An Unorthodox Halloween – Page 51

Steve is sad, and a treat.

“Steve is sad, he needs a hug.”

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Steve 2 is coming along, albeit slowly. I tried to sculpt the head somewhat differently. Not entirely sure I’m sold on it yet. We’ll see after the skin gets on.

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But, I’ve been leaping for joy on another little item lately.

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Back when I was just a wee one, there was one particular house to always hit up on Halloween. The father in the house worked at Clover Club, and would hand out chip bags. FULL SIZE CHIP BAGS. Now, they were rejects from Clover Club. So, your sour cream and onion might house BBQ, or the plain ones might be considered too dark (“burnt”) for sale. But, that always just added to the fun of going to the house.

It’s been years since I’ve seen Clover Club in the stores. Thrilled to find them again. Now, if I could only lay my hands on some “burnt” ones….

Halloween in March.

I was in the mood for a little taste of Halloween.

And, there were several notable treats to seek out back when I was a child. The house that gave out chips. The king size candy bars. The candied apples…

But, for me, the tops was the popcorn balls.

Well, I may not have THAT recipe, but I DO have one heck of a Caramel Corn recipe.

What’s more, it’s the only recipe I have that comes from my dad. He only made it once in my memory, but I was there to record it at the time.

1 can Eagle Brand Milk.
1 cup Light Karo Syrup
1 Cube butter
2 Cup Brown Sugar

Bring Sugar and Syrup to a boil. Add mild and butter, Cook to soft ball. (8-10 minutes)

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Now, the thing is, this makes a lot of caramel corn…what, exactly was I going to do with it all?

That’s where the popcorn balls came in.

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I sent the boys out to leave them on neighbor’s doorsteps as a surprise. I imagine they’re all curious where it come from, and that makes me smile. A little trick, and a treat. Halloween in March.

Ouch.

Some little injuries have been slowing my progress these last two months.

First was Alec…

He fell in the bathroom downstairs, and that resulted in a late night trip to the hospital.

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This, late at night…

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And, to add insult to the injury, I was pulled over and given a fix it ticket on the way home from the hospital. This netted 2 lost nights of being able to work on something Halloween related. The night of the trip, and the next night, as it was well after midnight before we got home the night before, and I needed to catch up on sleep.

Then, there is my injury.

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We should have taken a picture a day on the thing…

I fell whilst running around spraying those webs. And, I don’t bruise easy, nor do I complain about pain easy. But, that there…

I was able to ignore it initially, but it got bad enough to make me feel sick, and have to put the foot up that night. I’ve been uncomfortable sitting in most positions since then, not to mention standing or walking. That has put a real damper on things. Today’s the first day it’s felt decent. Here’s hoping things get better from here.

Fears of Childhood 3.

The latest in my series of looking at that which frightens us.

The last 2 weekends have seen my wife working on Sunday, which has left me alone to get the kids ready for Church.

It’s always fun to try to get Talia dressed and ready for me. From her normally screaming in the bath “daddy sucks” as I tend to pull her hair a bit too much while trying to untangle it in the wash, on through the same again whilst attempting to make the hair presentable.

Normally, I’ve tried to wash her downstairs whilst Jen is asleep. So as to cause as little disturbance to that sleep as possible. And, she loved the basement bathroom…up till two weeks ago.

From the “no shower downstairs”, and the normal crying because “daddy sucks”, I thought she was just not wanting daddy to do the bathing. But, this morning, “No shower. WITCH!”

It seems Talia is under the impression a witch is living in the basement shower….

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Now, I took some time trying to figure out just WHAT she thinks the witch was…and it turns out it’s the exhaust fan over the shower. My best guess is she’s heard the boys telling each other to turn on the SWITCH whilst they shower, and is now convinced that is the witch.

Speaking of the boys…..

Alec has recently become most nervous around the thought of Ghosts.

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I don’t fully know where this is coming from. I’ve blamed the wind closing/opening doors on “it must have been a ghost”. But, he also reads plenty of goosebumps books these days. Not sure why ghosts have caught his attention.

Kyle, meanwhile, has picked up a thing for the Gypsie curse after watching Drag Me To Hell.

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I’ve never really understood the fear of curses myself.

No, for me, there is that one thing that always scared me. Be it in the form of a movie, or of a ‘documentary’, or book, or news article. The very thought of them would keep me awake at night.

Aliens.