Well another Halloween has come and gone. It was a beautiful night for it except for about a constant 16 mph wind. This would not have been bad but it played havoc on my fog machine. But everything considered it went well.
I had several comments on how good the cemetery looked. One gentleman said I should charge admission. Several others said it was the best display they saw all night.
One thing me and Lori noticed was the lack of Canadians this year. Perhaps it has to do with national security and they are having a harder time getting across the border. You know the border, the black river which separates us from them. Then again it could have been higher gas prices. The Canadians are not as fond of putting gas in their Cadillacs as they are putting ripple in their guts. Either way it was a nice change.
It seemed the amount of trick or treaters was down in general. But those who did come had some great costumes. Unfortunately Chocolate Cheese had to do his haunting in the house. I tried him for about 45 seconds and that was it. He wanted to taste each trick or treater who came to the house. So he was in charge of guarding the house and the nice raw hide bone I bought for him. Perhaps next year after he attends therapy and they medicate him with some puppy Prozac he'll be able to pass out candy. I'm not holding my breath that either therapy or another year of growing up will help. I guess only time will tell.
So now the stretch for Thanksgiving begins. I already took the Cemetery down and tomorrow I'll start seeing what I can do for Thanksgiving. The thing about this one is it's two fold. While I'll start with Thanksgiving, I'll also start putting Christmas lights up in a couple off weeks so I can flip the switch on them on Thanksgiving night. Always nice being the first on the block and watching the neighbors scramble to catch up. Plus it's so much work it's nice to get a full month out of it.
I hop everyone had a safe Halloween and got lots of goodies. I also hope their mom and dads have plenty of Tums on hand. Cheese is enjoying a chick o stick. Again happy Halloween and don't get so stressed this holiday season that you don't get to enjoy it. Decorate what your comfortable with and soak in each day of the wonderful season.
1 comment:
Scot,
Those last comments are right on. We put sooo much pressure on ourselves to do "this" and "that" during the holidays. If everyone would just step back, do what they can or desire (even if it's only a wreath and a decorative table tree), they would enjoy the holidays much more, I believe.
LOL on woophew's Halloween. Duch did slow down,...um,....when she was like 7??? LOL!
The kids had a blast last night. I'll get pictures to you soon. They looked so cute. Brando was mad as a hornet getting into his costume, but once he had stimulation outside, he was fine. And did I tell you that trick-or-treat is FOUR HOURS here? Oy vey!
And the ol' cemetery looks great. We had several great ones here too. With the exception of the family that went waaaaay over the top with gory details (ie. body parts laying on the street by a car, a bloody head on their mailbox post, etc.) They chased little trick-or-treaters with a Jason mask and a chainsaw, complete with sound effects. Needless to say, our kids didn't want to visit there, lol. But they did go to one that had strobe lights, a graveyard, coffin, etc. Well, okay, REECE (a.k.a. Piglet) didn't go.
Love ya,
Pone
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