The neighbor put a sign on the door saying to come to our house for extra and dropped off a big bag, then friends came and brought more. The friends also brought birthday cake for Missy's best friend and we had bought one for her also. Not as many kids this year as usual, about 150 instead of the usual 200+ so we have an abundance of sugar products left over. Had fun with 13 of us sitting in the courtyard handing out candy and seeing the kids. There are whole families that make it a point to come by every year to see the webs and decorations.

Hey Tom and Chris, Way to go!! It's hard to cancel something when it's really the 31st!! I feel bad for all of the kids who were looking forward to this night, hopefully they will have a better time next week. Chris, I have never heard of them cancelling the night either. So sad for the kids... It has to be so hard on you parents too! I hope you all get your power back up in the northeast soon. Im so glad that i wasnt traveling up in the northeast...UGGG heard of planes stuck on the tarmac for 9 hrs. I dont know if i could handle that!!! Whew... We are all thinking of you and hoping that your lives get back to normal real soon! Take care, Laura in VB

NanaKaren, Happy Halloween to you and All. I need to get all my treats out and ready for the little spooks. We had alot of trick or treaters on Fri. at the business. I had to run to our other store and that town had little ones on every block. Wish I would of taken some pictures of the cute costumes to share here. I just finished a Santa tray and ran across a Boo tray I painted and haven't varnished so will post pictures of them. Punk

Enjoyed hearing the happy stories here. We never get any trick-or-treaters up here in our mountain community. That's why we have our annual Halloween Homemade Soups & Bread dinner parties down at our friends' home in town. The party was fun and my homemade French Onion soup was a huge hit. Thank goodness I kept out enough for DH & I to have another bowl tonite, as the rest was eaten up quickly. Trail, you made me laugh out loud! I can just picture you two sitting out on your steps waiting for candy donations (LOL)! Maire cate: I know, Halloween candy is so hard to ignore!So are the cookies. My friend snuck a bag of her (delicious!) homemade ghost cookies into my empty soup pot before we left last night and they've been calling my name all morning long! Annie: hope you had a great meal last night! Deedee: oooooh, scary movies, did you watch "Signs" (my fav)??? Patty: that's the best way to celebrate ;') Fun: I know, kind of sad really. Same here. Teacats: your Halloweens always sound like such fun! The kids in your area are so lucky! Marcolo: I'm still shaking my head, trying to understand your post, and chuckling over it (LOL)! And, seriously, you "actually detest kids"?