by Sharon | Sep 18, 2017
This morning was a bit chilly with the temperature reaching 80° F later today.
There are only a few days remaining of summer.
We’re passing into another season and getting closer to some major holidays — Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then the New Year. It all seems to be coming quickly.
I do wonder if you’ve had the opportunity to get your Halloween costumes or whether you’ve planned your All Hollow’s Eve Party . . . maybe you’re thinking of a theme for your party . . . or having one that is family friendly — maybe there are some DVD’s you’d like to have available for your guests to watch. Something fun and not too scary for children.
I do love Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I enjoyed the Disney cartoon version.
It is a wonderful story that I read every year.
I’m always figuring out a different ending for it. I do so want a happy ending.
Well, let’s see what Halloween DVD’s are available for us to watch and enjoy:
I do love Scooby-Doo and these are fun for all ages. But I do wonder what else would be fun and appropriate. Maybe . . .
These are all family friendly, but you may have something else in mind. Just click one of the links and go off exploring for the DVD’s you and your family and friends would enjoy watching.
It is never too early to begin shopping for Halloween and planning your Halloween get together.
Here are a few suggestions:
That seems like a nice variety. Great for your guests and for the trick-or-treat visitors.
Please do your shopping online with me 🙂
Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon
by Sharon | Sep 4, 2017
Just when you got used to Amazon’s Echo, they improved it!
That’s true!!
Now there is Echo Show — that’s right — you can now see the weather report, the breaking news, a message from friends and family and so much more than I can tell you about.
Echo Show has 8 microphones and beam-forming technology so it can hear you across the room while music or the tv is playing. It still uses the Alexa App, but it can do so much more.
Click the image to the right to learn about it for yourself and imagine how awesome this would be.
Buy 2 and save!!!
I highly recommend this Echo Show — they would make excellent Christmas gifts!!!
Get the latest technology and introduce it to your family and friends. It will make it so much easier and much more fun to keep in touch.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon
by Sharon | Sep 3, 2017
I not only have been revamping one website, but decided to do another.
There could be something about the anticipation of fall for me that marks a new beginning.
We’re pretty much programmed in childhood to a new school year in the fall. Summer may be a time of recharging for the new school year ahead. Or it is all the holiday celebrations — Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve . . . Valentine’s Day . . . that get us thinking and planning ahead.
This could be the “kick in the pants” of making appropriate changes — changing our behavior, trying new things . . . Yes, I know it is the New Year that marks the resolution making, but for me it seems to be during the summer.
I’m not afraid of change, I do welcome it. Revamping websites is part of what I do. I sometimes want a fresh look for my visitors. And, unfortunately, I sometimes lose interest in a website or I just want it to be better.
I could be in a rut where all my websites seem to look the same, but with the Divi Theme, one can make it into anything one would prefer.
The problem — deciding how to make it better . . . and keep the feeling and purpose upon which it was initially created.
This was my first real website — an eclectic blend of everything of interest to me (and hopefully to you), but I have gotten into a rut of sorts and it is time for me to get out of it and to have some serious fun . . . Just like when I first created this website.
So . . . on this Labor Day Weekend . . . What do I want to do?
Nothing drastic. Just freshen up this website a bit.
I think it just needed a bit of a boost — and more importantly, I need to write more posts on a regular basis.
Goodness, July and August have truly been neglected. I can’t do anything about that — it’s the past. I can, however, begin writing more posts here and now and continue on a more regular consistent basis. We’re getting into some fun times!!
Maybe I’ve been waiting around like Elvia — waiting for fall. We have had some very hot and humid days. We even had a few thunder showers that made being outside more miserable.
So what if we’re having a heat wave. Enjoy what we do have and be grateful. I believe I am very fortunate to have this website — and the ability to revamp other websites. I just need to remember where it all started.
I did make a few changes on my “home page”. I hope you will check it out, if you haven’t already done so. I just wanted to extend my background image of a cluttered attic and to have a place to feature some past posts you may want to revisit. That’s what’s great about having an established website running for several years. There are a whole lot of posts that need your attention. The information is still relevant. Especially the recipe for Cupcake S’Mores.
Thank you for stopping by!
Sharon
by Sharon | Aug 6, 2017
Before we know it kids will be returning back to school.
This is all good. I always looked forward to a new school year.
And school seems to begin earlier and earlier. In the good ol’ days it was usually around Labor Day, but now . . . it’s August!!
We had a few overcast and humid days last week. It really zapped my energy. I’m definitely not used to humid weather conditions.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been busy revamping a website. It has definitely taken more time than anticipated. Obviously, there is more to it. It is my new business venture as well. I didn’t realize how much time it would take.
I’m working on my priorities.
As you may recall, I love ghost stories.
Well, I’ve watched a series you can view with Amazon Prime. It’s called The Living and the Dead..
