As a fifty-one year old "youngster", it is rather sad what has happened to the carefree fun of Halloween. Going from house to house with your buddies, without parents... tricking (no, not that tricking) and treating until 11pm or later. It was good old fun. Parents did not worry like they do today. They did not have too.
I tell my 13 year old twin nephews of all our fun. They can NOT even imagine how we had all that freedom on Halloween night (and other nights). Of course, they can not imagine NOT having a computer or an IPOD either.
We get so few children on Halloween and I know every year it will be less and less. But for good old times sake, I continue to buy lots of awesome candy. My husband thinks I am nuts...but that is his problem...not mine...LOL!
OK, tiz time for me to reveal who I am...........

Just call me.....Spot...the fire breathing dragon who would LOVE to get a bottle of vino buried in a box.

Denise (your next to choose)
Dan
Kathy
Alana

Your choices....
Count von Count
Count Duckula
Herman Munster
Incredible Hulk

Correct me if I am wrong on the above.

I am off to get some alone time under the staircase and consume some Doggie Din Din.

Have a great night!

Spot

Dan, your turn. Dan, have you been into that bottle of wine. I thought you were saving it for one of us.

Denise

You have me remembering being a ten year old girl out trick-or-treating with my friends, pillow cases full of candy in hand, no parents, knocking on strangers doors, miles away from our starting point of our street. We walked for hours and no one bothered us except for the occasional group of silly boys. It was always a magical night full of freedom and laughter.

So different from bringing our kids out now. We live on a busy county road with no sidewalks and few children. A subdivision is directly behind our property so we walk the kids through the woods to trick-or-treat over there. We watch them walk up to each door and make sure they say please and thank you (after their goofy chimes of Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat). It is soooo different from the good old days. They love it just as much as we did but don't know how things used to be.

Enjoy your alone time under the staircase and do not gorge yourself too much on your Din Din!

Dan, I'm a tea (well coffee) totaller from way back so your generous offer would be lost on me, now hubby, on the other, hand would surely appreciate a good glass of wine. He's kind of cute when he's tipsy so why not? LOL!

Count Duckula is a British animated television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse, a show in which the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain. The series first aired on September 6, 1988 and was produced by Thames Television for 3 seasons and Central Television for the fourth and final series. In all, 65 episodes were made, each about 22 minutes long. The complete first season was released on DVD in the UK on July 17, 2006. On March 26, 2007 the second series was released in the UK and the third series was released on September 3, 2007 in the UK, so all 65 episodes have been officially released there. It continues to have a large following on the internet. The show is a loose parody of the story of Count Dracula. Set in Transylvania, Duckula lives in a spooky castle known as Castle Duckula, alongside his butler Igor, and his large nanny (always referred to as "Nanny" and perpetually wearing an arm sling). Almost all of the characters in the show are anthropomorphised birds.
PLOT===============
The story (as shown in the title sequence each episode) is that Duckula has been active as a vampire for centuries. He could only be destroyed by exposure to sunlight or by a wooden stake thrust through his heart. In fact, Duckula has died numerous deaths — but he always returns through a mystic ritual, performed once a century, "when the moon is in the Eighth House of Aquarius" (The opening credits depict Igor's incantation). Several episodes explore the theme that each resurrection creates a new incarnation with little to no memory of its past life; thus, every incarnation is free to develop its own personality and pursue its own personal interests. The vampire is thus able to pose as a "dreadful dynasty," the Counts of Duckula. The preceding generations included knights, sorcerers, scientists, artists, Egyptologists and even professional gamblers, all of whom were also secretly "vicious vampire ducks".

But as the title sequence put it, "the latest reincarnation did not run according to plan." The successful conclusion of the ritual requires blood, the source of sustenance for any vampire, but Nanny accidentally substituted tomato ketchup. Consequently, the newest version is not a blood-sucking vampire, but a vegetarian one. He is more interested in juicy carrots than hunting for victims. Naturally, Igor is appalled at this. Even worse, his "new" master is obsessed with pursuing wealth and fame as an entertainer.

The stories often centre around Duckula's adventures in search of riches and fame, assisted by the castle's ability to teleport around the world. Another regular theme is Igor's attempts to turn Duckula into a proper vampire. Some episodes feature Duckula's nemesis Doctor Von Goosewing (based on Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, the nemesis of Dracula), a vampire hunter who blindly refuses to believe the current incarnation of Duckula is harmless. There is also an array of bizarre, often supernatural foes, from zombies to mechanical werewolves. The show also features a cuckoo clock whose bat-like Russian-accented characters come out and make jokes about the current situation (or just corny jokes in general); the clock is also a vital part of the castle's travelling mechanism, and even has the ability to turn back time.

I always loved "The Munsters", so goof ol' Herman is my choice!

Can't wait to see who I got!!!

Happy day all, I'm off to work
Carmen

Carmen, boxes better be all that is flying with Dan sending wine!! I don't think I have had a drink since I was pregnant with my first son...about 5 years ago. I am pretty sure how it would turn out...

I'm glad to see that we made Alanas DEADline! Today we get to see what creep that were sending too.

I'll be hanging around waiting to see who my partner will be!

Lisa

Can't wait to find out. I have been plotting ideas for my box. Waiting, waiting, waiting. These swaps are just too much fun.

Dan, no wine for me,( migraines)but i can drink,whisky!!

I can't wait for partners!!

Halloween was always fun for us as kids. We, too, went all over the neighborhood. My kids still went around town when they were 6th graders. Right when they were getting too old to go. We live in a small town. Less than 800 people, closer to 600. I don't mind the scary stuff, and enjoy good scary movies. The ones that scare me the most are anything to do with the devil or being possessed.

