Friday, December 13, 2013

Sobeys is open

It's just a little thing, a new grocery store in our area, and we have been watching it brick by brick for months, today it is open!!!! Our new Sobeys ... And it's beautiful!!!! So happy to have it so close- we will walk here in the summer!! And they are brilliant - they have little carts - ON WHEELS!!! 

Friday, November 1, 2013

Successful Halloween

When we got snow on Sunday I was worried that it was going to be a yucky night for Halloween. But when I woke up this morning the sun was melt, melting the few patches of snow left, and plus 9 shone down on me. So.... off to work I went. In the yard that is!

The bars await the kiddies....


and the kitties await me..... 


At first the wind was giving me grief and kept blowing down my wall, but I finally won!!


Eerie acres, still for now.......



lurking in the Morgue, waiting for unsuspecting children.....


Brenda and Kimmy popped by, for a little spooky fun!


I blocked the front steps with coffin lids and pumpkins, and while the kids paused confused as to how to get to the door, I creaked open the garage door beside them, lol I scared more kids with the unintentioned scare, it was amusing! and a few adults...


Regan in the bushes


and Zombie girl singing her haunting song


the grave watcher warning people she would take their souls!!! 

Final count on the kids this year was 142! Nice, I was sleeping, ans something woke me up at about 5:30. Then I lay there thinking up ideas for next year, I am a sick woman lol so I figured I would just get up and blog, and start turning my morgue back into a classroom!! 

364 more days.... tick tick, have a great November!!!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Twas the night of Alll Hallows' eve

And as the moon crests and darkness settles, the ghosts and ghouls awake!!!

Monday, October 28, 2013

You Got your ghost on!

Well.... it takes a month to set up, and then Poof..... just like a ghost, it's gone!!! Spookypalooza 4 was the best so far..... which always leaves the burning question.... what the HELL do I do next year????

So I asked people to "get their ghost on" for the party..... and they did!!! We had a special guest this year, the amazing Casey, no, that's not a magicians name, it is a friend that brought his karaoke, machine and played a special spooky set of tunes for us!!! HE rocked the house, literally! until 2am, and only because his Mike died. My many brave friends also sang, and we danced the night away! Awesome friends, awesome night.... and now onto the photos.... moihahahahahaha oh ya and vote :-) to the right .....


Me and my darling daughter, she was so helpful this year! Every year she always helps me create the ghouls and goblins. We are the perfect team, one of us will hold up an item, and the other feeds ideas off of that, and back and forth! This really is her party as much as mine! This year tho, because she doesn't live here, it was harder to get that mojo.... so she came and spent a whole week with me to help!!! And the creating began!!


The party started at 7, and while I patiently waited ( watching the clock lol) the doorbell finally rang.... and I opened the door to... a whole cast of MINIONS!!! That was an awesome greeting!! lol 



sorry these pics are mixed up :-( but you will get the gist. In the first room of horrors, the story was about a little boy named Alfy, who liked to tell stories of peoples fears... last name Hitchcock! The birds are suspended, and you will see a better pic later on.


 This lovely little gem in door number 2, is straight out of kids nightmares! and some adults lol. He took 4 hours for us to build! and he is as tall and menacing as we could muster!! He points right at you too! LOVE him!!! lol

Introducing Rosemany..... when zombies swept over her town.... she was left to fend for herself, perfect setting in Maddie's rainbow room! She actually lurches at you! Got a few people to jump :-) you know who you are :-)


This is Raven, and she was a gift, from who? From my awesome Minions when the store closed, most people would get gift certificates or bath products, but they gave me EXACTLY what makes me happiest..... ghouls!!! lol love her and my minions!!!


This is Eerie Acres Cemetery, and when I opened the door I asked of people ever wondered what went on in a graveyard when nobody was watching..... mayhem!!!


Downstairs bathroom, it usually has the main focus on spiders, but this year I loaded it with motion sensor fun!! The urn talks, the skull chatters, and a mirror scares the hell out of you. There was no safe place to turn, all the while songs with the word spider in them play.....


ghosts and ghouls and minions rocking to Casey's fun tunes


Lovely Kerry, who has been on the guest list FOREVER:-) finally got to come play !!! 


Voted best costume of the night, Kim the mad scientist!!! Great job, funniest costume was swept by the minions, but they have to decide amongst themselves, where their gift card goes lol!!


Jenn, Mack, Maddie and Matt.... great costumes guys!!! 


Casey AKA The Batman.... belting out an Alice Cooper song. His song list, was like he was inside my head!!


Kim arrived in Egyption gear head to toe!! Nicley done!!


The other mother daughter team. Sandra and Bianca! Both of them so cute :-) and yes spooky is cute to me!! 


Minion love, Jeanne and Carolyn


Yay for MEdicine Hat, my niece and nephew drove all the way from the Hat to come to the party!! Ty guys. Chan and Chels and their friend Theo.


Creepy guy gets allot of attention tonight


Rick tries to be polite and start up a conversation


more dancing


"Shaun" surprised everyone this year, and didn't go as Shaun of the dead, instead he went as Rick Grimes from the Walking dead, still a zombie hunter lol but a different one. We found bunny slipper girl and looped the opening scene of the walking dead in the background. the scene is where Rick shoots Bunny girl in the head....here Rick is re enacting it, "and that's Monday" he says


dancing.....


Lucky checks the rats....... 


another shocker from Dean!!! he is singing.... Asshole from Dennis Leary... haha it was awesome!


Carolyn and Casey


Dean and Carolyn, 


in the lab, this poor nurse was no help at all


the lab table



Butcher Bones, the body on the table raises too!


 The next morning I saw these minion glasses on the witch.... haha I laughed so hard!


the witches lair, also the hallway to the bathroom


bathroom


door to Butcher Bones


Zombie girl on swing greets you when you walk in, she swings and sings.... ca-reey style


into the dungeon, I've never set up anything downstairs before, but I needed a place for Regan. I have built Regans many times thru the years, now I  found one.... and don't have to build her anymore!! As people walked down into the dark, I asked them to shake her bed to wake her up, and she did with glowing eyes, sits up and yep, her spins around!!! AWESOME


The kitchen.... or witches dungeon, whichever you prefer


the dining room, also taken over by the witch


bunny slipper girl moves around the room, snarling.


a few coffins lie about


bats and rats circle the entry


a bit of comedy.... the butler, the head on his tray also talks, he does the punchline.


some nibbles?


wall of fame? or ghouls whichever way you look


little village, 


hallway to the horror rooms


cemetery door


more family pics


full scale of the birds, recognize the costume? that was what I wore to comicon this year, kewl to see it come to life! lol


clown in the light


Rosemary chomping on some brains


no where to run, creepy things are all over the cemetery!


haha I loved my suspended skeletons carrying the coffin.... 


zombies galore climbing out of the graves


my armoire, covered with packing from tv boxes ( thanx Di) when sprayed they made wicked bricks!! 







The next day, I had a few people come by to see the house, Yay, it gave me one day to share the horror!! lol Kelley and hubby, ( Ken ) 


and Myrna and Glen

Well, happy Halloween everyone, thankyou all that made it out! IT means so much to share my day with awesome friends and family!! 
P.S. I have already starting sketching ideas for Spookypalooza 5...... :-) 
Happy haunting XO