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>>>>> We usually go all out with the decorating but I just didn't feel like
>>>>> doing it this year. Especially since after that long dry spell we are
>>>>> now having a lot of rain.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last year, Angela was envious of the orange spider webs that the
>>>>> neighbors had. We just had the plain white. Of course I couldn't
>>>>> find any until after Halloween and they were marked down quite a bit.
>>>>> We bought purple, orange and green. And apparently far too many!
>>>>>
>>>>> I decided to put up some of the decorations after Angela said she
>>>>> didn't want to. But I did make her put the little pumpkins that she
>>>>> wanted out on the front step.
>>>>>
>>>>> I only used one bag of the purple web. It really did stretch quite a
>>>>> long ways. And I put up all of the huge spiders that we have bought
>>>>> over the years. I also put up the ghost and pumpkin lights, the black
>>>>> cats by the door and the bats and the one sparkly purple hanging
>>>>> spider on the Rhodie by the door. I do have some battery operated
>>>>> things that I may put out on Halloween night. Or I may not, depending
>>>>> on my mood.
>>>>>
>>>>> We opted for candy this year since we really have no use for toys any
>>>>> more. And the last couple of years we didn't get as many kids as we
>>>>> have in the past. So I wanted to buy something I could eat in case I
>>>>> had hypos. I bought the same Twizzlers (at least I think they're the
>>>>> same) as I ODed on last year when I bought them after Halloween. I
>>>>> had a hypo at the dance studio and wound up eating far too many.
>>>>>
>>>>> Angela sent her dad a Halloween package and we opened the Twizzlers
>>>>> and put some in. Then I got into them. They were beyond horrible! I
>>>>> just hope the kids like them because I sure did not. Not even the
>>>>> plain red ones. There are some super sour ones in there. Perhaps
>>>>> they damaged my taste buds. So... No worries about me getting into
>>>>> them and eating them. And once of Angela's teachers asked that if we
>>>>> had any leftover candy to give it to her. She took over for another
>>>>> teacher last year and much to our dismay, he was in the habit of
>>>>> giving out candy to people all the time. He even offered it to us on
>>>>> parent's night. Angela said he ate quite a lot of it himself. So the
>>>>> students in this class are accustomed to getting treats. And she said
>>>>> she could not afford to give out candy like the prior teacher did. So
>>>>> if we do have any left, I will send it in to her.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not have a special meal planned this year. I usually only plan
>>>>> to make something quick to fix and eat but that is less of a problem
>>>>> for me now that Angela has taken over passing out the treats. I do
>>>>> have some Halloween patterned paper plates and some black plastic
>>>>> flatware. That is our tradition. And I bought new toy mice for Bali
>>>>> and Jazzy. I had better buy a new package of dog treats too. Angela
>>>>> likes to keep dog treats by the door although I don't think we have
>>>>> had any dogs come by here. When we lived in military housing it was
>>>>> common for people to walk their dogs on Halloween and they would get
>>>>> treats too.
>>>>>
>>>>> So do you have anything special planned at your house?
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>>>> No, we don't do the candy thing anymore. We used to give the
>>>> neighborhood kids 5.00 each for the past few years, but now we're down
>>>> to 3 teenagers who drive, so won't do anything. Most of the kids,
>>>> tweens, etc. go to private parties now.
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>>> I'd go broke if I did that! I lost track of how many kids we had last
>>> year but it was at least 50. Probably a lot more. When we first moved
>>> here there were around 200. But with the economy being so bad, most of
>>> the families who live around here have had to move into apartments. And
>>> the many of the kids who do come in are driven here by their parents. I
>>> think they remember our house because we usually do go all out with the
>>> decorations. I also think the trend here is more going to parties and
>>> such. More and more businesses are doing things.
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>> There weren't that many kids in the neighborhood, and really for the last
>> few years very few TorTers. None in quite awhile now. We live on a street
>> that pretty dark and also just a high school in the vicinity. Now, I just
>> lock the gate and that's it. :-)
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> Oh. We have no gate and there is no way to turn our outside lights off.
> They are on a sensor.

I have a 4 foot wrought iron fence around my front yard. Really had to have
it installed a few years ago because the high school kids kept driving their
cars over my yard making a total mess of it, especially in wet weather.

Cheri