Sunday, October 31, 2010

A Day For Quotes ~Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!  My your day be filled with fun!  Here are a few Halloween related quotes/poem, along with a look back on our past Halloweens.  Everyone be safe out there today!!

 

 

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night.
Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels
Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms
In masks and gown we haunt the street
And knock on doors for trick or treat
Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween!
Jack Prelutsky

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There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin. -Linus Van Pelt in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

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2006

Backward, turn backward,
O Time, in your flight
make me a child again
just for to-night!
~Elizabeth Akers Allen

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2007

Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.
~Steve Almond

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2008

 

The witches’ fly
Across the sky,
The owls go, "Who? Who? Who?"
The black cats yowl
And green ghosts howl,
"Scary Halloween to you!"
- Nina Willis Walter

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2009

 

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Wordless Wednesday ~Pumpkin Patch

  

On Saturday the rain cleared just in time for us to visit our local pumpkin patch and all around fun Fall activity center! 

 

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Brother is not to sure about the big bouncy pillows.

 

 

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But sister knew what to do!

 

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Nothing quite like a huge haystack to play on for a couple of city kids.

 

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But don’t forget the reason we went….Pumpkins!!

 

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In My Neighborhood Tuesday ~Halloween

Welcome to In My Neighborhood Tuesday, brought to you by Eighty MPH Mom!

THIS WEEK:

October 26th: Fabulous Costumes – Clever/fabulous Halloween Decorations or Costumes (if posting costumes make sure to blur faces if it’s not your child)

 

First up we have the neighbors house.  Kind of looks like Christmas here on the Day With Two street!  We have blow up pumpkins, and strung lights, and the lights in the front are supposed to look like body’s that are partly buried in the ground!  Yes, you should see what these folks do at Christmas time!! 

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This would be my Cutie Bug!  While not his Halloween costume, when I saw this shirt on the clearance rack at Wal-Mart last year I just knew I had to have it.  Strange, but his sister fails to see the humor in this!! 

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Next assignments are:

November 2nd: Fall Colors. Show us the gorgeous colors of fall in your neighborhood!

November 9th: Things that make you say “Awwww” – post picture(s) of something incredibly cute or heartwarming.

November 16th: Rocks. Rocks that look like something else, or something else that looks like it is a rock.

November 23rd: Neighborhoods. Show us something unique about your neighborhood.

November 30th:  Interesting Weather – show us your best shot of any type of weather!

 

Sunday, October 24, 2010

A Day For Quotes ~Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

 

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. ~ Clarence E. Hodges

 

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Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. ~ Dr. Seuss

 

You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow. ~ Harriet Martineau

 

 

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Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. ~ John Wayne

 

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. Two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday... And the other... is Tomorrow. ~ Robert Jones Burdette

 

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

In My Neighborhood Tuesday ~In Flight

This weeks assignment was In Flight – Post a picture of an airplane, from an airplane, a bird in flight or anything else in flight.

This is a favorite old picture of mine, actually taken with my trusty 35mm camera in 1989! We were on our way from Colorado to San Diego to see my brother graduate from Marine boot camp at Camp Pendleton! I was just 20 years old and was probably very excited to be on an airplane for the second time in my life!

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Next assignments are:

October 26th: Clever/fabulous Halloween Decorations or Costumes (if posting costumes make sure to blur faces if it’s not your child)

November 2nd: What were they thinking?? – Post photos of houses painted strange color(s). There seems to be at least one in every neighborhood!

November 9th: Things that make you say “Awwww” – post picture(s) of something incredibly cute or heartwarming.

November 16th: Rocks. Rocks that look like something else, or something else that looks like it is a rock.

November 23rd: Neighborhoods. Show us something unique about your neighborhood.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

A Day For Quotes ~Gratitude

After a trip to the grocery store yesterday my daughter was helping me put away the food.  She turned to me and said “wow Mama, there is hardly any more room in the fridge for more now”.  I told her we must be grateful that we have the means to put so much food in the fridge! 

Today I give you Gratitude.  Have a wonderful Sunday my friends!

