Preparations for Month's End!

Today we went to the temple.   Besides the glorious spiritual lift we get from serving in the temple, we also were close to Costco.  I know, I know, from the sublime to the ridiculous, but that is what we did.

This is especially ridiculous because Dear One is so concerned that we are ready for Halloween. In Vermont we rarely had any children visit with their bags except our grandchildren.  Here, we are told, we should expect a mountain of children since we live in the sticks of Sumter, even though we are in a housing development.  Consequently, families who live further out drive to the development and drop off there children for candy.

We are ready! 

Dear One wants to sit out on our front "porch"--a little space in front of our door, maybe 3 feet wide--just enough to put our wicker couch on and have our feet mostly hang over the edge--and by sitting there we can greet the trick-or-treaters who come rather than having to keep opening the door.  I am hoping that the cobwebs above are gone and that there will be no mosquitos that night...!