From ..... http://www.tracithorson.typepad.com facts about yourself......I don't really know how to link to other folks but would love to read others facts!
1. I have stated this before and I will state it again…….I may be 51 years of age but in my mind I’m still 25!
2. I quit smoking on May 14, 2007……I feel better and I know it’s good for me but I hate it
3. I love to drink ice cold beer
4. I can’t believe how lucky I am to have Johnny in my life
5. I might be lucky to have Johnny in my life but he drives me crazy at times…….and he knows it…..and I think he loves it
6. I hate my hair…..I used to have beautiful black silky hair but now that I have grown older (physically, not mentally) my hair is turning gray and is frizzy…..you know, that old lady frizzy!
7. I get very excited when John Grisham writes a new book. I’m not in a huge hurry to read it, just to buy it……I wonder why
now tell me

It was a dark and stormy night......

Nah....not really. The weather has been great tonight for trick or treating. Though it used to be a lot more fun than it is now. But for some reason, I still get a little excited about the evening. Johnny boy used to love taking the kids trick or treating. It was one of his favorites………him and a bunch of the dad’s would take all of our kids out, cold beer in each of their pockets and I’m not sure who had more fun, the kids or the dads. They would end the night at someone’s house with more beer, maybe roasting some oysters on the grill…..a lot of fun. Then there was a rash of divorces in our neighborhood and Halloween would never be the same! But Johnny boy still enjoyed taking our kids out and they always had lots of fun. Now they are all grown up.

Our grandson Maddox is only 2 yrs old but I know when he gets older, Johnny is going to want to tag along with the trick or treating.

My dogs hate Halloween. Chrissy, the diva, believes there is something very sinister about anyone dressed in a costume or a mask and she will attack! Bucky put a mask on Sunday and walked into the den and Chrissy went after him! So it’s a real pain trying to keep the dogs away from the door.

we have had a lot of kids come by....between 7:00 and 8:00 pretty steady.

a few pictures......kitchen hutch looking all halloweeny(even though I have started getting my snowmen out and yes, I have already gotten the snowmen dishes out), table in the foyer and our favorite little monkey.....Maddox!

later.....

Space bags babeeee..........

this is a post of pictures. I'm sure I cannot download them in the order I write but here goes.....

• here's a monkey crawling away
  


• cute pic of Maddox
  


• the damn yard sale.....look at that junk!
  


• spider webs for Halloween on the front porch
  


• Nicole and Maddox cleaning out the pumpkin. He actually gagged and threw up....no kidding
  


• Ziggy wearing his football jersey and sleeping on Bucky



• me working on my laptop
  


• And SPACE BAGS! who knew? These are most of Jacquelyn's summer clothes and trust me, she has a lot of clothes!!

and that's it for tonight.....

later.......

Don't hate me......

but I hate, well, that's a bad word......I loathe......well, I just don't like yard sales!! We had a yard sale one time and I swore I would never have another one. People come like a hour before the sale and they don't want to give you anything for your stuff. I swear, if you put 10 cent on something they would say......."hey, I'll give you a nickel for it". And then if you just try to outsmart them and say it's a $20 item so you put $30 on the item so you can go down in the price...well, these people, these people who never want to give you anything for your stuff, well, they will say......."hey, I'll give you $15 for it".

So what did we do.......we had another yard sale. I didn't want to but Johnny boy did......and I just asked him, will you ever do another?

and he said........."I've never worked so hard to give away so much stuff. And no, not as long as I'm alive".

later........