I really liked this first season and it left me wanting more. I don’t want to give a spoiler, but the last episode of season 1 made me wonder if it was at all possible.
There were also questions to be answered . . . but unfortunately they won’t be answered because the series was not picked up for another season.
I was about to say, had I known that I wouldn’t have gotten involved . . . but the truth of the matter is that I did enjoy the first season and will probably watch it again — several times to try to fit the pieces together.
For now it is available with Amazon Prime — click the link in the footer to sign-up.
I enjoy my Amazon Prime Membership. I love the free shipping and there are other perks you may enjoy as well. I like old movies I missed during the years of working. It’s kind of nice to get reaquainted with an old favorite or discover one you missed. There are some wonderful original series by Amazon that are definite award winners. An Amazon Prime membership is definitely worth checking out at only $99. per year.
I was just updating the website and I’ll be back with a review or something of interest.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon
by Sharon | Jul 12, 2017
I’m sorry I haven’t been adding content here in quite a while.
I started a new business venture with Stampin’ Up!
I needed a website and thought I would revamp one domain I already owned.
I find it interesting how working on one website makes me want to change my other websites, but I am fighting it. I like things as they are here. I think over the years I’ve messed with this website enough.
I have been thinking about fall while others are all into Christmas in July.
As you know, Halloween and actually fall gets me excited. I do like Christmas, but there is definitely something about fall that seems to energize me. It may be the end of summer and the anticipation of the holidays. I may be a rare one when it comes to Thanksgiving. It is truly worth celebrating in my house.
Since the 4th of July has passed, we have nothing coming up except back to school and Labor Day.
So, why not start planning ahead for fall.
Before joining Stampin’ Up! I bought some stamp sets for the upcoming holidays — you may find them interesting too for your paper crafting ventures:
I hope some of them made you laugh as they did me. I’m into the fun side of Halloween. For some it is about the candy and for others the decorating and dressing up. I tried not to get too carried away . . . but I did . . .
Wherever you are in your holiday preparation, have fun and make the most out of this summer season.
Oh, I can’t let you go just yet. I’m sure I have an appropriate ghost story to tell you that you can retell to your friends as you’re sitting around having a nice visit.
Some friends were sitting around Annie’s house one evening bored to tears. Alex suggested they go out exploring an old abandoned farm house he saw on one of his trips out of town.
He explained how it was supposed to be haunted. I guess some guys went out there are got scared away. Maybe it wasn’t ghosts, but the homeowner not taking kindly to trespassers.
In any event, Annie and her friends hopped in Alex’s truck, Annie, Barb and Sissy sat in the cab with Alex while Bob and Hank sat in the back truck bed.
The boys could feel the air shift as they got out of town. The closer they got to their destination, they were cold — freezing in fact.
Sissy was feeling uncomfortable just looking at the outside of the abandoned old farm house. Her imagination was running over with all the movies and scary stories she had watched and heard over the years.
There was a barn a few yards from the farmhouse. Hank nudged Sissy to encourage her to join him into the barn. Alex joined them, leaving Annie, Barb and Bob to explore the farmhouse.
Bob was busy in the kitchen trying to open an old tool box while Barb and Annie went exploring the house.
They heard footsteps upstairs.
My personal instinct would be to either shout out or run out the door, but these kids did the unthinkable. They went upstairs.
They looked around and as is usually the case saw nothing . . . but Annie felt something hit her in the back on her left side. The pain was awful which dropped her to her knees.
She wasn’t aware of screaming . . . maybe it was Barb . . . within seconds, they heard Bob shouting and running up the stairs.
Barb noticed blood soaking into Annie’s blouse.
“You’re bleeding!! What happened!!”
“Something hit me.”
To Barb, it looked as though Annie was stabbed by a knife and she needed immediate medical attention.
They got to the emergency room at the local hospital. Of course, they had to explain where they were and what happened.
“You mean that old farmhouse out by the freeway?” an orderly asked.
“Yes, that’s the one,” Alex answered.
The orderly just shook his head and walked away.
“Hey wait a minute,” Alex called out. “What about that old place?”
“It’s haunted! You guys got off lucky, Most people don’t live to tell of their experience, but I know a guy who was outside waiting for his brother who got the stuffin’ kicked out of him, but no one saw anything, just his body jumpin’ from the kicks . . .”
I should stop the story right there . . . and you can in the retelling, but this isn’t the end of the story . . . not that there is an ending . . . Those kids never returned to that old place, but they did see a black figure from time to time watching them.
Oh Annie got all stitched up and spent the night in the hospital. She was fine, but she, too, felt as though she was being watched in and outside her home.
I suppose the moral of the story is not to go looking for trouble in abandoned buildings.
Oh, I almost forgot!! Remember that old tool box Bob was fiddling with in the kitchen? Well he did get it opened and he did the unthinkable. He took a tool out of the box and took it with him.
That may explain why they were being “haunted”.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon
