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Halloween is our most favorite holiday of the year, even beating out Christmas, and that is unusual for most people. But we love Halloween and go all out every year, with the costumes and the decorations!! People actually come from all around to see my daughter's house decorations every year!! She hangs bodies from trees, and has ghosts dangling that look like they are flying, and eerie lights and signs, and even some window decorations too. It really is a whole adventure!

We usually create the costumes, but sometimes we use some store bought stuff too. You can Buy Halloween Costumes Online or in a Halloween Store Near You and have your own adventure this coming Halloween!! Or if you have pictures from a past halloween, why not join Jack's Quest by entering your pictures and being in the running for a chance to win a contest? You can enter either pictures, video or a story and have people vote for them.

I did it....and I need your votes!! This is my daughter dressed as Cruella DeVille from 101 dalmations, and my grandson dressed as the Boogeyman from WWE wrestling. As you can see he has a mask on, and a fake bleeding heart hanging around his neck, but that is all that was bought for the costume, everything else was made. We have a blast every year, and it brings us closer together too! I made the cane out of a branch that I wrapped in duct tape, and the feather like things he is wearing are really ponytail holders made out of fake hair.

If you love Halloween as much as we do, would you please consider clicking on the banner below and voting for us?? We need your votes!! And tell your friends to vote for Kat too!!
I would appreciate it very much!!

This banner will bring you to my page, with 2 pics on it, if you scroll down, you will see my pic on the left, and then in the middle bottom, you will see the 2 halloween pics, and there is a small hand in the lower left box of each pic that says "vote here". You click on that and then the it counts your vote, and brings the pic up big on the left and says "Does this look like an adventure to you?" and I clicked again, and it registered another vote!! YAY!! Then it says you can come back in 24 hours to vote again.....
I hope that explains it, and now maybe your votes will be counted. It doesn't say you have to register, but let me know if that isn't true, so I can alter this post again. Please?

Thank you so much again,
Take care,
And happy haunting.....
Kat

It seems like the problems never end with me and this computer!
I think I have eliminated the virus, but I'm still not sure?
After reading so many helpful comments and ideas, I think now I have to clean out my windows registry. My computer is still running really slow, and I am sure I have broken files and incomplete files. Someone told me that using a registry cleaner would solve a lot of my problems?

I have looked at the registry myself, and it is all Greek to me? I am going to try to use the free registry cleaner and scan my computer and see if that helps? I am sure that there are a lot of errors that the scan will find, and I think it will be better to leave the fixing and correcting to someone who knows what to do and how to fix it.

My computer still freezes from time to time, and this is one of the hints that maybe there are errors that need to be corrected? I have read the testimonials from other users, and it looks promising. This registry fix seems to have helped many others with their computer problems, and to speed up their computers. It should help with the upload time when I first turn on my computer and the shut down time too.

I am ready to try anything at this point. Other than getting a new computer, I think this might be my best option.

Wish me luck!
Kat

These hilariously stupid 911 calls were featured on the Jay Leno show, and I can't help but wonder how they get along in life??

Just listen............

Are you as stumped as I am??

Till Next Time,
Keep Smiling,
Kat

Have you or someone you know been prescribed medical or support stockings?
I remember when my Dad was told he had to wear support stockings, and him being a big, strong, Italian Man, said there was absolutely no way "He" was wearing stockings!! He was very adamant about it too! It took a lot of convincing to talk him into wearing them for his own good.

His doctor told him that he needed to wear them to help the blood flow through his veins easier after surgery, and the tightness of the stockings would help the blood flow back to his heart without pooling in the legs. Now, my dad was still very against this, and he even made me go in to pick them up, so the people wouldn't see him picking them up. I have to laugh at this memory, because he was so embarrassed at a man having to wear support hose.

As you know, I work in the medical field, and I told him repeatedly, that there are thousands of people who are wearing them right now, and that he would never know, because it isn't like a sling where you wear it on the outside, the stockings are underneath your pants, and they are made to look like a pair of socks, only his would be a bit longer, going up above the knee, but who would see them?

Men and women wear them for many reasons, including, but not limited to: minor swelling (or edema) in the legs, feet or ankles , superficial thrombophlebitis, spider veins, leg cramps or fatigue, and tired aching legs.

These medical stockings are also prescribed for many pregnant women because it helps with the fluid build up and blood flow while pregnant. The compression of the stockings is believed to increase the pressure in the tissues beneath the skin and reduces and helps prevent swelling.

If you or a loved one is told that they have to wear surgical stockings, just remember this story, and let them know that it is good for them, in more ways than they will ever know!

Till Next Time,
Kat

This is a great little story that I found, that I wanted to share with you....I was amazed when I read it.....

On a Saturday night, a pastor was working late, and decided to call his wife before he left for home.. It was about 10:00 PM, but when he called, his wife didn't answer the phone.


The pastor let the phone ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't answer, but decided to wrap up a few things and try again in a few minutes.. When he tried again she answered right away. He asked her why she hadn't answered before, and she said that it hadn't rung at their house. They brushed it off as a fluke and went on their merry ways.


The following Monday, the pastor received a call at the church office, which was the phone that he'd used that Saturday night. The man that he spoke with wanted to know why he'd called him on Saturday night.

The pastor couldn't figure out what the man was talking about. Then the man said, 'It rang and rang, but I didn't answer.' The pastor remembered the mishap and apologized for disturbing him, explaining that he'd intended to call his wife and must have dialed the number wrong.


The man said, 'That's, OK. Let me tell you my story.


