Lots of Things Going On!

After my happy Saturday with friends and family, we settled down a bit on Sunday. Billy wanted to finish up the craft room :) and he pretty much did! With the exception of painting the counter above the shelves and some wall shelves for me, he did everything I wanted because I want to do it as I go along and not rush to finish it. I have to slide in the shelves for the cabinet. Just didn't get a chance yet. Oh, and of course the curtains won't be nailed to the wall either :)

He put a great piece of granite for my workbench that he had in our shed. The room looks small in pictures but it's perfect for me!

 There was another piece of granite for a shelf. See below. He wants to add more shelves but I'm planning it out! I have a picture in my mind of what I want it to be like.

The top of the cabinet has to be stained or painted and a few other little things done and I'm all set! Then I can have fun decorating it.

While he was working upstairs, I had a craving for stuffed mushrooms so I made a batch...this is them before I baked them. The smell of garlic, cheese and parsley filled the house! Yummy.

Caitlin got a haunted house joke book from the library and read me every one.

There sure were some cute ones. I was thinking of printing some for her Halloween sleepover. Everyone has rsvp'd now and we have ten attending for the party and four of them staying for the sleepover. And speaking of sleepovers, I also have my Girl Scout camping trip coming up! Oy Vay! I've got lists galore over here!

 Have I mentioned that Caitlin learned to crochet? My goodness she is crocheting up a storm! She took to it so easily! I just have to keep Jinxie away from her yarn cause he runs with the end and pulls out all her hard work :( silly kitty.  Good thing Caitlin loves him so much.

Talk to you soon!

I Love My Weekends!

Yesterday was a fun,, fun day! It was just a simple kind of fun too with some special people visiting for Halloween snacks and my near completed craft room! Did you ever have one of those weekends when all your plans actually work out well with no glitches? Hurray! That was my Saturday!

I finished all my decorating (I think) although I did go out early yesterday with my sister-in-laws and found some more cute items at the dollar store. The dollar stores here have really kicked it up a notch on the holiday decorations! I got some cute cut outs that I'll probably save for next year and a few little trinkets for my trick or treat bags.Caitlin was going with Aunt Linda and Aunt Barbara and cousin Donna for a fun day--lunch, Hicks Nursery for pumpkins and the Halloween show and then back to her Aunt Linda's for pumpkin painting. My husband started working on my craft room and I was preparing for a fun afternoon. The house is all decorated and I just love having people over :)  

Is it me or don't pigs in a blanket mean a party??? They do for me! They just make me smile!

Add some popcorn to a witch's kettle....

Cookies, cake, donuts  and potato chips, coffee, tea and candy corn all on a Saturday afternoon with people you truly like to be with! You just have fun chatting and never run out of things to talk about.

The kitchen was lit up! And a glow in pumpkin orange and black!

The Halloween village was lit and I put in the flying witch  I bought from the thrift shop. She circled the neighborhood....

I had two additional special guests who loved our ghosts in the hallway! 

Lucky me I got to see these two for two weekends in a row! Love them! and they are just discovering Halloween!

They walked around and around looking at all the Halloween decorations.

And loved the bug pops I made them offered by this little witch.

It was a nice day! I had to repair my skeleton friend earlier as little Jinxie the kitty decided to play with his dangling legs and we discovered that the "leg bone was no longer connected to the hip bone..." as the song says. But he lives! or does he? that's the question...he is a skeleton!.

So as all this coffee drinking, snack eating and chatting is going on with my adult guests and my kiddie friends, my husband was up the stairs hammering down a pretty wood floor for my craft room and sawing shelves and counters! 

They'll be a work bench under the window and in the left photo these are the bases for shelves, He has to insert them yet but I had to take some pictures! I'll have shelves on the walls and he put tons of outlets!!!  I can have all my crafting goodies in just one room and leave my makeshift spot in another part of the house and have my own room. More pictures to follow. I'm so excited :)  I told you it was a really good Saturday!

Caitlin came home from her day out with a big smile. My niece, who is her second year of college and was home from the weekend, and Caitlin did a little performance of several songs from FROZEN acting it out dramatically and lip synching perfectly like two silly gooses. It was funny and sweet. My daughter was beaming! What great fun they had.

I spent the evening relaxing and making more of my pumpkin friends! I hope you have a wonderful weekend too!

Hikes, Sales & Crafting!

We are doing our best to make the most of the beautiful Fall weather we have been having! There are so many nice local things going on we are trying to fit in as many as we can. Between my usual work around the house, volunteering at school, my son's tutors and caring for my Mom, my days are pretty filled but there's always time to steal away for a few moments and have some fun making my pumpkin friends!

We are also starting to get responses for Caitlin's Halloween Sleep Over party. We have some fun things planned and so far we have gotten all yes's....We are making some homemade goody bags and other items as give- aways.

This past weekend I hit a couple of garage sales and found some good stuff! A wonderful addition to my Holly Hobbie collection and guess what? The plate is about "Autumn"!

I also found two other sweet plates:

 This next one is small but oh so adorable. The color is black with accents of yellow. All the plates were only fifty cents each! Now that's a bargain!

I also picked up this pair of pretty planters:

And last but not least, another addition to the Pyrex Amish Butterprint series! Hurray! $1.00! Sold!

On Sunday, we we went to a state park near our home. It's in Smithtown and it's called Caleb Smith State Park. My husband had seen news about a Fall Festival so away we went! We walked through the beautiful trails and did a four mile hike.

This is the Caleb Smith House on the grounds. A historic structure. Out front were tents with things for kids to do.  And below is the lake that we hiked around.

 There were pumpkins to pick and decorate!

And a wonderful speaker who brought hawks and falcons for everyone to see. They were beautiful!

 They taught kids how to fly fish!

We just loved the day! It was so beautiful and so chilly!

Caitlin even made Native American treasures!

So much fun and we didn't have to travel more than five miles for it!

Hello October!

Greetings my favorite month of the year! How I look forward to seeing you! The weather is turning cool and crisp; just the way I like it! Still decorating...and I will be all the way up till the 31st I think! I always find something new or think of an idea for something I have.I think we all do the same thing if you are a Halloween/Fall lover.I'm busy making my little pumpkin people. What a crowd has gathered for some Halloween fun!

Pumpkin Pals!

Already dancing for the party!

Caitlin can serenade them all at the party with her violin. We start lessons today!

Here are some photos of the outside of the house up front. Since then, I have hung some cool bats from the trees. I have to photograph the two rear porches. Next time!

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Just about done! The orange lights look so nice outside.  I just want to put more and more lights! I think our trick or treaters will have a spooky time visiting us!