"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 10/31/2011 8:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Must keep my eye out for good sales after Halloween for battery operated
>> things. And no, Sheldon, not that! I had a lot of light up crystal
>> balls,
>> pumpkins, etc. but over the years they quit working. Either it is the
>> light
>> that is out or they take some weird kind of battery that I don't have.
>> So I
>> have far less than I used to. And my electric cauldron is broken. I did
>> get two strobe lights this year that I will put under the cherry tree.
>> Daughter put tinselly garland all through the tree.
>>
>> Our house and the trees surrounding it are wrapped in spider webs, giant
>> spiders and bats. Black cats by the door and of course we have our real
>> black cat just waiting to see the kids. Our cats love kids!
>>
>> Daughter has set up a cute little display by the door of her Halloween
>> stuffed animals and a purple feather boa.
>>
>> I tasted the all fruit Fruit By The Foot. Tastes just like the regular
>> stuff. Very good! They are full sized. Depending on how many kids we
>> get,
>> we will likely have enough to give each one two or three. The sky looks
>> a
>> bit iffy. Might rain and is supposed to be cold. So far no kids but it
>> is
>> a bit early.
>>
>> Will be having mashed potatoes and meatloaf for dinner. I don't usually
>> do
>> a plated meal on Halloween because it seems as soon as I sit down to eat
>> the
>> kids start coming. I usually just make a sandwich but I don't really
>> like
>> sandwiches. So I will plate up and hope for the best.
>>
>>
>
> It's after 8:30 here now, and not a single costumed lil won came by. I
> used to decorate but haven't in a few years. The time just gets past me
> and then it's too late. Same for Christmas decorations. I have a whole
> room that I use for storage and a lot of it is boxes of decorations.

We didn't decorate last year but now I can't remember why. Either daughter
was sick or I was sick or we maybe had a lot of rain and wind. Odd, this
year no big wind storm. It is typical for us to get one or two after we put
the webs up.

We are not doing a big Christmas tree this year so I decided to go all out
for Halloween. I used to spend many hours decorating the trees that line
our yard until the teens started taking the stuff down and I was finding it
all over the block. Last year someone threw our green lights into the park
across the street. And the year before that they stole the extension cord
leading to the lights. My mom said putting up decorations is just an
invitation for people to mess with them. I just do not get that. It's not
your stuff! Don't touch it! We will put up lights. I got some multi
colored ones on clearance after Christmas. Will either do those or the
green ones again. Actually the green ones looked quite nice. Not sure if I
will put lights in the windows in here. Cats might mess with them.