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A Halloween puzzle for you….
Posted by doggonedmysteries
What are these used for?
A garbage can
Flexible Aluminum foil duct
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Tags: Author, Caregiver, Decorations and Props, Disability, Doggoned, Halloween, Humor, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
The horrifying death of my fog machine
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I wasn’t going to buy anything else for Halloween this year since I did buy two rather large props. However, it seems I will be making another purchase. My fog machine is dead. I’ve had it for well over fifteen years. I was hoping it would limp through this year, no such luck.
I’d bought some fog juice and fog machine cleaner my last trip to Spirit Halloween. Last night I decided to get off my duff, drag the machine down from the attic, and clean it. I’m glad I did. The machine gave one gasp and died. I was horrified.
I can’t go without a fog machine all the kids around here look forward to our yearly display. Today I was supposed to go with G to Target to get paper Halloween plates and more candy (DH says we don’t have enough.) Little does G know that we’ll be making a quick side trip, more out of the way, but on the way.
Now I have to decide what size to get. Back when I bought mine, you didn’t have many choices there was only one available.
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Tags: Author, Bones, books, Books on writing, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Craft of writing, Dead, Decorations and Props, Disability, Doggoned, Family, Fiction, Fog machine, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Life, Love, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Murder, Mysteries, Mystery, Novel writing, Trick-or-treating, Writer, Writing
2010 Halloween preparations begin
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I went back to Spirit Halloween today. This time I took G and my new neighbor R along with me. This was R’s first time in a Spirit Halloween. She was glad we’d gone during school hours and she had a chance to scope out the place without her young daughter. Now that she knows how to find the store, she’ll go back and take her daughter along.
At one point, we all trooped into one room to check out some animated props. There was a clerk in there, R was right behind me and didn’t see him at first. When he said hello I thought she was going to have a heart attack. She jumped, she screamed, and then she laughed. The rest of the time while we were in the store every time he saw her he apologized…again.
I bought a large animated prop. I couldn’t resist it. I now have a cloth barrel that has a ghoulish zombie rise from it with eyes flashing, and jaw moving moans. Both of my friends watched me spend the money. They were entertained. True, it is more fun to watch someone else spend money.
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Tags: Author, Bones, books, Books on writing, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Craft of writing, Dead, Decorations and Props, Disability, Doggoned, Family, Fiction, Halloween, Holiday, Home, Life, Love, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Murder, Mysteries, Mystery, Novel writing, Writer, Writing
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