Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me!

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle and even highjack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char and in flame and ignite.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villians and knaves.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me."

Geez Louis, I didn't know that the Pirate song was *that* long!
Anyway, on Halloween, my church hosted their 2nd annual "Trunk or Treat" event, and this year I dressed up as a pirate and had chocolate "coins" to hand out to a lot of the kids! they loved taking the candy from the treasure chest!

One of my closest friends, Bethany and her hubby came as Cosmo and Wanda from the Fairly Odd Parents! As you can see, she went all out in the hair department! Love ya sis!

Aaaand there's Cosmo (aka Michael)! They decorated their car as Timmy's room. You can kind of see Timmy in there. Bethany drew him, and I say, bravo! looks just like him! I should've taken a picture of the other side of the trunk because she drew Cosmo and Wanda as their goldfish doubles and tape them on the outside of a fish bowl, and had the candy in the fishbowl! so creative!

There's meself...Arrgh!

This was the best pirate face I could muster. You'd think I'd have a better one after watching the Pirates movies 27 zillion times...oh well. Don'tcha just love those pirate boots though? I have black boots and borrowed a pair of pirate boot extensions, and voila! Instantly made me feel like Jack Sparrow...sorry, sorry...*Captain* Jack Sparrow. :D

Belle, Cinderella, Pocahontas, and the mysterious pirate! Notice Cinderella is wearing jogging shoes. She finally realized it's easier to run in shoes that aren't made of glass! ;)

A pirate and her trunk.
Like my skull and crossbones pumpkin?
And on the left is an old-fashioned lantern my family got in Gettysburg. It seemed to fit perfect with my theme! Everyone else thought so too! They all kept asking me where I got it!

My sister dressed up as and old man and dressed up Elise as the cutest butterfly I've ever seen! :)

My second cousins, Brendan (on the right) and Connor (on the left) were firefighter, and Madeline was Little Red Riding Hood! They are so cute! Love 'em!







I wish I had taken more pictures but I was so busy making sure the kids didn't take two handfuls of candy!

There was an amazing turnout this year! And I was so blessed to be a part of it! If your church is thinking about hosting a trunk of treat event, just google it! there's tons of info online! and great trunk decorating ideas too!

ERW

Song of the day: "Perfect" by Hedley

Prayer Requests: Mary and the rest of the Guiltbeault family

Categories: church, Halloween, pirates, prayer request, song of the day

"Aww! You didn't tell me you were gonna kill it!"

Woohoo! It's pumpkin carving time again! Time to transform these colorful gourd-like squashes into funny, scary, or gruesome faces or images of Halloween. Nowadays, they have Thanksgiving themed carvings or just general Fall ones. Most of the time I usually do a face....

Before

After!

Still lookin' cute, even in the dark!

I'm also going to carve a skull and crossbones pumpkin for my church's "Trunk or Treat/Harvest Festival" cuz I'll be dressed up as a pirate and decorating my trunk all pirate-y, so I thought a skull and crossbones pumpkin would be fun! 

Guess what's on ABC this Thursday @ 8pm?!?!

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" One of my all-time favs...actually, all the Peanuts movies are my favs :) and I love that they are always shown around the appropiate holiday every year :) We have the DVD so I could watch it right now if I wanted to but there's something about watching it on a TV channel...











Linus kicks up a pile of leaves as he and Lucy head to the pumpkin patch.

  

poor Linus!





"I got a rock." -Charlie Brown.

Have a safe and fun Halloween...and make sure your kiddos are warm cuz it's suppose to be pretty cold!

ERW

Song of the day: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

Categories: art, Autumn, Halloween, pumpkins, song of the day, TV

It's Funny Every Time Dick Van Dyke Trips Over the Ottoman.

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Dick Van Dyke does his unforgettable stumble over the ottoman.

One of my favorite TV shows.

Whenever we watch it, my Dad says, "Now here's a good show that you could actually watch."

Me and my family like a lot of the older TV shows: Andy Griffith Show, Leave It to Beaver, The Honeymooners, Emergency, Star Trek (the original show), Bonanza, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie.

There's something about TDVDS that tops all of them. Well, one of them is Dick Van Dyke, himself. He's one of my favorite actors. Mary Tyler Moore also stood out because she was the first woman to wear pants on a TV show. You go, Mary!

Another thing that makes it so funny is that you barely see their son, Ritchie. He's either in his room or over at the neighbor's house! haha...its like they don't have a son at all!

I love the witty banter between DVD's character Rob's co-workers, Sally and Buddy, how Buddy always insults Mel, one of their bosses, and how the big wig boss Alan tells Mel to always "Shut up, Mel!" no matter what he says!

What gets me every time is when he trips over the ottoman in the opening credits. I laugh. Every. Time. Without fail.

Favorite episodes (so far): It May Look Like A Walnut, That's My Boy?

from "It May Look Like A Walnut"

from "It May Look Like A Walnut"

Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, and Larry Matthews

"The Petrie's"

Richard Deacon (Mel), Rose Marie (Sally), Morey Amsterdam (Buddy),

Mary Tyler Moore (Laura), Dick Van Dyke (Rob)

One of these days, you have to sit down and watch an episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show...

...and I dare you to watch just one episode ;) it's that funny!

ERW

Song of the day: Mayberry by Rascal Flatts

Categories: old school, song of the day, TV