Can I just say that my favorite Halloween tradition comes after trick-or-treating? My favorite little Indiana Jones stops by my house every year after he collects his loot and we trade candy. One Mounds equals as much candy as he wants from my basket. One 3Muskateers equals three candy choices. Unfortunately, he hasn’t gotten any Mounds for the last two years, but I’m not counting or anything… Oh, and I guess I should mention that he gave me a 36-bar box of Mounds from Costco for Christmas last year. Yes, he takes care of his Aunt Debbie!
Moving on to creepy Halloween’ish things; and not that I’m making fun of my hubby or anything, but a few nights ago Bill jumped up and pulled the chair out from the table and then jumped away like a little girl. This dude had just run out from under the table right next to where I was sitting.
So of course I did what any good wife would do and killed the spider, and then flushed him.
This reminds me of when my sons were younger and I came home from the gym one day to find several red Solo cups turned upside down in our basement. Under the cups were crickets waiting for me to take care of them.
Red Solo Cup Reenactment
And finally, I’m looking forward to the fact that I’m in town this weekend and can meet my Cruiser buddies for a cool crisp run tomorrow morning! I’m spending the rest of the weekend playing catch up!
- Questions:
- What’s your favorite Halloween tradition?
- What’s your favorite candy bar?
- Who’s racing this weekend?
That spider is scaring me just from it’s picture!! Good thing the boys have you 😛
Hmm favorite candy bar is probably Twix!
I’m doing a 6k this morning! Actually in Ashburn! Have you heard of Lost Rhino Brewery?
I think my BRF is running in that race this morning, too! I hope you have fun!
Almond Joy! And i got 2 mini ones this year. I try to release the spiders, here in FL they eat others bugs. I know im weird!
My fear with not squishing spiders is that they will sneak out of the tissue and run up my arm! They’re fast little boogers!
Ahhh, I say NO THANK YOU to spiders. In our house, we take turns killing them because neither of us like dealing with bugs in the house. ICK!! That thing with the cups is too funny!
My hubby liked the “reenactment” part!
You are SO brave. That spider was huge. I would have totally vacuumed it and then left the vacuum outside for someone else to remove the bag!
The Red Solo cups are too much. I can’t wait to tell Glenn about it.
If I knew I was going to eat a candy bar and could pick from any in the world I’d probably choose a Twix, Kit Kat, Mounds, or PB Twix.
I might race next weekend!
This year was the first year my hubby and I passed out candy for the trick or treaters and it was sad that we didn’t have many kids come by. It wasn’t like it used to be when I was growing up. The trunk or treats at churches and community centers (I believe) have really hurt the meaning of traditional trick or treating. 🙁 I have eaten so much candy over the last couple weeks that my teeth started hurting (I guess its time to stop)!
We didn’t have very many trick-or-treaters, either. Somehow this year I’ve had no desire to eat any candy. Perhaps it’s because there are no Mounds bars around.
Aww your trading with little Indy is so cute! I love handing out candy to the trick or treaters and seeing all of their cute (and scary) costumes!
Funny you should mention the crickets in the basement! We used to have these huge jumping-type crickets in our basement and we would always trap them under cups for my dad to take care of when he got home from work. I wasn’t freaked out by them (except when they would jump from the wall and attack me as I walked down the steps) but I hated the ‘pop’ they would make when you squished them.
We used to have camel crickets in our basement every fall. They were so creepy because when I’d catch them to let them outside, they would “jump out of their legs.” Seriously… as what seemed like a protective mechanism, they are able to separate their leg from their body so they can get away! I don’t know if that’s why their legs fall off, but it seems like a good reason.