Halloween Through The Years

October 30, 2021,

I've always enjoyed Halloween as a child unless I was sick.  Although I've made myself sick from eating too much Halloween candy other years.   

Later as adults, my hubby and I dressed up and had  fun.  One year Bernie dressed up as a gorilla and couldn't see out of his mask so I drove.  I covered myself with green grease paint and went as Mrs. Jolly Green Giant. What a mess!  We were headed to a party when we decided to stop by the police station where a good friend was on duty.  As I drove he would turn and wave to people in the other cars. I could hear the children screaming and laughing at the Gorilla.  We walked into the police station and the lady sitting at the desk said, "Uh Oh!"  She called our friend and everyone had a good laugh.

Another time we dressed up as babies and went to a party.  Someone was dressed as a Priest and I kept following him around calling, "Daddy, daddy!"  I had a pacifier hanging around my neck and offered people sucks.  I was surprised how many accepted 😱

One year we went trick or treating in our neighborhood holding wine glasses instead of candy bags.  Not a good idea to walk and drink.  I had a baaad hangover and tried to fly home instead of walk. 

I don't remember what I was supposed to be this year but the costume was fun.  

Bernie dressed as a Mummy here and was a big hit. 

Have any of you had some memorable Halloween's? If so I'd love to know what they were.

Thank you for reading and replying if it felt right for you to. 
 

Food Receipts From 1902

October 20, 2021

I'm going through books and papers to see what I can recycle.  I don't want anyone else to have to do this when I am gone.  Not that I'm planning on leaving any time soon but one never knows. 

I found a small pile of grocery receipts from my Grandmother dated 1902.  What an interesting find!

October 15, 1902 

1 dozen eggs 28 cents

2 long bread 10 cents

1 lb. of butter 33 cents

1 ounce cinnamon 03 cents

1 ounce bay leaf 5 cents

July 17, 1902

1 lb. of butter 32 cents

1 and 5/8 lb. of butter 37 cents

5 lb. of ham @30 $1.00

1 broom 30 cents

10 lbs. of sugar 55 cents
1 loaf of bread 5 cents

October 2, 1902

1 chocolate cake 19 cents

1 dozen eggs 30 cents

1 lb. of roll butter 29 cents

5 lbs. of sugar 25 cents

1 quart of molasses in jar 12 cents
2 boxes of sardines 20 cents

5 lbs. of lard 42 cents

That's all for now but I have an account book that my grandmother kept for my mother.  I think she kept one for all the children.  Mother was born in 1917 and the entries go on until I was born. That will be another blog if I find it interesting enough to share.

Thank you for reading and replying if that feels right to you.

Falling Leaves and Releasing Thoughts

October 15, 2021

Whenever I see fall leaves swirling and dancing from the tree branches, I wish I could release my negative or scary thoughts as easily. Why is it so hard to let go? Why do we hold on so tightly? I don't know the answers but I invite you to enjoy this beautiful video. I watched as tears filled my eyes and called on my angels to gently help me release easily like the leaves.

What helps you release and let go? Is it easy or difficult? 

Thank you for reading and maybe replying. 

My Inner Idiot Came Out to Play

October 10, 2021

I saw this meme and laughed.  Who of us doesn't have an inner idiot who pops out at times? I know I do and when she appears who knows what will happen.  

I was a young mother getting ready to take my son to a doctor's appointment when my toilet started  overflowing.  Dressed and ready to leave, I knew I couldn't leave without stopping the water.  What to do? What to do?  No one ever taught me about toilets and I thought if I put the lid down and bumped up and down on it with my butt it would form some kind of seal to stop the water.  It didn't work and my shoes were getting wet.  What to do?  I picked up the phone and called my step father at work.  When he heard what I'd done he was laughing so hard he had trouble explaining about the turnoff knob on the wall behind the toilet.  He never let me live that one down.  I think it's funny now of course but drat, how would I have known? 😱

Another time I wanted to make bread.  The directions said to put the dough in a warm place and let it rise.  Warm place? Where was that? Not in the oven, that's for baking the bread.  I got a brainstorm to put it in my son's plastic dump truck and roll it over in front of the space heater.  Yes my inner idiot was really out that day because the plastic dump truck melted.  😂😂

My inner idiot sewed my son's pant legs together when I tried to mend them. 

