Blessed Day!

Its finally here! After hours hunting for Austin's Nacho Libre costume, carving the perfect Jack-O-Lantern and downloading the Monster Mash I feel like I'm finally ready for Halloween! Bring on the scary movies, excessive amounts of candy, and fondue!

Happy Halloween everybody!

Ready for some MORE???

Look at this cute little guy! Well he's beggin for you to save him, zoom him large, print him out and put him together! He'll be a-hanging on your door or window just waiting to beckon trick-or-treaters to your door. Which brings me to something serious I'd wish to discuss. How sad is it, in our society, things have gotten so bad that kids don't go house to house anymore? That was always so much fun, and now its almost nonexistent. Sure, there's Trunk - or -Treats in the church parkinglot, and "Safe Streets" set up inside schools or malls but where's the adventure in that? I remember half the fun was seeing how far you could get before you were too cold, too tired, and too wet from soiling your leotard to continue. Making it all the way to where you could see the American Express building was something boasted of by many of the "big kids," but I myself never achieved this feat. I do remember making it all the way to Tiffany Danzies house with Michelle as my escort. For some reason though, the Danzie's didn't have any candy. What was up with that? Still, it was fun knowing I made it there and with my cool big sister too! Can you see why I love this blessed Holiday so much? If not, here are some more reasons:
No presents to buy
No gifts to wrap,
No eggs to hunt for
Or Valentines to not recieve and then feel bad about being alone
No fireworks to get burned on
No Turkeys to de-neck
Oh Halloween is a marvelous thing. Its all about reaching inside yourself and finding something different to be, if only for one day.

Halloweenery Part Duex:

Say kids! Who's ready for more Halloween fun? Well, after watching a spooky Michael Meyers movie last night (Halloween 5) I'm ready for something...a little less terrifying.
How about ghost tootsie pops? Remember making those back in West Valley?
All you need is:
Tissuues
Tootsie Pops
String
Black marker.

Put the tissue of over the lolly.
Tie tissue with string
Draw a ghostly face with the marker.

See, aren't we having a great time? I remember the last time I made those Tootsiepop Spooks. I believe it was the same year I went as a cave girl and peed my pants because I couldn't get the black leotard I was wearing underneath my faux fur toga off in time. Aside from the leotard/pee issue, that was my favorite costume. I wore it 2 years in a row. (New leotards though!)

Halloweenery

This year, I'm turning my blog into a factory of spooky fun! My own Halloweenery, if you will.

Hey, here's some fellas who want to join in the fun. What's up Boingos? Ready for some good times? I thought so! Well, let's not waste valuable time.

Here's a great recipe for some tasty Halloween fondue, courtesy of allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup apple cider or apple juice
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cubed
DIRECTIONS
In a large saucepan, bring cider to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Toss the cheeses with cornstarch and pepper; stir into cider. Cook and stir for 3-4 minutes or until cheese is melted. Transfer to a small ceramic fondue pot or slow cooker; keep warm. Serve with bread cubes.

For all your thirsty little zombies and such, wet their whistles with this evil looking elixer.

INGREDIENTS
1 (.13 ounce) envelope unsweetened grape soft drink mix
1 (.13 ounce) envelope unsweetened orange soft drink mix
2 cups white sugar
3 quarts cold water
1 liter ginger ale
DIRECTIONS
To make a frozen hand, wash a disposable glove, fill with water, seal with a rubber band and freeze until hard.
Stir together grape soft drink mix, orange soft drink mix, sugar and water until solids are dissolved. Combine with chilled ginger ale just before serving. Dip the frozen hand briefly in warm water, then peel off the glove. Float the prepared hand in the punch bowl for a ghastly effect.

Thus concludes today's session. But stick around for more spooky good times!

Zoinks!

With Halloween less than two weeks away, I have yet to begin construction on a truly brilliant costume. Last year I cheated and wore my Girl Scout costume again. I refuse to stoop to such a level as a three year costume repeat! Though I would like to wear my green fishnets again, but that isn't a requirement. Any ideas?
Here are some ideas that have been bouncing around the rubbery creases of my brain tissue:

-Back up dancer from the "I Wanna Love You Tender" music video.*
-Wear the pretty turqoise tunic Nichole gave me with some wings and sparkly leggings and be a fairy of sorts.
-Elizabeth Smart in her burka made from a t-shirt. (Too soon?)
-Pajamas and bunny ears and tell people I'm "PJ Harvey." Get it? SNORT!!!!

I'm open to idears people. As you can see, I don't have many of my own. Time is of the essence so please help me!

*If you have never seen the "I Wanna Love You Tender" music video, it can be viewed at youtube.com. It's worth a few minutes of your time, trust me on this one.

Time to have a "face"

Suzy... you need to have an icon!

