And I don't mean the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays...This Saturday night is THE most wonderful time of the year because -- ta-da! Daylight Savings Time comes to an end, we get to set our clocks back, and we all get one whole extra hour of SLEEP!
YAY!
I will savor all 60 beautiful extra minutes in ZZZZ-Town...
Sleep and chocolate -- two things -- the only things -- I crave these days...
Perhaps I'll celebrate Daylight Savings Time's end by nibbling on some Peanut M&Ms...
Speaking of Peanut M&Ms...
It was "Ghouls Gone Wild" on our street this Halloween...
OK, maybe more like "Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun"...
At any rate, there were lots and lots of ADORABLE little ghosts, goblins, bees, fairies, dinosaurs, super heroes and the like combing the neighborhood for treats...
Noticed, however, that kids rarely actually say "Trick or Treat" any more...they just hold out their bags and expect you to toss the sugary loot in without a word...
"What do you say?" I asked those who attempted to forgo the traditional Halloween greeting...
"Please?" they'd respond, staring at me, as though totally confused, as they held open their bags.
"How 'bout 'Trick or Treat?" I'd offer back.
"Oh, yeah, Trick or Treat!" they'd giggle.
Ya know, back in the day, when candy was a true treat instead of a main staple in kids' diets, I think Halloween was more fun, or meant more....
I, as family tradition holds, handed out treats by myself..Daniel fashioned himself too old to help...and John did his usual disappearing act -- this year he conveniently had to fix a leak in his mom's kitchen faucet.
I think he was traumatized somehow by trick-o-treaters back in the day...
Whatever.
And I, as tradition also holds, ate more peanut M&Ms than I handed out..
Two mini bags for me, one for the kiddies...
Hey, don't forget to set those clocks back!
More rambling to come...
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