Happy Sweet Sixteen to the sweetest lil' thing I know. Love you, Katie Scarlett!

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go

Back to their quiet graves below.

--Theodosia Garrison

our pumpkins didn't disappear 'til Halloween night....

found a The Haunting episode about a Victorian Mansion in GARDEN GROVE IOWA! had to leave to take Kale home...will have to finish watching it, then road trip to drive by this house! " the Stearns and McClung houses, the grandest, remain --- Stearns just east of the school and McClung, at the east edge of the business block."

All Hallows Eve

work....made supper and cookies for Katie & Kale, they went to a bonfire, KJ went to Bethany after we watched some Halloween edition wrestling. Koren & Ian called. found some past Halloween pics....and some new ones! very cold. put tarps around dog pen. not going to bring them in till after Katie's birthday...it's the least I can do.

Beggars Night in Lineville 2010...A Halloween Past! Ash Ketchum & The Scream Guys Trick or Treating.....4-H Haunted Barn....The Little Mermaid....Where the Wild Things Are....

lots of us have to work whether anyone shops or not.....health care workers....farmers....convenience stores....I will be working Thanksgiving, so I won't be shopping. unless it is online shopping, which is what I usually do because we live so far from the city.

holidays are a lot like home... they are where you make them, when your family can gather together. so we have ours when we can. growing up on a dairy farm, you know there are no 'days off.' animals had to be milked and fed and checked every day. when I worked in the nursing home, residents needed fed and cared for every day. ditto the hog barn. being a grownup isn't all fun and games and days off work on national holidays. 'nuff said.

well, the Royals didn't win the World Series this time around...but they gave it a hell of a try!

watching Ghost Stalkers. poor Chad is screaming like a ninny....like a person walking around in the dark in a place he's not familiar with....with rotten floors and haunting stories...I know I would be jumpy and screaming like a ninny too! but he just keeps going, God Bless Him. he & John are searching for a portal between this world and wherever the spirits go...thinking they can travel to and fro. interesting idea. slightly scary idea. no wonder poor Chad is so jumpy!

still 3-2 bottom of the ninth....is this the last game if Royals lose? I hate to see it all end!

Katie & I made it thru another Freak Show...they made us feel sorry for Twisty! he is the newest member of Edwards group. I honestly forgot to breathe a couple of times watching!