Um, am I the only one cowering in the dark? I don’t answer my door ever unless I am expecting someone. But in the dark with people in masks? No mam. Not in the ghetto. I try not to even enter or leave the hood in the dark.
I forgot to turn off my porch light earlier and had one knock. I hope it wasn’t my new cute little neighbor. I actually had a Dr. Suess book and a packet of Oreos for her just in case.
My sister lives in sort of a Knot’s Landing cul de sac so they at least used to trick or treat. But all of the kids have grown up now, so I am not sure if she is doing the whole Halloween thing or not. She recently had surgery so she’s probably not in the mood.
I just don’t think it is wise for people to let their kids trick or treat in neighborhoods where we don’t know each other. I feel like there are churches and malls that are probably a lot safer.
I can hear kids screaming outside. I had THE WORST nightmares ever last night. I’m hoping this does not happen again tonight.
What are y’all doing tonight?
I bought candy and snack bags of Doritos and had THREE kids at the door on two knocks. I turned out my outdoor lights at seven (eight your time) and am watching the new IT part one. *le sigh*
So far, no kids trick-or-treating here. If this holds, 2019 will be the fifth year in a row.
I just bought some truffles and lemons from Whole Foods, so I’m treating myself to Hot Toddies now and maybe some chocolate later if no kids show up.
Since this is basically Friday Night for me, I’m also binging “The Deuce” because why not. I’m already caught up on Bravo, so I’ll try to keep it classy on TV this weekend.
went thru 550 pieces of candy – 2 pieces each – kids are trucked in here – finally back inside – cold & breezy in northwest Georgia…..
Holy shit. You must live in a great neighborhood. I think most of the kids in my hood go to rich people places to trick or treat.
That’s right Tamara. The town where I now live is a leafy suburb in North Jersey. Carloads of parents with kids come Trick or Treating from nearby urban areas. I can’t say I blame them. The city where I used to live was so unsafe, I was afraid to open my door to certain neighbors in my apartment building, nevermind complete strangers. Better safe than sorry!
1am here, waiting on my 17 year old to get home…. as God is my witness I’m beyond exhausted, pissing rain & no beer left, love to all, Niamh, x.
No trick or treaters here. Watching A Madea Halloween right now.
Thankful to have had one precious trick or treater. Friend of the family—so I guess a pity trick or treater if thats a thing. When my kids were young we lived in neighborhoods where you had to overstock on the candy—I loved it! Where we live now the houses are too far apart, which is lovely every other day, but I do miss those kids.
I had some candy just in case, but didn’t get any trick or treaters. I remember having the best time going with friends and cousins, but I can see how times have changed and sometimes for the best.
Now I’m just tipsy and bored. Sigh.
We usually get a ton of kids, but it’s rainy and windy, so we just got a handful of knocks at the door. Oh, and the last two knocks, I was upstairs and didn’t make it to the front door in time.. these kids are quick!
I agree. I think the kids should go to the mall, but then the mall would be congested and it would be a nightmare to get in and out of.. meaning the traffic.
Just cancel this trick or treating already. LOL Omg I am the Halloween Grinch, but it’s true! Everyone should just buy treats for their kids. I think that would be better. Then no one has to go outside! Who goes outside anymore? No one!
Ha! I’m just joking around. Trick or treating should always exist. Happy Halloween!
None here.
But when I stopped at the library on the way home there wasn’t a parking spot to be had. Tons of kids. All in costume. There were a lot of activities going on there.
Is anyone giving out Heath bars? Because I wish I had one of those. Thanks in advance. I’m in the crazy bin again. I had HORRIFIC nightmare last night. Like the worst I’ve ever had. But I am trying to be optimistic about getting to the grocery store tomorrow for cheap Heath bars….
OMG just turned on Grey’s and the opening line was something about researchers saying that nightmares are ways to deal with past trauma. Fuck. This is so going to give me more nightmares tonight. Last night I woke up and began frantically emailing my GBF to let me know he was not dead. I don’t have a clue how he has put up with me all these years. But I was terrified. Le sigh. When you live alone there is no one to pay you on the head and tell you it was just a bad dream. I’ve never had any bad dreams even close to that. It was horrifying.