Retain again

I have love handles and back fat, two items that are new and frightening to me. I’ve decided to attack these new physical developments the only way I know how! Exercise and orthadonture! A two pronged attack, this program involves running at Sunset Park and wearing my bottom retainer. I’ve really gotten so I enjoy running, and actually look forward to it. I don’t share the same enthusiasm for my retainer however. Not only is it painful, but it makes me speak like Cindy Brady pre-speech therapy. There’s nothing fun about lisping your way through a long work day, hoping there isn’t a silver string of saliva dripping from your mouth in the process.
Ah, the things we do for beauty! Speaking of beauty, this morning whilst I stocked the stockroom Beauty and the Beast songs kept popping into my head. I don’t know how that happened…I haven’t seen that show in at least 10 years. Weird.

I love this guy!!

I love this guy!

Was internet banter ever more fun? Scott truly is a kindred spirit. Every message from him is like a gift from the comedy heavens.


Suzy:
Was the handoff successful? Is the CD now in your possession? This line may be tapped, so if you got it simply write "I ate a whole package of Oreos and now I'm going to be sick but I regret nothing." So how was your weekend? Mine was a crazy blur of relatives, way too much driving, and a smattering of food and friends here an there. Its good to be back in Vegas where things make sense.

Scott:
Gah! I missed Maude! By the time I arrived on the scene, you had long moved onto more interesting social arrangements. However.... *ahem* I ate the whole package of Oreos, and now I'm going to be sick but I regret nothing." *at this point, dudicus tells maude to meet him at the old park bench located near the 3rd set of swing sets at noon on the following day. He has a message for her, but cannot risk being compromised* -next day- (writing a thriller-suspense story in a PM is hard). *dudicus is sitting at the bench at the prescribed time. He wears dark sunglasses, and fashionable tartan pullover that screams "look at me" but does not demand attention. In his right hand he holds a half eaten McRib sandwhich and in his left hand he holds a copy of the latest news*. As soon as Maude is close enough, he speaks... I have the CD. I don't dare say more, but I will comfirm that the CD is loaded with what our top scientists are calling "pure liquid awesomeness". *dudicus rises, and in a flash, disappears. Later, Maude notices that he didn't actually disappear, but rather has run over and is playing on the swings. Alright, I'm not sure that worked, but what I mean to say is that the CD is more than awesome. You even personalized the songs with crazy writing!! And you volunteer at the natural history museum! All so very awesome. Anyway, this was a bad weekend. Not horrible, but bad. But such is life I suppose. How are things on Stormy Circle? How long were you here in ol' SLC? It all happened so fast! Like a cheeta...um...chasing another....uh....cheeta. Something like that. Shoot. Sorry I missed ya's. Did you have a good time? OOooooo...I still need to send you that picture of that sign. Lets see if I can get that ball rolling. Ha! Good times


Suzy:

*Maude cautiously approaches the swings, glancing from side to side looking for possible spies. Seeing only a senile old woman talking to her embroidered hand bag and a teenage couple making out on the slippery slide, she speaks. "You dropped your McRib." Following these words is a silence, spattered only with the gentle creaking of swingset chains. "Thanks." Is Dudicus's only reply. No other words were needed or spoken, except for the constant rambling from the old lady who was now attempting to gnaw off the lace cuff of her old fashioned dress with her false teeth.* By the way, at the museum, we have two super saturdays coming up. One is Mining day! Its all about ROCKS you can find in the mines of Southern Nevada. We set up troughs of filthy water and let the kiddies pan for "fools gold" or what you geologists refer to as...as...um, pyrate or something like that. We will also teach kids how toothpaste is made. I'm sure I don't need to explain to you what that has to do with geology and mining! Sorry you had a bad weekend! No more bad weekends for you mister. That is an order. I'm glad the handoff was a success and that you are pleased with the CD. What do you think of the wicked red hand with pointing finger on the mailing envelope? So insulting!

Baby

I can't wait to see his baby jowls,
To wipe his drool with baby towls,
To listen to his hunger howls,

I'm so excited to pinch his thighs,
To look into his innocent eyes,
And walk him in his stroller for exercise,

Teague you are such a special boy
You've brought everyone a lot of joy
I hope my affection doesn't annoy!

See you tonight Nikki and Teague!

XOXOXO

Get in the Spirit

Ahhhh Halloween. Truly my favorite Holiday. Crisp air, costumes, snacks, spooky tunes and spooky flicks.
Nothing captures the essense of all that is right and good with Halloween quite like a nerd with a sound effect system on his computer and an electric keyboard. Not that I know of such a nerd, but if I did, his name would be Eugene. He would live in a small basement apartment and corner dedicated to conspiracy theory research where he would pour over photos of crop circles and the blurry black figures of the Sasquatch for hours on end.
He would also create this special song just for me on Halloween night.
http://www.theholidayspot.com/halloween/graphics/gbusters.mid

Whether I would be charmed or creeped out, I'll never know since Eugene doesn't exist.