Getting Ready For The Kids

     Not much going on right now except getting ready for the Kid's party Saturday. Got the funnel cake mix out, got the sugar for the cotton candy machine out, got some of the games ready. Still need to go buy the hot dogs and buns though.  The girls and I went to the Dollar Tree tonight to get little toys and what not for the goodie bags for the kids. Decided that rather than doing prizes for each game that they played we would just do a goodie bag for each kid. Figured it was a fairer way to give out the toys, this way everyone goes home with the same amount.
     Saturday is going to be one heck of a day though. Party from 1-4 then out to the maze from 5-???? Hopefully we will have a big turn out for the maze. Not sure how much help I will be though with this sprained ankle, but I will do what I can.

Six More Days

     Wow, just six more days until THE NIGHT we have all been waiting for. And here I haven't posted anything in 14 days. Boy, time sure does fly when you are busy.  At least I have gotten a few things accomplished. I have all but 3 tombstones out and in place. The 3 that are not in the yard are because the glue is still drying on them. Well actually 2 are dry now but I haven't trimmed them up yet. I still need to find 1 more small piece of PVC pipe so that I can put the last big one out also. The grave yard is pretty much set up except for the Spanish moss (which will wait for the last day due to the weather) and the lights. The Ghost Sisters are out, just waiting on their fire (day of stuff), Tim is waiting to be dressed and put out, then the rest of it goes out the day of.
     Managed to squeeze in a day to take photos of a friend and her boyfriend. We went to one of the local parks to do the pictures. Got some really nice ones of them by the water and on the bridge. Wish I had a better computer so that I could load a few photoshop programs. Maybe someday.
     Kinda going slow this year because of the weather and injuries. The weather has beat the crap out of my tombstones this year. We have had some pretty gusty winds here.  Then just when I think I will start setting up it rains. It looks like set up on Halloween is going to be interesting since I sprained my ankle Saturday night. Some times I am such a klutz.
     Got my niece's fingers ready for shipping. This year I am just sending them the carved fingers and the gel icings. Figured that they would get a kick out of "painting" them themselves. They both are chomping at the bit waiting. I get daily facebook messages asking about them. Going to go mail them today.
      My best friend's son called me last night and asked if I would do his Zombie makeup for school today. That was fun, really had a chance to play with the liquid latex. He almost threw up when he seen himself in the mirror. I take that as a compliment. There were some things that I should have done different and could have done better, but he was happy.
     Then to make me feel old, my oldest son turns 24 today. Still can't believe that he has been in the Navy for a year now. Seems like only yesterday he was in High School. But we are soooooooooooo proud of him.
     Well gotta run, not a whole lot of time left and still a whole lot of stuff to do.

Spreading the Halloween Bug

     Well, we worked the corn maze again this past Saturday.  Wasn't going to do it but Beck's needed the help (moral support) so we did it. I didn't actually do a scene, I just sat with Beck's son while he played Jigsaw's puppet. Haven't quite gotten the point across to him that he can't take his mask off until AFTER everyone has gone past his scene.  But all is good. When Beck's husband seen how easy it was to build some of the props he got excited and now he has the bug.
     Beck's husband has been surfing some of the sites that I use for my props. I also told him that he really needed to get on HauntForum.com. I have found that I spend more time there than anywhere else now. I love the fact that everyone on there is so willing to share their knowledge. It definitely saves a whole lot of headaches because most of them have tried every way possible to make some of these props. Now he is looking at working on some props during the off season (not that there is an off season for prop building).
     On another note. Got the tombstones in place and two of the long pieces of fencing up. Got a short piece propped up where it needs to go but not screwed in or on it's rebar.  Going to try to finish the fence tomorrow but I only have a limited amount of time. My husband has something planned for us tomorrow. Oh Boy!!!

Been a Little Busy

     So I have been a little busy lately. I have been working on my cemetery fence, Tim, the Stump, planning a Pampered Chef Halloween party, a kid's Halloween carnival, decorating the house for the season and a whole lotta other stuff. I am pooped. All of this and I haven't taken the time to update this blog. Shame on me, I know. But at least I have gotten some things done.  The Stump is finally painted. Not exactly happy with the paint job but I will get better with practice.  Tim's body is almost put together. Need to get a fun noodle to pad his shoulders and finish his hands. Found a relatively simple way to make hands with wire and Bic pens from Haunt Forum. Really neat site for ideas and help. Really didn't know that I was going to be building more cemetery fence until I started putting it up on the 3rd. Oh well. Now if it would just quit raining so that I can get out there and get working.  Seems to be the same song and dance every year before Halloween, waiting on the rain to stop.
     Looks like I will be working the Haunted Corn Maze this year. The couple that ran it before are not supposed to be there, which is the only way I would agree to go back. My friend and her husband (neither of which are that into Halloween) are running it this year and she has already had people back out on her. The Maze opens tomorrow night and 3 people called her this week to back out. Gee if you didn't want to do it then why did you volunteer? But I am going to be a real friend and stand in for her. This should just make the hubby sooooo happy.