Harvesting Gourds Pumpkins, and Halloween Shopping at the Dollar Store! :)

HARVESTING GOURDS PUMPKINS!!! :) HALLOWEEN SHOPPING WILD!!! AT THE DOLLAR STORE!!! :) oh my! :) oh boy!!! :) caramel iced coffee CHEERS!!! :) on this sweet classic, and golden september day! :) it's feeling like FALL! :) We're putting up our scarecrow decorative on our front door! :) we bought more scarecrows today at the dollar store, and i went absolutely sweet shopping wild at the dollar store for halloween gifts, and treasures! :) i found a COOL and SPOOK-TACULAR new inflatible decorative for my halloween town! : )This day, is rocking and pumpkin rolling!!! :) woot! :) my dad and i enjoyed an awesome time this morning, picking gourds pumpkins in our gardens :) We picked 7 of them! :) i have 2 sitting right here in my halloween town! : )oh my! :) i am smiling lots! :) This is so very special, the amazing joy, of planting these nice gourds pumpkin seeds, that our dear friends Sharon (SilverShadow) and her family sent us last spring, and then growing the gourds, all throughout the summer season, and now, these very special gourds, are a wonderful part, of our fall season, and upcoming halloween season : )We're so very happy, excited and thrilled! :) oh my! :) i am SUPER PUMPED UP!!! :) i took pictures of our gourds pumpkins :) my mom, dad, family, and i are going to be decorating our Fall harvest display, near our front steps :) pumpkins, gourds, scarecrows, and cornstalks :) it's gonna look very festive, and AUTUMN-EEE!!! :) we love it! :) this afternoon, my mom, dad, and i had an awesome time, shopping at the dollar store :) it was so much fun! :) we looked at the fall season decorations, the halloween items :) my mom and dad bought 2 scarecrows :) i bought some awesome halloween gifts, and treasures :) it's almost TRICK OR TREATING SEASON!!! :) i am so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled! :) i went absolutely shopping wild!!! hehe! :) i love it! :) i bought lots of great stuff! :) including halloween stickers, treats bags, i also bought halloween decorations, napkins, and a cool new halloween inflatible, for my halloween town! :) next week, i'm going to begin buying halloween candies :) There's lots and lots of candies there! :) i'll be putting together happy halloween goodies/treasures packages, as the month of October begins :) Halloween season! :) October, is gonna be FUN-TOBER!!! :) Woot! :) i got so many cool items, i took pictures of the items this afternoon :) i'm FALL-HALLOWEEN-IZING my whole computer room! :) Halloween town is almost fully decorated! :) TWAS ONLY 11 DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER! :) WOOT! YEAH!!! :) enjoying a nice iced coffee, and a sweet wholesome warmth in my heart :) Tonight, our dear friend Holly and i are going to watch a movie :) Tomorrow's football sunday! :) Hail to the Redskins! :) CHEERS!!! to family, friends, and to the beautiful arrival, of FALL SEASON! :)
WOW! WOW! WOW! :) that's my heart's word of the day! :) hehe! :) i just gotta say it again, WOW!!! :) hehe! :) Hi angel friends! :) it's a day of FALL HARVEST, SWEET WHOLESOME FUN, SHOPPING WILD, and GEARING UP FOR FALL SEASON!!! :) i am feeling the excitement in the air! :) i got 2 awesome bag fulls of treats, and HALLOWEEN TREASURES!!!! :) Woot! :) i am so very happy and excited! :) we had an awesome time today, harvesting gourds pumpkins, and shopping at the dollar store :) we went DEEP!!! into the heart of their fall decorations, and halloween items today :) my mom and dad were so happy to buy some scarecrows for our front yard, as we're gearing up to decorate our fall harvest decorative display next to our front steps :) WE LOVE FALL, it's our favorite season! :) i am smiling lots, and have LOTS to share with everyone in my journal today :) This day, is truly, rocking and pumpkin rolling! :)
my family and i hope everyone is enjoying a great day! :) sitting right next to me here, on my table, is 2 awesome gourds pumpkins, from our garden!!! :) HARVEST SMILES :) awww! :) i am so very happy, and thrilled to share with everyone, about this very special nature joy, in my journal today :) We picked 7 gourds, and we still have more growing! :) wow! :) i'm feeling that arrival of the fall season, and it's got me very excited, for some sweet spirited times, to share with family and friends :) my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all so very much, for your beautiful comments, on our baking friday journal, and pictures :) We're so happy, and delighted that everyone enjoyed our fall harvest apples themed baking friday :) We had lots of fun baking the treats :) i had a nice apple bite for snack yesterday evening with my dinner :) We'll definitely bake some more of the muffins, apple bites, and also, we were thinking about baking mini pumpkin pies, using the same kinda of recipe, as the apple bites :) There's lots of wholesome, and heart warming baking traditions this time of the year :) We're gonna continue to get our kitchen cozy warm, and baking up some delicious treats :) We love baking, and sharing our days, and adventures with everyone :)
