Just want to let everyone in my life know that I am forever grateful for all their kindness and I feel so very blessed to have all of you around me at Christmas time and always.  My heart is brimming over with joy and happiness.  Looking forward now to a spectacular New Year with lots more time together.  God bless you all!!

Also need to mention a special appreciation for the hard work that my son Darren has done on this site to make it so user friendly and beautiful to look at as well.  The giving of his time and talent are a truly wonderful gift.  He and Jeff have enabled me to be a real computer user….without them, I would be totally lost.  So here’s to the techno wizards in my life!!

Decided to through this in among the recipes, since it’s theme oriented.

Devilish Decorations:

A slew of simple spooky decorations can set a spirited mood at your Halloween party. In addition to pumpkins and balloons, try these tricks.

With a black marker, draw ghostly eyes and mouths on old white sheets. Drape over the bristle ends of brooms and prop up against walls.

Cut out shapes of bats from black construction paper and suspend them from the ceiling with black thread and tape.

For an eerie glow, replace some of your regular lightbulbs with green or orange bulbs, which can be found at hardware and party supply stores.

Greet guests with spooky sounds from a purchased cassette or compact disc.

Pick up a bag of spider webbing from a party supply store. Place in corners throughout the house and attach black plastic spiders. Also scatter spiders on tables, mantels and counters.

Just passing along some fun ideas for the younger crowd. Those of you with young ones and want to have a spooky Halloween.

1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.
2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water and is fat.
3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.
4. A tortoise doesn’t run, barely walks & does nothing..yet lives for 450 years.

And you want me to Exercise!!