More from Grey’s…. others believe nightmares are how our subconscious prepares to deal with our real life fears….. IT IS SO INSANE THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. I generally don’t have bad nightmares. I am a good sleeper. But last night I was literally freaking the fuck out. This is so strange.
No need to worry… I’ve had very vivid dreams and some nightmares at times during my life. And I’m completely normal. 🙃😐. Anyway…my occurrences seem to be stress related. I also talk nonsense in my sleep during stressful times. Apparently, I appear to be fully awake and talk about things that may seem reasonable yet make no sense. I used to freak out and think that there was a sign of something I needed to fix. Oh once I looked into the meaning of this intense dream I had about pulling a tree out of my nose. I was freaked that I had cancer. The dream interpretation was that I put my nose into things that were none of my business. But still, I have had dreams that have left me out of sorts for days.
I am a really good sleeper but really don’t want to have that happen to me again tonight…
Speaking of grey… this might give you a giggle. I decided to name my new WiFi “Grey Gardens” because, me and my mom. It’s my greatest fear that I’m slowly turning into Edie Jr. 😂
It was either that or “stop hitting my car “ for my neighbor to see lol
I wish my mama was around to go all grey gardens with. 🙂
I alway call my mom big Edie lol. Loooong time reader, first time commenter
Not only a great reference to cause a giggle, IJC, you are lucky. Sounds like you won’t turn into Edie, Jr. I was looking for something to watch and your post inspired me.
I’m sorry if I made anyone sad. I miss my dad on Halloween always because he loved it and would always go all out with decorations and costumes and he always passed out little debbie snack cakes of every variety to the trick or treaters. I know that I’m lucky to have my mom… I just don’t know for how much longer. Even though I kid, I know that I’m lucky to be able to help her and spend this time with her. Happy Halloween to you all! xo ❤️
I miss my Dad, too. He passed three years ago last week. I loved your kidding and completely get it.!! He brings me support in gentle tones including Beatles songs randomly when I need to hear then and in dreams. His bday is coming up, too. I hear ya.
Ive been planning to dress up like Little Edie for 4th of July but can’t find the costume. So my house is masquerading as Grey Gardens instead.
I would lend you the costume but then I’d be forced to walk around bare-assed nekkid.
Thanks to all of you for giving me a lot of giggles! There’s much to be said for having a sense of humor! This is why I love it here. ❤️
Nightmares are horrible. Do you take any medications that have side effects of nightmares? Some anti-depressants, blood pressure medications, statins, and prednisone can cause nightmares. Are you sleep deprived, because that too can cause nightmares. If you’re lacking sleep you can go into a deeper REM sleep the next night and be more likely to have nightmares. Also if you eat late at night your brain can become more stimulated and active, leading to nightmares. Some people have nightmares if they drink alcohol several nights in a row (like when you open a new bottle of wine and have some each night) and then suddenly stop alcohol altogether. I hope you feel better and are nightmare-free soon!
My son got two Heath bars and already put those in my personal secret candy stash. Great minds think alike!
I had Heath bars in our bag, they’re all now in my fat belly!! We had a ton of trick or treaters, were also in a town that people truck their kids to
I remember my first nightmare. I was 2. Silver Moon came to comfort me. I dream all fucking night. Or more accurately, I sleep in spurts so I remember dreams every time I wake up. My dreams are either glorious colorful extravaganzas (not seafood) or terrifying. As I entered adolescence, my nightmares went from being about “bad guy robbers” to social situations. The classic I go to school and realize I am naked or I look forward to summer camp and realize weeks later I forgot to go. Like either could ever happen. People sleeping in my house who never dream suddenly start dreaming. People dreaming in my house have the same dream as me, etc. A psychic I believe claims dead people are really them visiting you in your dreams. Live people represent parts of you. e.g., if you dream you fuck your friend’s husband, you are trying to meld his decision-making skills into your own not secretly lusting after him. Meditation before sleep calms down the subconscious and decreases the anxiety nightmares. If you concentrate on a missing object, you often remember where it is upon awakening — because the memory is in your subconscious.
I live on a 22-house dead end street on a hill. You have to know we are here. When we moved in to the neighborhood 20 years ago there were 30 kids under the age of 12. Halloween was insane. We sometimes went en masse to trick or treat on our street and the neighborhood behind us. The adults had flashlights and beer, and the kids ran all over. it was fun. My kid grew up on a great street. Now the kids are grown, and though some others have moved in, it is not the same. I had 6 door knocks, which was more than we have had in 10 years. I know most of the kids that come to the door and I still enjoy it.
