In article > ,
Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:

> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
> is gone.
>
> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars

We never get any kids to our door, so we did not even bother to do a
jack-o-lantern this year, but I feel like I spoiled dad's fun... (he
does a wonderful one every year!) so we will probably try to find a
pumkin today for him. ;-)

I plan to make some buffalo wings. They are thawed and ready for frying.
I may start a fire, load them onto a foil boat and roast them in the
smoker. We shall see. ;-)

No candy. We don't need it! <lol> Might do a cheesecake instead!

In the meantime, happy Samhain everyone!
Here is your greeting card:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/Witchesmoon.jpg

K.

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In article > ,
Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:

> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
> is gone.
>
> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars

We never get any kids to our door, so we did not even bother to do a
jack-o-lantern this year, but I feel like I spoiled dad's fun... (he
does a wonderful one every year!) so we will probably try to find a
pumkin today for him. ;-)

I plan to make some buffalo wings. They are thawed and ready for frying.
I may start a fire, load them onto a foil boat and roast them in the
smoker. We shall see. ;-)

No candy. We don't need it! <lol> Might do a cheesecake instead!

In the meantime, happy Samhain everyone!
Here is your greeting card:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/Witchesmoon.jpg

K.

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"Dog3" wrote:
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
else
> is gone.

Here in the Salt Lake area, trick or treating on a Sunday is uncommon. So
the goblins were out last night (trick or treating the night before was
called Beggar's Eve when I was growing up, and was generally discouraged no
matter what day of the week it was) and they glommed every crumb of the
candy I had available for them! The little ones came knocking at about 4:00
pm, but it wasn't until 6:00 pm that the relatively more mature spooks came
in a steady flow that lasted for nearly three hours. By the time the elder
teens started grubbing, the treats were exhausted and my porch lights were
off.

Party? Only my daughter went out. I stayed home to greet the kiddies and
gush at costumes -- lots of ladybugs and fairy princesses, a nerd with taped
eyeglasses and a pocket protector that must have had twenty pencils in it, a
belly dancer in full veil... you get the idea. Not bad, considering it had
threatened rain and snow all evening and did finally snow at midnight.

With snow in the air, I had a bowl of hot "Country Bean Soup" and an equally
warming nightcap before heading off to bed. Who needs socks!

<I've got to get my fireplace working!>

"Dog3" wrote:
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
else
> is gone.

Here in the Salt Lake area, trick or treating on a Sunday is uncommon. So
the goblins were out last night (trick or treating the night before was
called Beggar's Eve when I was growing up, and was generally discouraged no
matter what day of the week it was) and they glommed every crumb of the
candy I had available for them! The little ones came knocking at about 4:00
pm, but it wasn't until 6:00 pm that the relatively more mature spooks came
in a steady flow that lasted for nearly three hours. By the time the elder
teens started grubbing, the treats were exhausted and my porch lights were
off.

Party? Only my daughter went out. I stayed home to greet the kiddies and
gush at costumes -- lots of ladybugs and fairy princesses, a nerd with taped
eyeglasses and a pocket protector that must have had twenty pencils in it, a
belly dancer in full veil... you get the idea. Not bad, considering it had
threatened rain and snow all evening and did finally snow at midnight.

With snow in the air, I had a bowl of hot "Country Bean Soup" and an equally
warming nightcap before heading off to bed. Who needs socks!

<I've got to get my fireplace working!>

"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
4...
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
else
> is gone.

We just moved into a very nice neighborhood with lots of families, so we
expect to have tons of little trick-or-treaters coming to our door tonight.
This will be the first time for our little goblin (21 months old) to go
trick-or-treating, so we're looking forward to that.

Really cool neighbors here (people actually INTERACT with one another--very
different from our last neighborhood, where everyone just kept to
themselves), and we've received word that tiki torches will be lit and
everyone will be out partying in the street.

Even though the weather's still hot here, we're going to fire up the smoker
and drive all the neighbors crazy with the wonderful smells of Qed pork
butt. We'll serve it with the usual--tater salad, coleslaw, and my yummy
sauce. Who knows--maybe we'll feel generous and share some with the
neighbors...

