The Halloween pumpkin on your front porch has more teeth than your spouse.

Happy Halloween !!!

I know someone staying at home -- trying to earn some extra money.

Do you have any ideas??

Are you a stay at home Mom??

Let us all hear what you do for extra money .

Maybe you have your own business?

Thanks,

Cathy

Are you going to dress up for Halloween ??

What is your costume ?

I hope everyone has a great Friday and CONGRATS to all contest winners !!

Just want to know if anyone collects Snoopy stuff because I have listed a

Vintage Snoopy Carry Case Garage with Detachable Ramps

I  have tried to research this vintage item and have not been able to find anything similar on Ebay.

So -- if you have any information on this, please, let me know.

Thanks,

Cathy

Best Christmas Craft ??

Just looking for some ideas for Christmas.

What is the best craft you have received or made ?

thanks,

Cathy

Does anyone make windchimes??

I think they are so pretty and can be made to look anyway you want.

Any advice or easy instructions out there in blogland??

Thanks for all your help in advance!!

I will get back to this later -- have fun blogging!

Just curious -----

Anyone making and selling items on Ebay??

I am looking for something my daughter can do easily and make a couple bucks for Christmas.

Any ideas ??

Thanks!

 DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?

All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?

 It took five minutes for the TV warm up?

 Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school? Nobody owned a purebred dog?

 When a quarter was a decent allowance?

 You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?

 Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

 All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?

 You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?

And you didn't pay for air?

And, you got trading stamps to boot?

 Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?

 It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?

 They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did?

When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?

No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?

 Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a "and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

 Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?

And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace,and share it with the children of today?

When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?

 Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.

 Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.

As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar. Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"? I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on.

 To remember what a double dog dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.

 How many of these do you remember?Candy cigarettes Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines Peashooters Howdy Dowdy 45 RPM records Green Stamps Hi-Fi's Metal ice cubes trays with levers Mimeograph paper Beanie and Cecil Roller-skate keys Cork pop guns Drive ins StudebakersWashtub wringers The Fuller Brush Man Reel-To-Reel tape recorders Tinkertoys Erector Sets The Fort Apache Play Set Lincoln Logs 15 cent McDonald hamburgers5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum Penny candy 35 cent a gallon gasoline Jiffy Pop popcorn

Do you remember a time when... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?

 "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?

Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?

It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?

Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?

 A foot of snow was a dream come true?

Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?

"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?

Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?

 The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?

War was a card game?

Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?

Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?

 If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!

 Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown-up" life . .

I double-dog-dare-ya!

Just want to say thanks to all for helping with ideas to help find my daughter's dog!!

We are so tickled -- someone found him and responding to a sign she put up!

He is a 14 year old scottie and cannot hear when you call him.

We were all looking for him and are so lucky to have some nice people find him and take care of him until she could pick him up!!

Thanks , I really appreciate all the help!

My daughter has lost their dog yesterday -- it escaped when the gate was not locked.

What is the best thing for them to do?

They have posted signs and contacted all the neighbors -- what is next?

Thanks!

I have a beautiful German Shepherd dog and love him to death -- but --- he is such a big chicken when it comes to storms and loud noises -- gun shot or fire cracker.

I feel sorry for him -- he cannot help to be scared but he is too big to jump in my lap!!

Anyone else with the same issues??

What do you do for them when they won't sit still and try to get in your lap?

The Pillsbury Doughboy
Has Passed Away

Please join us in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded.  Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.  The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20  minutes.

If this made you smile for even a brief second, please rise to the occasion and take time to pass it on and share that smile with someone else who may be having a crumby day and kneads it.

I would like to start painting.

I like the creative process but I have no clue or training at all.

Any ideas of where or how I should begin??

thanks,

Cathy

Is today's forecast strictly for the birds? Find out by making this old-fashioned weather device that measures "birdometric" pressure with the help of a friendly yarn worm.

MATERIALS:
	Craft foam in several colors
	Scissors
	Glue
	Hole puncher
	Yarn
	Paper
	Crayon or marker
Time needed: About 1 Hour

1. Using a variety of craft foam colors, cut out 2 rectangles (ours were 6 1/2 by 8 1/2 and 5 1/2 by 6 inches), the bird's body, wing, and beak.

2. Hot-glue the foam pieces together as shown, attach an eye, punch a hole beside the bird's beak for the yarn worm to wiggle through, and knot both ends of the yarn.