We had 358 trick or treaters come to our house..that was down from last year’s count of 451!
Good God you must have the patience of a saint! Where do you live?😳🤣
A tiny town outside of Richmond, Va. The kids literally come to the neighborhood from miles away. My sister loves Halloween, so we buy all our candy from Sams Club!
I’m simply over dealing with people in person and am a homebody. Not in the mood to deal with it thus shut off all lights hoping the TV doesn’t call us out. I think we have been every other year type of people. Sometimes lots of kids. We are near schools and a hospital. Last year we used Halloween as a training lesson for our English Mastiff, who had just turned a year old, so she wore a lion mane costume to greet (under direct and strong supervision) respectfully. She was distracted by the kiddos so kept the mane on at one point. It was precious. Later she was over it yet still good with door knocks and kids. I am super sarcastic and forget at times to have a filter. One kid was amazed and said, “that’s a big dog” to which I replied, “it’s her costume, she’s actually a chihuahua.” That kid’s eyes widened and he kept turning around to look back as he walked back up the driveway. Teehee. Oops, I felt bad for a second.
HA! I am a big dog or no dog person myself. But I find it very unfair we can’t travel with the big dogs on airplanes. Banjo is likely must less annoying than a little yapper. He may be 80 pounds but he is pretty chill as long as you are not fucking with me….
Ok so…I was looking for a place to stay that allows dogs as we have a family wedding to attend only two hours drive away but wanted to enjoy a long weekend away next summer. There is massive discrimination against “large” dogs. She is mostly over her destruction phase but still not fair.
Hampton Inn supposedly takes big dogs. I am just staying home with Banjo until…
Most Hilton chains (Hampton Inn included) allow dogs. They have certain floors and areas just for pet owners.
Yes! I stay at Hilton chains for this reason. They say 75 pound limit but nobody weighs.
There may or may not have been times that I walked our first fur child (also an English Mastiff) past the front desk of a Best Western at Ocean Shores after learning the dog size limit was 75 lbs. and was prepared to claim it was the angle that made her appear more than 74.5 lbs. But this time, I’ll take the Airbnb rules seriously. I get it but she is like a person. Better than some people, in my opinion.
Banjo needs to go on a diet. lol. Do they like WEIGH THEM?
A fellow Washingtonian!!!! When did Ocean Shores get a Best Western??? I student taught there decades ago. Haven’t been back in ages! Once had a hotel in Cannon Beach change ownership, and their plan was (stupidly) to go from dog friendly to no dogs. Luckily my mom had proof of when we booked the vacation AND the staff remembered our Max (and that he was easy peasy friendly, and LOVED everyone he met, not to mention we cleaned up after him like crazy). My mom cracked up when she got back to the car, because Dad and I had put a “disguise” on him. Baseball hat, sunglasses, and a t-shirt if I remember right. Thank goodness these days for clearly dog friendly hotels on the Oregon coast, and VRBO.
Lighthouse Suites is a BW property. Cracks me up (yet brings comfort at the same time) how the chains rebrand but still the same ole place. The bar probably still smells like cigarette smoke. It did 6 years ago when I last visited. Yet smoking was banned maybe 12 years? ago. Swear it likely hasn’t changed much in who knows how many decades.
Erica – it’s the place “right on the beach” yet people drive past you while you walk down the sandy path dealing with the wind. Yep, the Washington Coast. I love the Oregon Coast more.
My current situation is more of a family accommodation enough rooms and bringing a large dog. Traveling with too many people. Next time, it will be without them. Blessings. Oh I’m sure it will be fun. Ugh.
Crowne Plazas take dogs of any size. We had to stay at one long term when displaced from hurricane. They might have been making exceptions bc of hurricane but it might be worth checking out. Also I think Hilton Garden Inns?
Swannie lol. omg thank you! I just died laughing. “ it’s her costume…” Too good. We’ve have probably thirty five door rings (umpteen kids). Our now two Halloween rescue is sleeping after an ample round of doggie treats. I’m sacked. XO all.
