Fall in Alexandria

How to "Ghost" Your Neighbors

Here is the little poem that goes along with the ghost and treat for "ghosting" your neighbors.

The phantom ghost has come to town. 

to leave you some goodies, I see you've found. 

If you do not wish a curse to fall 

Continue this greeting.... This Phantom call. 

First, post this phantom in a place where it can be seen. 

And leave it there til Halloween. 

This will scare other phantoms that may come. 

Be sure to participate, don't be a bum! 

Second, make two treats, two ghosts and two notes like this 

Deliver them to two neighbors who may have been missed. 

You must be quick, you have only one day.

Go to a house with no ghosts on display. 

Don't let them see you, be sneaky, no doubt.

Deliver at dark, when there's not any light. 

Ring the doorbell, run quickly, stay out of sight. 

Last but no least, come join in the season

Be happy, be silly, you need no good reason

One last thought, remember, don't be seen. 

And share the spirit of a spooky Halloween. 

Stay at Home Moms

This is for all the stay at home moms.  (via a very old Ann Landers post)

One day, a man came home from work to find total chaos.  The kids were playing outside in the mud, still in their pajamas.   When he opened the door, he found an even bigger mess: empty food boxes were on the kitchen counter, dishes in the sink, dog food spilled on the floor, a broken glass under the table and a pile of sand by the back door.  The family room was strewn with toys and a lamp had been knocked over.

He headed  up the stairs, stepping over toys, to look for his wife.  He was becoming worried that she might be ill or that something terrible had happened to her.  He found her in the bedroom still in bed with her pajamas on,  reading a book.

She looked up at him, smiled and asked how his day had gone.  He looked at her, bewildered, and asked, "What happened here today?"

She again smiled and answered, "You know, every day, you com home from work and ask me what I did today"
"Yes" was his reply.
She answered, "Well, today, I didn't do it!"