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!

Mary

"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
4...
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
else
> is gone.

We just moved into a very nice neighborhood with lots of families, so we
expect to have tons of little trick-or-treaters coming to our door tonight.
This will be the first time for our little goblin (21 months old) to go
trick-or-treating, so we're looking forward to that.

Really cool neighbors here (people actually INTERACT with one another--very
different from our last neighborhood, where everyone just kept to
themselves), and we've received word that tiki torches will be lit and
everyone will be out partying in the street.

Even though the weather's still hot here, we're going to fire up the smoker
and drive all the neighbors crazy with the wonderful smells of Qed pork
butt. We'll serve it with the usual--tater salad, coleslaw, and my yummy
sauce. Who knows--maybe we'll feel generous and share some with the
neighbors...

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!

Mary

Here in Germany:
We have had our first trick or treaters since we have been here 3
years . Most have only had on a witch’s hat on and some make-up. I did
see that in the stores in town did have more things this year. I do
hope the children will be able to enjoy it for a few years before it
is ruined for them.

An Older American

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:54:39 -0600, Katra
> wrote:

>In article > ,
> Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>
>> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
>> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
>> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
>> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
>> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
>> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
>> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
>> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
>> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
>> is gone.
>>
>> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars
>
>We never get any kids to our door, so we did not even bother to do a
>jack-o-lantern this year, but I feel like I spoiled dad's fun... (he
>does a wonderful one every year!) so we will probably try to find a
>pumkin today for him. ;-)
>
>I plan to make some buffalo wings. They are thawed and ready for frying.
>I may start a fire, load them onto a foil boat and roast them in the
>smoker. We shall see. ;-)
>
>No candy. We don't need it! <lol> Might do a cheesecake instead!
>
>In the meantime, happy Samhain everyone!
>Here is your greeting card:
>
>http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/Witchesmoon.jpg
>
>K.

Here in Germany:
We have had our first trick or treaters since we have been here 3
years . Most have only had on a witch’s hat on and some make-up. I did
see that in the stores in town did have more things this year. I do
hope the children will be able to enjoy it for a few years before it
is ruined for them.

An Older American

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:54:39 -0600, Katra
> wrote:

>In article > ,
> Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>
>> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
>> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
>> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
>> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
>> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
>> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
>> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
>> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
>> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
>> is gone.
>>
>> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars
>
>We never get any kids to our door, so we did not even bother to do a
>jack-o-lantern this year, but I feel like I spoiled dad's fun... (he
>does a wonderful one every year!) so we will probably try to find a
>pumkin today for him. ;-)
>
>I plan to make some buffalo wings. They are thawed and ready for frying.
>I may start a fire, load them onto a foil boat and roast them in the
>smoker. We shall see. ;-)
>
>No candy. We don't need it! <lol> Might do a cheesecake instead!
>
>In the meantime, happy Samhain everyone!
>Here is your greeting card:
>
>http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/Witchesmoon.jpg
>
>K.

Dog3 wrote:
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
> is gone.
>
> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars
>


Halloween? I thought it was Reformation Day! <slaps forehead>

That explains all the little kids dressed up like Martin Luther that
keep coming around knocking. I bribe them with candy to keep them from
nailing stuff to the door.

Best regards,
Bob

Dog3 wrote:

> The mini Milkyways will be the last to be given out. Those are mine!


But mini Snickers are SO much better...

~john

In article > ,
Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:

> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
> is gone.
>
This is the first year we've been at home on Halloween in Seattle, so we
didn't know what to expect. We got some Reese's sticks and snack-size
Snickers. We got a few kids we didn't know, along with our next door
neighbor's 13-year-old and two of her friends. I was a bit surprised
that the college students in the ghetto across the street didn't show
up--I used to get Ithaca College students at my apartment when I was in
grad school years ago.

I dressed up to meet the moochers as a representative of the "Department
of Home Security". I wore a colander on my head (it can double as a gas
mask), and defended myself against invaders with duct tape and Saran
wrap, a rolling pin, and a pasta fork.

