Happy Halloween

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgzh1Xv-ILbFrFPvWpCzy7l6cWz36qTDwfAC_BxCWLkcZE0FhinAtaq3fR6ZekPLDPtiKEuzQ_GE6ShyphenhyphenUhkIQKzJlOkzcZFH22-ijZ0WUIJveqU14KJr1xd4dFuB9ycWuH_tp96ODafw/s1600/176977460327285342_wITqgBgQ_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgzh1Xv-ILbFrFPvWpCzy7l6cWz36qTDwfAC_BxCWLkcZE0FhinAtaq3fR6ZekPLDPtiKEuzQ_GE6ShyphenhyphenUhkIQKzJlOkzcZFH22-ijZ0WUIJveqU14KJr1xd4dFuB9ycWuH_tp96ODafw/s1600/176977460327285342_wITqgBgQ_c.jpg" /></a></div>With power and trees down in our town due to hurricane Sandy, I don't think that there will be much, if any trick or treating around here for our kids this year, at least not today.  Hopefully, we can figure out a fun alternative for them by this weekend.  Now that our generator has been fixed, things are at least a lot more festive (and warm and bright) over here, and for that we are so grateful! Hope you all have a very safe and happy Halloween!<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Image via: <a href="http://www.crestock.com/" target="_blank">Crestock.com</a></span></i><a href="http://www.crestock.com/" target="_blank"> </a><br /><br /></div>

Happy Halloween

With power and trees down in our town due to hurricane Sandy, I don't think that there will be much, if any trick or treating around her...

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Random Chanel Item Number 147

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AcNqIuLZjdtrS6J_V1A1cWixxhrm1P45Gi3x5vOKh21MBw5oJEBcwAr2CWmCNBwNbZOvKxOmprJfquEoh1h8e-gMKGPNQJhEDTRB8c_YrP8QNSzeFDP2xPGJHWp1mtWhus_kthd-cZQ/s1600/tumblr_ltt9qhLGnW1r0tfcc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AcNqIuLZjdtrS6J_V1A1cWixxhrm1P45Gi3x5vOKh21MBw5oJEBcwAr2CWmCNBwNbZOvKxOmprJfquEoh1h8e-gMKGPNQJhEDTRB8c_YrP8QNSzeFDP2xPGJHWp1mtWhus_kthd-cZQ/s1600/tumblr_ltt9qhLGnW1r0tfcc.jpg" /></a></div>This is not my pumpkin...and we are<i> faaar</i> from ready for Halloween over here at chez zhush...thank goodness it's the weekend. Between costume finding and candy buying, I'm hoping to squeeze in some much needed down time. Before you know it, it will be Thanksgiving...talk about scary! What's on your schedule for the weekend?<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great one!</div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_q2NBUIH0z9dqAWNw4lzyW_dTjlIyPz9rSOAKHjQev0W8Wzv52l4NrpH04HSo7NMnoFgMpbyC-9aTX-6lS6yrKrBl6A888rs4z-rp0jmLInl4QaFI_eKGPKHs-ev6ATewEjCyVcxcI4/s1600/C5A5E1AB5F8BCFA318BDE26446C6106B.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_q2NBUIH0z9dqAWNw4lzyW_dTjlIyPz9rSOAKHjQev0W8Wzv52l4NrpH04HSo7NMnoFgMpbyC-9aTX-6lS6yrKrBl6A888rs4z-rp0jmLInl4QaFI_eKGPKHs-ev6ATewEjCyVcxcI4/s1600/C5A5E1AB5F8BCFA318BDE26446C6106B.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Image via:<a href="http://www.youngmuseme.com/" target="_blank"> YoungMuseMe</a></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Random Chanel Item Number 147

This is not my pumpkin...and we are faaar from ready for Halloween over here at chez zhush...thank goodness it's the weekend. Between ...

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My Pretties

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwDTGCZPNM6SVC2x2Geq0-z7Xwy_M8Uu1Xd6p9gOjpKd1cwzD78rlxPfrfrgNvR2-NYe-yhgmNrohn6Sz6gVMTs9nYFQn87tUX5MvNFnxjUkzr4XIZUUkDCJb3fQ4yInWr9ETQKx5WBI/s1600/natural-selection-halloween-decorated-staircase-1011-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwDTGCZPNM6SVC2x2Geq0-z7Xwy_M8Uu1Xd6p9gOjpKd1cwzD78rlxPfrfrgNvR2-NYe-yhgmNrohn6Sz6gVMTs9nYFQn87tUX5MvNFnxjUkzr4XIZUUkDCJb3fQ4yInWr9ETQKx5WBI/s1600/natural-selection-halloween-decorated-staircase-1011-lgn.jpg" /></a></div>Hello my pretties, and Happy Halloween!  Halloween has changed so much since I was a child, we used to just carve out a pumpkin and leave it on the front stoop.  Nowadays, its seems like every other house in our area is decked out to the hilt in festive Halloween decor.  I have to confess, when it comes to decorating for the Holidays, I usually just go with the bare essentials...and then only because of my children!  But, some of the ideas I see are so fun and creative, it's hard not to get swept up in the "spirit".  Do you decorate your home for Halloween?  My front door is in the last image below...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL_-RJyR_ipU2lcqtsayeWr9kmYyvmL9pg2STf5qxsn02NKJboAcJu092m5GoySjtwFwSEsuuL3Cuw7PEs8vn5SIQ5uNCWFqQtLFHuYfjph9LRXUTOR4yiVrmq8VHobwzpII8H0lLaY8/s1600/IMG_1614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL_-RJyR_ipU2lcqtsayeWr9kmYyvmL9pg2STf5qxsn02NKJboAcJu092m5GoySjtwFwSEsuuL3Cuw7PEs8vn5SIQ5uNCWFqQtLFHuYfjph9LRXUTOR4yiVrmq8VHobwzpII8H0lLaY8/s400/IMG_1614.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">{this last image is my house}<br /><br />Post Note:<br /><div style="text-align: left;">I took the photo above on October 27th...but today, October 31, our front stoop looks more like Christmas!  We have no power and and no school...it's like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/">a Tim Burton movie</a> around here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnTDRBghi4hxN59tQPkX3_Q2qPY7gKFsoMxIjFEky7S4M-4e3DTqqSUn7HUNRRz2UrbN3z07AT9uFGBuAcbUvsxP57twXe4caEBbZXjVlxmP4-dlEC5AfrSZnUcZcXJ4vBDh25REW3tQ/s1600/IMG_1623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnTDRBghi4hxN59tQPkX3_Q2qPY7gKFsoMxIjFEky7S4M-4e3DTqqSUn7HUNRRz2UrbN3z07AT9uFGBuAcbUvsxP57twXe4caEBbZXjVlxmP4-dlEC5AfrSZnUcZcXJ4vBDh25REW3tQ/s400/IMG_1623.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy <strike>Holidays</strike> Halloween!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Images via:  <a href="http://marthastewart.com/">MarthaStewart.com</a>, <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1397187939">CountryLiving</a></i></span><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/"> </a></div></div></div>

