It Just Doesn't Get

any easier than this!
I bought the Cute Halloween Gift Bag just because...well, I had another project in mind for it, but
like so many projects...let's just say it didn't come to fruition...and my friends would say well, imagine that...

so, the bag is just hangin' there on the coat rack...kind of makin' me feel crappy with those unspoken taunts because it is Yet Another Reminder of the Un-Done Things...

but then I get a flash of Cheap Door Decoration Inspiration: find some twigs, paint them black and orange*, stuff them into the bag** and stick on the front door...

as an aside, a good indicator of my Crafting Abilities is that when my husband sees me standing on the driveway, spray painting sticks, he doesn't even ask any more...he just heads in the other direction...
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*The black-and-orange thing didn't work out so well...at least not using both on the same twig...kind of had a Creepy Halloween stripe thing going on...painting each twig a solid colour is a better way to go...unless you like the Creepy Halloween Vibe...I prefer the Cute Halloween Vibe...just sayin'...

**the bag, bein' paper, will not hold up for a long time if you leave in a Naturally Moist Environment like southeastern Georgia...but it'll last several weeks as long you give it a sheltered spot...

We're The Proud New Parents

of Samantha!

Many thanks to Lorraine for posting about the chimp sanctuary...I decided I'd much rather
have a bouncing 19-year-old baby chimp than that new laptop I don't really need ('cause, yes, I do lay around on my large behind too much as it is...)...and I believe DH is thinking about adopting Elway...

At # 17

in October, it is allllll about the pumpkins!
(normally, scarecrows freak me out but this guy cost only 10 cents plus he stays on the porch sooooo...)
I confess to havin' a pretty serious Pumpkin Problem...But gettin' your pumpkin on is soooooo easy...you can just plop them down anywhere...

in the house...on the porch...another scarecrow but this one is a Bear Scarecrow and surely he can't animate some dark Georgia night and go all Horror Picture on me...plus, he too lives outside with his other little freaky scarecrow mate....yes, I do have issues....somewhat belatedly realizing I really should have found time to paint the wicker this year...pretty sure it ain't gonna happen in 2011...in the garden...
and *poof* you're callin' it done...and the older I get, the more I like *poof* easy...

and then we have an entirely different type of Pumpkin...Pumpkin Butt plopped down in our bedroom...watching my Leslie Sansone walk-aerobic tape...the tape finished and Chubby sprawled out like "whew, man...that wore me slap out!"

No, Chubby Bubby...trust me, I've tried...just watching the exercise video does not melt those pounds away..

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*before anyone gets hysterical, I do try to "exercise" the Bub...she loves to chase the red laser light from the level around the floor...