HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Happy Halloween to all!

Whitney enjoyed all the festivities this year. She decided to dress up as SuperGirl again, which suited us because we did not have to buy a costume!

Blaine dressed up in a cape and a SCREAM mask. It rained on us trick or treating this year..pretty hard. Joe took Whitney out while I stayed home and passed out candy. We had mostly teenagers this year. I didn't see many small children except when we walked further out in the neighborhood. Joe and Whitney came back and we went out together to the firehouse where they had a haunted house set up. Whitney would not go through b/c it was too scary! It stopped raining, so we stopped at some more houses and Whitney saw one of her friends from preschool out trick or treating too!
They got to dress up yesterday at preschool too. They had a Halloween parade through the rest home next door and a party that afternoon. She had a blast!


We carved pumpkins and went to the Quakertown Halloween parade. Whitney drew the pumpkin on paper first and Joe carved it according to her specs :)

After we got home from trick or treating, Whitney took some time to sort through her stash! She wanted to separate it into likes and dislikes...mom and dad got all the dislikes!

Sense of Humor

I like to think that I have a sense of humor. Sometimes Joe would disagree, but I am usually the one at work that is making jokes and having fun. Apparently, some other people I know don't have quite the same sense of humor. In my last two posts I have mentioned that Joe and I are looking at a house and have to get together a down payment. I joked about contributing to the fund, etc...We are in NO WAY WHATSOVER asking anyone for money. It was a joke, simply.
I think the people who know me the best realize that, which would explain why I got the response I did from a person who has known me the longest, but knows very little about me.
So, to everyone else--thanks for being my friends and always supporting, loving me. Everyone else can, well....I'd rather not say.

What month is this???

OK...it is October 15th...only about a month into FALL, mind you, and it is snowing in Pennsylvania. Where we live, it is only very cold and raining...the 39 degrees is not quite cold enough for the change over, but about 30-45 minutes north and it is snowing! I left work this afternoon to find it snowing big wet flakes mixed with snow and sleet. Some friends that live towards the Poconos area have seen LOTS of snow, as well have Joe's mom and stepdad. CRAZY stuff!
From what I hear, this is not typical to have snow so early into the season, but obviously it is possible. If this is a sign of things to come then I think we are in trouble! 39 degrees today and this weekend, in the 60's again next week!
In other news, our house in NC is on the verge of being officially sold. We are anticipating closing day Friday (tomorrow) October 16th! It is a bittersweet moment. We LOVED our house so much, but it could not be put on the moving truck, so another lucky family was able to take it away.....ummmm, no one has yet volunteered to make any donations to our down payment fund!!! Come on---good cause! :)
Love to you all!

We want a house

We want a house. We have enjoyed living in our apartment for the last 10 months, but it is time to get our own place. We would like to stay in the area...it is only about a 35 minute drive or less for both of us to get to work. So, we found the house in this picture. It is in Richlandtown...the same town we live in now. It is actually only about a 2 minute drive to get there. It is a foreclosure, but is in pretty decent shape. It has a couple of issues, but none that couldn't be fixed. 3 bedrooms...2 1/2 baths. A nice back patio, a shed...great front yard...partially fenced in back yard. It also has hardwood floors in the dining room and kitchen.
Here is a link to the listing....
So, we want to offer a low price and see how that goes....but we need a down payment of 3.5%. Anyone want to help with that??? About $6000!!!! Hey....it's for a good cause! :)
This house is close enough that Whitney would not have to change preschool...which is great! She has been having some transition issues...saying how she misses different friends or her old daycare or our old house, swingset, etc... Joe also joined the volunteer fire department recently, so he could still be in town to help out. He actually went out on his first call last night!
So, that is how we are...how are you???