Thankful Thursday!!

This Thursday I am thankful for having an absolutely wonderful man in my life, my husband DALE. I am lucky to have a person who is my best friend and who is always there for me. I can tell him anything and I can trust him with what I tell him. He has been a great support to me and my niece while she has been staying with us. Just think about it who in there right mind would be okay with a seventeen year old girl living with you, with dale he never asked any questions what so ever. He is always making me feel good when I feel down. He always brings up my spirits when I bring them down. He stuck with me through the thin and thick. He is the one for me!! I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH!!!

CRAZINESS

Of all the candy sold ANNUALLY, one quarter of it is sold during HALLOWEEN time (September – November 10) making it the SWEETEST holiday of the year.

Tootsie Rolls were the FIRST wrapped PENNY candy in America

The NUMBER 1 candy of choice for Halloween is SNICKERS (Dales Fav..)

Facts on Halloween

Halloween, referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years.

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The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts wondered the streets on all Hallows Eve so they began wearing masks and costumes in order to not be recognized as human.

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The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old Irish folk tale about a man named Stingy Jack. It was said that he was unable to get into heaven and was turned away from the devil because of his tricky ways. So he set off to wander the world looking for a resting place. For light, Stingy Jack used a burning coal ember in a hollowed out turnip. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850, they found that turnips were not as readily available like they were in the homeland. So they started carving pumpkins as a replacement for their tradition.

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On Halloween, Irish peasants would beg the rich for food. For those that refused, they would play a practical joke. So, in an effort to avoid being tricked, the rich would hand out cookies, candy, and fruit – a practice that morphed into trick-or-treating today.

Snow Flurries

Well, I can say today here in Wisconsin we had some light snow flurries, so that's all I can say is bundle up its going to be a long winter!!

Thankful Thursday!!

The question is what am I thankful for, why should it be so hard to come up with something to be thankful for. I am personally thankful for being alive, living in this beautiful world that I get to live in, is absolutely amazing. I am thankful for having something to believe in GOD. I am thankful for having my finances in order. I am also thankful for the unbelievable love I receive from my husband Dale. What else could you possibly ask for??

Haunted house!!

Halloween is coming and this weekend we might go to a haunted house in Appleton. It will be Dale, brittany, Matt (Brittany's boyfriend, and me. I am expecting to have wonderful time. We will see what happens. It will be a spooky of a great time!!

ACLS DONE:)

I am so glad that ACLS is completed and that I PASSED. I am so Excited to be finished with that for two years and then RENEWAL time.