Thanks! I appreciate humor so much and am glad when we can all laugh together.
I posted about a Mexican girl that I wanted to adopt in a post somewhere the other night. I got a lot of flack for calling her Mexican, which is bullshit, But the last time I saw her, it was on Halloween. Now I am wondering if that one knock is her. I gave that girl my phone number for emergencies and I could have gotten fired if anyone knew. That’s inappropriate behavior for a teacher. She is all grown up somewhere now. I hope she is doing well. I think of her all the time. She came to my door on Halloween a few years ago. I didn’t have any candy. She said she wasn’t here for candy. She just wanted to see me. Maybe I should have opened the door… sigh.
Ridiculous that you got flack. You didn’t call her a derogatory name by specifying and using the word as a descriptor. I’m a small percentage Native American and attended a Pow Wow recently. Hubby was trying to tell me that I can’t say that. I explained that it is literally a Pow Wow and go to the website for the event. The drop down menu says “attend Pow Wow.” It was amazing, by the way. My Niece and I had the best time.
You have talked about her a while ago too. She obviously made an impact on your life. I remember the Halloween story, it’s very touching.
I’m sure you know her full name. Can you look her up? I bet she would love to hear how much she touched your life and how you feel about her. It’s never too late to add people to your family, even if she is grown. If I recall, she has a brother too, not sure.
I only remember her first name. 🙁 And yes she had a younger brother who also had a ton of issues. The kindergarten teachers would complain because he would take a shit in class. To ME that is a red flag, but um, I got in trouble a lot for being “overly invested.” My mom used to say about the college kids I would by clothes for “You can’t take everyone to raise.”
Maybe not.
But I could have done more. She is a full grown adult now. I just hope she is okay. I want to think she is. I was stupid to think she was the knock on my door. She’s a full grown adult at this point. I just wanted it to be her. I hope we meet again, but I would be all weird and crying and probably freak her out and she is probably just fine.
I’m sure she is fine. You just seem to think about her a lot lately. Call Long Lost Family! They find people and I consider this little girl (now adult) your Long Lost Family.
Damn, wish the school could just give you her last name. It would be such a sweet story.
You have sources, why can’t they help? Put it on twitter, spread the word.
I had wonderful parents, but if I had a teacher who I touched this much, I would love it, whether you freak out or not, I would love it, most people would love it and I am sure this girl would too.
From what I gather, you made a big impact on her. She knocked on your door just to say hello. I doubt she did that with her other teachers. I have a feeling she thinks about you too.
Don’t ever underestimate the impact you may have had on the little girl. My kindergarten teacher hated me because she hated my mom — upon sight. She tormented me. WHO DOES THAT? My first grade teacher hated EVERYONE, especially kids. Miss Gay was not gay, well maybe she was a lesbian, but not HAPPY gay. Then … like Dorothy in Oz … I opened the door to second grade and the magnificent world of Mrs. Hansen (and the handsomest boy I’ve ever seen!). She changed my life. I felt happy in school after two years of hell. She made everything better — for every student. Two days before graduating from 8th grade, I went to say goodbye and she was next to the 1-inch plant I gave her 4-feet in diameter in full bloom. I hold that snapshot in my head. I wish we had email back then. I didn’t even have money for stamps to mail her a letter. But I thought about her a lot. When I was at my worst, I would think back to a friend’s younger sister telling me Mrs. Hansen talked about me often — years later. I wouldn’t think “Mrs. Hansen was wrong.” I would think “Mrs. Hansen was NEVER wrong. You can do it.” Teachers are often our first superheroes, even in today’s age. You likely were that little girl’s first REAL superhero.
Happy Halloween Everyone!
As usual, I’m late to the party. #ThirdShiftPoster
I have a 9 month old girl who went to daycare today as Stay Puft. They trick or treat there and that is all we did for Halloween.
A nine month old? Is she trick or treating for breast milk?
I was wondering what they would do but they gave out organic pureed foods and wafer teethers. So now she is covered for a few meals.