OB Food: Dinner was braised lamb chops with baked acorn squash and
brussels sprouts.

Cindy

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In article > ,
Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:

> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything else
> is gone.
>
This is the first year we've been at home on Halloween in Seattle, so we
didn't know what to expect. We got some Reese's sticks and snack-size
Snickers. We got a few kids we didn't know, along with our next door
neighbor's 13-year-old and two of her friends. I was a bit surprised
that the college students in the ghetto across the street didn't show
up--I used to get Ithaca College students at my apartment when I was in
grad school years ago.

I dressed up to meet the moochers as a representative of the "Department
of Home Security". I wore a colander on my head (it can double as a gas
mask), and defended myself against invaders with duct tape and Saran
wrap, a rolling pin, and a pasta fork.

OB Food: Dinner was braised lamb chops with baked acorn squash and
brussels sprouts.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
4...
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
else
> is gone.
>
> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars
>

We had a huge turnout this year. There were kids from other neighborhoods
that are brought in by bus or van to trick or treat in the "safer" areas, so
we ended up with about 5 pieces left out of 10 bags of candy.
We usually take our daughter and my niece trick or treating around our area,
with one of us staying behind for that part of the evening to hand out
candy. Then we all go to the Great Pumpkin. This is a way cool set up that
our neighbors have been doing for 40 years now. Anyone curious can check it
out he
http://www.gr8pumpkin.com/
It's really a treat for the kids.
We always decorate a bit more, shall we say, enthusiastically, than most
people...Halloween is a big deal around our house. We have zombies, demons,
a giant tarantula complete with victim, a life-size vampire bat/man,
gargoyles, corpses, tombstones, spiderwebs, and of course, a giant
slobbering rat. On Halloween night, my brother in law sets the lighting and
then the fog machines. Tonight it was me who stayed to hand out candy, and
it was cracking me up that the one thing that scared kids the most was the
fog! They'd be fine seeing the monsters and ghoulies, but the second that
fog would roll in they'd get scared. It was funny.
Anywho, after the trick or treaters slow down to a slow trickle, we leave
the rest of the candy out and go get something to eat and check out the
costumes at the Halloween parties about town and in Hillcrest and the
Gaslamp. There's always some very elaborate ones. Tonight my favorite was a
character from the Dark Crystal.
Hope everyone had fun and was safe!

kimberly

"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
4...
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
else
> is gone.
>
> Michael <- stingy with the Milkyway bars
>

We had a huge turnout this year. There were kids from other neighborhoods
that are brought in by bus or van to trick or treat in the "safer" areas, so
we ended up with about 5 pieces left out of 10 bags of candy.
We usually take our daughter and my niece trick or treating around our area,
with one of us staying behind for that part of the evening to hand out
candy. Then we all go to the Great Pumpkin. This is a way cool set up that
our neighbors have been doing for 40 years now. Anyone curious can check it
out he
http://www.gr8pumpkin.com/
It's really a treat for the kids.
We always decorate a bit more, shall we say, enthusiastically, than most
people...Halloween is a big deal around our house. We have zombies, demons,
a giant tarantula complete with victim, a life-size vampire bat/man,
gargoyles, corpses, tombstones, spiderwebs, and of course, a giant
slobbering rat. On Halloween night, my brother in law sets the lighting and
then the fog machines. Tonight it was me who stayed to hand out candy, and
it was cracking me up that the one thing that scared kids the most was the
fog! They'd be fine seeing the monsters and ghoulies, but the second that
fog would roll in they'd get scared. It was funny.
Anywho, after the trick or treaters slow down to a slow trickle, we leave
the rest of the candy out and go get something to eat and check out the
costumes at the Halloween parties about town and in Hillcrest and the
Gaslamp. There's always some very elaborate ones. Tonight my favorite was a
character from the Dark Crystal.
Hope everyone had fun and was safe!

kimberly

"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
4...
>I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans?

