Haunted Humpday is here!!!!

Welcome to the

second annual

It seemed to take it's time getting here!!

My least favorite season is summer..

There's too many bugs 

&

 too many days of 100+ weather. 

Well, now we are having shorter days

and the shadows are lengthening ever so slightly!

The sunset the other day was pretty spectacular..

it reminded of candy floss and how much I like the scent..

& the scent of candy floss

reminds me of Halloween!

(see it's all connected haha)

To set the mood, I started decorating our mantle,

Love those little canvases ...they light up with flickering bulbs. 

I'm not even close to being done though, I'm going to add

giant candy corn to the wall:)

this is with the lights off..

My niece bought all of us some silly skelly glasses. 

Which we wore while

carving one of our little pumpkins from the garden..

well, Helena drew it and I carved it.

This is one of my favorite poems, 

it's a bit silly, but isn't everyone afraid 

of him?

The Bogeyman
by Jack Prelutsky

In the desolate depths of a perilous place
the bogeyman lurks, with a snarl on his face.
Never dare, never dare to approach his dark lair
for he's waiting . . . just waiting . . . to get you.

He skulks in the shadows, relentless and wild
in his search for a tender, delectable child.
With his steely sharp claws and his slavering jaws
oh he's waiting . . . just waiting . . . to get you.

Many have entered his dreary domain
but not even one has been heard from again.
They no doubt made a feast for the butchering beast
and he's waiting . . . just waiting . . . to get you.

In that sulfurous, sunless and sinister place
he'll crumple your bones in his bogey embrace.
Never never go near if you hold your life dear,
for oh! . . . what he'll do . . . when he gets you!

speaking of the boogeyman..

Stephen King has written a terrifying story about him

in this amazing book.

His version of him is something greenish black and slimey

that travels by sewer and enters by closet..

It's an old story, but if you have not read it, 

give it a go, just make sure the lights are on

and the closet door is firmly latched.

What is it about the abandoned old
 house on the corner?

I've read posts on facebook 

asking people if they would spend the night

in this house or that house..

I'm not sure what I'd do, to be honest

Sometimes it's hard enough to just pass by!

Anything could be lurking behind the windows

  under the stairs.

(and in the closet, eek!)

 I know I've talked about the house on the corner

where a certain lady was eaten up by her very hungry

cats...do you remember that story?

Whenever it's windy at night and I happen to hear

yowling cats, I think of her.

In honor of Spooky houses and Haunted Humpday,

We made some super simple

haunted house crafts..you can create some

with your littles if you have 10 minutes or so:)

Just paint a thick piece of paper with your choice of

paints..cut out a silhouette of a house on dark scrapbook paper,

make sure you cut out windows!

add bright paper to the windows or just leave as is.

glue to the painted paper and you're done! 

Along with Halloween comes my other favorite..

Dia De Los Muertos!

Love the bright happy feel to this colorful holiday.

I created a few little canvases for my very neglected etsy shop.

Here's one:)

Okay, I've mentioned that I was diagnosed type 2 diabetes right?

My downfall has always been chocolate...

I have reversed it with diet and weight loss..

I don't waver ever..have not had real sweets since January.

Yesterday I was in Walgreen's and I spotted this

amongst the Halloween candy!

Boy was I excited!!!

The best thing to do with

 chocolate and marshmallow is 

make s'mores of course!

Just get a graham cracker, break it in half

set your 'candy' on top of it and microwave 

it for ten seconds.

if you haven't had real sugar in eight months

let me tell you

this is incredible!

There's regular chocolate covered marshmallow pumpkins

that behave just beautifully in the microwave too.

(for all you non-diabetic ghoulies)

Ok,

we've created something and we've eaten 

wasn't that fun?

but it's getting dark now....

& is it me or is it getting chillier?

Let's get over to the fire and huddle close...

I hear things just beyond the circle of light,

creepy, stealthy sounds...

This happened many years ago...

A friend of my mother had a daughter that was...

disrespectful, sneaky, and just plain horrible!

She was in the habit of going out and coming home

at all hours.

She just did not care.

One evening she got into a terrible argument with her mom,

She wanted to use her mother's car to go out

because hers didn't want to start. 

Then in the midst of all the yelling and accusations

they heard a loud flapping sound coming from the porch..

then a thump...

then at their front window,

 they saw something..

The mother (Linda) said it was very tall,

but bent over with a large hump on it's back.

It looked as though it had on a dark coat.

It had longish scraggly hair

a pale, pale face,

eyes that looked feverishly bright

and it was foaming at the mouth.

Her daughter (Sara) whispered

"what is that?!"  

Linda whispered back

"Es el Diablo"

(it's the devil)

He passed slowly in front the window

watching Sara intently,

then he was gone.

Just as quickly as he appeared..

 

Sara eventually got married 

moved to Colorado

and had two children

but whenever she stopped by to visit she would recount

the story of the night she was paid a visit

by old scratch..or as she called it,

'her own personal boogeyman'

She usually ended her story with  

"Don't argue with your mom!"

Here's the fun part!

leave me a comment

on this post.

I'll randomly choose a winner next week..

If you are chosen you get this:

  A weird photo of a scary looking man

some stencils

a wooden frame

and your very own Frankenstein monster!