Usually for Halloween, the neighboring communities have haunted houses, or parks. Usually my mom wants to come with and I think we have just as much fun as the kids. I'm usually laughing so hard that I darn near have an accident!! Last year it was indoors, and my mom and I went with my boys. My daughter goes with her friends. It was so dark and it was like a maze, and I got behind a small group of young girls, so I thought I would stay near them and let them 'lead' us out. I had my youngest by his shirt, so I wouldn't lose him, and pretty soon I hear this panicked (sp?) voice yelling "Karen! KA-ren!!" Here my mom got separated from me, and couldn't find us. So I was yelling "MOM!" But I was laughing so hard I could barely say it. Remember, you can't see anything!! And they play scary sounds, too. I imagine the adults putting it on, who are hiding and scaring you, get a kick out of the adults like us. The year they had it at the park, I went with my sister and her kids. They were much younger. I hadn't even had my youngest yet. I had to carry my son through the whole thing, and my sister was screaming, and we were laughing so hard. After that year, my mom started coming with. It's hilarious.

We get maybe 20 trick or treaters. Not as many as I think I would. The local Nursing Homes put on nice none-scary deals for the kids to go to, and that is where most of the trick or treaters go. Our school lets businesses come set up and hand out candy also.

Well, I suppose, I've got a book started, so I will wrap this up, and check back later!

Karen

Throw me some clues!!

FYI...I had forgotten that the 1999 Stephen King movie, "Storm of the Century", takes place on the ficticious "Little Tall Island". Has anybody seen the TV movie or read the book?

Spot AKA Annie

It is a beautiful day here. I just got back from a wonderful walk with the kids. I was hoping to have a certain email in my inbox, but no such luck :-( Poor Alana is probably trying to recover from her busy day yesterday and here I am being impatient.

I am sure I can find something that needs to be done here at my house....

Synopsis of Stephen King's Storm of the Century...
A very powerful blizzard hits the fictional small town of Little Tall Island (also the setting of King's novel Dolores Claiborne) off the coast of Maine. While trying to deal with the storm, the citizens of the town are visited by Andre Linoge (Colm Feore), a menacing stranger who apparently knows all of the townsfolk's darkest secrets (among which are abortion, adultery, growing marijuana, and gay-bashing). After having killed one of the town's residents (Martha Clarendon), Linoge is jailed. Even though he is kept in jail by the town's trusted constable, Mike Anderson (Timothy Daly), Linoge is somehow able to force people to commit suicide or kill others from within his cell. Linoge constantly repeats "Give me what I want and I'll go away" through his victims as well as to his victims. Interestingly, although the adults are terrified of the stranger, all the children are drawn to him.

In a dream, the townspeople see themselves walking into the sea two-by-two with the word Croatoan (a reference to the colony of Roanoke) carved on their heads. Eventually, Mike figures out that Linoge is the demon Legion (the former an anagram of the latter) and agrees to organize the townspeople so they can hear his demands.

What Linoge desires is an heir, one of the eight small children that he had incapacitated early on in the miniseries — someone to "carry on his work when he can no longer do it himself", as although Linoge's life spans millennia, he is not immortal. Any of the eight children, he states, will suit him. After he leaves, a strong argument breaks out in the town hall. Mike Anderson wants the townsfolk to unitedly reject Linoge's request, saying it would be better for all of the adults and children to die than to give Linoge a child to raise. He thinks that if they all say no to him in unison he will go away just like a storm. Mike asks "how can they give a child to that man?" Robby, the town manager, asks another question "Even if they manage to survive Linoge, how would they feel knowing they got all eight children killed?" The others argue that the child would not die, and might even develop certain advantages like the ability to use magic, and to live for a very long time. But the biggest argument is that to deny Linoge would mean the death of all the children, and nothing is worth letting eight children die, not even doing the right thing or the grief of the parents whose child would be raised by Linoge. Because of this, the rest of the town (including Mike's wife, Molly) want to agree to Linoge's demand; they are fearful that the eight children will die if Linoge is not satisfied, and all the adults will be forced to drown themselves as Linoge has promised. After all, it seems that the village of Roanoke defied Linoge, and they all died, including the children. Over Mike's arguments, the town gives in to Linoge's demand. A random drawing is organized by Linoge, and after drawing the single black-colored weirding stone, Ralphie Anderson (Mike's and Molly's son) is chosen. At that, Linoge removes Ralphie from the town over Mike's and Molly's emotional breakdowns. Mike divorces Molly, telling her he "has run out of reasons to stay."

In the film's epilogue, Mike explains (in voiceover narration) that the community of Little Tall, which specializes in keeping secrets, has tried to heal from the traumatic events by attempting to return to a state of normalcy. The epilogue reveals that Mike, angry that the town (and his wife) was willing to sacrifice his child to appease pure evil, divorces Molly and leaves town. Molly, who is now remarried to Mike's deputy, has been going to therapy, in which she continues to deny what really happened to her son but admits (for reasons she refuses to specify) that Mike was right to leave her. Mike, meanwhile, is working as a federal marshal stationed in San Francisco, when he spots Linoge and Ralphie on a busy street. Mike calls out to his son and they stop to look back at him. Ralphie makes eye-contact with him and bares his teeth to him; they are fangs, showing that Ralphie is no longer human. Mike is horrified to see this. However, before Mike has a chance to react, he loses them both in the crowd, and they vanish down a long alley. In a closing voiceover, Mike says he considered calling Molly to tell her but "in the daylight, I know better."

Alana, don't feel pressured to "name names". Wait until those storms pass and protect your pcs. We'll wait.
-Dan

Annie

Well, I'll be darn. I had no idea that quote was from "Storm Of The Century". Good Trivia, for sure!

Annie

I thought "I" was Barnabus Collins?

Did i choose Barnabus Collins,to send to me??????

What say ye Annie?Somebody?
cAROL

Annie

Pat

I have been signing my postes,Barnabus,thinking i am He.

So, I am NOT, Barnabus, i am some one i don;t know,and i do not know who Barnabus is either*****right***????

Dan, explain please.:0)
mE

Alana, I'm praying that you don't have storm damage again. Stay low!

