Good Morning and Welcome to Wednesday the 1st day of November, 2017.
Woke up to SNOW, SNOW and more SNOW.
Poor Mr. Alvin did not wish to go out to the back yard.
The first snowfall always makes him hesitant.
We had an awesome Halloween.
I dressed up as a Hippie and it went over well.
Pretty comfortable costume, I will say.
That is the mark of a great costume – if you can comfortably wear it all day or most of the day.
We got to pick the best costumes at our office and at noon we had the best POTLUCK ever.
The food was great and the treats even better.
I had a pasta (macaroni) with cheese and veggies.
It turned out so yummy.
I wrote the recipe down.
That is the trouble I always make up recipes and then do not usually write them down.
I am getting better at writing them down.
Last night the first treater showed up at our house at 5:45.
I was sort of surprised to see the boy get out of a vehicle.
I asked him as he was older, I would say 11-12 approximately “if he lived in the neighbourhood?”
He said no.
I asked him where and he named an area about 10 minutes or so away.
AS I was asking questions, asked him why they would drive to our area and he said we give bigger and better treats.
Yikes, I thought.
So because we give better treats people are driving their kids here.
There were several vehicles that stopped and let kids out.
Some would be due to the weather but some come from elsewhere.
Funny ….
I had about 92 treaters.
There were a couple of times that my steps were filled with children so I may have missed one or two.
This is the least amount that I have had since I moved to Edmonton.
Two cute stories from last night.
First one: the doorbell rang and there were three boys and a man standing just a few feet away from the steps.
I answered the door with the obligatory “Happy Halloween” and proceeded to hand out some treats.
The man stood more into the light and said “Hello” …. we just wanted to thank you again for bringing our dog home ….
One of the boys said “yes, thank you so much for bringing (cannot remember dog’s name) home.
I almost cried.
This is a dog that had accidentally got out of the yard.
Anyway, it has been about three years since this happened and every year they stop by to thank me.
How sweet.
Good deeds do not go unnoticed.
The second story ….. Alvin was on his leash as he loves to check out the children and as we know so many of them ….. he was right with me at the door.
One of the Dad’s said from the darkness ….. “Hi, Alvin …. he is so cute” and stepped into the light and here was this guy that I had met on the bus.
So Alvin is a star.
We had fun.
I took some photos on my tablet but unable to get downloaded but here are some from work and home from my camera.
Then gotta run.
Decided better not to post photos of people as I do not have their permission. The two officers (reflections) were/are masked.
Have an awesome Wednesday.
Special Hello to: you
Always, Carol & Alvin
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