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my brother went to a Halloween party with the theme of Dead Disney Characters. Here he is:

Greetings all:

Happy Day of the Dead - I think. It is calm but cloudy here. Yesterday was perfect Halloween. The sun came out and it was calm. The first kids came at 4;30 and the steady stream started a bit after 5. We had a total of 510 visitors. Sometimes it was a continuous line up and down the street though many were parents. The fire dept drove a truck up and down the street. There was a bounce house at the end of the block. Lots of people put a table and chairs in their driveways and just sat outside with candy. We had all manner of kids from tiny to very tall. One group came as a herd of cows - like 6 of them. Inflated costumes, lots of fairies, spiderman, star wars, princesses, witches and spooks, a minecraft character, Super Mario, unicorns, aliens and others. Quite a few boys in orange jump suits and middle school girls dressed as Dallas Cowgirl cheerleaders. Parents had costumes too. Overall the party seems successful. People talked and laughed a lot. I turn out the lights in the kitchen and then we can see all the kids come up the walk due to the amputation of the princess bush. We sit by candle light and drink wine and watch the show. Studio buddy was kind of annoying as she talks loud and talks over everyone. Oh well. It was a fun night but I was blasted by the end and needed advil. I asked the dessert queen to bring cookies and she brought four kinds. We still have a pile. I will take them to the studio as they are too sweet for me.

I will post a pic of the party guests but I decided not to take pictures of kids. Don't want to appear to be creepy. But it was a marvelous show.

Peps hope you got some kids. Need to get rid of candy,

Liz what does your doctor suggest for weight bearing exercise if walking is not enough? Sounds like time for a gym with weight equipment but not fun. Might have to swap water aerobics for other aerobics. But honestly you do a lot.

DD we are all thinking of you. Hoping that your mom accepts some help. You don't need us to tell you that you need to maintain some boundaries for your own sake. Self care.

Well football is on the agenda today. I may get to the gyn first as I have skipped this week. I did get weight bearing exercise standing at the door last night and running around. The dogs stayed locked up most of last night so they were the true nartyrs of the evening

Leftover cold cuts tonight

Diane S

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Halloween is over - a non-event here on the actual day which seems weird. And no grandchildren to enjoy it through. Weird these days to hear people talking about their young grandchildren with more coming. Not happening with my kids. No prospects for my son and he is already in his mid 30's and obviously no children for my daughters. I just have to hope that DSS and DIL will have a child once they return to living in the US (and that they will live somewhat near us).

My PCP wants me to do more weight bearing exercise. She doesn't think the walking is enough but was unsure about yoga. I was thinking about my yoga and I do think a lot of that could be considered weight bearing especially when I google good exercises for osteoporosis and some of them are in my yoga routine (bridges, chair squats for example). I see a specialist on Friday and will see what he has to say. I am not good about keeping up with exercises at home and I don't really want to have to go outside of the community so will see what he recommends. We do have other fitness classes like Pilates, Tai Chi, etc. But I don't feel like I want to add another class. Right now I have 7 days of 3.5 mile walks, 2 days of water aerobics, 2 days of yoga, 2 days of bocce, and 1-2 days of golf. That feels like a lot.

Not sure what we will do today. It is cold again this morning but is supposed to start warming back up from a high in the upper 60's the last couple of days to highs around 80 in the next couple of weeks. That is with lower humidity so will feel glorious. We may go to our usual outdoor music venue this afternoon. Tonight we are meeting a long-time work friend of DH's and his wife for dinner as they just move to our town this week. The last time we had dinner with them I really hit it off with his wife so am looking forward to it.

Time change tonight! I hate the adjustment, but it will be nice to have it not be so dark in the morning (not so nice to have it dark earlier in the evening).

Have a sailing along Saturday!

Funny how quickly 8:30 can seem awfully early. I have to go for fasting labs in February and asked for an early time (since I had to fast). But when she said 7 am I blinked and said no way - how about 8:30 (which is also early for me LOL).

I never heard that about statins. Interesting and scary (both DH and I are on them - seems like most everyone is).

I hope your party was fun! Can't wait to see pics (I will check on FB now).