massacre...and news...a bit nuts today!

 not a huge turn out this year but those that came had fun!  I'm a fan of small groups anyway, so cool by me and the added bonus is that having folks over...more than one tends to make me go into the mode learned from my mom...actually clean the house and remove those piles that tend to build up. one friend brought her young son.  loved this photo of him.  these are all just iphone shots...

 all ready for Halloween candy hand out tomorrow.  i have some toys to hand out as well so i am reading i should paint a small pumpkin teal which tells folks with allergy kids that there are goodies for their kids as well that are not edible.  i suspect those parents probably just don't bother going trick or treating though. above is my walrus jack-o-lantern.

 everyone is doing these 7 day black and white challenges on fb so i have been taking pics in black and white a lot this week.  always a favorite thing to do anyway.  got picked again...may just keep going for another week.  why not, right? haven't seen any from anyone i selected, which is fine.  you are supposed to select someone.  i think I'll skip that part my next round. haha. 

 got the puffins repaired.  will need to secure this post a bit better in the spring...we shall see how it survives the big snow plows anyway. 

 should pick up a few Halloween books for folks to enjoy. 

 news...Muell and his team have been working hard.  today they turned in indictments on Manafort and his business partner Gates.  these are money laundering and crimes against the US, false statements and the stuff they did with the Russians in Ukraine.  they are not at this time currently related to any sort of collusion with Russia. 

 this is just a start for the Meull team.  more will be coming no doubt. the money is pretty nuts.  Manafort spent money pretty wildly funneling it through foreign banks.  of course, there was a sum of over 70 million and the documents apparently only account for like 13 million so there is 60 million more that...i think that is in the wait and see category. there was moneys with Russian oligarch OD....i suspect that will be revealed later. it was clear they were not revealing all they had at this time.  this is clearly just the tip of the ice berg. 

 pretty funny to flip back and forth between news sites.  Fox was barely mentioning this at all.  the propaganda machine has yet to fall.  perhaps they will be going down with the ship...at least some of them.  i really would not be surprised to see Hannity up for charges at some point.  he's so loyal to iitoo that he may be willing to do something unscrupulous.  we shall have to wait on a lot.

 really most interesting in some ways is the case of Papadopolous.  no leaking in the Meull office.  they have kept their case quiet and continue to do so.  they did not give up a lot in this case either, but it is clear that he has already entered a plea of guilty and is working with the fbi.  he may have been wandering around DC with a wire.  he admits to lying to the feds the first time he was interviewed.  he has since given up emails and information.  he was an aid, they are trying to distance themselves....who is he?  never heard of him.  I'm sure many are squirming.  who has he spoken to all wired up since mid summer. 

the Rus like to fish for people to help them out.  there was a professor in England and a Rus woman that Papadopolous had  exchanges with.  they promised information on Hillary.  he was in contact with supervisors from the iitoo campaign who were encouraging him to work with the Rus to get this information.  hate really can make you do some pretty stupid things.  either the campaign was stupid and clueless or totally willing and receptive.  this guy will not be sentenced for some time....thinking it depends on how helpful he turns out to be.  have others, like Flynn, flipped already and are wearing listening devices around DC?

 this guy was arrested the day after they raided manaforts house.  this was in July...so he's been cooperating for 3 months!  i'm guessing there are some connections here that will play out at a later date.

 manafort is pretty shady dude. hopefully he goes down no matter what else is discovered.  hopefully, iitoo can't just pardon the whole lot of them.  not sure what will happen if iitoo attempts to screw around with the investigation . sounds like he was flipping out today.  not many tweets though...they may have him in 4 point restraints. haha

 manafort is the one who picked Pence...interesting.  how do they know each other? what is that connection? 

 two of us for the Monday walk today.  it had been raining and is raining again but we got lucky with blue skies for a bit.  we just did the tank trail.  easy day to be lazy for me.  met a friend later for dinner so a lovely day for me. 

 work, well that week is behind me.  busy week .