"Starting with Heidi and proceeding in order of the list each person will choose which personality they would like to receive a box from. We should be through with this by midnight Thursday. On Friday, I will send each person an email that discloses their assigned identity along with the address of the person they are sending to."

So I think when cAROL chose Barnabus, she was choosing to receive a box from Barnabus, right? She doesn't know what character has been assigned to her (cAROL) of which player is Barnabus. Only Alana knows.

I'm not reading that wrong, am I?

I think I got that right!
Alana
I will start emailing once I have these.
In the meantime, this is a summary of who you are receiving from.
Heidi is receiving from Morticia
Tracy is receiving from Thing
Karen is receiving from Lurch
cAROL is receiving from Barnabas Collins
Margo is receiving from Uncle Fester
Lisa is receiving from Samantha
Becky is receiving from Lily Munster
Annie is receiving from Spot
Denise is receiving from Count von Count
Dan is receiving from Count Duckula
Kathy is receiving from Herman Munster
Alana is receiving from Incredible Hulk

I think that's right!
Alana

I have just jumped into the boiling pot...ouch...with my vodka and lemon juice....LOL!

Annie in La La land

I just wanted to pop in and speak to everyone and welcome all our new people! I can see I don't have to tell you that you'll have fun in PP's! lol Please don't forget.......... I need you all to send me your info, you can send to sassyd@sccoast.net with name/gw id in the subject line would be nice, email/home addy, etc. I'm still waiting on some of the oldies also, don't make me wack you with my broom!

Alana, I promise to try to pop in more often. My life is crazy right now unfortunately. I do love to check the boards and see all the funny hallloween gifs, makes me miss my old days when I had time to have fun. Not to worry, I'll be back!

Hello Karen, Mariann, Carmen, Tracy, Lisa, Shirley, Margaret, ok old brain is kicking in, sorry, Hello to everyone!!!!!!

Pat, I'm so confused. Somebody should grab the jumper cables and jump start this old brain of mine. LOL!

Alana, can you believe I forgot to check the mail today? I will check it first thing in the morning and let you know if it is here yet. It's pitch dark out right now and I'm to scared of running into skunks on the way to the mailbox, otherwise I'd run out in my slippers and plunk it in hubby's lap to see who you stuffed in there. LOL!

Great news that the storms weren't too hard on you!

Hello Miss Sassy! I'm so glad you were able to pop in for a quickie! Miss you!

Hugs to all!

Tracy

Hi Sassy girl, it's so good to seeya :o)

I wish I could hear from Fran Has anybody heard from her?

Hi Ya'll Happy Saturday!!!!
Carmen

I think I will bring the kitchen tongs with me this time for a little protection when removing it from the mailbox.

Tracy

Alanaaaaaa, what happended to Leah's and my name??
check that list and check it twice,OH wait a minute that's
at christmas It seems I cofused too hehehe

Later
carmen

On another completely different note, I've been issued a "come hither and harvest" today by my parents, so tomorrow morning I'm heading out to the farm and bringing home a bunch of veggies. How cool is that? They're tired of canning tomatoes, so I'm getting a bunch of romas. And, I know I'll be bringing home a lot of onions. Who knows what else? So, tomorrow it's going to be a good day! First I'll be visiting with my parents, and then I'll be in the kitchen doing a bit of canning. Sounds good to me!

So what's everyone else doing this weekend?
-Dan

Well, I just ruined dinner. I am so mad at myself! I grabbed hot paprika at the grocery store without realizing it and threw a ton of it into the pan with my chicken that I was browning. I thought the paprika's color was a little off so looked at the canister again and saw that there it was plain as day "HOT PAPRIKA". I thought, how hot can hot paprika be so I tasted it and it wasn't too bad... at first. Then my tongue started to tingle, then the roof of my mouth started to burn, now I'd be willing to chop my tongue out with a cleaver to get it to stop this fire in my mouth. It is horrid!

So, that's what I'm up to today. That and watching it rain all day. :O)

Do you, or have you,ever made your own soap?
cAROL

Denise

Thank you for the email.

Denise

Has any one found out who they will be sending to yet?
I am so excited,this is so silly,and so much fun.
cAROL

I have made goat milk soap and lotion. Goat milk has wonderful healing properties!! My MIL had scaly skin that even prescription lotion couldn't help. She tried the Goat Milk Lotion and it cleared right up!!

Anyone watch football??? Penn State is currently losing!!!

I was at the mall today getting ideas for my box, I can't wait to see who it is.

Talk to you tomorrow..HAHA that's in 35 min!!

proudgm, I'd love your laundry soap recipe. I have tons of allergies and finding laundry soap that doesn't irritate my skin isn't always easy.

Dan, you the man! My hubby barely knows how to boil water!

Sassy, how nice of you to stop in and say Hello. What is it that your doing for work that keeps you away from us for sooo long???

Tracy, your being such a good girl this month!

Waving a hand at cAROl, annie, karen and everyone else. My mind is not awake yet!

I have a plant swap to attend today and it's pouring buckets :(. It's an hour away and will be raining when I get there too. I so hate driving in the rain!! I would stay home but I potted up so many plants, I have 3 bread crates ready to go and don't want to plant them all where they came from....LOL I'm going to try and butter hubby up good this morning, maybe he"ll drive me!!

Where's Alana???? I hope she's just staying offline due to rain storms. I'm anxious to see who I'll be sending to. I was hoping to know BEFORE I took all these plants to the swap.

I have to go make mac sald for the swap, I'll check in later.

Lisa

cAROL can you share some pix of your shades? I'd love to see your work. email me.

Dan I'd love to see quilts that you've made so I can show my dh, he can't boil water either.

Alana, I still would like the instructions on the mirrors
Please, if you get some time one day :o)

Becky I would love the receipe for soap. hehe (what do I think this is is a craft store?) LOL

To the rest of you, happy Sunday Hugs,
Carmen

Becky, Could I get that laundry soap recipe too? I know if you add some borax to your regular laundry detergent it is suppose to help brighten your clothes.

