74 days!

 Time is just ticking closer & closer!  But first, the grandson starts kindergarten next week and my birthday is next Friday! (cash & presents always accepted!)  The Spouse & I are planning to go away for a couple days soon and he's fully planning on hitting the last 10 real Maple Grove cemeteries we need to go to in Michigan!  We've visited 22 already and this will finish them off.  These are all in the SW-ish part of the state so they're somewhat close to each other.   

I was excited to look at my emails this morning and saw one from Dex at Countdown to Halloween - signups are happening for the Countdown Bloghop!  

I've already had a list going of topics I'm going to write about - so the official sign up makes it seem close!

Oh, and signups for the Card Exchange on the HalloweenForum have started, also!  

Since I'm passing on the Secret Reaper (like a secret Santa, but H'weeny), I thought I'd get in the cards.  

Basically everyone posts on the thread that they're participating - and how many cards they want to send out, if they want to keep it in the US or not - and everyone sends messages to exchange addresses.  Some people send really basic cards, others go all out making theirs - mine will be somewhere in the middle. 

I got my Target version of the "disco" skeleton.  I actually like it a lot. 

The body is silver and the JOL head is faceted and not glued on mirrors.  And since the Spawn spent many years in dance, the glitter that's in the eyes, nose & mouth don't bother me.  I can't vouch for the Spouse, but I'm OK with it. 

I've behaved and haven't bought anything else - except this!

I took the screenshot yesterday, but today it was available to ship, so you know I grabbed it up!

I also got a 15% military discount and had a $5 voucher to use.    

And as for my big ol' piggy from HalloweenExpress - my account still says out of stock, but the actual listing just says on backorder - with no other info.  But Oriental Trading has the exact same pig and they say it's shipping on 8/21.  So fingers crossed!  I'm half tempted to cancel the HE order and get it thru OT, since I've ordered from them before and never had a problem - just in case - even tho I'm pretty sure they're the same company....but anyway.   

I better start thinking about when we'll start exhuming the skeletons from the garage and getting things staged out on the patio.. it won't be until next month but we don't want to wait until the last minute to pull weeds from between the bricks and move the grandkid's toys out of the way!

Later, peeps!

Gratuitous backyard selfie - because I don't hate this pic!