GOURDS PUMPKINS HARVESTING, AND SHOPPING! :) We had an awesome morning, and this day, is continuing to be awesome-eee!!! : )This morning, i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends, and i also enjoyed 2 nature walks :) my dad was outside with our dogs, and i went out to talk with him about the plants, and nature :) We've had lots and lots of birds, and squirrels visiting our yard, and gardens in recent weeks :) the wholesome fall season is really arriving, and beginning to glow, all around : )it was a very chilly morning, about 40 degrees here this morning, wow! brrrr! it sure was chilly! :) my dad and i were talking about bringing some of our plants that are in planters, into our home, to keep warm, when we have our first frost of the season soon. We have bell peppers plants in planters, plus our marigolds. it'll be very nice to be able to keep these plants warm :) it's really feeling like fall season out there :)
my dad mentioned, about picking our gourds pumpkins :) i said, "LETS DO IT!" :) awww! :) my family and i have been very blessed, this gardening season, with a very heart-felt gardening experience :) earlier this year, our dear friends Sharon (Silvershadow), her husband Ian, and their family sent me, a packet of gourds seeds, and other packets of seeds, to plant into our gardens :) the included the seeds in my birthday package :) during spring season, we planted gourds pumpkin seeds, in one of our gardens, that's on the side of our driveway near our lilc bush :) we had 2 really amazing sprouts, that sprouted up, and grew and grew, and before we know it, we began to see these wonderful bright yellow blossoms, and the bumble bees, pollenating the blossoms, and soon, we were so surprised, and so excited, as we saw these awesome gourds beginning to grow :) awww! :) i remember sharing the news, with Sharon, her family, and everyone here on ds, and taking pictures of the gourds, to share :) We had another gourd plant, growing well over by our grapevines :)
One plant, grew 6 green gourds (and is growing more too currently), and the other plant, grew a yellow gourd :) each day, we'd check in on the gourds, seeing how they are doing, as they grew and grew :) Today, on this sweet classic, and golden crisp September day, my dad and i harvested the 7 gourds pumpkins :) We were showing everyone, and we were so excited, to share this amazing gardening experience :) thinking about how these awesome gourds seeds, traveled across the miles, from our dear friends Sharon, Ian, and their family, and then planting the seeds, from seed to sprout, to growing and growing, and here we are today, with a beautiful harvest of gourds pumpkins :) my family and i are so very happy, excited, and thrilled, and will always, and forever, cherish, this very special gardening/nature experience, and memory :) i put all of the gourds on our garden bench earlier today, and took pictures to share with everyone :) We love our gourds pumpkins, and they will be a very special part of our fall season, and halloween season :) one of the green gourds, and the yellow gourds, i have right here on my computer room table :) i am smiling and smiling :) FALL SEASON, HAS COME TO NEW ENGLAND :) We love, cherish, and treasure, these very special times :)
SHOPPING WILD! :) This afternoon, my mom, dad, and i were all set, and ready to go shopping :) Kayla and Taylynn went out to visit with Taylynn's dad's parents, earlier today, Jenn and Mikey came over to visit :) We've been very excited, about going to the dollar store :) i wanted to begin to stock up, on buying some awesome halloween gifts, goodies, and treasures, for the very special, trick or treating around the world, tradition : )i'm so very much, looking forward to putting together halloween goodies/treasures packages to mail to family and friends in October :) it's a sweet tradition that began in 2007 :) my mom, dad, and i went in our new minivan today :) it was my first time going in our new minivan :) it's so amazing ,and really cool :)
We cruised over to the dollar store, at the shopping center :) the minivan is really nice :) we found a nice parking spot :) my dad went into the rent-a-center store to pay the weekly bill :) my mom and i walked over to the dollar store, i got a shopping basket :) we began to browse at the fall season items, and halloween items :) my dad met back up with us about 5 minutes later :) my mom and dad bought 2 nice decorative scarecrows, for our fall harvest display :) i was browsing at the items, i bought some awesome halloween treasures! :) i bought stickers, napkins, decorations, plus, a cool new halloween decorative, it's a spooky halloween inflatible skeleton for my halloween town :) i'm naming it, "Mr. Halloween Bonez!" we were having so much fun shopping! :) i was finding all kinds of neat halloween items :) i bought 2 packages of the decorative halloween napkins, plus, i bought 2 packages of the halloween trick or treats bags :) they are really neat, and decorative :)
