A few years ago I noticed that one of my neighbors had really gone all out and decorated their whole front yard for Halloween.
Faster than you can blink I had my camera out and I took a series of Halloween pictures.
These are a few of the decorations in my neighbors yard, and yes, they did their property up again this year, with a few changes of course.
and then there’s the Mummy?
I hope that you’re having a great Halloween! What are your plans?
My dog Midnight is driving me nuts today.
She normally has a long nap in the afternoon that’s broken up by trips outside and a treat in the late afternoon. However, today she just wouldn’t settle down. She’s been moaning and whining and sitting looking at me like I’m supposed to know what’s wrong.
She doesn’t seems sick. We’ve had a few play sessions and she was as excited and active as normal, plus she’s been eating well too.
I can’t get any work done here at home because she’s pretty much demanding my attention. When I ignore her I get the moans and groans and she goes over to the door to ring the bell signally that she wants to go out. I’m at my wits end and I’m just about ready to pack my luggage and escape for a day or two!
Honestly … I don’t know what’s up with her.
what’s worse is that Chris isn’t home this evening. He came home from work early, had dinner and then he left again to go and audition for a band. Yes, he might be the lead guitar player for a progressive rock band if they like his work. Maybe she’s just picking up on Chris’ stress as he was nervous about meeting up with the band tonight. Frankly he doesn’t have anything to worry about since he’s an excellent guitar player … but he’s a perfectionist so yeah, he’s stressing.
Hopefully Midnight settles down soon and has a nap. Maybe she’ll wake up in a better mood. I’ve never seen her so grumpy.
Is it WRONG that I’m sitting here hoping that our Canadian dollar will fall a little bit more? Probably …
I know it’s not very good if our dollar really drops as it will eventually cost more for items imported into Canada and forget taking a holiday anywhere, but … I get paid in US dollars for the most part, so our dollar being lower than the US dollar is a good thing for me.
A few days ago our dollar really dropped and it was at about 79 cents US. At that time I did some calculations on money I’m expected to be paid on November 1st and if our dollar had stayed that low I would have walked away with about $400 extra bucks in my pocket. However, our dollar started rising again on Wednesday and now it’s getting close to 82 cents. I’ll still make a profit, but not quite as much.
Around this time last year our dollar was higher than the US dollar. Last November when we went to Vegas our dollar was worth 1.12 US. That was good for us spending wise in the US, but again, since I mostly get paid in US dollars I was losing money when it was converted to Canadian.
Any other Canadians getting paid in US dollars who are kind of happy that our dollar has dropped a bit?
It seems that pretty much everything I look at these days has some kind of article or advertisement for weight loss products. I don’t know how many times a day I see Marie Osmond’s advertisement for Nutrisystem! Depending how long I’ve got the TV on each day I guess I see that commercial between five and maybe 15 times a day!
Maybe the commercials and ads are just standing out a little more as I’ve been thinking about the few extra pounds I’ve gained lately. it’s not easy having a chronic disease (Crohn’s). You become less active when you aren’t feeling well or in pain and the next thing you know you’ve gained some weight. It sucks.
One of the weight loss supplements I’ve been hearing about lately is alli diet pills. They apparently help reduce the amount of fat that your body absorbs. Back in the early 90’s I used to work in a pain clinic and one of the patients was taking a diet pill that sounded very similar to Alli, maybe it was Alli or a predecessor to the drug. Anyway … I don’t think she reduced her fat intake because the pills ended up causing problems for her. I guess they gave her the runs! I don’t know if Alli can do that to you or not .. hopefully they’ve overcome that problem.
Have you noticed an increase in weight loss ads or commercials? Maybe the companies that specialize in weight loss diets and supplements are stepping up their game since the holiday season is near. Everyone wants to look good for the holidays, don’t they?
I seem to be on a roll lately. Over the last two weeks it seems that at least every second day there’s been a delivery of promotional products from a variety of companies. It’s kind of neat getting stuff to try out.
My husband and I both have several blogs. I think the total between us is at about 18 right now. So I guess it’s no surprise that Marketing companies are contacting us via some of the more popular blogs that we write and offering us products to try and possibly write about on our sites.
In the past two weeks we’ve received two cans of coffee, a promo for eggs, granola type bars, really cool earphones to use with an MP3 player or smart phone, two DVDS for a TV show about UFOs and the unexplained, a razor and a pair of jeans.
It’s not always this way of course. Sometimes we go quite a few months without being offered anything neat to try, but we seem to be on a run right now.
Do you have marketing companies contact you through your blog offering you free promotional items?