Spent the entire day cleaning the house , laundry & cooking Chicken Brocolli & Ziti my absolute favorite dish. Baked Oatmeal butterscotch cookies as well as a batch of salted caramel cookies . # domestic goddess. Went out grocery shopping & had the entire place to myself ! Started Christmas shopping ( yes I know but I love Christmas & it’s a holiday I always look forward too ) now home in bed reading Find Me by Andre Aciman the sequel to Call Me By Your Name but wanted to check in & wish you all a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I’m not sure what salted caramel cookies are but most importantly I am not sure why you haven’t sent me any. You are clearly not the best birthday twin.#Masshole
Oh and also, what did you buy me for Christmas?
143 that is Mr Fred Rodgers secret code which means I love you . I almost feel out of bed laughing when I read that reply. Sweet dreams twin ; no more nightmares for you xo Marc
FYI marc, I’m making note of your post to remind me of what brings me comfort. I can smell the cookies and the clean laundry. Ohhh I wish. I’ll get there but other stuff took over my life and I am not baking, cooking, cleaning to my satisfaction. But. Wow. Christmas shopping. That’s a stretch goal that I may be able to reach but may also not be able to find the gifts at Christmas time. I need to work on organization as well.
YAY! Marc is here. Treat, not trick!
Hope all is well Nanette !
Usually we get a lot of trick or treaters, but it was very light tonight. Now I’ve got leftover Hershey’s, Kit Kat, and Reese’s cups to tempt me. Ugh!
We usually do too. They’re all so cute and creative. I love the little children the best. They are also so polite. We always buy so much candy b’c we don’t want to disappoint, but what I do around 5pm is start giving the kids handfuls b’c I don’t want be stuck with all this candy. Well, this year we got nothing. I was very to run in the streets with a huge bowl of candy and dump it in some child’s bag, but no one was around.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I didn’t dress up, but I decorated and handed out candy. I gave out Fun Dip, because it’s one of the things my Mom wouldn’t let me eat as a kid, so I’m paying it forward with today’s youth, haha. I live in the burbs in New England, and the weather wasn’t great, so I thought I over bought candy, but we had about 100 kids, which is the norm. I like seeing all the kids dressed up having fun but the teens in the Purge style masks freak me out a bit. Happy Halloween everyone!
No trick or treaters in this building. I’m just so happy to have WiFi and cable! I’m catching up on my shows and Xmas shopping online. I got a Roku too and it’s awesome! Not crazy about the laptop I bought and think I’m going to exchange. Nothing exciting here. But I did bathe and wash my hair! #Goals
I love my Roku too! Highly recommend! It makes me watch better stuff.
I love it too IJC. You can watch anything and everything! You are going to love it.
At first I just used it for Netflix and Prime, but didn’t realize you can have most of your channels on Roku and it gives you a better selection of old television shows.
I have been trying to get TT and BB feed watchers to get it to watch the feeds on TV instead of online.
I’m glad your cable company finally maintained their problems and you got your cable back.
Oh, and Court TV is on Roku, but I think it’s on cable now too.
The roku is definitely the bomb! I specifically got it for CourtTV because my shit cable company is the only one not carrying CourtTV starting Nov 1. But once I hooked it up, I was in love! So many good shows!! (Even has all the housewives shows, so I guess I can’t get away from the crack lol) Best investment I’ve made in a very long time! 🙂
It’s a very good and cheap investment. For what we pay for this little device, we can watch TV forever! lol
Hulu has all the Housewives shows. But I noticed Bravo has been desperate, so they have all the Housewife shows and just about every Bravo show that ever was on, well the reality shows at least. They even have throwback reality like Queer Eye and Rachel Zoe and Workout with the trainer Jackie Warner ( I believe that’s her name). Workout was really good.
I like watching the old reality shows, but the new ones are ehh. Oh, what is strange with activating Bravo on Roku, I have to activate NBC to get Bravo. I know they are connected, but they should let us know, it took me a while to figure it out.
I also like TLC on Roku and VH1. They have that old show Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn and Mob wives. I watched Couples Therapy a few days ago.
But CourtTV is the best. 🙂
Oh and add Youtube. They have some good old Lifetime movies and a bunch of other things that you can find and watch on your TV.
Omg I used to love that show work out! I haven’t activated bravo on the roku yet bc I can still record on DVR. But you’re right that they’re getting desperate… they’re now showing the Chrisley shows ad nauseam! I even saw it’s running on own—I thought better of Oprah!