It's going to be so much fun, putting together halloween goodies/treasures packages :) i bought a nice Charlie Brown Peanuts character themed candy bar, to give to my mom :) my mom, dad, and i were enjoying shopping all around the store, we found some really nice items, i bought a jar of spicy and sweet pickles, some tortilla wraps :) i was in the sweet calm relaxing, and peaceful confidence soaring zone! :) woot! :) it wasn't that busy at the store :) we continued to shop around, and then went to the checkout :) my mom, dad, and i checked out together :) it went really well, and smoothly :) We had lots of nice bags of items :) we walked outside, and i was feeling so spirited, i couldn't wait to share with everyone, about our shopping adventure, and about the nice items i bought :) we absolutely rocked it!!! at the dollar store :) my mom and dad went to walmart this afternoon :) they had a few items to pick up there :)
We're enjoying a SUPER MEGA SWEET SPIRITED FALL-ISH DAY!!! :) we love these awesome days! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) i am so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled, about all of the nice items i bought at the dollar store today :) i surprised my mom, i put her nice candy bar in an autumn harvest decorative bag, and gave it to her :) She's very happy :) my family and i are gonna be putting our decorative scarecrow, on our front door, and our other decorative scarecrows, next to our front steps area, in our fall harvest display :) tomorrow is football sunday! :) we're gonna be watching some football, enjoying time outside, and also i want to write to friends too, about all of the exciting things going on : )i'm continuing to decorate my halloween town, and computer room :) i'm gonna be putting up my new halloween inflatible decorative, and a lso gonna be setting up my table here, for when i put together halloween goodies/treasures packages :)
It's a really spirited day, and time of the year :) i took some great pictures today, to share with everyone :) in the upcoming weeks, my family and i are gonna be going for some fall foilage car rides, around our city, and around other towns too, to see all of the autumn trees :) the trees are beginning to change colors here :) i've been doing well, maintaining my weight, eating healthy, about 90% of the time : )i feel really good, about how things are going :) Tomorrow i'll be ready to cheer on my favorite team, the Redskins :) Hail Victory! :) football sunday party is on! :) Tonight, our dear friend Holly and i are going to watch a movie, called "my cousin vinny" :) Holly bought the movie for me :) it's so nice, and sweet of her :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM FRIENDSHIP HUG :) There's many more amazing times, and great things to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we enjoyed harvesting gourds pumpkins today, and shopping at the dollar store :) i bought some awesome halloween gifts, and treasures :) We're gearing up for fall season, and halloween season :) it's my favorite time of the year :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good day" :) awww! :) She says, "had fun shopping today" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a beautiful day :) We think of you all often, and are very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) Friends forever :)sending our love, and pumpkin smiles across the miles, from our hearts and home to yours :)
GOURDS PUMPKINS HARVEST! :) my family and i are so happy, and excited, about the nice gourds pumpkins we have harvested :) our dear friends Sharon (Silvershadow), Ian, and their family sent us these awesome gourds seeds, and we're so thrilled, we have had the amazing experience, of planting, growing, and harvesting the gourds, that will be a very special part, of our fall season, and halloween season :) decorations :) We'll always love, cherish, and treasure, these very special memories, from this wonderful nature, and gardening experience :) It's an amazing feeling, holding seeds in your hand, planting, and growing these awesome gardening joys :) Lots of special memories, and wholesome heart warming happiness :) Fall has come to New England :) We love fall season :) i'm smiling and smiling! :)
HALLOWEEN TREASURES SHOPPING! :) it's almost TRICK OR TREATING SEASON!!! :) woot! :) my mom, dad, and i had an awesome time today, shopping at the dollar store :) we got some really nice items, including 2 new scarecrow decoratives for our fall harvest display :) i also bought some halloween treasures, to put into halloween goodies/treasures packages, for the awesome trick or treating around the world festivity, and tradition :) i'm turning my table here, into the halloween north pole! :) hehe! :) i love it! :) i'm going to start buying halloween candies next week :) TWAS 11 DAYS UNTIL HALLOWEEN SEASON! : ) October, is gonna be FUN-TOBER! :)
This is a picture of the nice halloween treasures i bought today at the dollar store :)

