HISTORICAL HALLOWEEN

Yesterday I went to my granddaughters school. The class presented a Historical Halloween. Each child had to do an essay on a famous person and with the help of their teacher prepared a presentation with pictures and all. Each child got up before the parents and grand mothers and fathers and gave a speech about the famous person they chose. I must say they did an excellent job. It takes nerve to get up in front of strangers and give a speech, especially for a third grader. My granddaughter gave her presentation on Sally Ride, the first American woman to orbit earth. I learned something. I must say, job well done kids.

HALLOWEEN IN SHINER TEXAS

This is the time of year that children get to be creative and be what they want to be. A monster, favorite hero or just dress up and go out and get some candy and go to parties. One of the things as a child I remember is going to school dressed up and having a party. That is what is going to happen at my granddaughters school on Tuesday. A parade around the school and a party and they will be dressed up in costume. But in Shiner Texas it is a different. This little town is so far from civilization they don't know how the rest of the world does things. The school that my grandson goes to will not allow any parties, make up or costumes. This is the principal, I don't know if the teachers go along with it. Why not take away Christmas decorations or Easter decorations and parties. The principal may consider this a pagan holiday and it we don't tell the kids about it maybe they won't know about it. At least they haven't taken away the trick or treating. Have fun kids. Yes there is a HALLOWEEN!

LAZY DAY

What a great day. And I mean great. I work sometimes for a company that manufacturers and distributes lens cleaning cloths. I am able to bring this work home which is even better. All I have to do is fold the cloth, put a business card behind it and insert it into a plastic sleeve. This is a no brainer. I usually do three thousand or a little more and this is all done from my rocking chair which is in front of the TV. I work at my own pace, rest when I want. What more do you want. That's why I called it a great day. No physical labor.

GOOD JOB MUNSTER

Today I took my granddaughters to lunch since they had fall break. We went to McDonald's, their favorite place. Afterwards they wanted to go to a park. The one I chose for them was Memorial Park in Munster Indiana, which is across from the Veterans Memorial which is also nicely done and a historical place to visit. Memorial Park isn't finished yet but is built around a lake and beautifully landscaped. A nice place for a walk and they also have a nice playground for the children which was being used by quite a few of them today. We spent over an hour there. The girls at the playground and me taking the opportunity to walk as my doctor told me to do. So by doing this I killed two birds with one stone. My walking and the girls playing at the playground. It was also a beautiful day.

WHAT'S WITH SPITTING

I was watching the baseball game the other night and was disgusted at the players continually spitting. Every time the showed a player he was spitting. Is this a baseball thing? Do the kids in Little League do the same thing? As role models, this is not teaching the younger generation good hygiene or manners. Football players grab butts, baseball players spit. I don't know which is worse. These are just my thoughts, maybe yours are different. I hope not.

GOOD DAY FOR SHOPPING

Today was a beautiful day, just a slight touch of fall in the air with the temp in the high 50's. Went to the post office and mailed a dress for my daughter, went to the bank took money from my savings account and put it into my checking account. Now I'm good until payday which is Wednesday. I didn't feel like going home so I pulled out my trusty garage sale section of the paper which I had brought with me. Plenty!!!!. Away we go. I went to about 8 of them and some had a lot of things and others should not have wasted their time or mine. As it turned out I came home empty handed, nothing, zilch. I look for things that I can sell on E-Bay. Maybe next week.

ANGELICA'S GOOD WEEKEND

As I said before, my granddaughter Angelica is living with me. When she lived in Texas she didn't have any relatives except for the grandparents. When we were in Wisconsin with my family she discovered that she had loads of aunts and cousins all of whom love her. She made very good friends with her cousin Rebekka and this past weekend she spent the weekend with my sister-in-law, brother-in-law and Bekka and her family Karen, Lance and Sophia. They had a great time going to the show, hiking, going to a festival and swimming at my other relatives house where they have not closed their pool yet. Seeing that it was 92 degrees they had a pool party and I was invited to a turkey dinner which was great. All I can say is that it is nice to have family.