You see, I was planning to commit suicide on Saturday night, but before I did, I prayed, 'God if you're there, and you don't want me to do this, give me a sign now..' At that point my phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID, and it said, 'Almighty God'. I was afraid to answer!'


The reason that it showed on the man's caller ID that the call came from 'Almighty God' is because the church that the pastor attends is called Almighty God Tabernacle!!

Ok, are you amazed like me??

Till Next Time,
Kat

Whenever I need to find something, whether it be a store or a restaurant or lately a computer repair place, the first place I go to is Local.com. This is where I find all the information that I need relating to local restaurants when we are looking for someplace new to go out to eat.

I like to try different places, so I do a local search for restaurants in Sandwich Massachusetts and go through the list of different places that are available to dine in. I also like the fact that there are customer reviews for me to look at and this can help me to make my mind up about a certain restaurant too. I have left my own reviews on some places, in hopes that others will find this tool as useful as I do.

Local.com is a search engine that is a compilation of the best of the other ones, including, Yellowpages.com, Superpages.com, Citysearch.com and Yelp.com. Why would I go to any of those when I can have a combination of all them right here? This is better than my local yellowpages. I can get the hours of business and driving directions right here. My phone book doesn't offer that. I never go to the phone book anymore, it seems so archaic. It doesn't let you do any research on anything you are looking up, you have to make a phone call, sometimes only to find out that the place you were wanting isn't what you really wanted.

They have quite a few computer repair places in Sandwich, and I have used one of them before, but the good thing is I have more options by going here and searching. There are other choices for me to pick from, and maybe I will have to give one of them a try?

So if you want to search for computer repair or local restaurants in your own area, try local.com and see if it doesn't provide you with all the information you need, and then some?

Take care,
Kat

I am still running slow, and trying my best to locate the virus that seems to have burried itself so far into my machine that no amount of spyware, virus stuff and all that can seem to find??

I did find the above trojan virus thing though: this is after I installed Avast, and while just doing what I normally do.....

Then this warning popped up, and I aborted like I should, and then within the course of an hour, 2 more popped up??

What the heck is going on???

Still working on it....be patient with me!!

Kat

We all have something that is just plain ugly and we would like to get rid of it, right? Well, LG Bliss has come up with a new contest called findyourbliss where you can be eligible to win a new LG Bliss Phone!! These are gorgeous phones, and not at all ugly!!

All you need to do is log into your facebook account, and then go to the LG Bliss Facebook Fan Page, where you can enter photos or videos of something that you think is ugly and you would like to get rid of it. No pictures of your mother in law allowed!! Seriously, no people pictures are allowed for this contest. Take a look at the widget in my left sidebar to see what others have uploaded as what they seem fit to call ugly and want to get rid of. Some of them are hysterical, and some, not so bad? I guess it is all a matter of taste?

That is all you have to do to be entered into this great contest! Upload a photo and viola' you are entered to win possibly a brand new LG Bliss Phone, or one of 50 runner up prizes which are $50.00 gift cards. There will be 5 grand prize winners and 50 gift cards, so just think, that is 55 chances to win, just for finding something ugly? Good odds if you ask me?

You have to be over the age of 18 to enter this contest, and there is only one entry per facebook account. Lose the Ugly, Find the Bliss Sweepstakes will run from 9/11/09 through 11/06/09, so there is plenty of time to enter and view the other entries. Come back and look at the widget tomorrow too, and see how many new entries there are??

You can enter your photo or video in the Gallery of Utterly Ugly, or just browse other people's ugly finds.

Some examples of ugly things to lose might be:
That 80's disco outfit you are holding onto (enter in Trashy Fashion Trends)
That 8 track player you are keeping, why? (enter in Mutant Machines)
That knarly tree in your back yard (enter in Ugly Wonders of Nature)
and that moped that you are thinking of restoring in your garage, as if? (enter in Ugly Mobiles)

There are some suggestions to get you on your way to ridding yourself of the ugly in your life. Because who couldn't use a little sprucing up?? And a new phone??

I'm heading over to enter the contest now, I have plenty of ugly things that I would like to get rid of to make room for more bliss in my life! It would be heavenly if I could win?

Take care,
Kat

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My grandson Marcus is asking for fish tank for his birthday, which is coming up next weekend. I would love to get him a saltwater fish tank, because the fish that can be in saltwater tanks are so beautiful! Now, he may not want beautiful fish, but there are other fish too. They are unusual, and not what you are used to seeing in fresh water fish tanks. There are clown fish, like Nemo was, and eels, and I think he would like those.

I think we will get him one of those Reef aquariums that are very popular and look fantastic. It will be like a dream come true if he gets one of those. I can imagine him and the expression on his face when he sees all the exotic fish and the live coral floating in the tank. I think that the live coral will be a big hit, the colors are so vibrant and cool. There are very specific procedures when getting new coral and inserting it into the tank. You have to make sure your bring the temperature of the shipping water up to the temperature of your tank water, before putting the coral into your tank, and another important thing is to make sure the lights are off and stay off for at least 3 hours, then slowly introduce the light for short periods of time. The thing to remember is that this coral is alive, and can die from shock if these steps are not followed.

We will also have to get some decorations for the bottom of the tank. There are all sorts of pirate things to get, or skeletons, he likes stuff like that, so that is the way the tank will go.

I have a feeling that in the beginning, he will take care of the fish and the tank, but soon enough, his Mom will be the one doing it all. But then isn't that the way it is?? I remember when my daughter was younger, every single pet, including the fish, after much begging and promises of "I really will take care of it!", eventually became my pets and I looked after them. So, payback time....She will have to take care of the saltwater fish and tank and she will know how sweet it is!

Take care,
Kat