Trick or Treat? a thing of the past.

 The rain had ice in it Friday morning and you could smell the snow. It's getting so cold outside. I do believe it is colder than last fall this time. Although I do recall Halloween being a miserable night last year. 

I'm wondering if there will be any trick or treating? ole school. 

In the past few years the traditions have died in many ways. Less people decorated, or participated in handing out candy. The evils out there were starting to outweigh the good, many tragic stories filled the news the following mornings. 

For safety reasons, many folks had already changed things up to some sort of 'trunk or treat'? I never did totally catch on to that one. Churches held parties and malls were promoting a way of cashing in on the treating. The good ole door to door, has been dying. 

And now we have a virus that has everyone wearing masks all the time. Who wants to put on a mask for Halloween. What's the point of make up if you have to put the mask over it, and social distancing is going to be interesting......

You know you're old if you remember 'popcorn balls' and 'candy apples' being handed out. Or being invited in for hot cocoa if they had run out of candy.... How about the days of using a pillow case to collect your candy and having to go home and get a second one, because the first one was getting too heavy. 

I remember getting so much candy one year, I still had candy the following Halloween. {my mom made me toss it out before I could go trick or treating}

What will 2020 bring? Is it time to rethink the celebration? 

I've heard rumors that some places are not going to allow trick or treating and you could be fined? I've heard other places talk about creating shoots to send the candy out to the street so kids don't have to come up on the porches. 

There isn't very many yards decorated this year so far. . I guess we'll see what the night brings.

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 Hard to believe Halloween is almost here. The weather has gotten quite cold quite fast! Ice rain this morning. Makes you realize that Christmas is approaching fast. 

I think I need picture frames for Christmas... 

This is way to easy to order prints and the 8x10's are gorgeous! The cost is pretty reasonable too. My newest discovery has been found while going through my pictures.

It's been a series of adjustments since moving to the house and moving away from the horses. I do miss being able to walk out the door and into the barn. I really miss hearing Star Bright as soon as I wake up in the mornings. 

So I've started filling my work wall with pictures. Now I can at least look at my babies and hopefully won't miss them as much - HA. My saddle and tack are in the room here, so it somewhat smells like the tack room and almost like your in the barn. lol. A good smell, if you love horses and leather. Not the other smell. 💩

The farrier was out to do my horse today and while we were talking, we scheduled 8 weeks out.... That came out to like Dec 20th..  Hard to believe Christmas is only like 10 weeks away!  And that's how we ended up with all this Christmas thinking. 

I printed up my shopping list.... or should I say sewing list. I had been crocheting Barbie clothes and my granddaughters have been taking them home, so I have more to make for the Barbies that are here. As well as the requested outfits they want me to make for Christmas. Then there's the snuggle blankets, pillows and **** can't say until Christmas.

It's going to be pretty awesome this year. I'm going to be cooking DINNER, so there is a grocery list with lots of hungry peoples coming. We got breakfast,  ham brunch, and the Turkey dinner. Pies, cookies, candy ... We have one rule. There is one four letter word your not allowed to say.... 

{DIET} 

Yep, bring your appetite and eat up! Cause I don't like leftovers.

Of course, Papa Tim is stoked to decorate the house. It's been like 20 years since we've had a house to decorate, And all the kids remember what the old house used to look like in December.

#lovemyhorses,#lovemyfamily,#lovinglife,#holidays,#memories,

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

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Until next time, Stay safe and Happy Trails.