I was alone at home, hubby doing the 'pumpkin patrol' with other members of
the ham radio club. By my count, 97 goblins, some not so little, rang my
doorbell.

It was nice to hear older kids exclaim 'Sweet! Something to drink!' when I
deposited a juice box on top of the 30 or 40 bags of chips in their bags.
The first 54 got juice, the next 40 or so got mini bars and cheats (kept for
last in the hopes that not so many kids would show up).

Gabby

"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
4...
>I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans?

I was alone at home, hubby doing the 'pumpkin patrol' with other members of
the ham radio club. By my count, 97 goblins, some not so little, rang my
doorbell.

It was nice to hear older kids exclaim 'Sweet! Something to drink!' when I
deposited a juice box on top of the 30 or 40 bags of chips in their bags.
The first 54 got juice, the next 40 or so got mini bars and cheats (kept for
last in the hopes that not so many kids would show up).

Gabby

"Gabby" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
> 4...
>>I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
>> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans?
>
> I was alone at home, hubby doing the 'pumpkin patrol' with other members
> of the ham radio club. By my count, 97 goblins, some not so little, rang
> my doorbell.
>
> It was nice to hear older kids exclaim 'Sweet! Something to drink!' when
> I deposited a juice box on top of the 30 or 40 bags of chips in their
> bags. The first 54 got juice, the next 40 or so got mini bars and cheats
> (kept for

~~~~~
> last in the hopes that not so many kids would show up).
>
> Gabby

Oops that should have remained 'Cheetos' as I had originally written.

Gabby

"Gabby" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
> 4...
>>I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
>> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans?
>
> I was alone at home, hubby doing the 'pumpkin patrol' with other members
> of the ham radio club. By my count, 97 goblins, some not so little, rang
> my doorbell.
>
> It was nice to hear older kids exclaim 'Sweet! Something to drink!' when
> I deposited a juice box on top of the 30 or 40 bags of chips in their
> bags. The first 54 got juice, the next 40 or so got mini bars and cheats
> (kept for

~~~~~
> last in the hopes that not so many kids would show up).
>
> Gabby

Oops that should have remained 'Cheetos' as I had originally written.

Gabby

Dog3 wrote:
> "Gabby" > :
>
>
>>>last in the hopes that not so many kids would show up).
>>>
>>>Gabby
>>
>>Oops that should have remained 'Cheetos' as I had originally written.
>>
>>Gabby
>
>
> I took the Cheetos idea from you also. I went to Sam's club and bought a
> case of the individual packs. We also bought a ton of candy. We only got 7
> this year. I'm going to weigh 500 pounds after eating the left over candy
> and Cheetos.
>
> Michael


Just bag it all up and put it in the freezer for next year.

Best regards,
Bob

Dog3 wrote:
> "Gabby" > :
>
>
>>>last in the hopes that not so many kids would show up).
>>>
>>>Gabby
>>
>>Oops that should have remained 'Cheetos' as I had originally written.
>>
>>Gabby
>
>
> I took the Cheetos idea from you also. I went to Sam's club and bought a
> case of the individual packs. We also bought a ton of candy. We only got 7
> this year. I'm going to weigh 500 pounds after eating the left over candy
> and Cheetos.
>
> Michael


Just bag it all up and put it in the freezer for next year.

Best regards,
Bob

This year I resisted temptation and bought Frito/Cheeto/Lay's baggies
because I didn't want a house full of leftover Reese's PB cups. I had 5
callers, I'm left with a bunch of chippy stuff I don't like, and I'm
jonesing for Reese's. Sheesh.

Felice

This year I resisted temptation and bought Frito/Cheeto/Lay's baggies
because I didn't want a house full of leftover Reese's PB cups. I had 5
callers, I'm left with a bunch of chippy stuff I don't like, and I'm
jonesing for Reese's. Sheesh.

Felice

Felice Friese wrote:
> This year I resisted temptation and bought Frito/Cheeto/Lay's baggies
> because I didn't want a house full of leftover Reese's PB cups. I had 5
> callers, I'm left with a bunch of chippy stuff I don't like, and I'm
> jonesing for Reese's. Sheesh.
>
> Felice
>
>

The whole evening was a big disappointment. I prepared about 80 bags
with five assorted pieces of candy in each. I gave some away before
the Goblins were expected, to the day doormen, the newspaper delivery
man, the Mail delivery lady (on Saturday) and such other friends.

It's a good thing that I did. About forty children rang my bell. By
seven thirty, it was all over. I guess it being Sunday and a
beautiful day made many families go out. A lot of kids were invited
to parties and came home too late to ring doorbells, which is not done
in this building after eight or eight thirty.

By nine o'clock last night, I sent some of the left over bags down to
the doormen and other night staff. The rest of the bags I opened,
dumped everything into a fairly large bag and will take it to the
polling station tomorrow. None of the stuff is anything I like, M&M,
Milky Way, Hershey Kisses, Tootsie Pops, Hershey's Crunch, Snickers
and such. Now, if I had bought raspberry cream filled bittersweet
chocolate, that would have been a different story. ) M

In spite of everything, disappointment and all, it was nice to see the
forty kids who did come.

Felice Friese wrote:
> This year I resisted temptation and bought Frito/Cheeto/Lay's baggies
> because I didn't want a house full of leftover Reese's PB cups. I had 5
> callers, I'm left with a bunch of chippy stuff I don't like, and I'm
> jonesing for Reese's. Sheesh.
>
> Felice
>
>

The whole evening was a big disappointment. I prepared about 80 bags
with five assorted pieces of candy in each. I gave some away before
the Goblins were expected, to the day doormen, the newspaper delivery
man, the Mail delivery lady (on Saturday) and such other friends.

It's a good thing that I did. About forty children rang my bell. By
seven thirty, it was all over. I guess it being Sunday and a
beautiful day made many families go out. A lot of kids were invited
to parties and came home too late to ring doorbells, which is not done
in this building after eight or eight thirty.

By nine o'clock last night, I sent some of the left over bags down to
the doormen and other night staff. The rest of the bags I opened,
dumped everything into a fairly large bag and will take it to the
polling station tomorrow. None of the stuff is anything I like, M&M,
Milky Way, Hershey Kisses, Tootsie Pops, Hershey's Crunch, Snickers
and such. Now, if I had bought raspberry cream filled bittersweet
chocolate, that would have been a different story. ) M

In spite of everything, disappointment and all, it was nice to see the
forty kids who did come.

Felice Friese wrote:
>
> This year I resisted temptation and bought Frito/Cheeto/Lay's baggies
> because I didn't want a house full of leftover Reese's PB cups. I had 5
> callers, I'm left with a bunch of chippy stuff I don't like, and I'm
> jonesing for Reese's. Sheesh.

(laugh) That's funny. Maybe I already said this, sorry. I have
dozens of Snickers Bars. So, a friend of mine brought her kid with
her to drop off their dog, they're going to Aruba. So I said, take
a candy bar! And take one for your sister, too! He was hesitant,
I was hissing, take the friggin candy already! (laugh) Only kidding,
but I was like a pusher. And try this green cigarette, too.

Seven trick or treaters. The world really is coming to an end.

nancy

Felice Friese wrote:
>
> This year I resisted temptation and bought Frito/Cheeto/Lay's baggies
> because I didn't want a house full of leftover Reese's PB cups. I had 5
> callers, I'm left with a bunch of chippy stuff I don't like, and I'm
> jonesing for Reese's. Sheesh.

(laugh) That's funny. Maybe I already said this, sorry. I have
dozens of Snickers Bars. So, a friend of mine brought her kid with
her to drop off their dog, they're going to Aruba. So I said, take
a candy bar! And take one for your sister, too! He was hesitant,
I was hissing, take the friggin candy already! (laugh) Only kidding,
but I was like a pusher. And try this green cigarette, too.