My inner real mean idiot appeared when I was just a little child. My father was in the bathtub and I threw our cat in with him.  I have no idea what made me do this but I blame it on my inner idiot.  Of course everyone was mad at me and dad was covered with scratches. 😢😢

If any of you reading this are brave enough to share your inner idiot experience I'd love to read it.  

Thanks for reading mine and maybe replying too.

 

Rain Rain Go Away - and it Did !

October 9, 2021

We had a few days of gloomy, rainy days here in the Asheville, NC area.  This is a picture of the rain on our skylight with fall leaves clinging to the wet.  I took a video of it actually raining but blogger won't process it for some reason.  I'd have to post it on You Tube first I guess.  

Finally the sun came out this morning and what a relief.  I was starting to get depressed.  Not only because of the rain but that our internet prices are going up $30 for no additional speed.  This sucks.

Sunshine helps uplift my mood though.

How is your day going?
Thank you for reading and maybe replying.😃

 

Lazy Hungry Monday

October 6, 2021

I started this post on Monday right before Facebook crashed.  Since I couldn't post it there I just left the blog and did some other stuff. In fact Monday was one of those lazy days that can be so relaxing if I let it.  I was going to do laundry and vacuum but I ended up not doing either and that was ok. 

Both of us wanted something different to eat. Do you ever get that way?  I'm very grateful for the food I have but sometimes I just want a change.  So we discussed ordering a pizza out or make it ourselves.  I had a pizza dough in the refrigerator so decided to make the pizza myself.

I sliced up a lot of mushrooms, onions and garlic while rolling out the dough. Then I remembered I had an eggplant in the refrigerator so I sliced that up in cubes and sautéed it with the rest of the cut up vegetables.  Last time I made this I used a half a jar of pizza sauce and refrigerated the rest.  It had to be used in 14 days and today was day 13.  I spread it on the pizza dough and covered it with the sautéed mushrooms, onions, garlic and eggplant.  Bernie covered it all with mozzarella cheese and popped it in the oven.  Here is the result.  We are going to eat the rest of it today topped with some ground beef I cooked last night.  Yum. 

Yesterday I felt more energetic so I vacuumed and did the laundry that I put off on Monday. It was easy - certainly easier than if I'd pushed myself on Monday.  I've pushed myself many times over the years and enough is enough.  Sure there are things that I need to do but laundry and vacuuming can usually wait.  I remember way back when, standing at the ironing board and getting the worst backaches.  I stopped that and told my family to buy wash and wear or learn to iron.  It worked! 

Today is Wednesday and we talked about going to the grocery store.  Will we or won't we?  I can put it off a while or maybe it would be good just to get out.  I do want to get a rotisserie chicken though. There's so much I can do with it.  I'm grateful that I have choices.  I'm also grateful for being able to be laid back about certain things. 

Speaking of getting out, we got our Pfizer booster vaccine on Friday so we feel more protected. I have two gift cards to use at Barnes and Noble and I'm looking forward to going into the store and browsing.  It's been a while since I've shopped in a store.  We'll still wear our masks though.  I'm not real laid back about protecting ourselves from the Corona Virus, thank you just the same. 

My 30 day blog-a-thon is over now but it reminded me of how I like to blog so here I am blogging again.  

What's going on in your life if you want to reply and share?  

Thank you for reading and maybe replying.

 

Stella the Dog who loves to jump in piles of leaves and kill snowmen

 October 2, 2021

Did you like to jump in piles of fall leaves when you were a kid? I sure did.  I also loved to kick leaves as I walked and watch them swirl.  They made a neat sound too.  

Stella, the dog loves to jump in piles of leaves too.  Here is an interview with Stella and her owner I enjoyed watching and wanted to share. I hope you enjoy the video as much as I do.

Thank you for reading and replying.

Sunrise & Fall

 October 1, 2021

Happy October! October is a nice month before the real cold arrives.  

Here are some fall and sunrise pictures I took out my window this morning.  There was a lot of fog before the red sun broke through, then the clouds appeared.  I was lucky to have been able to see these.