Marital Talk

I’m not a big shopper, but I’m telling you, when I get started, there is no looking back.  And, I’ve been a little slower than most with the shopping online phenomenon but honestly, can shopping get any easier?

Anyway, I’ve got a contest for you me, it’s called Shop and Confess.  Basically it’s pretty simple, you go to the link for Shop and Confess and sign up.  When you sign-up, tell them that I sent you from Life in Reality, that way I get credit for you signing up. 

I know, it sounds difficult, but basically, if you are going to do your holiday shopping sooner rather than later (later is when I tend to do mine) and you are going to be doing online shopping, then definitely this can benefit you as well as me.

Now, are you thoroughly confused….if so, go see this video on youtube and see if it helps.

I’m not sure when this contest actually ends, but as soon as I know, I will let you know.  And, I did say it was a contest and the contest is basically about me trying to get as many people to sign up with my referral Life in Reality as possible…so please, sign-up, spread the word and have everyone you know use Life in Reality as the referring link. 

I’m not even sure what I would win if I won but you know, I’m all about sharing and will gladly give away some of my winnings in another contest on Mom~E~Centric.

Ok, so go to Shop and Confess, sign up with Life in Reality as the referring blog and when I win, I will in turn give away part or all of my winnings on Mom~E~Centric.  That simple, looks like I could have just said that in the first place, uh?

Look, you don’t wanna know why I’m wimping out, just take my word for it…I am.

But, first of all, here’s a few fleeting thoughts.  Do you guys know about the Halloween Witch?  If not, you can read about it many places, but I’ll tell you quickly here.  Basically, we come home on Halloween night and the kids open and eat candy for about an hour.  No eating while out trick or treating so…they eat for about an hour.

Then, I give them a quart size ziplock bag with their name on it and they pick out their favorite pieces and put them in the bag.  They are reminded that the more candy they leave for the Halloween Witch, the bigger the toy will be.  So, they bag their candy up and leave the rest spread on the floor for the Halloween Witch to take.

The Halloween Witch then takes the candy to work with him on Monday…hehehehe.  There you have it…Here’s what "mah stash", as Jace called it…

The witch got…

The kids keep…(well they think they are, I’m going to work on those bags before I go to bed..)

But, the greatest part of any holiday is your family.  Am I correct?  Can I get someone to agree with me here for once?

And, the Halloween Witch has left a huge Tonka Truck Toy of some sort in exchange for the candy.

So, my mom did indeed load them up with a bunch of candy.  But, they also got this lovely Easter Egg with a note it…yes, an Easter Egg, what else are Grammy’s for?

Another awesome highlight or two coming later………..

Every year my husband has worked late on Halloween.  One year, I did half the trick or treating with the kids by myself.  I hated it.  Either way, the time has normally changed before Halloween and folks would generally be out and about by 5 or 5:15 because it gets dark.  Well, since the time hasn’t changed, it was broad daylight still.

But, around 5:20 we loaded  up and headed to Nanny’s.  Because……………this year, the year that I was running around all day like a chicken with my head cut off going to party’s and school and the such, he gets off early. 

Normally we try to sneak a meal after trick or treating, this year, I brought home take-out.  I mean, honestly, this has been our best Halloween yet.

And, to leave you with a little blurb about how wonderful marriage and family…..my  mom put a lot of candy in the kids’s bags.s  But, she also put an Easter Egg in each one of their bags with the following note in it…

Yea, so trick that!

And, if you are wondering, there was plenty of candy in there to last us I’m sure for quite some time, but this year, I one house that we depend on to trick or treat or a orange soda of some kind was shut down. No one was home, lights were out. But, luckily, a different family member took up the policy and Capri Suns were doled out. Obviously with the weather like it is around here, Trick or Treating is a tough job with the heat, especially if you have on a big hot suit.

Yea, so trick that!