3. Complete the project by jotting down potential weather conditions and hanging the birdometer outside to consult before braving the blustery March weather. 

Leaf Printing

These are the materials you will need: different leaves, paint, brushes, fabric paint, paper or fabric, and newspaper.

Collect different kinds of leaves. It's best to do this in the fall, when the leaves are on the ground and not in use by the trees. Try to collect leaves that are clean. They'll work better.

Squirt fabric paint into a small container. Dip brushes in paint.

Paint one side of the leaf. The imprint will show up better if you paint the bottom side of the leaf where the veins stick out more.

Put newspaper under the fabric or between the fabric layers if you're painting on a t-shirt. Lay the painted leaf on the fabric (cotton works well) or paper and apply equal pressure to all parts of the leaf. This method is called pressure printing. With a little practice you'll discover how hard to press the leaf and how much paint to apply.

A rolling pin sometimes makes this process easier. A closet rod, cut into 12 inch lengths makes an inexpensive set of rolling pins. You can also use a caress printing technique. Lay your printed leaf down, paint side up, and lay the material to be printed on top of the leaf. In one motion firmly press down on the material and leaf.

Just had to say HI!!

I haven't been doing much because we are busy getting ready for cold weather in this old house!!

Hope all is well with everyone and will be blogging more at a later date -- maybe Monday !

Everyone have a Good Evening!!

Friday 13th

Lucky for you or unlucky??

Due to increasing products liability litigation, beer manufacturers have accepted the FDA's suggestion that the following warning labels be placed immediately on all beer containers:

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an as**ole.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell the same boring story over and over again until your friends want to SMASH YOUR HEAD IN.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to thay shings like thish.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your pants.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with other members of the opposite sex without spitting.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may make you think you have mystical Kung Fu powers.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll over in the morning and see something really scary (whose species and or name you can't remember).

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter and more handsome than some really, really big guy named FRANZ.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe you are invisible.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause an influx in the time-space continuum, whereby small (and sometimes large) gaps of time may seem to literally disappear.

WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may actually CAUSE pregnancy.

Whatcha think of these  Country Song Titles ??

Cracks me up!!

1. If Fingerprints Showed Up On Skin, Wonder Whose I'd Find On You
2. I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
3. If Whiskey Were A Woman I'd Be Married For Sure
4. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
5. (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill
6. I Got In At 2 With A 10 And Woke Up At 10 With A 2
7. If The Jukebox Took Teardrops I'd Cry All Night Long
8. I Don't Know Whether To Come Home Or Go Crazy
9. Her Body Couldn't Keep You Off My Mind
10. Her Cheatin' Heart Made A Drunken Fool Out Of Me
11. Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed
12. You're A Cross I Can't Bear
13. It Don't Feel Like Sinnin' To Me
14. I'm Gettin' Gray From Being Blue
15. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
16. You Hurt The Love Right Out Of Me
17. Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
18. Heaven's Just A Sin Away
19. She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart
20. Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In The Bed
21. You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
22. Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart
23. It Ain't Love But It Ain't Bad
24. I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
25. She Feels Like A New Man Tonight
26. I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)
27. I'm The Only Hell Mama Ever Raised
28. If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me Her Memory Will
29. Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart
30. If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)
31. Touch Me With More Than Your Hands
32. I've Got The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In Your Welfare Line
33. The Last Word In Lonesome Is "Me"
34. Do You Love As Good As You Look
35. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Let's Honeymoon Tonite
36. When We Get Back To the Farm (That's When We Really Go To Town)
37. My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back to You
38. You Stuck My Heart In a Old Tin Can and Shot It Off a Log
39. And There Was Grandma, Swingin' on the Outhouse Door, Without a Shirt On
40. How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?
41. sample lyrics: I keep on seeing you, day after day.
42. You never leave here, you always stay and stay,
43. How can I miss you when you won't go away?
44. Why Do You Believe Me When I Tell You that I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?
45. He's Been Drunk Since His Wife's Gone Punk

Sundown

by

Gordon Lightfoot

I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs

She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream
And she don't always say what she really means
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain

I can picture ev'ry move that a man could make
Gettin' lost in her lovin' is your first mistake
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again

I can see her lookin' fast in her faded jeans
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs

Sundown you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again

I hope all of you have a wonderful day!!