My Pretties

Hello my pretties, and Happy Halloween!  Halloween has changed so much since I was a child, we used to just carve out a pumpkin and leave it...

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Looking forward to tomorrow night's episode...

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Looking forward to tomorrow night's episode...

My virtual Halloween costume...cheers!

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Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween!

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And, I am already veering off my intended theme here (my obsession with decor, design and fashion). I couldn't resist a Topical Post, the night before Halloween...otherwise known as Mischief Night.<br /><br />Growing up in the Seventies, my childhood memories have very little in common with my own three young childrens' current lives. However, every once in a while, I glimpse something so familiar from my past. Yesterday, was one of those times.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXOT6I6rwcy7NoE8n1WQfvch9Vypc9gFTITQGJmNzcfZDJXBLoqfjMbZ-nwRPE6xaVVBfvJc2U6NWoaTBkCn6ocBTLWgDx6KCnTcG4jsVrZ1KqFvg1IEwYlAJvNbd1dNwcuh1MGXveV8/s1600-h/IMG_2546.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398536354361400850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXOT6I6rwcy7NoE8n1WQfvch9Vypc9gFTITQGJmNzcfZDJXBLoqfjMbZ-nwRPE6xaVVBfvJc2U6NWoaTBkCn6ocBTLWgDx6KCnTcG4jsVrZ1KqFvg1IEwYlAJvNbd1dNwcuh1MGXveV8/s320/IMG_2546.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a>The Unicef boxes came home from school in the backpacks. These little orange boxes took me right back to my own trick or treating experiences. This prompted me to try to find a photo online of a Unicef box from the 1970's. Despite an exhaustive google search, the best image that I could come up with was from Unicef's own site. It actually looks familiar!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj929nbn1exATj6CDKDma9bonrrvMqdjnhPAHX-3Ls34w4cjvd1Mdossg8zvxrEYYslst3t1LsFPeMEhkLPLakZ9Ih3PvA-dhqDpGiTF1z5m26fDWQXUVpu28qXx6PD3JoRzM_OZUH4Q0/s1600-h/trick_or_treat_children.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398537673526890594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj929nbn1exATj6CDKDma9bonrrvMqdjnhPAHX-3Ls34w4cjvd1Mdossg8zvxrEYYslst3t1LsFPeMEhkLPLakZ9Ih3PvA-dhqDpGiTF1z5m26fDWQXUVpu28qXx6PD3JoRzM_OZUH4Q0/s320/trick_or_treat_children.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" /></a><br />Anyway, its nice to see this Halloween tradition continue with my own children. Needless to say, it also really teaches them so many valuable lessons. Not only does this small gesture raise their global awareness, but it sets a great example of how even young children can get involved and help bring about positive changes in our world.<br /><br />Last night they scoured the house for spare change. It's obvious that they are so excited to bring their little orange boxes out with them tomorrow evening for some trick or treating fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4j7cW-V54rdRpHh4mQEiSeUPI6x_TbSUbMj6AuT7o9xFb-RQXO55E6lQuH8EEP_EK7KLVJ6zuci5fZEGwWzj_ImEEk3RsWMWnwcgUe4RCGWEy1u_O64cIh9iEh1hvaOknWRFuM2K6okU/s1600-h/trick_or_treat_pumpkin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398539259418028242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4j7cW-V54rdRpHh4mQEiSeUPI6x_TbSUbMj6AuT7o9xFb-RQXO55E6lQuH8EEP_EK7KLVJ6zuci5fZEGwWzj_ImEEk3RsWMWnwcgUe4RCGWEy1u_O64cIh9iEh1hvaOknWRFuM2K6okU/s320/trick_or_treat_pumpkin.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 119px;" /></a><br />To learn more about this amazing organization, visit their site at www.Unicef.org.<br />Happy Halloween!

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And, I am already veering off my intended theme here (my obsession with decor, design and fashion). I couldn't resist a Topical Post, th...

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