was the youngest (60) and our oldest topped out at 83. We did more talking and eating than playing bridge, in fact we didn't even finish a rubber and decided to carry it over til next Sunday and do Church, fellowship, lunch and finish the rubber.

I told Mother about that and she was horrified that we'd carry the game over...said that's not done. I don't remember that rule.

Okay this was a bit longer than that last blurb...let's see what happens.

I'm going to try again, may have to do MusingsII

Even my posting spot looks different...no subject line and a "recover post" thingy.

It was a nice Sunday!Church, bridge, food,friends & wine

Well, the last posting didn't post either, if anyone can help with this HELP!!!!

New Job

The new job is going well. I'm cleaning up a lot of bookkeeping messes with 5 different companies. Lots of work and the time zips by...and I'm setting my own hours, being called contract labor which is nice.

I'm thinking about going to the local high school foot ball game tonight. Of course once I get home from work it's mighty hard for me to go back out.

Sunday is looking like an interesting day. An old friend of mine from 40+ years ago called yesterday and invited me to go to church with her and then have lunch and play bridge. I told her I'd love to, just hope I don't make a fool of myself at bridge...it's been years since I've played. Maybe I'll play on line tomorrow and try to brush up.

Helen Update

I called Helen last night to see how her first radiation treatment went and was both shocked and saddened by her answer. It seems that when she got there she was told that because of the pacemaker that was installed while she was in the hospital they wouldn't be able to do radiation, but were opting for surgery instead. Her eldest son was with her and they talked it over and Helen decided that she would not have the surgery. As she said, she has no pain and what if she couldn't crochet after having brain surgery. She's a trooper.

An answer to my prayers!

Got a call from the president of the Humane Society this afternoon offering me two jobs...both for pay!...$1.50 an hour more than I was making! I start tomorrow. It'll be half a day on one job and half a day on the other. I'll enjoy it. So, I'll be able to pay the $50 water bill! Yeah!

Shirley's dancing around on first one leg and then the other. I think she needs to go outside.

Witches, Goulds and Goblins, oh my!

In a two hour period last night I had over a hundred Trick or Treaters! Cars were parked up and down the street disengourging giggling little monsters! At one time there were 3 cars parked in my driveway. That's more than I remember having any other time EVER! They were all costumed and cute, funny or rather creepy and everyone seemed to be having a ball! I dressed in black and sat on the front porch with a lit candle and a galvanized bucket of candy.

I think the funniest goblin was a little girl (looked to be 9 or 10 yrs old). She was dressed as a Sumo wrestler. The outfit was flesh colored and sooo big! She waddled as she walked. What a hoot! Then there was the little boy. He was 5ish and dressed in camos with a toy rifle on a strap slung over his shoulder. I asked him if he was a hunter (in this neck of the woods that quite probable). He said no, he was a soldier like his daddy...and added that his daddy was "at" the war and he hoped he didn't get shot or "blowed up". Then he spotted Shirley in the window (she had a ball!!) and told me all about his dogs and the one that got "runned" over. What a precious child! They were all cute and very polite, I don't remember any of them not saying thank you.

I slept better last night than I have in months. Guess there's something positive to be said for being unemployed. The only head ache (besides money) that I have is telling Mother. She's gonna freak!

I'll be going to the Humane Society office tomorrow afternoon to get them set up with Quick Books. That should help with the record keeping and today I plan to work on the membership records, I've sorta put that off as I was on the computer inputting data almost the entire time I was at work and just didn't want to do more of the same when I got home at night.

Here's to a fresh start on November first!