I don't know why, but this graphic suited me this morning! LOL!  I hope you have a great weekend Darlene, oh and a wonderful new month as well! 

A semi busy day here..got errands done and home by 2 pm. Prepped a meatloaf..it's in oven now. Speaking of running out of candy, I'll send you a cartoon over shortly of what was substituted for candy..it's funny. We will see 70 again mid next week. I remember many Thanksgiving meals being celebrated here outside. I rearranged my c,set shelf this morning..shorts on one side, jeans on other side. I know better than to pack summer stuff away. I do, however, need to sort thru my shoes. They're currently piled up on one another on closet floor.I have nowhere else to put them. So I'll take summer shoes and put them outside in building. Will need a storage tub. That will give me more room on closet floor to place fall/winter shoes and know what's what. The perils of living in a shoebox.

Wow... this month has whizzzzed
 by.  Have fun this last day:)
Happy Halloween, m'dear Darlene!
I hope you're getting this devine cold
snap. We were under frost & freeze
advisory last nite. Now, that's my
kinda forecast. lol *hugs* -di

Good Morning, Melinda. The Bark Night and Pup Wonder reporting for Halloween duty.. From dusk till dawn they'll prowl the streets, chasing villains and sniffing treats---keeping the night safe, one paw at a time.

hello Darlene!  it's time to say Goodbye  to October....tomorrrow will usher in another fall month and Thanksgiving...with even cooler temps, and Christmas carols! LOL!

Hi Darlene in a way it might not seem too good for the bigger kids  going trunk or treating lol .

Who wants adults around?  They trying that it at special places  where  folks can meet and park their cars    and open the trunks .

Can`t steal very much if you go prepared

Its mainly for the kids .

Maybe  some people don`t want to walk with their kids ,  so someone  came up with that idea .

If it turns out to be a good idea  who ever owns the parking lot will want to be paid some  money for the use of the lot . 

That`s if it turns out  well .

Right now everything is  in test mode.

If its cold you can get in right back in  the car and warm up .

If it happens to rain you can close the trunk and sit in the car until the rain lets up lol 

 You can get home faster  too.

Matter of fact the kids  stay out even longer and  get more candy.

Imagine the amount of candy a kid can bring home if there were certain places  that held  this type of event.

For the richer neighborhoods  its probably not a problem .

But if it  becomes a good idea  and  folks  like it perhaps it can be done in neighborhoods as well.Just have to plan where to meet.

People can pitch in  for the use of the lot.

Or meet at a park .  Just like going to a baseball game.

Its quicker and faster for the parents who had to work all day now have to go walk the streets with their child.

Im used to the oldway  too life was so different back then . 

Doing it like that the  children would be safer too because everyone is together. 

If they were going to have it in the neighborhood they would have to preplan everything in advance to know how many would be showing up . 

I do all my trick or treating at the bank all i need is an ID lol

Hello Friends,  won't be online tomorrow so stopping by a day early to say

The sun is shining here once again..still cold, but we will see warmer temps in a few days. Halloween is almost here...

Good Morning, Melinda. A kitten cloaked in bat disguise, with pumpkin perch and glowing eyes, Awaits the night when spirits play. And moonlight whispers, "One more day."

I've never been in a corn maze, but they have them here at some of the farms who host events this time of year. We should see sunshine tomorrow. Will warm up to 67 by the weekend. I'll leave my Fall decorations up till Thanksgiving weekend. Yea, thr good old days of Halloween just aren't the same.

Good Morning, Melinda.

Well Darlene i kinda over did it already  buying  a bag of Almond Joys.

Thats my favorite  candy .

And after that the next week i bought a bag of Lifesavers Pepomint.

  I like hard candy too cause it lasts  longer

I better hold off on that  now a bit . 

But sure i always like a good deal .  Tomorrow i see the doctor at 10:00 in the morn .  Its just a checkup .

Have you ever noticed how they never  send patients   to get a blood glucose test or even a A1C test to see if the person might have prediabetes?

A person can have that and not even be aware of it. 

And  when the symptoms hit it comes on a person  fast . 

Oh now they send you for tests.

So you want to catch that early.

Im going to see if i can get tested  so i know at least where i stand .

Everybody should do that . 

I have never been tested   for that. 

They send  you for other tests , but not ones of importance.

I find it strange why they don`t do that .

Friday ComEd will be on our block performing tests  to help prevent power outages    in the future.

Well we hardly  get a power outage  but its bound to happen  so that means our electric will be going off  every now and then throughout the day.

  so it would  notbe  a good time to be doing any grocery shopping

.Ill wait until next week .

I have to wait until next  Tuesday.

Monday is no delivery .

Ill manage.  I always buy extra.

Did you hear they have something called Trunk or treat  . .Events in Chicago 

They must have a big parkig lot and folks come with their kids to get candy out of the car trunks lol

Do you have Trick-r-Treaters
at  your door each year? Living
in the country, we don't have
any, but remember when we
did... it was amusing seeing
their costumes and watching
our dogs get so excited at each
 doorbell ring!  Have fun this
weekend, Darlene! *hugs*

Good Morning, Melinda.

It's Halloween Week!
Bwaahaaahaaaa!! 

Good afternoon, Darlene. Downsizing is the reduction  of "things" from 61yrs of marriage so our kids won't have to.  It's been 50+yrs @one residence since we've had any reason to go thru this stuff, unused, forgotten, so off to the thrift store. And some things the kids want now, which is wonderful. Awww... so glad you had frost on your pumpkin!! October is playing w/us this year, for sure. Our frost may come one day this week; can't remember which day they said. Today's in the high 50s. So much better than 80s... I hope we've seen all of that this year! Take care, enjoy your new week, dear friend. *hugs*

Hello Friends

Good Night, Melinda.

Just be logging in todsy..we visited a friend one county North. Ate a late lunch after getting back home @ 430. Rain starts here tomorrow early, lingering thru Wed. One day closer to Halloween..

Hi Darlene we have had our early frost too .

Its been in the 30`s here during the night for a  few days. 

I too have also turned on my furnace . 

I do enjoy the cooler weather, but it does get quite cold   too early. 

Suprised  to see you had changed your avatar so soon. 

I decided  to start changing my page slowly   

Going to get my page  set for Christmas soon.

This Friday  our electric company Com Ed is going to be working  on our block .

They will be performing

Scheduled  Reliability Improvents . 

That is to help prevent future outages .  Really we hardly ever have any power outages  .

So from Friday at 8am in the morning until 4:00 pm  that means we wil be experiencing power outages  throughout the day

So i will hold off from doing my shopping till the following week .

If i am not around you will know why . But ill be back  God willing later on .

I got my updates set up for another year on both machines. 

Have a nice  day Darlene keep warm out there .

  Have a nice week ahead and a Happy Halloween .

Don`t eat all that candy lol  :)

today I have been a Boomer's residence for 6 months!

 Good Morning, Melinda. Happy caturday. It's feeling and looking like autumn. Days in the 60s, nights in the 50s.