 i did get to come home early 2 of the 3 nights.  around 5 am, which is always lovely. i think i totally screwed up my time card though.  waiting to get a note from work about that.  i screw it up all the time.

 i have a bruise and a bump on my arm from a patient in ICU.  sometimes you just cant move fast enough.  my arm got nailed as a body slammed into the side rail, was lucky it didn't break. didn't see the bump til later.  it was a night of wrestling.  that happens some nights.  didn't go home early that night.  12 hours of wrestling.  i was beat.  first night i showed up and the ICU didn't have me on the list but they were busy so they weren't about to let me go. 

 chest compressions but in the end...i went home early.  that happens. 

 last night i was also sent to ICU but i guess something had changed and i was then sent to ER.  lots of holds but i was regular folk all night.  mostly just floated around.  there are so many holds that it limits the speed of turnover for the actual ER patients.  i think there were over 20 patients that we didn't have actual hospital beds on the floor for.

 i attempted some other costumes on the puppies last night.  anything with hoods has never been met well by my dogs. these pumpkin ones work the best.  they stayed on all night and I'll have them on again tomorrow for the trick or treat visitors. hopefully, no tricks happen...only treats.

 i did stop by Costco today and picked up a box of full size candy bars.  love the looks on kids faces when you hand those to them. i also have the small toys and other candy in case it's a busy night.  rain may keep them away.  can't let the kids get wet on a cold night.  better with snow really.  we shall see what the weather does.  it's a packed neighborhood so i usually get quite a few visitors. 

 i got chilly last night and grabbed Tuskers hooded costume...photo's needed to be taken.

 rain, mud and a dog door....that is what happens.  haha.  woke up to paw prints on my down comforter.  i hadn't put the cover on yet, just crashed.

 the pumpkins from last nights massacre.  i really need to start planning my kitchen remodel.  I've done some pinterest research but i need to look at actual stuff. mine below is the panda.  i went easy. the tea candles...i think that is what they are called.  they are little skulls. they were cheaper than regular tea candles. i think it was holiday sales though. 

 i have pumpkin guts and seeds to cook up still. 

 the Christmas stuff is taking over the stores. aack!!

 attempts to take pics with the puppies.

 above was today's black and white. i put the table back in the main entry so I'm ready for trick or treaters. 

 took pics of the pups before anyone arrived. 

 they are adorable!!  right?

 had seen  the other day someone had called out Sr Bush for patting her butt.  fear we get like we do with other stuff on all this.  the guy has dementia.  it's not like he had a long history of groping women's butts.  i would just let that one pass.  strokes, dementia, Alzheimer's...those folks often do things that are counter to who they were before the injury.  it can be very upsetting for their family.  a man who never swore is now swearing like a champion, or groping. 

 black and white photo shoot of Skelly and Crew.

 pups were pretty worn out last night after the guests all left. poor Gail returned a few times.  her cell phone went missing. not inside but we did hear it ringing in her car.  took some time and crawling around her car but we found it!!

 the other day i walked the gasline/powerline/tank trail.  a bit of ice out there but we got by

 work just acquired and trained a few dogs for security.  guess that ugly muzzle snaps off quickly in case the dog needs to go into attack mode.  loved that they have their own name tags.  so this handsome dog was wandering around in the ER the other night.  i asked, he said i could take a photo...but we can't pet him.  he's working.

 these guys never work.  today after the walk i settled in on the couch to relax and take in the crazy news of the day.  soon i had Ivy on top of me and then the wrestling began.  I'm not allowed to rest i guess mid day.

 Happy Halloween.  always a favorite day...no pressure, no obligations.  it's all about fun and frolic.  of course, there are more and more radical Christians that are altering it to "fall Harvest" events.  they believe it's of the devil.  radical anything is never a good thing.  lighten up.

grateful for:  A.  Halloween...always fun  B. Mueller and Crew...go team truth.  C.  reporters....stick with it, seek out truth and do your job for our nation.  you can make us crazy but we need you on our side!