Well that was FUN! WHEW!  Halloween is over. We had 4 nights of screaming and giggles and freaky costumes and more! We had the best turn out ever which means it was the best for donations to the Georgina Food Pantry!  All I can say is THANK YOU!  So many people thanked us.. we had all the usual questions and  some that waited in line only to CHICKEN out at the last second. It is not always the little ones that this happens to. BIG and small we scare them all. A special thank you to Amy  http://www.amyanonymous.ca/my-blog--videos.html  and her family for coming up from the city. Amy took some fantastic photos and made a wonderful donation to the food bank. My other friend Amy for the cutest MUMMY cookies ever! http://paciascakesandcookies.weebly.com/cookies.html, our son who was the gate keeper this year! Friends and family who drove the distance  (worth the drive they tell me)  to help us celebrate.  As always Norman outdid himself! His Ghost rider costume was a HUGE hit! He  deserves the 'Golden Mummy' this year.The ultimate event for me is seeing people that have come for years! Since they were little! Well the fun is not quite over for us.. time to DISMANTLE...   sigh.. ;-))  The time to get back to drawing ... Norm already thinking about the prop for next year.some photos below!

Well, still September but the garage is starting to transform, no more tires and tools.. time for  goblins & ghouls!  Halloween is a month away. For the next month do not even think Of speaking to Norman if it isn't about Halloween!  Nothing else gets done and we fight, we fight about him getting tired and props going off in the middle of the night, leaving  bodies where I don't expect them and causing me mini heart attacks throughout the month.  As I LOVE to draw my hubby is passionate about Halloween so I try TRY to bite my tongue. The work that goes into this display is insane. All this labour for one night? Well it has grown to more than one night but really? Really. I can not deny that it is impressive. I do not understand how any of it works other than most are on sensors and run with a compressor. 
I really want to keep a journal as how it goes up so I plan on taking photos hourly when he is at work.  The most amazing part is that we do NOT charge - we ask that guests bring a food bank donation! So it is ALL for a very good cause. A couple of sneak peek photos below
of a few bodies being assembled (every thing moves!) -I am sure if he knew I was posting these photo's Id be banned from the garage. Hee hee hee
As you can see we all keep busy. I believe that is the key to happiness ;-)  & Sanity.  Find out what it is you love and DO it, Norm does not do it all year but HE thinks about it all year!
Today I paint!  I did not even get to touch it yesterday - it was a busy daw drawing and cleaning.  

Halloween was great, BUSY and the food donations were fantastic.
I am never sad to see it go.  My husband works so hard, my house is a disaster and I'm tired of Halloween when you live with it a great part of the year.  I have one piece that managed to stay out year round. It is hubby's passion and I try to go with the flow.  It keeps him out of my hair. 
So many people we see just once a year, we meet new people all the time, most thank us for all the work obviously put into the Display. That part I love. I've watched so many kids grow in Keswick! The people who tell me what's changed since last year and the things they notice!  How do they see all these details with their eyes closed while screaming! LOL

Tis the season. Everywhere I go .. tonight to vote! VOTE!!
Oh! Your the Halloween House.  YES we re. Actually I is not WE it is HE. 
My Hubby LOVES Halloween. Not even Halloween, he tinkers, gets all these 'things' working . It baffles my mind. REALLY . I do not go into the garage much at all. I like to be thrilled, like everyone else. This year it is all different. Just that element has added excitement for me. 


How he does it amazes me! He works all day and then is in that garage all night - AND it is WORK! It is all he thinks about - you can see the little hamster running in its wheel as we sit and eat diner. Visions of pumpkins dancing through his head! NOT much else gets done. 
AND it has turned into work. BUT The best part is the food bank donation.
Really - do what ever you can do to help. We won't ever charge $. I would never turn away someone that does not have a donation. Perhaps they are hungry. 
Anyhow.. Norm is in his element and he is so good to me, I try to ignore the other stuff.. the mess, bones, mud, false teeth, horse testicles, mice in freezer, stiffs in my bed! And people wonder where I get my material. 

Good thing I love him.
We always joke about who is going to become the next prop.

I have family visiting .. for a while ;-) I wondered this a.m. How can I help.
And it hit me perhaps I am not here to help him but he is here to help me.
That is how it should be with everyone. Helping each other. Never think you know the reason for anything. My friend Carm said let 'Go and Let God.'   
 If you are not helping me then you are hurting me.
It is so easy to keep people down, negative comment, jabs and digs, said  to sound innocent but cut like a knife.. Think before you speak. if you have nothing nice to say - DON'T SAY IT!   It's that simple! 

Try it.  For now I shall enjoy the tasty treats with my live in chef and we shall help each other. I am blessed for this chance to make a positive difference. 


Now - halloween is around the corner and you know what that means! NORMAN is driving me nuts!  Cartoons to follow. Lots of visual blog material!  Boo!    BOOOOO Hoooo is more like it!