Dan, You sound pretty handy to have around.

I can't wait to see who I will be sending to.

Denise

I recently bought a big batch of goats milk bar soap from a lady I met. She made them special with no fragrance since I'm allergic. I plan on packing one of them in with my box since they are great for sensitive skin and work great in getting the dirt out after digging in the garden. :O)

Lisa, have fun at your swap today, careful in the rain. P.S. Aren't I always good?

Happy Sunday!
Tracy

Hey, i make my own laundry soap as well,I LOVE IT!,good stuff to clean with,and ever so good for the earth,no bad chemicals going down the drain.I have a front loader,and it is safe to use on these also.
The only draw back, can be, if you like to see lots of suds, you won't!But it cleans really well.We make ours all Organic.
They make Goats Milk soap as well.(my kids)Brenda makes a wonderful bar for sensitive skin.And a kitchen bar,that will take the fish,and onion smell off your hands when you are cooking,made with Anise,yummy!There are so many healing properties in organic soap,they just finished making an Antibacterial soap, that smells like cinn.

Lisa, is it going to rain all day?Don't it just drive you crazy when your plans can be ruined,but eh, you are all gardeners,what's a little rain,will there at least be a tent set up ?I hope so,it sounds like fun, i have read about other swaps like this one,good luck,let us know what you get in trade.

I had a sample copy of all the shades i have made,i will see if i can take a picture of the copy and post it,i always have trouble posting.gurrrrrrrrrrr

Becky, I also.would love to have your laundry soap,recipe,to see if we make the same one,:0)Don't you just love it.And it is soooooooooooooo cheap.
cAROL

Curious about the homemade laundrey soap???

I would love for it to rain...90's outside and beautiful!

Must run...Happy Sunday to all!

Annie

I went to a plant swap yesterday which happened to be 10 minutes from where my son and dil live so the two of us attended. It was raining most of the time so damp, wet, and muddy but fun. My dil is just starting to get into gardening. We had such a good time and good food since in was a potluck. I really brought home the loot too. Afterwards, she had me help her plant about 125 bulbs around her gardens plus the plants we picked up for her at the swap. It was raining on and off. I can't imagine what her neighbors thought about two women out there in rain ponchos gardening in the pouring rain. It was alot of fun. We went shopping afterwards. I stayed to visit overnight and just got home about an hour ago. I have to take a nap and then go out and plant my new treasures. I even picked up three huge clumps of pampass grass which I have been resisting spending the money on. They are having another swap in May. Members told me as many as 100 were there this year and almost 4000 plants.

When we moved out here to the country, we noticed our towels had a slightly musty smell and someone suggested using borax. Although it doesn't whiten, it does get rid of the odor. We use our pond as our water source. The water is cleaned up through a system we installed and it is check regularly. I love the water. Totally tasteless unlike the city water we use to experience. I couldn't drink that stuff and we had to buy bottled water. When we would run a tub of water, it smelled like rec center pool area. I could smell the clourine in the water. Nasty.

Carol, I had a friend who at the age of 50, decided to try her hand at drawing using oil pastels. I have one her framed pieces. A coneflower with a butterfly resting on it. She does amazing work. I imagine many of us have inner creativity we do not know about.

Hope everyone had a good weekend and I sure hope all is ok with Alana. It is weird we haven't heard from her.

p.s. Has anyone heard from Alana?

smittens,what a fun day you had,you said there were over 4,000 plants to choose from, how does this work?
I love the picture in my mind of you two out there in the rain,planting,ha ha.True gardeners,and what a fun memory to have made.

Hey,Dan, maybe you can whip up some salsa,yummy.
I love this time of year also, we live in the woods,and when the trees start to drop their leaves, every thing looks so different,the way the light moves through the house,Ahhhhhhhhh,man,I love it.

I need help you guys,

How do i upload picturs to photobucket?
I wanted to send a picture to those of you who asked to see a sample of my shades, but i have forgotton how to do it.Yes, age plays a part in it,soooooooooBOO!

Where is Allana,hope she is ok???
cAROL

Dan, what a great lot of vegies. I so want to get a plot of our land amended so I can grow great stuff in huge quantities. I love making salsa but my tomatoes will just not grow. I tried pots this year but not much yield.

I have to go put my plants in the ground. I ended up way too tired so took a good long nap. Just not sleeping well at night these days. Today it hit me.

Have fun with your goodies Dan.

AAAALLLLLAAAANNNNNAAAAAA, where are you!!!!

PS I just learned myself but I'm pretty sure this will help
If I forgot somthing someone else please chime in :o)

Tracy, I've never heard of bleach turning your whites yellow with well water. I always thought mine turned yellow because of all the iron in our water. My mom had the best well water ever and her whites were always white.

I'm starting to get worried about Alana too. I hope she has just been too busy to get online and nothing has happened.

http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/laundrysoap.htm

WOW! i DID IT.
HERE IS A PHOTO OF ALL THE SHADES I HAVE DONE-oops, sorry about the capitals every one, no yelling going on over here,just bad typingskills.
Ok, thats them.

I know who i am, and i know who i am sending toooooooooooooooolalalalaaaaaaaaa
cAROL,

I am so sorry that I have had interruptions this time around. I hope the rest of the swap will be less eventful. Swapus interruptus is very frustrating-I have enough trouble keeping up when everything is going smoothly.

I have emailed everyone, (yes, even the two whose names I left off the list.) Please let me know if I have made any mistakes. I did not use GW mail, so if you don't see anything from me, check your spam folder. Let me know if anyone does not receive their identity.
Remember, you should not reveal who you are sending to-let them be surprised when they receive your box.
To recap, you need to send three different kinds of bulbs to be buried alive, or three other zone appropriate plants to your receiver along with a Halloween Trick or a Halloween Treat.
You need to mail early to make sure your receiver has their box in plenty of time for Halloween. Post your Delivery Confirmation number here and come back to the thread to let us know when/what you receive.

