October 25, 2003
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It’s finally feeling like Autumn. For two weeks we have had warm temps usually in the upper 70s middle 80s. Overnight we dropped almost 15 degrees. The wind is blowing and the sky turned gray. There won’t be anymore sleeveless shirts and procrastination time is over, I need to dig out my fall and winter clothes. Now it feels like Halloween can arrive.
I always buy the “good candy” we don’t have that many trick or treaters so anything that’s left over I want to like. I get the little candy bars like Snickers, Kit Kat, Baby Ruth, Starburst stuff like that, if the kids had walkie talkies the word would spread “hey some crazy lady is giving away handfuls of candy”. But they don’t so I always end up with a bowl of really good stuff.
On the flip side, a friend of my dad’s lives on what’s called school hill. All the houses are close together, and it’s the biggest concentration of houses in town. It’s the place where kids can just run from house to house. Dovie runs out of candy every year, no matter how much she buys. If it were me I would just turn off the porch light. I think most kids understand that universal signal and the ones that don’t, I would just tell them, “to late, all gone” but that’s me, and she is a soft hearted little old lady. Last year she felt so bad for running out of candy that she gave away instant oatmeal. I can just see some kids face when he got home and dumped out his candy bag and saw oatmeal. “WTF?” But hey it was portable and in individual packets, and like I said she’s soft hearted. My dad is going to buy her a couple of extra bags of candy and I may do the same. Stem the oatmeal tide. lol (Her fixed income is fixed way to low to spring for decent Halloween candy)
All for now maybe more later!
Comments (11)
Oatmeal! That’s great. I’ve always thought about cool stuff to give out … restaurant saltines, indivdually wrapped cheese slices, grocery store coupons, dental floss strands, a handful of pennies, kleenexs.
Maybe we should start a list!!!
Let me know how the job thing goes. Alabama would be cool … near here and beautiful country.
Have a good week’s end!
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I bought candy from costco and already am dipping in… is that bad?
Hiya
From the springtime side of the world. Awwww love your 52. Perfect too…those special smiles…brings a lot of memories flooding back. Enjoy your week 
And I thought that handing out candy at Halloween just happened in the movies.
hey, you know how much grandpa loves giving out candy to the kids, you should suggest that he go and stay at dovie’s on halloween for a while. You know not many kids ever go up to dennard and I feel so bad when he sits out there all night waiting for kids that don’t show up.
btw, I’m about to call you and tell you that I need money! sorry, I love you.
I’ve always wanted to have a mini Haunted house for the kids to go through, maybe something in the back yard.
Would grapes be OK to hand out?
SG
I am sorry but I laughed my ass off at the mental image of some snotty little kid pulling up an oatmeal packet out of his bag of candy. That is sweet for her to keep on like that because I would just turn off the light and ignore them all
I’ve given away balloons before when I’ve run out of candy… hell, who am I kidding? One year I gave away balloons (jumbo-sized, not yet blown) ON PURPOSE!
awww, that is soo sweet! i love little old ladies, i cant wait until i’m one! lol. im back in arkansas now, and i remember my favorite lady to trick or treat lives over past mill creek, nearly to sugar loaf. she always makes home made caramel popcorn balls and hands them out, usually with cookies or brownies. that old lady rocks!
i think she’s why i still went trick or treating- when i was 16… 
Sorry about grandma dying. My condolances! But death is part of life… Mo