Seven trick or treaters. The world really is coming to an end.

nancy

Cindy Fuller wrote:

> In article > ,
> Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>
>> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
>> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
>> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
>> roast beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make
>> a pot
>> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
>> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
>> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
>> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
>> to
>> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
>> else is gone.
>>
> This is the first year we've been at home on Halloween in Seattle, so we
> didn't know what to expect. We got some Reese's sticks and snack-size
> Snickers. We got a few kids we didn't know, along with our next door
> neighbor's 13-year-old and two of her friends. I was a bit surprised
> that the college students in the ghetto across the street didn't show
> up--I used to get Ithaca College students at my apartment when I was in
> grad school years ago.
>
> I dressed up to meet the moochers as a representative of the "Department
> of Home Security". I wore a colander on my head (it can double as a gas
> mask), and defended myself against invaders with duct tape and Saran
> wrap, a rolling pin, and a pasta fork.
>
> OB Food: Dinner was braised lamb chops with baked acorn squash and
> brussels sprouts.
>
> Cindy
>

I had maybe 20 kids show up --- mostly youngsters, which was a change --- so
I have plenty of leftover mini candy bars. Some went into the freezer, a
few left out for me, the rest came into the office to tempt others.

Dinner was braised pork chops, with baked Delicata squash rings. I debated
cooking sprouts, but ended up just munching on raw brocolli.

---jkb

--
"No sprinkles! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!"
-- Stewie Griffin

Cindy Fuller wrote:

> In article > ,
> Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>
>> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins to
>> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans? I'm
>> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
>> roast beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make
>> a pot
>> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only get a
>> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a big
>> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch
>> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the last
>> to
>> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if everything
>> else is gone.
>>
> This is the first year we've been at home on Halloween in Seattle, so we
> didn't know what to expect. We got some Reese's sticks and snack-size
> Snickers. We got a few kids we didn't know, along with our next door
> neighbor's 13-year-old and two of her friends. I was a bit surprised
> that the college students in the ghetto across the street didn't show
> up--I used to get Ithaca College students at my apartment when I was in
> grad school years ago.
>
> I dressed up to meet the moochers as a representative of the "Department
> of Home Security". I wore a colander on my head (it can double as a gas
> mask), and defended myself against invaders with duct tape and Saran
> wrap, a rolling pin, and a pasta fork.
>
> OB Food: Dinner was braised lamb chops with baked acorn squash and
> brussels sprouts.
>
> Cindy
>

I had maybe 20 kids show up --- mostly youngsters, which was a change --- so
I have plenty of leftover mini candy bars. Some went into the freezer, a
few left out for me, the rest came into the office to tempt others.

Dinner was braised pork chops, with baked Delicata squash rings. I debated
cooking sprouts, but ended up just munching on raw brocolli.

---jkb

--
"No sprinkles! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!"
-- Stewie Griffin

Dog3 wrote:
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins
to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans?
I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a
pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only
get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a
big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch

> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the
last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if
everything else
> is gone.

I bought more stuff than the past couple, because Halloween was on
Sunday and I'd be home earlier. Then the rain started right at T-or-T
time. I got more than some years, but still ended up with a fair amount
of Milkyways and Heaths left. Darn.



Brian

Dog3 wrote:
> I suppose everyone that participates is ready for the little goblins
to
> ring the doorbell this evening. Anyone have any other party plans?
I'm
> home alone tonight so I'm doing nothing special. I'll have left over
roast
> beef made into sandwiches with horseradish cream. I think I'll make a
pot
> of soup and a small salad also. We way overbought candy. We only
get a
> handful of trick or treaters and we have tons of candy and I bought a
big
> box of individual serving size Cheetos also. I'll take them for lunch

> next week if we don't hand them out. The mini Milkyways will be the
last to
> be given out. Those are mine! They'll only be given out if
everything else
> is gone.

I bought more stuff than the past couple, because Halloween was on
Sunday and I'd be home earlier. Then the rain started right at T-or-T
time. I got more than some years, but still ended up with a fair amount
of Milkyways and Heaths left. Darn.