I will be posting a game on Tuesday for another trick, or treat.

Alana I'm so glad you are ok after that storm. Don't ya just hate being without power??.

OK everybody it's show time.

Carmen

Carol, those shades are awesome!

Has anyone here ever tried square-foot gardening? And if so, how did it go? I've been thinking about trying it out next summer.

As for today, it's been a good day. 22 pints of spahetti sauce. 3 different recipes. 2 "helpful" cats. and 1 roommate who knew when it was time to stay out of the kitchen. lol! I'm tired, but man it feels great to know I've got it done! next weekend I'm canning salsa out of the rest of the tomatoes in the yard.
I do like this time of year, don't you?

And now I know who I'm sending to. hehehe Someone had better beware. Halloween is MY time to celebrate a holiday! Boo-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha!!!

Alana glad you're okay. I hate being without internet. I don't mind the other stuff as long as the power isn't off too long (unless it's really hot or cold).

Ok, now i know who my person is,thanks Alana,I am sending to,HA,you thought i was going to tell didn't you.
It may be**********YOU!
cAROL

Becky, thank you for the laundry soap recipe.

Denise

Sorry Carmen, I think Fran must be offline right now. I haven't heard back from her. I loved your sweet face on the other thread!!!

Leah. you and Carmen may have been put in the 'zombie' corner by mistake.

Hey cAROL, I got your email, thank you.

hdiphernia...I love college football!!!! Funny, I couldn't care less about pro.

Hi Lisa, lol, its not just my job alone, much more than that. It should be getting better soon, I sure hope.

cAROL...those shades are gorgeous girl! I love them!
and congrat's on posting a pic!:))

Alana, just so you know, girl you've done a great job, I can't imagine how you've kept up (sorry about loosing your electricity but glad you're ok) I thought it was funny when I saw 'Thing' was sending to Tracy, lol, I thought Tracy WAS 'Thing'. hehe Thats what you get for skimming through the boards.

For the record, for all of you, I love the pics on the other thread, just haven't had a chance so wanted to post it here! Ya'll too purdy for me!

Hugs everyone!

Hi Sassy! Nice to see you posting!

Alana, I keep checking, but no email from you yet. :( It isn't in my spam/junk folders either. Let me know if you need my email address.

It has been sooo windy here. It is only 48 degrees. brrrr.. I never got to deadheading my Agastache, and I'm sure the wind has blown seed over my entire flower bed. I had so many seedlings this past spring, that I swore I would get those deadheaded this year. I'll be dreading next springs Agastache crop!

cAROL, I love your shades, too. Very pretty!

Dan, wow!, that is a lot of Spaghetti sauce! I also did spaghetti sauce this year(2 recipes), and chili sauce and salsa. No stewed tomatoes this year, and I know I'm going to miss that. We have all of our potatoes & onions dug. All that is left is the carrots and dh's beets.

I hope everyone had a good week end!
:0) Karen

Hears mine

HaHaHa
Carmen

Alanaaaaaaa! (panting, out of breath, gasping for air) Thank you for the gigantic spider trick for my prize! He made it in perfect shape, those air holes worked great! Can't stop now, gotta keep running, he won't stop chasing me!

Tracy

Tracy, are you still running???? lol

Alana, still no email. :( sniffle sniffle ...

Karen, I have a "delivery delayed" notification on the email I sent you yesterday. I will forward it to you in a minute, but the original may beat the forward. I don't know why that happens sometimes.

Tracy,
I am so glad your new pet made it to your home safely. I have the PO pick up my packages when I am at home but I had to take that one in. The Postal clerk asked me what the air holes were for. You should have seen her face when I told her it was a spider for a friend. She wanted to know what kind of spider needed such a large box. I was half afraid she would delay and have it inspected, LOL.

cAROL, we can start sending boxes as soon as they are ready.

I will post the new game tomorrow when I fly home from working.

Tracy hurry run over to farmville and let those critters over there eat that spider.HEHEHE

I email Alana too but did't get any responce yet. hope that storm isn't hovering still.

Where is everybody you'all must be real busy geting ready for winter,
In my part of the world we get ready for storms,tornatos and floods

Tracy post a pic of that spider.

Winter should be a 4 letter word.

Walk into my Parlor
"Will you walk into my parlor?"said the spider to the fly
"Tis the perttiest little parlor that you ever did spy".
"The way to my parlor,is up a winding stair",
And I have many curious things to show when you are there".
"Oh no,no!" said the little fly"to ask me is in vain;
For what goes up your stair,can never come down again."....

Green Cats eyes
in the midnight gloom
fly with the witch
on her ragged old broom
over dark hills where
bonfires loom.

Trick or Treat,
smell my feet
give me something good to eat.

Knock knock,any one here?JUMPING UP AND DOWN,WAVING MY ARMS
Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
cAROL

Alana, that beautiful pooch looks so cold....burrrrrrr. He/She is so pretty though.

cAROL, those are cute poems! Are you still jumping up and down?

I'm off for a few days and Kenzie is with her dad, so I'm loving some quiet time. But I do have some things in the yard that need tending to. Only 70* here today and feels wonderful outside!

Later

cAROL! Goodness, it always seems like I am rushing these days! I love your lamps! They are absolutely beautiful. I can see how they take so long to make. All the detailing you put into them is so worth it. Simply beautiful! :O)

Alana, winter might not be a 4 letter word but SNOW sure is! We have temps in the 50's right now. They dropped so suddenly! Last night was miserable. I didn't want to turn the furnace on but it was needed. I was freezing to death in bed last night and finally bit the bullet and flipped the switch. It is the last harbinger of winter sneaking up on us for me. Makes me want to jump right back in bed and pull the covers up till spring.

Ok, gotta go, I have to bring princess to preschool now. Have a great day everyone. Oh, and Carmen, I will take a pic of the gruesome critter that Alana sent me sometime today to post for you. You're sure you want me to right? You better prepare yourself! Muah hahahahaha!

