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It's a rainy rainy Halloween Saturday here in Atlanta.......it's about 11:00a.m......me and the Boss have just gotten up which leaves me in P.J's and if you have been reading this blog for any length of time you know the Boss is on the couch "pantsless".... The door bell rings.....the dog goes crazy....more so then usual....then the sound of someone pounding on the door.....really pounding.....I get up from the couch to peek out the window to see who is on the porch and what do I see...... A very tall man with those dread-lock thingies and dressed very colorfully.....I'm thinking some sort of Jamaican Costume?........after all it is Halloween......I go back and sit down and inform the Boss of my findings......Some sort of teenage Trick or Treater......and I am not answering the door.... It doesn't dawn on me that it's 11:00 a.m. and only little kids trick or treat in the daylight...... The pounding continues......now I'm getting nervous and the Boo...

I dressed up as a bride for Halloween .......... My father blindfolded me...put me in the back seat of the local funeral homes limo.... and drove me to the St. Mary's church..... I thought I was going "Trick or Treating"........ I ended up bringing home a husband in my trick or treat bag....... and it's been pretty scary ever since.... Happy Anniversay Boss...... I expect a trip to Paris for our 40th..... Start planning! p.s. dress made by me for a mere $40. White velvet with emerald green velvet buttons.....my hair was not as long as it looks...there was a long green ribbon down the back of the hat..... flowers were orange...green and yellow straw.... which I still have!

Yesterday me and the neighbor headed North up I-85 to the little town of Hoschton Georgia... The sky was bright blue the weather was gorgeous compared to the day before when it poured all day... What is in Hoschton ? My blogging friend Cheri from http://www.geergathering.blogspot.com/ and the Infamous "Peckers" restaurant ...... I have known Cheri since March but only got to meet her in person a few months ago on our trip up to Chateau Elan.....So we made a point of meeting up again for lunch and a day of shopping before Cheri moves to Alabama next month..... We have lots in common.....we both have daughters....I have one she has three....we both have adorable granddaughters.......and Cheri has a husband who hunts deer and I have 3 deer head on my living room wall.....buying mine at the flea markets....he's the hunter.....I'm the shopper.... So I'm going to miss her when she moves and I'm just sorry that we didn't meet years ago.... Isn't that the fun...

Will all the Kathleen's in Blogland please step forward and make your presence known.... Yes.....no matter where you live please let me know that there is more then one of you out there......and clarify your state of residence..... WHY? Well......you all know me and this falls into that "It could only happen to Sue" Category................ This is really all Joyce's fault as she mentioned Jell-O Pumpkin Pudding in her blog which got me started and that's when I heard from Miss Kathleen that the pumpkin pudding was nowhere to be found in her neck of the woods...... What neck of the woods would that be??? You think I would have further investigated the whereabouts of Kathleen..... You see there are two of my blogging friends and as of yesterday I only knew one of their last names........ The other one's last name has something to do with cooking..... Which I thought was an odd choice for a last name..... So yesterday I popped in the mail a few packages of pum...

I was thinking the other day about the "art" of gift giving and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that women are much better gift givers then men... Does anyone agree with that? My birthday was a couple of weeks ago and a few months before I said to the Boss "I would really like my Blog turned into a book this year for my birthday" To which the Boss replied..... "You order it and let me know what I owe you"....... Something was missing don't you think..... Well the birthday came and daughter......a World Class "Gift Giver" presented me with...... My very own book!! Just like a real published author.... with a real dust jacket..... info about me on the inside cover.....how cool is that..... My recipes and crazy stories...... My Paris pictures....... And whole pages with just pictures.....Do you love it.... I have to say that I did cry when she gave it to me...... A labor of love.......... she told me it has taken her since August ...

If it's Thursday.........or better yet Wednesday Night.....it must be Tablescape Thursday......hosted by the tablescaper extraordinaire Susan at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ It's October.....my favorite month of the whole year and what better tablescape then an Oktoberfest theme..... We have been to Germany many times but have never been during this celebration... Or for that matter during their wonderful Christmas markets.... Oh well.....it looks like there has to be a trip in our future..... I was able to drag out my nutcrackers from behind glass for the special occasion...... I started my collection 39 years ago on our first trip and have been in love with these little creatures ever since.... This big guy came back with me from Munich back in the 90's when we took daughter for her first trip..... She speaks German so she was quite handy to have with us!! But how beautiful is this dish.....No it's not German....but it kind of looks it... When ...