Yes. Bravo has almost everything On Demand, including the damn Kardashians and Chrisley. But Roku Bravo has the Throwback shows, like Workout. It premiered in 2006. Time flies. I remember all the girls were in love with Jackie, straight or gay. I think I was too. She had it all.
I think I had a girl crush on her too! Thanks for the tips! I’m tapping out… hope y’all had a great Halloween y’all! Goodnight xo
Oh, definitely had a crush on Jackie! Um, I’d bend over backwards for that woman knowing I’d look way better right now, if only?…
TT! I’m pretty sure that you said that your cable company is Spectrum in which case you should have CourtTV today! Please let us know if you have it! Furthermore, please let us know if you plan on posting about a trial! I, for one, would be all in should you choose to do so. It would be… well, IT WOULD BE FREAKING AWESOME!!! 😃
Please and thank you!
Get an ASUS. I need to go get a new one too. This one is wearing out.
Thanks. I’ll check them out. I got the roku because Xfinity/Comcast is literally the ONLY cable company NOT CARRYING COURTTV ON NOV 1!!! It was cheap and has a ton of streaming capabilities so I can watch on my tv instead of laptop or phone. And CourtTV is FREE. Just FYI.
I took my 5 year old trick or treating downtown. Which consists of 3 blocks because I live in a very small country town. We had so much fun! One booth was giving out free hot dogs, coffee, and hot chocolate. My son’s candy bag was so full I had to carry it for him. He saw some friends from school, I saw an old friend I haven’t seen in 20 years and it was 32 degrees. And now I am hiding all the Reese’s and Snickers in the vegetable drawer of the fridge.
Aww, that age is just too cute! Sounds like you both had fun in your little country town. It just goes to show that houses aren’t the best for trick or treating, stores and from what I read here, libraries are very good too.
Hide your Reese’s and Snickers is a good idea. They’re my favorite. I’m not eating sugar, and I have two large bowls left b’c we got hardly no one, and we usually have a lot, a real lot. But not today. Doubt your 5 yr old will look in the vegetable drawer. lol
Mom used to raid our bags when we were at school. That was when she learned in knew every candy from every house and never did it to me again, only my brother. So I paid her back when I was older. I’d find her hidden chocolate bars and hide them in case she looked and eat them the next week. My sister is 9 years younger and Mom didn’t even TRY to take her candy, but sis did the same chocolate bar trick on Mom with no prompting from me.
We live in a really hilly neighborhood, and our house in in a culdesac at the top of Heart Attack hill, so no one visits our house. We leave candy on the stoop, but usually no one touches it.
There is one epic street on the flat part of the neighborhood that gets hundreds of kids. I cannot imagine the amount of candy these residents have to buy, but most of them are good sports. Many people sit at tables on their driveways, and yards are decorated to the nines. One house sets up an elaborate haunted house every year. It is a very nice, neighborly, safe vibe.
This year, we have a 24-year old French au pair who decided to put on a Harry Potter Hogwarts student costume and go trick or treating with the rest of the elementary school crowd. She and my 11 year old daughter each got about 130 pieces of candy. My 11-year old son got 94 pieces. They went to the same houses. So my son decided to go back out for more trick or treating! A few people gave the au pair the side eye, but no one refused her candy. I love this area.
We go dark. Three giant dogs make it too chaotic!
Three! I love it.
Eleventy-billion people on the internet and I’m always the lone poster everywhere I go.🤣🤣🤣
Am I the only one who has heard that old saying “colder than a witch’s tit in a brass bra”? I said it to somebody today because thought it was appropriate for an unseasonably cold Halloween and they looked at me like I was from Mars. Wtf
I use that expression, minus the brass bra part, never heard that before!
Does that mean I’m only half crazy? lol
Nah, it just means I only know half the shit I’m supposed to know, as per usual🤣🤣🤣
Lol! 😂 I luh this place and all of y’all here! Hope everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Goodnight all and I’ll say prayers for NO NIGHTMARES TONIGHT!
xo
Took the kids treat or treating ( my older two are 28-27) these are 10-12 and I’ve been dressing up and going for almost 30 years now. I have as much fun as the kids. I miss the door to door . When the first set was younger we went all over the County I knew everyone nd they would get like 2/3 bags full. Now we go to the church things. Not as much fun & no where near as much candy. But the younger ones did get to do one street of treat or treating tonight and got to hold a real snake!! My brother in law neighbor has one and he brings it out ever year for the kids to pet & hold & take pictures with.