Love that flashin skeleton Sassy! I hope you enjoy your quiet time! Wish I had 3 days of that!!

Alana, still no email. I'll keep checkin!

Although I don't really want to see temps in the 90's, I don't like to it drop down to the 30's! I like the sunny fall days where temps stay in the mid 60's. Perfect!

Keeping a ghost eye out for that Spider Tracy is going to let loose!!

Sassy that skeleton is a hoot!!

Karen it sounds like the weather is really going bonkers for ya. We are just now starting to go below 96. when the weatherman says "we are having a cold snap this week" it means we are doing low 80's LOL

Tracy I don't like spiders but I hope I will love yours.
Is it this one ?????

I sure do hope so hehehe

Has any one mailed yet?

Today's Game

What are these 13 horror characters named or called in the movies they star in? (can you guys tell that I watch a lot of these?) The first one to ID these horrors correctly wins a trick or a treat. We will probably need a new thread after this.

What will it be?

Oh, I forgot to comment,no, i don;t write the poems,wish i was that talented,ha ha

I love the lily,do you have seeds??hint-hint
cAROL

That lily is beautiful. I didn't take any pictures of my mine this year. I did win first place at the local fair ...that's what I get for being the only entry ;o).

I will take a treat please!!

Heidi

Alana, I got your email! Yippeee!!!!! Now I don't feel so out of the loop!

Tracy, where is that spider!?!?

Carmen, a cold snap here could even mean -20 degrees!! But that comes in Jan/Feb or so. Low 80's now would be a heat wave! lol

I'll check back later, ghouls!

:0)Karen

Becky

cAROL, when I read your last thread and saw that it was 56 where you are, I looked down at the weatherbug and it said 57. But it felt much warmer with sun shining. Tomorrow is suppose to be back to being windy, and Thurs. it looks like rain.

Well, I have to go and tend to some laundry. Nothing like waiting until the last moment!

Goodnight all!

Wanda the witch on her broom
Swept through the town yelling "ZOOM"!
through a perchance of luck
Never hearing the truck
and she zoomed on her broom to her doom.

An Egyptian Prince was a dummy
drank to much,became a rummy
When the grim reaper called out his name
he cried and he wailed for his Mummy

Good night all
Hugs Carmen

Dan - Wow! Canning, cooking, sewing, quilting? My hubby can upholster furniture, and thus use a sewing machine, but no cooking, unless it's using a microwave. I wont even repeat what his thoughts on crafts or quilting are!! Huge round of applause for your parents in raising all their kids to be so talented!

I tried square foot gardening last year and I love it. I went to Lowe's and purchased some 2x8x16 lumber and had hubby make me two raised beds. I mixed my own soil, using Miracle Grow for vegies, peat, compost, composted manure, and pearlite. Then divided the beds up into 12" squares and planted either the seeds or the plants themselves. There is a website ~ I think it is squarefootgardening.com ~ that gives you suggestions on how many of each vegie seed or plant you can put in each square. We had more tomatoes and okra than we have had in the past using different planting methods. I highly recommend it!

Alana, your doggie is so cute! We don't get that white stuff down here very often, but we have had freak ice storms.

Smitties, I have tried all kinds of crafts, too. I finally decided that I would stick to just gardening, scrapbooking, and sewing. I love garden art/junk, so that gives me an outlet to use all the rest of the craft supplies I have on hand. Which is good, considering the mountains of scrapbook paper and fabric I have! LOL!

Tracy, I remember you said you love Folgers's coffee. Me too, at least until last Christmas when my hubby gave me a Cuisinart brew and serve coffee maker that has a coffee grinder. I've been having fun trying out all the whole beans that are out there. Kona coffee from Hawaii is really good. I ordered it online as a treat last year. Now that autumn is here, the Pumpkin Spice coffee creamer is in the stores. Yummy!!

I missed the last contest, so I'm looking forward to the next one!

Time to run two teenagers to bed, so I leave you with this poem I remember from elementary school days:

~ HALLOWEEN ~

By Harry Behn

Tonight is the night
When dead leaves fly
Like witches on switches
Across the sky,
When elf and sprite
Flit through the night
On a moony sheen.

Tonight is the night
When leaves make a sound
Like a gnome in his home
Under the ground,
When spooks and trolls
Creep out of holes
Mossy and green.

Tonight is the night
When pumpkins stare
Through sheaves and leaves
Everywhere,
When ghouls and ghost
And goblin host
Dance round their queen.
It's Halloween.

Dan I am glad you didn't post that last night or I might have had nightmares!!

I love all the Halloween poems. I am going to share them with my girl scout troop next meeting!!

I was cleaning up a few flower beds..and collecting seeds..yesterday. I finally got my rosemary in a pot to bring inside. It is a pretty big plant so I asked my husband to carry it inside for me. He gave me the funniest look. He said you want me to do what?!?! I calmly asked him again to carry in the plant and he continued to look at me like I was crazy...I guess he just doesn't get it!!

Heidi

After bringing in my plants I was unpleasantly surprised by a hugh wolf spider. EEE..YUCK!! Those things give me the creeps.

He was quickly removed from the house by my husband. Thank God he doesn't mind collecting them and putting them outside. This happens every fall.

Denise

Dan, I popped in here for a minute last night and loved your poem of the man who wasn't there! I read it to my son who is studying poems in English and he was delighted with it. He wants to bring it in and recite it for his class! It was the hit of the household last night!

OH! cAROL! You had me laughing out loud when I read your list of characters for Alana's game last nigh! OHMY Goodness! Hubby though I had lost my mind with all the laughter that was pouring out of me. :O)

Alana! Awesome game last night! I wouldn't have gotten half of those, I close my eyes and change channels quickly for the scary parts of movies. I am a big CHICKEN and hate horror flicks! (shudder!)

