Halloween-Holiday From Hell

Its no secret that I hate Halloween. I post it every year and my family has heard about it for years. I thought that once my kids were grown and finding their own costumes that I was off the hook, but here I am - almost 60 years old and planning another ward Halloween party! I keep hoping no one will show up but each year it gets bigger and bigger. Hoards of children running thru the church scattering candy wrappers, costume pieces and smearing gum and makeup on the walls as they go. On top of all of that I have to come up with a costume for myself. The first year I went as an overweight Snow White, black wig and all. Hardly anyone knew who I was but the little girls loved me. I was so suprised how many wanted to take their pictures with me. The next year I wore my pajamas and everyone kept asking me who I was supose to be. I didn't really care, I was comfortable. This year I'm thinking about going as a gift wrapped box. Just think I could put a box over my head- 2 peep holes and no one has to know who I am. I could just hide out in there except for the fact that I'm in charge. I am just sure that this is my last Halloween Party (I know I said this last year) And I will do my best to make it a good one. God forgive when I whine, I have good health the world is mine.

Pumpkin Season-Again!

Well here we are again - the one and only month that Ed and I really have enough free time to take off and do things. Harvest is over and shipping season is slow- but someone has to man the pumpkin patch. The whole month of October!I'm not saying I don't like pumpkins and I do get a kick out of taking the grandkids to the "pumpkin patch" but other than that its alot of work for a little bit of money. Not my money - his money. In the past I have shared in the planting, the weeding,& the harvesting of the pumpkins but I soon learned that the income from this venture is "his". So it doesn't excite me too much to participate. I have learned that, much like "demo derbys", this is another one of Ed's passions- Raising pumpkins. He has studied it, read about it, and dreamed about it. He does a good job because every year the yield gets bigger and bigger and bigger. I wish the sales were as good - but somehow I don't think its so much about the money. Otherwise we would be retired and living the good life. Right now its a hobby but someday we might be living on the sale of his pumpkins. What a scarey thought!

Restless Night!

I think this is going be a long night- I can't sleep - I'm sitting in the living room listening to Ed snore away even though he's clear in the bedroom. He just went in there 2 minutes ago and now he's sound asleep. How do men do that? I can go to bed exhausted beyond belief and toss and turn for hours before drifting off and the slightest sound can bring me wide awake. I have learned that ear plugs help a little and are much better than poking and jabbing him to stop snoring all night. If he does wake up its just for a second and then back to the snoring. I could almost take the snoring but the worst is when he quits breathing for a couple of minutes and then comes the loud snorting. You know its coming and you brace and prepare yourself but it still makes me jump. I usually end up moving to the couch or other bedroom where I toss and turn all night anyway. When my kids were little and waking up all night I dreamed of the time when I could sleep ALL night. Then they grew up and didn't come home in time for curfew. I would pace and worry while Ed snored away. I would beg him to let me sleep while he paced and worried and he said he would but then I would hear the snoring. I decided that he just couldn't help himself. The thing that irks me the most is when he gets up in the morning and says he didn't sleep at all. I wish I had his gift of sleeping anywhere, any place, any time. Although I couldn't imagine if we were both snoring in church, at least one of us is awake to poke the other one now. We've tried the throat sprays, & the nose bands - can't talk him into nose surgery. So I guess ear plugs will have to do for now. Now if I could just find a cure for the bags under my eyes.

Blog Dilema

I don't know whats going on but I can't get onto my blog at work which is where I find time to post. And I can't get into the calendar. All of your blogs have disapeared from my blog blog addresses. I am shocked that this has let me do this. I might have to start a whole new blog. I don't know what I'm doing and then this happened. Its been going on for quite a few weeks. I apologize. I really enjoy doing this and its become so frustrating. I hope I can figure it out soon. Life is the pitts right now anyway!!!