I’m home and power is out and it cold & rainy you could see sleet mixed in the rain after we got home. NC Mountains near the blue ridge parkway. I live right under Mt Mitchell.
Brrrrrr…..that sounds awful. I hope you have plenty of blankets! It’s cold and rainy in OH, no sunshine, completely depressing. I’m thinking of buying one of those lights that are supposed to help with seasonal affective disorder. Or I could just drink more wine.
SitaWife — Aww. I hope your electricity is restored or will be back as soon as possible. I hate losing electricity!
Shay — Just do both, the lights and the wine and you will be A Okay 🙂
I tried to drink liquor yesterday because the wine wasn’t doing the trick….next thing I know I’m drunk, ordered McDonalds from Uber Eats and was singing “Stop Dragging My Heart Around” by Stevie Nicks at the top of my lungs.🤣🤣🤣
Can I come over? That sounds amazing.
C’mon over. Next up on the playlist is “Beat It” by Michael Jackson. And, yes, I will be doing the dance moves along with the video.
LOL Sounds like a really good time! I envy y’all because alcohol, including wine makes me hyper and just sick. So I don’t drink. The good news is that I am naturally uninhibited and would do something like this sober. I would of loved to have seen you doing that. It sounds like a blast.
I grew up an only child and and skilled at entertaining the shit of myself. The hubby is accustomed to my late night shenanigans and sleeps through it all. Although once he woke up and I was screeching a Mariah Carey song into a candle while standing on the ledge of my fireplace. He looked at me, went to go pee and went back to bed.🤣🤣🤣
Ok, you win. The best. EVER.
I think I hear Thriller up next.
I also have had some beyond frightening dreams. Hubby sleep in different room with his cpap machine so I’m sleeping alone in a different section the house with 6 cats in my bed. After I wake up terrified I have to get up, turn on the lights and say The Lord’s Prayer out loud. I immediately feel better. I don’t know how the lights being on and praying works, but it does!! Try it next time. I had a dream once about a prairie dog named Ernesto who had a cell phone! What???? That one made me laugh. No trick or treaters here and I watched more Mrs. Maisel…
These posts are the best!!!
I used to do the same thing when I had night terrors, would wake up and say the Lord’s Prayer, and it always helped. And I would grab all my animals and put them in the bed with me if they weren’t already there with me. My hubby wears a clap and sleeps like the dead. I have insomnia regularly, which is why I’m always on TT’s site for third shift.
We live in a 55+ area but we wouldn’t have door-to-door trick-or-treaters in our town anyway. They do a huge trunk or treat event where people and businesses sign up to dole out candy at one of our parks. That way they monitor who’s giving candy and it’s safer for the kids, and easier on parents not having to go door-to-door and through different neighborhoods. We live in a really cool city for kids. Happy All Hallows’ Eve and let’s all have sweet dreams or at least not remember them! <3
This! This! The key is saying Sweet Dreams. I say it to my loved ones every night. so her goes..
Sweet Dreams to everyone here! Dream a nice little dream for me.
Goodnight. xoxo
I didn’t even hear any trick or treaters in the street. I didn’t even put out a bowl of candy.
I know I’m weird, but my nightmares are usually about being in a huge mall that I can’t find my way out of, or I can’t find my car in a parking lot. Or I’m lost in a city. Not sure what that means other than I have no sense of direction.
I went to Baskin Robbins to pick up $1.70 scoops of ice cream. They have discounted scoops on the 31st of the month. It used to be $1.31…inflation….lol. I also cruised the mall to check out things I want but don’t need at TJ Maxx and all the new makeup at Sephora. The mall was full of families in costume trick or treating at the stores. Crazy crowded but the costumes were very cute.
We had about 200-250 kids. I had seen online so many towns that are outlawing trick or treating above the age of like 12 or 14. It got me in my feels so every single person who put any effort into a costume…they got candy from me! Yes including the adults…they took the time to dress up for the kiddos they deserve Candy!! I have 2 grand kids under 2 years old so I grabbed a bag of dum dum lollipops and let me tell you parents were thrilled when the littles they had could get candy they could have from us.