Heidi, Yep, folgers is the favorite around here these days. It used to be Maxwell House until it started tasting acidy to me. I have a small coffee grinder here that I use when I have a special brew fix. One of my favorites is a blend of pumpkin spice from the Coffee Beenery that used to be downtown. Oooooh it smells so good when it's brewing! The Cuisinart is such a nice machine! I had to choose between that and the de Longhi that I ended up getting. I was afraid of our hard well water being too rough on the cuisinart so went with this model instead. It has a slow brew feature that is great with specialty coffees. Yummo!

Gotta go! Little girl needs to be scrubbed before school in a little while. I'll chat with all of you when I get back.

Tracy

Mearns is credited with the relatively well-known rhyme, composed in 1899 as a song for a play he had written, called The Psyco-ed. The play was performed in 1910 and the poem was first published as "Antigonish" in 1922. The poem also appears in the movie Identity starring John Cusack and Ray Liotta.

Yesterday upon the stair
I saw a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door
Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
"Antigonish" (1899)

It's kind of creepy and cool at the same time, don't you think?

Heidi, the next time you bake chicken, rub some of that rosemary on it and leave a sprig on top while baking. That'll change some tunes around your house. My roommate cooks chicken like that, and there are never any leftovers when he does. Lol, even my two cats like it!

Tracy, I *love* pumpkin spice flavored coffee! I received several Starbucks cards last Christmas and I treated my self several times until they stopped carrying it. I love cinnamon, too, so I was glad to find cinnamon flavored creamer - Caribbean cinnamon cream, at the stores last week.

For those of you bringing in plants now (I don't have to do this until sometime in late Nov. or early Dec.), where are you putting them? We have at least three or four months of "it looks like a jungle in here!" due to someone that has too many plants to bring in .....wonder who that is.... :)
Last year I fashioned several makeshift areas where I could just cover them up and leave them outside. Still had some inside, but just not as many. They predict we will have a colder, wetter winter down here, so I need to get started on something soon.

Cooled off and rehydrated and ready to head back outside to plant the mums, asters, bluebonnets and flowering kale I bought at the nursery. First I have to stop and clean up the mud tracked in by one of the dogs. We have one dog that hates to get her paws dirty and one that doesn't care how dirty her paws get. I'll check back in later to see if another game has been posted.

~Kathy

The Haunted House

There's a house upon the hilltop
We will not go inside,
For that is where the witches live,
Where ghosts and goblins hide.
Tonight they have their party,
All the lights are burning bright,
But oh we will not go inside
The haunted house tonight.
The demons there are whirling
And the spirits swirl about.
They sing their songs to Halloween.
"Come join the fun," they shout.
But we do not want to go there,
So we run with all our might
And oh we will not go inside
The haunted house tonight.

I love pumpkin spice and cinnamon. I am actually into iced coffee, but in the winter it has to be hot!!

Dan I will try the rosemary and chicken.

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!
Heidi

Halloween jokes that are in bad taste, literally.

Why did the cannibal have a hangover?
He went to a party and got stewed.

What is a cannibal's favorite food?
Baked beings.

What did the cannibal make of her new friend?
Dinner

What did the cannibal say to the explorer?
Nice to meat you!

Why did the cannibal live on his own?
He was fed up with other people.

What is the favorite health insurance for Goblins, Ghosts and Monsters? Medi-Scare

What do goblins and ghosts drink when they're hot and thirsty on Halloween? Ghoul-aid

What is a Mummie's favorite type of music? Wrap

Why do demons and ghouls hang out together? Because demons are a ghouls best friend!

What's a monster's favorite bean? A human bean.

What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A sand-witch.

Where does a ghost go on Saturday night? Anywhere where he can boo-gie.

Why did the game warden arrest the ghost? He didn't have a haunting license.

Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party? He had no body to dance with.

Where does Count Dracula usually eat his lunch? At the casketeria.

What happens when a ghost gets lost in the fog? He is mist.

Where did the goblin throw the football? Over the ghoul line.

Why is a ghost such a messy eater? Because he is always a goblin.

What is a vampires favorite holiday? Fangsgiving

What kind of makeup do ghosts wear? Mas-scare-a.

Who was the most famous ghost detective? Sherlock Moans.

Which building does Dracula visit in New York? The Vampire State Building.

Where do most werewolves live? In Howllywood, California

Where do most goblins live? In North and South Scarolina.

What do you get when you cross a pumpkin with a squash?
A squashed pumpkin pie.

How can you tell when a vampire has been in a bakery? All the jelly has been sucked out of the jelly doughnuts.

What do ghosts drink at breakfast? Coffee with scream and sugar.

How much does a Pirate pay to get his ears pierced? A buck an ear.

What do the birds sing on Halloween? Twick or Tweet

What does a vampire fear most? Tooth decay

Where did the vampire open his savings account? At a blood bank

Where do mummies go for a swim? To the Dead Sea

Where does Dracula water ski? On Lake Erie

On what kind of street does the Mummy live? A DEAD END

Heidi, hope you googled chili piquin. You'll find that it is a small pea sized !!HOT!! pepper. They are red when they are ripe, green when they aren't ripe. They are supposed to be 6-7 times hotter than jalapenos, and I believe it. You have to wear gloves to pick them, because the acid or what ever it is, gets into your skin and if you rub your eyes, or even lick that yummy bbq sauce off your fingers hours later, oh man does it hurt!!

When I was a little kid - maybe 5 years old or so, one of the neighbor boys told me that the chili pequin plant growing in my mom's garden was......get this..... An M&M PLANT!! He told me those were red and green M&M's and to pick a bunch of them and eat them. Well, that's what I did and I'll never forget it! My mouth hurt so bad and at the time, no one knew to drink milk to "put out the fire", so my mom kept giving me water and I kept screaming. Needless to say, neighbor kid got a sound thrashing by his mom. That's the only funny thing about it!

Lots of people use them for salsa and chili dishes. I used to pick them for a couple of guys at work who just loved them. Even dug up the plant for one of the guys when I moved from my old house. They are all over the yard and I honestly don't think you can kill them, unless it is by overwatering.

~Kathy

I hope I am not repeating any of these...

