10 Mistakes People Make with Halloween (slideshow)

10 Mistakes People Make with Halloween from Sugar Pine Realty

10 Mistakes People Make with Halloween (plus 1 bonus)

Lightning fast read meant to make you think...

10 Mistakes People Make with Halloween (plus 1 bonus):

1. Let their kids go out alone.
2. Don't screen the candy before they eat it.
3. Eat too much candy and get a belly ache (ouch).
4. Don't consider there are those that see it as a chance to create mayhem.
5. Overlook the importance of light clothing and costumes (so cars can see you).
6. Overlook how easily younger children can (and are) frightened.
7. Forget how great an opportunity it is to connect with neighbors, friends, etc.
8. Look down on those who do not participate or poo poo those who do.
9. Drive their car too fast when children are present.
10. Overlook alternatives to the traditional celebration/approach (e.g. parking lot "trunk or treat" event at school or church).

BONUS Forget to brush their teeth after eating all that candy. :)

by Mike C (aka blog boy)

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Scary Times

Think of a time in your life that you were scared the most. (Got it?) I remember when my son needed surgery on his skull at four months old. He got sick and it was delayed. That was pretty scary. Then I remember the time of the first Gulf War, I had to fly back home from Minneapolis to San Francisco to see my mom who'd had a major heart attack. The airports were in lock down. That was pretty scary. Then there was the time when I walked my wife-to-be down the aisle and said, "I do." I was now a husband. That was pretty scary, too (in a different kind of way). The truth be told we can become scared at almost any time and in any situation in life - happy or not so happy.

So how does one handle the "scary" times? (How have you handled yours?) We get/got through them (right?) by continuing to do what was required, standing strong, having faith and relying on others (our family, friends) for encouragement and help. And we made it. (Didn't we?) We handled the times we were scared in the past. (We did. We did.) And we will handle the scary times of today and tomorrow the same way.

Unmasked

I have a confession to make. I went trick-or-treating in my childhood. (I know. You're appalled.) And just so I can get it all out in the open and off my chest (and to clear my conscience and the air), I want to share with you three different costumes I wore. (I guess the first two aren't so bad, but the third one I'm pretty embarrassed about.) The first costume was when I was real little. (I think my mom still has the picture.) I went out as Mr. Spock. (I was and still am a Trekkie.) Another year (and the second costume) was later in grade school and Junior High. I went out as the Big Bad Wolf from "Little Red Riding Hood." ("Grandma, what big eyes you have." "All the better to see you, my dear.") And then now the third one, and the hardest to tell you about. I was in High School and I went out trick-or-treating as (maybe you have something better to do than hear this?) ~ I went out as none other than (I can't believe I did this) ~ Snow White herself! (My buddy and I were trying to be funny. He was "Snow White," too. We would switch back and forth.)

And I'll bet you've worn some masks in your life that nobody knows about. (Hmm?) And when it comes to trick-or-treating, they can be pretty benign (non hurtful), but when it's in real life, that's when problems can arise with masks. Are you really who you're portraying yourself to be (even as a business entity or contract employee)? Take off the mask.

Bloodsuckers

Did the title catch your attention? I thought it might.

And it's not so much a Halloween or vampire theme I'm wanting to write about as it is a certain personality bent (or maybe it is a Halloween/vampire theme?).

And isn't it true? There are people out there that we come across in the day-to-day and, quite frankly, they can literally suck the very life out of you.

Do you know anybody like that?

I'm talking about the kind that they've got this constant weight on their shoulders, pet peeve (whatever it might be) ~ and it's heavy, and it's large, and it's all consuming, etc. ~ and they're gonna dump it on you and/or "dump" on you/make sure you get a nice size piece of it.

And you see these people coming (don't you?) and you run the other way or look for a desk to hide under. Hmm?

And I guess the moral of the story is: Make sure you're not one of these type of personalities.

Make sure you're not one of the "bloodsuckers."