OMG, this pisses me off. Back when I was home for Halloween and teaching (decades ago) I LOVED it when my teenaged students showed up. Seriously, the 16 year old who is trick or treating in costume IS NOT THE PROBLEM. I don’t even remember the costumes, but again, back in the day when I was home for Halloween, for 2 or 3 years straight there was a group of about 6 to 8 high school boys who took around one of their baby sisters (she was probably 5 the first year). It was so adorable to open the door and see this little cutie surrounded by those boys who were absolutely wrapped around her finger. “Let’s go to THAT HOUSE now please!.”
I live in a rural planned community in Ohio with no sidewalks or street lights. Our trick or treat is always the Sunday afternoon before Halloween and all the surrounding homes and farms bring kids through on hay wagons, tractors, trailers, wagons, etc. We usually have about 250 kids, It’s nice being able to see the costumes clearly instead of in the dark, but it isn’t very spooky. It’s always a good time!
It snowed. Usually when there is snow in October is doesn’t really stick, but yesterday’s did and it’s still on the ground. Trick or treaters were way down this year. Good thing since I ate a lot of the candy before Halloween got here 🙂
Tomorrow is my son’s 13th birthday. It is a lot of work having a birthday and Halloween 2 days apart. Although, because of the weather, he did not dress up yesterday and instead helped hand out candy.
I made a pot of brunswick stew and an apple crisp, really good on a night when the temp dropped 40 degrees since morning. It rained all day then got windy and cold so not many kids this year. We caught Bride of Frankenstein (1936) on TCM and watched it while munching on dinner. SHE’S ALIVE! It struck me that this is the movie that Young Frankenstein is based on, not the original. I couldn’t stop quoting it. I’m sure that wasn’t at all annoying, ha.
Did you imagine NeNe in the role? THAT is a nightmare to beat most nightmares.
I fell asleep waiting for A Million Little Things. But no trick or treaters. The dogs would have told me. Last year was the first year I’ve had any since 1995. Both years, it was just a few neighbor kids. I bought candy every year with peanuts because I hated peanuts, and I wouldn’t be tempted to eat it. I stopped peanut candy because of allergies kids might sneak a candy before Mom steals it. I still bought candy I didn’t like but my roommate made me get TJ Halloween gummies. So I blame her I ATE THE WHOLE BAG OF LITTLE BAGS. I’ve NEVER done that. I bought some candy rings that are sugar skulls, in case there were no gummies left, so now I have a bag of rings, no gummies. Broke keto. Oops. Trick or treat!
I SURVIVED! I went to my bestie’s house – it is probably the last year her youngest will want to trick or treat with us walking around. The weather was perfect… crispy cold, but stars were out and grateful that no Washingtonian rain was seen. I managed to keep in points even though dinner consisted of pasta and pesto, Ceasar salad, etc. (our traditional meal) I bought some baked chicken to supplement. (Still sticking with the WW program since June 1, and the chicken is point friendly).
I wasn’t sure how I would do though… October 30 was my “cativersary” Not to be a downer, but that was the day 19 years ago I walked into the local animal shelter and came out with my fur baby Simon who passed in my arms in late September this year. He picked me – sat in a room with a bunch of kittens and he was the one who came over to explore me… climbed my pant leg even! The others didn’t give a damn. The next day I had a bunch of people over to my condo because back then I had a shit ton of trick or treaters and friends with little kids (who lived in the country).
OH, the kiddos got an “accept Jesus” little booklet in their treat bags. Some serious you are going to hell shit. I should mention that the bestie and her family that were there are all Jewish. I was the only Goy there. It brought out the full on snark in me. Like the comment that God records every pornographic, mastabatory thought you have… I wanted to write in the margins (to take back to the person who gave it out) “Well, isn’t God a dirty, dirty boy” or “That is so hot”.
Geez was this a main stream religion or some whackdoo thing?
Is there a difference these days? Google Don’t Stub Your Toe by Todd Friel. That is the booklet. Under the adultery commandment he writes “How many sexual thoughts have you had that you would prefer your mother didn’t know about? How many times have you stared at pornography? God has recorded every sinful sexual thought you have ever had.” A total good deeds won’t get you into heaven, only Jesus… you can be the best of humans, but you’ll go to hell. If you are a pedophile and believe in Jesus, heaven for you!