Brian

Margaret Suran wrote:
>
>
> The whole evening was a big disappointment. I prepared about 80 bags
> with five assorted pieces of candy in each. I gave some away before
> the Goblins were expected, to the day doormen, the newspaper delivery
> man, the Mail delivery lady (on Saturday) and such other friends.
>
> It's a good thing that I did. About forty children rang my bell. By
> seven thirty, it was all over. I guess it being Sunday and a
> beautiful day made many families go out. A lot of kids were invited
> to parties and came home too late to ring doorbells, which is not done
> in this building after eight or eight thirty.
>


After a sunny, cool day it began raining at 5 PM, turning
to snow at about 6. In a neighborhood of 200 homes which has,
in the past, turned out as many as 200 kids for Halloween,
we had FIVE yesterday!

I have a bag of ~200 Milky Ways, Snickers, and Three Musketeers.
Since I'm an election judge tomorrow, I'll take a big bowlful
to set out on one of the tables. Any leftovers will go to work
with husband Wednesday.

gloria p

Margaret Suran wrote:
>
>
> The whole evening was a big disappointment. I prepared about 80 bags
> with five assorted pieces of candy in each. I gave some away before
> the Goblins were expected, to the day doormen, the newspaper delivery
> man, the Mail delivery lady (on Saturday) and such other friends.
>
> It's a good thing that I did. About forty children rang my bell. By
> seven thirty, it was all over. I guess it being Sunday and a
> beautiful day made many families go out. A lot of kids were invited
> to parties and came home too late to ring doorbells, which is not done
> in this building after eight or eight thirty.
>


After a sunny, cool day it began raining at 5 PM, turning
to snow at about 6. In a neighborhood of 200 homes which has,
in the past, turned out as many as 200 kids for Halloween,
we had FIVE yesterday!

I have a bag of ~200 Milky Ways, Snickers, and Three Musketeers.
Since I'm an election judge tomorrow, I'll take a big bowlful
to set out on one of the tables. Any leftovers will go to work
with husband Wednesday.

gloria p

We had 60 kids -- no teens that I noticed, so I didn't get to lay on my
current events quiz for them. Maybe that's why they stayed away from my
house. :-)

After DD and I got home from trick or treating with La Twerp, Beck
answered the door and handed out the goods. Two fun-size bars per kid.
Leftover are a box of mini-size microwave popcorn bags and a big bag of
individual bags of Doritos and Cheetos. It works for me.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.

We had 60 kids -- no teens that I noticed, so I didn't get to lay on my
current events quiz for them. Maybe that's why they stayed away from my
house. :-)

After DD and I got home from trick or treating with La Twerp, Beck
answered the door and handed out the goods. Two fun-size bars per kid.
Leftover are a box of mini-size microwave popcorn bags and a big bag of
individual bags of Doritos and Cheetos. It works for me.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.

Well,my wife says i don't need a mask.

Well,my wife says i don't need a mask.

No trick-treaters here,live on a lonely,unlit mountain rd.,too far
out,none for two years,one brave soul three years ago.We were expecting
a few coyotes though.

No trick-treaters here,live on a lonely,unlit mountain rd.,too far
out,none for two years,one brave soul three years ago.We were expecting
a few coyotes though.

Dog3 wrote:
> "Default User" >
> oups.com:

> > I got more than some years, but still ended up with a fair amount
> > of Milkyways and Heaths left. Darn.

> You can drop those Milkyways off here on your way to work tomorrow
I've
> got a bag in the freezer. Poor thing, you know you can't eat all that
left
> over candy by yourself.


I'm taking it day by day, persevering in the face of adversity. With a
stout heart and strong spirit, the long nightmare of excess chocolate
will become a thing of the past.




Brian

Dog3 wrote:
> "Default User" >
> oups.com:

> > I got more than some years, but still ended up with a fair amount
> > of Milkyways and Heaths left. Darn.

> You can drop those Milkyways off here on your way to work tomorrow
I've
> got a bag in the freezer. Poor thing, you know you can't eat all that
left
> over candy by yourself.


I'm taking it day by day, persevering in the face of adversity. With a
stout heart and strong spirit, the long nightmare of excess chocolate
will become a thing of the past.




Brian