Title: Ideas running through my mind
Tags: halloween, ideas, thoughts
Blog Entry: I figured I would jot down some of my ideas here instead of losing them in the house on a post it that the cat decided to play with. Bubs is a wierd thing, I swear he has a thing for scotch tape and post it notes....and I never saw a cat eat corn beore....... Anyways, it seems as though our haunt has somehow overflowed from the basement up into the kitchen and the livingroom. I am thinking this year of doing a voodoo type haunt. The zombies, the works. I was surprised and pleased that friends and family were coming to me in June telling me how they already have a costume in mind, etc... We usually have our annual party and the haunted house runs that one night. Last year was the first time we had it open for the whole weekend. It was suprising how many people wanted to see, but at the same time i am pretty leery about just letting anyone walk through my home. Traditionally, before anyone goes into the basement we have someone (me) gather everyone into the living room and perform a spell of safety ( for lack of a better word) then they are walked to the basement door and I give 3 knocks to let the actors in the basement know that we are ready as well as seeing if they are ready, I tell the people upstairs that I was just casting the last spell of protection before I send them down. When I get a reply of 3 knocks from downstairs I know that they are ready and the show is on! This year I was thinking of doing a buffet type thing in the kitchen with all the gory fixins' have learned to not let people eat before going downstairs as I had a child throwup right at the basement doorway. I want to get a bodyform and lay it out on the table for the buffet. the body cavity will be where the finger foods and other goodies will be.... I am also going to see where I can find some inexpensive black fabric. I know the closer I get to october the price will go up. So I better do that now..... More ideas to come later.. I just wanted to write this down before I forgot some of it.
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