What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?
Frostbite...

Do zombies eat popcorn with their fingers?
No, they eat the fingers separately...

What would a monster's psychiatrist be called?
Shrinkenstein...

Off to music class with the kids. I will check in later tonight!!

Denise

PER Alana she thinks we are too smart hehehe and we will figure out who is sending to who. (did I just sound like an owl??)LOL

Have a good night everyboby
Carmen

So am I suppose to put who it is from or am I suppose to put my new secret name?

Denise

"At least one box has been mailed out already and the sender made me realize that it is probably not a good idea to post the DC number. One of you crafty ghouls with the day off could use it to see where it is going and figure out who it is coming to.
Gotta stay one step ahead of you folks....a very difficult task."

Hugs, Carmen

Then do i post that i mailed,but no DC #,OR, do i mail the DC# to you Alana?

Enough questions,ha ha
cAROL

Checking in! Love the poems and jokes. I dare not offer you any jokes. I might get booted off GW for being a bad girl!

Annie

Annie, go ahead, post the jokes. Halloween is when you're supposed to be bad...

-Dan

10 Things That Sound Dirty On Halloween, But Aren't...

1. So...What'd you get in the sack?
2. Once you get under the sheet, start moaning and groaning!!!
3. Just hop on that broomstick and ride it!
4. Those small suckers are gone in a few licks!
5. I got the best piece from that house.
6. Quit screwing around on the porch!!!
7. Stick your hand in and guess what you're feeling....
8. It was so filled and heavy, I had to use TWO hands!!
9. They'll suck you dry if they get their teeth in you.
10. I bobbed and bobbed, but couldn't get my mouth around it!

A couple are invited to a Halloween party,she comes down with a headache,tells her hubby to go to the party any way,she is going to take some aspirin and go to bed.
He says,"You know i never have any fun with out you"but she insists he go, so he grabs his costume,and out the door he goes.
After sleeping a few hours, she awakens,and is feeling pretty good,being that it is still early,she decides to go to the party,and surprise her hubby,as he does not know what her costume is,she decides to tease him a little.
She gets to the party,and low and behold, there he is on the dance floor,having a grand old time,even steeling a kiss now and then from a cutie.
She Saunders onto the dance floor,and he spots her right away,as she is a beauty.
They dance,and he holds her a little to tight,but,hey,it is her husband,so she lets him, he kisses her on the neck,and she allows that also,pretty soon, he whispers a little proposal into her ear,she agrees,and off they go to the parking lot.
Just before midnight,and the unveiling of masks,she slipped away,and goes back home,puts her costume away,and is sitting up in bed reading when he comes in the door.
She says"Honey,did you have a good time at the party?"
He says,"Na, you know i never have a good time with out you,"she asks,"Well, did you dance much"?(wondering what in the world he is going to say now)
He replies"I'll tell you honey"I never even danced one dance,not one",
"When I got there,I met Bill ,Pete,and a few of the other guys,so we went into the den,and played poker all evening,but the guy i loaned my costume to,he sure had a good time all night.............bata boom!
cAROL

cAROL I like your funny story!!

Any one ever go seed swiping??? I stopped at my local park to see what was growing. I got lots of mystery seeds!!! More for the experiment of collecting viable seeds, then growing specific seeds. My brother (age 7)was with and kept asking me are we allowed to be doing this??? I ignored his question and asked if he found any more of those brown, round seeds ;oP

I will check in later to see if anyone has risen from the dead.
Heidi

Thank you so much for the great box. I love it.

Denise

Denise

Sassy

How's that for a little suspense?

cAROL, do what would be fun for you. Make it silly and it will be a hit!

Denise! That is an awesome box that you got. I think it is safe to say that your sender was Lisa. Awesome!

All right, time for me to hit the hay.

Ghould Night!

Tracy

Heidi

Annie

I will be back tomorrow evening. Be scareful this weekend!
Alana

Helloooooooooo!

My box will be flying on Monday. I have all my ghoulish and garish treats ready for my creepy little friend. I am down with a cold right now and not feeling particularly silly or fun but am sure I will be much better tomorrow.

Dan, sorry you are feeling a little under the weather too. The kids brought some crud home from school and have low grade fevers. ick. School+children=incubators for germs!

Happy Tricking and Treating!

Tracy

I hate that some of you are feeling crudy,Oh the winter.

I'm waiting and lurking to see if my ghoulish monster will say somthing about itself that would help me fill it's box.
But as fate would have noone is saying a whole lot.

I'm having a sicko weekend, I was driving home about 7:30 yesterday and just as I came around this huge lake I fell asleep at the wheel and and crashed into someones huge brick mail box and trashed their yard aaaand trashed out my beautiful van which I always try to park blocks away from everybody so I don't get any dings. WeLLLL I trashed the passenger side real good. I was ok but did I feel sick to my stomach. Can you imagine falling asleep at wheel in heavy trafic??? I was so lucky that no one got hurt.

I will be sending my box on Monday To my ghoulish secret friend. Look for your box to reach you about Wednesday.

HAHAHA everybody will be checking their mail,including me
LOL

LOts of hugs and smiles
Carmen

Carmen, I am so glad you are ok. How frightening was that to wake up to???? Someone was looking out over you.

It is cold, damp, and windy here. Not gardening weather at all. I had hoped to get out to harvest seeds too. Tomorrow is supposed to be a bit warmer but if this wind doesn't quit, I won't be able to try and get seeds cause they will blow away. Chances are the wind has already thrown some around as it is.

I know what you mean,I had a hard time finding something for my ghoulish monster too,no clues at all.
Are you sending to me,well,are you?teehee
You can bet i will be checking my mail box every day.
Should we have posted a little about our selves do you think?I am new to this, so i hope i filled my box right.
I am so excited!

So sorry every one is not felling well,school and children do = sick,all my grandchildren have had the crud.
Hugs(with a face mask)to all of you.:0)(going in to wash my hands now)
cAROL