Happy Halloween

I want to thank all my friends and family who came to Jordan's party last night.

I want to thank especially Darlene and Emily for coming early and helping me with so much. I love you both. Jordan had a wonderful time and I hope all the kids did too!!!

Ashley our witches hats were so good they were gobbled up..gobble, gobble.(haha)

I think Tim and Todd got most of the bat wings. My Pumpkin Cake looked so good, especially after Darlene put the finishing touches on the icing that. Nobody wanted to cut it, it was so cute.

Thanks to Carrie for walking the "little monster" I was so tired I fell asleep sitting on the couch.

Next Day Surprises

Batman, the hermit crab used the cheese cloth to finally escape his cage and we found him hiding in the haunted house on top of the entertainment center.

Apparently the kids rolled Marty Lynn's car with the left over mummy rolls.

Emily truly had the best costume.!!!

Little Travis spent the night...surprise..

It was so nice to have my friends over and have adult conversations. Tim's sister Clara and his nieces Kim and Donna came.and we had little ones galore just everywhere and these were all the best kids ever. Not a monster in the bunch!!!!

I hope you all had a good time..too Luv you all.

ROAD LESS TRAVELED

I was rolling my Halloween pumpkins out to my car. I had just purchased them at the grocery store, There was a man outside, apparently an employee at the store and he was about to gather the buggies up to take back into the store. I asked him if he wanted my buggy too and he said yes and I told him he could have it if he would put my 3 HUGE pumpkins in the back of the car. We joked a little bit, small talk mostly, you know how we southern women do. And I told him as he was pushing my buggy away "Happy Halloween" and he says: (this is where it gets confusing and the point) "Oh Halloween is my saint's night"..I stared blankly.."you know," he said, "the saint of Goblins and Witches" I know I looked at him strange and said: "Oooh ...Kay" and got in my car and left. Is there a Saint other than Saint George that is over Halloween...I mean in Christianity..did I misunderstand. Did he mean he worshiped a saint..a demon.. the devil?. I hate to think of anyone that lost in the world. I found these words meaningful today;Its from Christs sermon on the mountain.

Mathew 7;13-14

13"Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading to destruction, and many are the ones going through it; 14 whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.

If you're planning on air dropping food over an impoverished area, trust me and avoid canned hams. Or live Turkeys for those of us who remember WKRP Cincinnati

Its Halloween week and I am gearing up for another Party at my house.Reminder to my friends 6:30 this Friday night. Just family fun. Just enough to be a little spooky. No blood and gore. I hate chop 'em up movies. We will be watching old black and white movies and having a lot of fun. I am late on my ridiculous rants this week ..but never fear they will be back . I cant let the local press off that easily now can I.

Rant:October 17,2009

Ridiculous Rants and Other Observations

Rant: What good is it to call Wildlife Officers,when they won't come out after you tell them you have a bear in your yard and you can't even go out of you home at night?

Two words: Bear Season!!!

If you happen to be attacked by the bear, the National Park Service Black Bear Brochure advises you to fight back as hard as you can with any object near you. Be as loud and intimidating as you can. They suggest that playing dead is not appropriate.

Unless you want to be on the Buffet.

Black bears in North Carolina dens in November or December in hollow trees, rock crevices, or piles of leaves. These denning bears can be aroused from their deep sleep quickly, which is not like a true hibernator. Their body temperature only drops about ten degrees and their heart rate and breathing only decline a little bit. The black bear in North Carolina enters a state of dormancy or deep sleep. They wake up and forage on warm winter days.

Does this Ridiculous Rantor know where they live. The mountains of NC..Optimum word here is MOUNTAIN. Living in the mountains is liked Public Service work. You either got it, or you don't.

Ursus americanus, or the American Black Bear is unique to North America. They were here before the European settlers arrived.

That includes pretty much all of us.

I know what its like to have a bear coming to your house at night. Been there done that. Had a big one right outside my bedroom window one night around 2:00 am. Home with a little baby alone. Nothing between us but a window screen. I was petrified. Hoping I did not smell like anything that might be considered an appetizer. Black Bears are omnivorous.. I froze and he left. We saw him a few more times. But he stopped coming around when we stopped putting our garbage out at night and Bear Season opened up.

Never once did I think to call a Wildlife officer..I would have been too embarrassed and to publish it in the paper as an anonymous rant ..Egads ..It would have been etched on my tombstone.

Bears in the mountains are like pigeons in the city..They are everywhere. You just Do Not feed them.

Here are two things I know about our local bears. They are beautiful animals and if you think they wont hurt you then you need to watch When Animals Attack II.

That's why most local mountain people have guns.

Good grief..get a grip.

Blue Fire Hydrants:

It seems sad to see the red ones go away..but I really don't think its something to be offended by? Whine... Whine ...Complain...Get a life.

MACON MORON

The Franklin Press for putting fire hydrants on the front page instead of the mugging that happened on the Greenway on October 8th. A lot of people walk and run that area including my family and I. I believe that might have been more newsworthy.

When you want to fight a battle about everything..you are always at war. Choose your battles carefully. Remember GOD is videotaping everything you do.

I found this moving this morning..to not turn away anyone who only wants to worship Jehovah..to not judge those that have never done any harm and come to you in GODs name.I have been thinking this day of persecution and peace. If you read the verses Matthew10:34-39 It speaks of how you will lose people you love because you worship Jehovah. To someone like me..only my son and Tim as family..or my dear friends..to lose someone you love..because of my love of Jehovah and my refusal to judge would be so hard. It saddens me..but if he stands with me..who can stand against me.

Matthew10: 40-42

“He that receives YOU receives me also, and he that receives me receives him also that sent me forth. 41 He that receives a prophet because he is a prophet will get a prophet’s reward, and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will get a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I tell YOU truly, he will by no means lose his reward.”

An implantable chip could allow you to charge purchases or even start your car. It'd be convenient, It'd be convenient, to be sure. But would it be too creepy?
We already microchip our pets, and I would probably want to micro-chip my soon-to- be teenager if it was available.

Timothy McVeigh(Oklahoma Bomber) swore the military had put a micro chip in his buttocks when they gave him his anthrax shots. I didn't believe him then, the psycho, but think about it. It is soo hard to give credit to any of his words.
We know the government gave soldiers LSD in the 60s. Its not like they tell us everything. If my son was in a war, If he were captured, if he had a chip. They could find him right then. That's a lot of ifs.

But is it right..Is this where we are headed..Do you remember bar codes and UPC codes. I guess Bob Segar may be right ..we are all just a number. Or soon will be.

Would you be chipped? Would you let your children. Does this feel prophetic to you?