Yes! I remember that one. 😁❤️

Yep! I have trunked short story based on idea I got from email spam. The ideas are everywhere, and yes, I too will die with story ideas unwritten. 🤷‍♀️

Happy belated birthday! Hope you managed to have a good day despite all those meetings. 🎂

Yep, as I was reading this thread, I had the same thought. She's not wishy-washy about issues.

When she can see the bottom of the bowl through the pieces, she wants me to gather them in a pile in the middle of the bowl (and no, not because of any whisker irritation). She just wants them agitated, or as you said, reinvigorating the scent.

Yeah, our usual is 800-1000 kids. So this was a lot even for our neighborhood. 😆

We have the perfect weather to do it outside too, which helps. I just set up a table in the front yard.

Yeah, I set things up a specific way to make it less intense, and our dog stays with me the whole time (mostly because she loves all the attention, but the emotional support is nice too) b/c yes, it's definitely draining to this uber-introvert. But I love it too much to complain abt that aspect. 😆

Oh, and we got an Amazon delivery in the middle of the crush, and the poor woman had to wait in line with the kids, holding the stack of boxes, because the walkway was stuffed all the way to the street. I told her to grab a handful of candy. 😆

(She *was* in costume, er, a uniform. 😉)

Sounds like our neighborhood! It turns into a block party open to all.

One neighbor does a petting zoo in their driveway, another does a haunted carnival, etc.

We got 1500 kids this year, as we had perfect weather. We love it, and everyone who wants candy gets candy. 😍

Love your fidget toy idea though -- those are fantastic! 😍

We got 1500 kids. Not a typo. 😆

We've been getting 800-1000 most years, but between it being a Friday and the fact that a local magazine mentioned us as a good place to T-or-T... Yeah, we got a lot. It turns into a big block party. 😁

One neighbor bought 17 Costco bags of candy. 17! 😮

Sending you lots of love and hugs! And crossing my fingers for the treatment. ❤️

Yep, this is the kind of friendships I'm good with. My ADHD makes it a requirement. 😆

This is genius! I had to tweak so many issues with the sling when I had my shoulder issues that I would've loved this.

Oof to the stats -- yeah, I hadn't even thought of that. 😬

Especially for those who really used their stats as motivation, those were a point of pride, for sure.

Yes, I liked the structure and social support/cheering each other aspect of it, and I miss having something like that. 🫤

I got my Covid (and flu) shot today at Costco, and I rewarded myself with their new Chocolate Caramel Brownie sundae. 😆