 

I challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they're grateful for, even stupid little things like green grass or a friendly conversation with somebody on the elevator. You start to realize how rich you are. ~ Jim Carrey

 

Do not be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others. ~ Confucius

 

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all ~ William Faulkner

 

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~ William A. Ward

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Thank you Lord for these smiling, healthy faces! 

 

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.  ~John E. Southard

 

Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet. ~ Irish Proverb

 

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

Do you have something you are grateful for today???  Post it in the comment section!

 

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Wordless Wednesday ~Who Forgot to Stop the Clock?

I am sure this will be one of may Halloween posts.

Can someone tell me where this 2 year old, and 6 month old went??? Don’t blink my friends! It goes faster than you think!

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Monday, October 11, 2010

In My Neighborhood Tuesday ~Mailbox

So apparently everyone in my small town is not into mailboxes! I looked, I made Hubby drive so I could look, and then after 5 days I finally gave up looking. Apparently no one in our town has a cool mailbox.

So I give you ours. It was inherited don’t you know. The birdhouse isn’t mine, is not my taste so please don’t tell me it’s cute. I know it is, in a homey sort of way gag.

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If my husband got to choose a mail box, this would be his: It’s a biker thing, don’t you know.

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I would like mine to change with the seasons. This would be mine just about right now…

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Next assignments are:

October 19th: In Flight – Post a picture of an airplane, from an airplane, a bird in flight or anything else in flight.

October 26th: Clever/fabulous Halloween Decorations or Costumes (if posting costumes make sure to blur faces if it’s not your child)

November 2nd: What were they thinking?? – Post photos of houses painted strange color(s). There seems to be at least one in every neighborhood!

November 9th: Things that make you say “Awwww” – post picture(s) of something incredibly cute or heartwarming.

November 16th: Rocks. Rocks that look like something else, or something else that looks like it is a rock.

November 23rd: Neighborhoods. Show us something unique about your neighborhood.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

A Day For Quotes ~Self

Welcome to A Day For Quotes! Today I have a little Self Esteem for you. I hope everyone has a great week!

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss

I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody. ~ Louis L'Amour

Believe in yourself and what you feel. Your power will come from that. ~ Melissa Etheridge

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I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say. ~ Halle Berry

Love yourself. Respect yourself. Never sell yourself short. Believe in yourself regardless of what people think. You can accomplish anything, absolutely anything, if you set your mind to it. ~ Marcus Allen

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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Wordless Wednesday ~Old Chair

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Yes, me at 9 months old. 

 

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My kiddo’s!  Angel 2 1/2,  Cutie Bug 7 months old! 

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It’s been a good rocking chair, wouldn’t you say??

 

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In My Neighborhood Tuesday ~Yellow Flower

It's time once again for In My Neighborhood Tuesday with Eighty MPH Mom! This weeks assignment was Yellow Flowers! Dandelions are flowers, right? Because that is what we have here! Our own backyard from the day this spring when we walked around to the side of the house and this is what we found!! Goodness, there were so many of them, that Hubby had to spray 3 times before they all went away!

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Today: October 5th: Yellow Flower(s) - Let your imagination run wild!

October 12th: Unusual Mailbox – There are some pretty, funny, original mailboxes out there – find one or a few!

October 19th: In Flight – Post a picture of an airplane, from an airplane, a bird in flight or anything else in flight.

October 26th: Clever/fabulous Halloween Decorations or Costumes (if posting costumes make sure to blur faces if it’s not your child)

November 2nd: What were they thinking?? – Post photos of houses painted strange color(s). There seems to be at least one in every neighborhood!

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Sunday, October 03, 2010

A Day For Quotes ~Hurry

Here we are at another Sunday!!  My quote topic for today is Hurry.  My life during the week seems to be made up of hurry here, hurry there, hurry hurry everywhere.  I hope these make me remember to slow down and enjoy the moments more, especially with my kids as they are growing so fast….

 

The person in a hurry usually arrives late.~ Georgian Proverb

 

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished  ~Lao Tzu

 

Don't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit so be sure to stop and smell the flowers. ~ Walter Hagen

 

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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way ~Walter Hagen

 

Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry. ~ Traditional Proverb

 

 

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