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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

OCTOBER 31 2012

We received an early TREAT

Yesterday the silver HONDA  was found by the sheriff's dept.


it had been towed and we could pick it up!!!


The car is now rescued and its adventure with the crooks is over. 

The car seems to be okay and runs and is now getting a good scrubbing.

BY THE WAY
when bad people steal your car and the law recovers it and the towing company
retrieves it..and you get the call to come and get it....

BRING CA$H
....you have to 'buy' your car back.

..that's the TRICK part of this story!













Monday, October 29, 2012

OCTOBER 29 2012






PEOPLE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES THAT WEB THEIR HOUSE FOR HALLOWEEN
OCTOBER 29 2012





okay...here's more of the nonsense of Halloween decor:



The gluggle fish pitcher has a mouthful of whatever holiday it happens to be 
so....a mini pumpkin with decoupage...





...next









...next

a glitter pumpkin ...well sure!









...next

and a pink glass pumpkin...YEP!










...and finally 

...shower decor.....



 ..that's it for this Halloween...









  

Friday, October 26, 2012

OCTOBER 26 2012

I've decided that I am not too embarrassed
 to show the rest of the decorations
and not EVEN ashamed to RE-POST some! 
..understand ....
that this stuff delights me!
so...bear with me....


GHOSTS


...the four little itty bitty ghosts are candles...
NEVER TO BE burned...trust me!
The candy dish just sits there and begs to be emptied
...the other three ceramic ghosts are really scary
 'cause they have flame less twinkly votives inside.

..next..

...this is back up supply of candy corn in case the ghost dish goes empty!
The two glass candy corns are my most favorite of all the Halloween decorations...

wish I had more of 'em (believe me.. I search

all the time for them)

The jack o' lantern dish...$1.99..... on the clearance at KOHL'S and I think I had 30% off of THAT!
you tell  me....could I pass that up?



...next

..the original Halloween 'costume'...a simple black mask!
...that and a pillow case for the treats......
apparently,  that just doesn't work anymore...
...now on every corner there is a warehouse sized store
with a big sign 
FRIGHT HEADQUARTERS
huh???
..I went in one the other day...just for the pain of it....
....rows and rows of racks 
.....floor to ceiling
sooooo much CRAP!
AMAZING
A princess costume caught my eye...
dozens of packages 
 from XTRA small to 
XTRA large 
(royalty comes in all sizes)
Pictured on the package was a sweet wee princess
wearing a  beautiful dress, a crown, matching velvet slippers, a necklace and bracelet, a furry boa around her shoulders and she was waving a golden wand with a sparkly star on the end....oh and I forgot...little miss prissy had a flowing golden wig...
My...ALL  that in this small package????
APPARENTLY NOT!
I studied the CONTENTS list

PACKAGE CONTAINS DRESS ONLY
featured accessories are NOT INCLUDED


and then..... I glanced at the price tag....




$49.99 ????

...is there any question why they call it
FRIGHT HEADQUARTERS????


...meanwhile back to Halloween decor...

...next...

This paper cut out skeleton is a greeting card from eons ago
it folds up and the folds are getting kinda weak
probably gonna have to resort to some tape on those joints soon
...but hey! ....this guy is tooooo cute ...


..next....

These were orange when I bought them at the grocery store...
....BORING....
Purple suits them better and a little glitter? sure I'll take a scoop...
the basket holds river rocks most of the year so those had to be stashed away for the season.
'what are these rocks doing in my garage?'
(unsolicited remark from spouse)
The basket of purple pumpkins sits on the porch a nice compliment to the wreath...

in case you forgot what that looks like....



...to be continued...

(YES...there actually is MORE!)




Friday, October 19, 2012

OCTOBER 19 2012 (#2)




A RECENT SUNRISE AT THE BEACH










OCTOBER 19 2012


 DID IT AGAIN !..
...the do-it-yourself SHAG RAG RUG pin ...
grabbed me.

..so I got the rug back mesh (HOBBY LOBBY)
and dug in the linen closet for one of those see-thru old sheets
...a white fitted king size sheet. 
I ripped and ripped and ripped ...
this is messy..more than you would think.
The tearing produces a fine dust and there are threads everywhere.
Ahhh...now to tie the pieces to the mesh.
Tied and tied and tied...used up all the pieces from the sheet.








ONLY ONE THIRD OF THE MESH IS COVERED!


BACK TO THE LINEN CLOSET!

Luckily found another white king sheet that could be sacrificed.
(being a retired  Linens Buyer is handy)
Ripped and Ripped and Ripped...
Tied and Tied and Tied ....

Mesh now 2/3 covered

Seriously considered making a smaller rug...
..BUT the thing was PLACE MAT size...
which means I would need at least FOUR.....
...that ain't gonna happen....

BACK TO THE LINEN CLOSET!

...the final king size sheet...wasn't as 'senile' as the other two...
however, it had to be sacrificed...
...too much  work had gone into this project to stop now.
rip rip rip
knot knot knot


















Saturday, October 13, 2012

OCTOBER 13 2012

The decorations for Halloween are out and about...
this wreath on the front door...
don't ask how much tissue paper was cut and twisted
 and hot glued to the styrofoam wreath...
4 pkgs !
the mask...would you believe is the table decoration 
from last year's  Lockheed CHRISTMAS? event ????
You may ask ....'what's the connection  ...mask?...Christmas?'
we all were asking the same thing????
Me thinks.... it was all driven by PC (political correctness)
God forbid traditional Christmas decorations be used
and possibly offend somebody?????
DON'T GET ME STARTED...
anyway...it was screaming ..'HALLOWEEN' to me
and I knew it would be decorating something come October 2012
...the black beaded accoutrement is a relic from the 80's ...
I have TWO of these ...they were shoulder 'enhancements' on 
some garment I was sporting at the time...(scary!)


VELVET PUMPKIN ...of course

...how fast did I toss this in my shopping cart at HOBBY LOBBY
last August?????
..plush soft leopard print pumpkin!!!!! be still my heart....
this beauty is about the size of a slightly squished  basketball....
..whenever I see it...I can't resist picking it up and squeezing it...
..and talking babytalk to it...
'oh! LOVEY wovey ,you is sooo cutesy wootsey'
(there is a knock at the door...guys with white jackets coming for me)


'Lovey' appears with glass pumpkins on the dining room table


..and then in the kitchen...... decoupage pumpkins 


..these started out as white baby real pumpkins...which I love because they aren't ORANGE!
...but they had to be sacrificed on the altar of decoupage...
something about cutting up paper tissue and gluing ...and cutting and gluing...
could do it all day..as the dust collects on the furniture
...as the dog hairs collect in the corners
...as the laundry piles up ....
aaahhhhhhh!
...these are so precious ....I may have to stat talking to them ....
..ootsy, wootsy....etc.

SNAP OUT OF IT, KAREN

...there are more decorations around the house...but I am too
embarrassed to share.....
maybe later....