Halloween. The night of ghosts and goblins.....well, more like boy pirates, girl pirates, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Snow White. Also many Spidermans, and for some reason, small chickens. We actually ran out of candy. As much as it hurt me to do so, I had to turn the front light off, and just for good measure I shut the lights off in the rest of the house too. I guess that's the universal sign for 'no more candy available at this house'. I also took the opportunity to dress K-dog up. Thanks to my mom for all her help in the costume. I took K-dog out for a quick walk in our neighborhood while it was light out. Honestly, I felt kind of dumb.... but one look at K-dog snuffling around with this silly outfit on made me laugh. Sooooo here's a picture

She was a spider. Oooooo, scary! Not the greatest picture, but really couldn't get her to stand still for picture taking opportunities!

Also must be posting a picture of what the house looked like all aglow in Halloween splendor. This is the first time I've decorated for Halloween, other than the traditional carving of pumpkins.. I even found some nifty lighting....although I think next year I should have a colored light in my porch light....














Ok, once again, lame pictures, but the idea is there. And now it is all over and we can legitimately start thinking about Christmas......

Yeah, I did decorate my house for Halloween.....had a bit of spiderweb stringing help from mom. The only abnormal thing is....I have spider web, but no spiders. Been on the lookout for some crazy large fake spiders, but not finding much. Am finding that people totally buy early for their holidays now-a-days. Leaves nothing less for us bargain shoppers to peruse when it all finally goes on sale (not that there is alot left to go on sale). I do have a couple of fake black cats....maybe they are only black cats when you look at them, then when you turn away they turn into the spiders that are weaving their webs around my front porch, then when you turn back they turn into black cats again. That's an idea; I'm going with that! And on that note....of course you all noticed the christmas stuff already in stores. I shakeith my head and rolleth my eyes. Pictures of my front porch coming....just waiting for the gailin wind outside to take a break.

Halloween Challenge

Ok, This weekend will be the last weekend (kind of anyhow) before Halloween. My challenge is to decorate the front porch of my house. I've actually gone out and bought a few things already. It may be only a small decorating feat....but as the years roll on, hopefully I'll continue to add cool things to my decoration collection. You know, something along the lines of Christmas decorations. And hey, you may feel that decorating for Halloween is goofy, but were I live I see inspiration everywhere and I really want to join in the fun. Pictures to be posted at the end of this weekend....hopefully!!!!

A New Challenge

Ok, so I'm trying to restart this blog. For all you dedicated readers out there!! (mom, sisters....maybe one friend...). I'm going to start out with a challenge per week for me. And that will then lead to at least one post per week. I could fail terribly at this...or perhaps I will be successful. Only time will tell.

So, the challenge for today was to take the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful fall day that was today! So after spending my morning saying good-bye to one husband that had to go to work, and a houseguest that stayed for the weekend, I decided I would go for a bike ride. Needless to say, I have NOT been on my bike for probably 2 months now. Yes, that is pathetic. Plus I'm still getting over a horrible cold and am currently having plegm issues. So, with camera in hand, I took off to T-Park. I decided I would take the more difficult but much more beautiful way to the park. Unfortuneatly by making that decision I also took a horrendous crash down a somewhat steep incline right in front of 2 dudes. One which just crashed only moments before in basically the same area where I had just landed. I think I must of slid about 20 feet, on my back, headfirst, without my bike. So after I brushed off my embarrassment and all the prickles that I landed in, I carried on in good ol' stoic fashion, and really enjoyed the fall colours and the warmth of the sun. Of course because I am soooo out of shape, and having phlegm issues, I had to stop several times to recover from exertion, wheezing and snorting. So in the end I did complete my challenge, got some fresh air, and got a couple of good pictures!