Süßes oder Saures!!!

German for TRICK OR TREAT!  :-)  I would have given all the candy to the kid who said that to me.  

HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!  Kevin's gotten into the Arkansas Rehabilitation Program up in Springdale.  Hopefully this is the right path to help him become more able to take care of himself.  We are going to celebrate with pizza Friday night to keep his spirits up.  My new hair-dresser's aunt is supposed to call me tomorrow since she has a son just like Kevin and she's very interested in this program.

HAPPY!!!  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays!  It was one of the happier days for my childhood.  We trick-or-treated out in the country and everybody knew us so we got lots of candy.  My Nan-nan would save me all the Reeses out of her candy bag.  She gave us toys too.  One of the funny memories from Halloween was we even hit up the grocery store/gas station for candy on Halloween.  Richard the owner would dress up and hand out candy to all the kids.  Poor Kevin was confused and thought he could have ANY candy so he picked up one from the merchandise.  Mom and Dad caught him and made him give it back.  The owner thought it was hilarious and let him pick out some from the free candy. 

We had a TON of trick-or-treaters here at Mitch's new house.  He had to run out and buy the last few bags of candy from Walgreens.  I hung a sign up saying TEMPORARILY OUT OF CANDY---MORE ON THE WAY!!  We turned away about 30 kids while waiting.  I loved answering the door and handing out the candy.  Made them say "Trick-or-treat!" and interrogated the smaller ones about their costumes.  My favorites were a little girl dressed up like Michael Jordan with face paint and matching hair net, the little redheaded boy sheriff who thought Clint's gardening tools were the coolest thing ever and preferred them over the candy, and the little rainbow princess who stumbled over her words trying to tell me what her costume was and ran away after I gave her the candy saying "I'm a Rainbow Princess!"  LOL!!!  

Sad......  BMW is out of commission right now.  Radiator problems yet again and the suspension is completely shot.  Time for a new-to-me car that is super cheap.  Going to the shop tomorrow....more money to dump into this money pit. 

When I start to feel that wonderful peace of things going right and I begin to thank God for blessing me, somethings breaks down or some other event happens.  After losing so many loved ones, I cannot help but wonder who's going to be next?  Whose funeral do I get to go to and mourn for?  A friend from back home passed away this past weekend, car accident hit head on.  People who are not from small towns don't understand or comprehend how close small towns are.  Even though I was the oddball who didn't like camo and actually loved reading, my small town is just as close to me as my family.  Small towns have their advantages and disadvantages.  Everybody knows who you are and there is no disappearing.  Yet they care for you in their own way.  Yesterday was the one year anniversary for my Nan-nan's murder, on Halloween.  That one time of year we always went to see her and I got all her Reeses.  She brought me a present too every year on my birthday which is coming up.  As my birthday nears, the day my cousin died nears too.  You don't really think about appreciating the people in your life til they're gone.  I am not hanging on to the past - I am appreciating my memories of loved ones.  The thoughts of whose next aren't as bad when I think of the happy good times, remembering those loved ones I have lost.  So here's to you, my loved ones hopefully looking down from above.  I love and miss each one of you very much.