Wow! Thank you for the encouraging words! You all are the BEST! Thank you for allowing me to share my bears (and my obsession) with you. :o) Oldalgebra, my love of bears came from a night of camping near the Canadian border. A bear attacked my campground. I learned so much about the grizzly since then. As a teacher, I started studying grizzlies with my fourth grade students. My students are known as The Grizzlies, our class mascot. We even save pennies and buy everyone a student designed Grizzly t-shirt. GREAT FUN! My wife and I found the perfect property in the woods in the Pacific Northwest. Coincidentally, we live on Bear Creek in an area known as Bear Creek Crossing. I'm in BEAR HEAVEN! :o) (There aren't many bears around here...a black bear now and then.) I love bears! :o) We have a bear wood carver down the road from us. I drool whenever I pass his shop! :o) Hot cider is on! Our front porch is a wrap around porch overlooking the woods. Come sit a spell! Maybe we'll even spot a bear... Bear Hugs! Kirk

very cute! one of the kids on son's baseball team made one, not the same song, and had ds as Frankenstien. very cute! lol thank you for sharing! the kids must LOVE watching it! lol

Good for you, Punk. Even tho you forgot one spot. LOL. I had an absolute "vegetable" day and could do nothing, so all my Halloween is still up. Darn. I sure hope I can tackle packing it tomorrow, tho its not much this year it still seems a lot of work in my state of mind (and body). And time to pull out the turkey decorations as well. I don't think Jazz particularly wants to be a 'good kitty', LOL. Look at his eyes...the wheels are always turning trying to think of something to do! hugs, Karen

Hmmm, lots of rocking chair lovers here on GW! I'd like our porch to be a great spot for watching the sun rise, for conversation, for snuggling, for reading, as well as a perch for watching the kids antics on their bikes and rollerblades. I like the looks of those teak rockers at Sam's, thank you for suggesting them. The burst of warm air this week made me think about furnishing the porch, but I'm guessing good sales are closer to Memorial Day, perhaps. That's really interesting Annette. The stress of all our projects has been getting the better of DH and I recently. Maybe we need to come have a good "joggle" on your board! : ) (And icecream dripping down our chins...that sounds good, too.)