Halloween Napkins, and Halloween treats bags :) i'll be putting halloween candies in the treats bags :) they're awesome! :)





Introducing, Mr. Halloween Bonez! :) it's a new friend here in halloween town! :) awww! :) i found this spooky cool halloween decorative at the dollar store today :) i'm putting the halloween decorative next to Mr. Halloween vampire, here in my halloween town :)
Mr. Halloween Bonez, Welcome to Halloween town! :)

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ddeadred
ddeadred

WOWOWOWOWOW!!! SWEET HALLOWEEN SHOPPING CRAZY!!! You did GREAT TODAY, dear Chris!!! You inspire me to get out to the Dollar Store and score some FUN HALLOWEEN DECOR TOO!!! Maybe tomorrow! Sounds like you had a FABULOUS DAY!!! And i have TOTAL GOURD ENVY!!! Definitely something I WANT TO PLANT NEXT YEAR!!! Love the shape and colours of yours!!!

Had the rest of the black bean chili I had made and froze for a late lunch today... Seems like that may serve as dinner as well... Hmmm... Maybe a salad on second thought... Tried to take it easy today, but still accomplished a great many things. Hauled in some more ripe tomatoes from the garden that will not quit (not complaining mind you...). I think I\'ll made up a batch of soup base that I can freeZe and just pull out for soup needing to add an ingredient or two... Sounds like a GREAT idea for me in the winter! Did have a long conversation over the phone with a friend today, and we\'re planning a GIRLZ WEEKEND SOON!!! PJ PARTY AND ALL!!! FUN!!! We\'re also going to the Fair together as she gets FREE PASSES!!!

Love to you and Mom and Dad and everybody in CT!!! CONGRATS ON GREAT SHOPPING!!! Have a GREAT evening whatever you do!!! I\'ll be listening to pupz snore soon... xoxoxo Cj
CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a great day and a really nice shopping adventure. I know you love Halloween.The gourds sure look awesome and will make a great autumn display.You can enjoy them til after Thanksgiving. Glad you\'re excited about lots of things.Thanks for my nice hugs today.Have a good night. hugs-Stephanie
ZenEm
ZenEm

Enjoyed the baking Friday pictures!! Yum :) glad Mikey and Kayla could join in the fun this week - I hope Kayla feels better soon.
You\'re getting way into the Fall spirit and gearing up for Hallowe\'en in about 6 weeks! It\'ll be here before we know it. Love those creepy creatures Hallowe\'en trinkets - there\'s a scorpion! Cool! My star sign is scorpio, creepy huh!
Hope you\'re having a great weekend xx
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am happy you and your family enjoyed a great day! :-)
love your new treasures...:-) Hope you have a great Evening and
a Good night! Hugs&Love,Maria
feliciac
feliciac

Pumpkin Spice coffee season - yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is my favorite time of the year and I can\'t believe we are celebrating yet another Halloween with our DS friends and...............let\'s see how much snow is to come......it\'s so awesome having friends for years here.....2007 for me! Happy Saturday and again, thanks for your help!
Squarley
Squarley

Wow what a great shopping day picking in your garden pictures are wonderful I love to look at your pictures they\'re the coolest have a great day watching the Bangals, love you bunches,Shirley
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris,catching up with your and your journals. Really like all the cool stuff you got at the Dollar Store! Really nice! Your pumpkin gourds look amazing!
Glad you had a great day. I am behind with certain stuffs I got to do. Got to get it done. Heat was here all weekend. upper 80\'s and low 90\'s. Rain is in our forecast though this week Rain! Leaves are beginning to drop and that adds more work for me to do. Much Love Hugs Greenies always