And Just Like That, It's November!

 

"Evening at Autumn Lake" , by Thomas Kinkade

Happy 1st Day of November morning to you!  I hope you didn't stay up too late chasing hobgoblins and little fairy princesses!  Or, were they chasing you? LOL.  We had a fun evening here, but there weren't nearly as many little Trick or Treaters as there was candy in my bowl to give them! Now I have to find a good place to donate the leftovers because we definitely don't need it here!  So here's the highlights from the past couple of days...

Here I am, busily stuffing little ziploc bags full of candy and also the Scripture Verse cards that I actually found at the Dollar Tree throughout the year and stocked up on them so I'd have enough...

Each bag had a variety of candy...

And one of these cards...each one was a different verse.  My prayer is that the parents will read them to the children, or vice versa, and may God bless each family with His love and peace...

Here's the finished product...I think I did about 70-75 bags...but sadly not even half of them were given out!  I don't know why there were fewer children this year...I know there were a lot of other activities going on in the community, so maybe they just didn't make it around to the neighborhoods...but now I've got to figure out what to do with them all.

I hope I didn't scare them away with my costume!  LOL.  I debated all day long whether or not to dress up. Actually, I was a bit under the weather all day, with dizziness and tummy issues, but after a good afternoon nap I finally felt better and decided that 'the show must go on' !!  So here I am:

In my mind, I was the Biblical Queen Esther...but someone (aka "Sparky", one of our blogging friends who hasn't been blogging for awhile) saw me on Facebook and played the song "Walk Like an Egyptian"...and I thought, yeah, that's probably a better description... LOL...

Here I am on my royal throne ready to hand out the royal candy:

Someone said they thought I was a Fortune Teller! Well, no thank you! I'd rather be "Queen for a Day".  (How many remember that TV show?  The grand prize would be a new washing machine and/or dryer, or a refrigerator, or some lovely thing that the poor woman needed so badly, and there would be tears of joy over receiving such wonderful prizes, and everyone would clap and cry at the same time...it really was a lovely program)

Note that I am holding my Royal Scepter!  It was a fun time, even if not so many children came, and I'm glad I persevered and did what I was determined to do.

Oh, here's my "little princess", a.k.a. Lily Grace...and her best doggy friend Bailey.  She looks more like a Rock Star than a Princess, but that's how it goes in these modern day kingdoms...LOL.

And now for the rest of the November Calendars...OH so pretty!!

Here's John Sloane's Country Seasons picture for November:

And the Tea Pot Calendar for November:

And speaking of tea time...this is the Susan Branch calendar:

Oh yes! Isn't that the truth?

And here's some words of thanksgiving from 1 Thessalonians 1:2...and yes, this is the truth also:

I do give thanks to God always for you all, and yes, I do make mention of you in my prayers often!

You are a beautiful group of people, and I truly do thank God for each and every one of you!

I pray that your November month will be filled with many blessings and true Thanksgiving!

Happy 1st Day of November!