Haunted Humpday

Guess what day it is???

Welcome back!

I almost forgot!

The winner of the crystal from last week's giveaway

is Kim!

I need your snail mail my dear...

but wait.....

I have little crystals for the

20 other people that commented!

I need everyone's address please...

also include your email and your blog name please:)

Okay, so last  week I made 

microwave cake..

But have you tried microwave s'mores?

let's make some!

I bought some amazing marshmallows to use!

and some candy chips, they're orange colored and regular chocolate!

Just put your s'mores together 

on a microwave safe plate...like a little sandwich,

#1.graham cracker

 #2.yummy delicious pumpkin shaped marshmallow (or a regular one hehe)

#3.Hershey's chocolate bar square

#4. graham cracker

put it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds

(keep an eye on it, they get ginormous!)

Now, if you want to, you can (carefully)

use a lighter to toast the sides of the marshmallow.

I like the microwave method cause it

doesn't  need an open flame

and it's fun for the kiddies:)

just be careful, it's messy!

 

you can melt the candy chips when you 'cook' it

and dip your s'more in it....:)

so while you're bouncing off the walls after this little snack,

you might want to check out

 Wendy's Dia De Los Muertos

Challenge. 

She was inspired by

Kim's  post last week.

Dia De Los Muertos

It's absolutely one of my favorite holidays!

It's so colorful and fun...

There's a parade held here every year.

My daughter loves to go,

this is from two years ago....

There's lot's of goodies to find now that it's close...

I found this skull at Spirit Halloween store..

He changes color..

And this Magnet

(which you can win if you leave a comment)

alright...enough of the bright, pretty skellys....

are you ready for a poem?

The Cry Of The Banshee

As the moon at midnight moves through the starry sky
Out there in the bog land the Banshee's shrill cry
The one seldom heard and that human eyes cannot see
Some say the ghost of one who died in agony.

'Tis said the cry of the banshee is a brief loud shrill screech
That into the depths of the soul seem to reach
And those who have heard it will never forget
That loud ear piercing scream 'til the day of their death.

To those who have heard it fear of the night it does bring
The cry of the banshee is a terrifying thing
The most terrifying scream that they ever did hear
A cry that instil in those who hear it fear.

The cry of the banshee is a blood curdling cry
It pierces the silence of the midnight sky
And those who have heard it never leave us in doubt
That at midnight from their homes they never more venture out.

 

Francis Duggan

 

 

 

 

Now, how about that story 

I promised you 

about the house next door?

It's not very long....

 

 

When I was sixteen, 

we got some new neighbors,

next door.

 (Carlos & Estella)

A young couple with a baby.

they were very young...just out of their teens

newly married

and very happy.

They got to be good friends

with my mom, 

They would talk with her all the time

&

she would bring them

dishes of food

and freshly made tortillas.

One night, after they'd been there

a few months,

they heard someone crying outside their back door,

just sobbing!

They peeked out the very corner of the window

and thought my mom 

was out there..

The moon was bright that night and the woman

they saw out there had gray hair

(like my mom)

and a long dress...

but her features weren't visible because 

her hands were covering her face.

her shoulders were shaking with her cries. 

They were so so scared!

why would she come to their yard

after midnight and cry without knocking? 

After mustering up his courage Carlos

flung open the door, 

but there was no one 

there.

They retold this story to my mom,

the next morning

she didn't like the sound of it..

(told me it made her very uneasy) 

 She told them to be careful...

and don't go opening the door

 to crying old ladies in the dark! 

My mom said

it sounded like the banshee

had paid them a visit.

But she wouldn't elaborate.

A few nights later

I woke up to the sound of screaming..

Estella had come over with 

terrible news!

Carlos had been in a car accident

on his way home from work,

he'd been riding in the back of a truck

with other co-workers, 

 when a car ran a red light

 and hit them.

he was thrown from the vehicle

and died instantly. 

 I'll never forget the chills

that ran through me

when I heard her cries of grief.

 

Estella left soon after to go live 

with her parents

and I never saw her again.

 

creepy huh?

 

 On that note, I bid you goodnight, 

sleep well

and for goodness sake

do not open the door or peek out

the window if you hear

someone crying!!!

See you!