Favorite Type of Spooky Images?

 

If you didn't know before now, you will after this post... I like Grim Reapers. If I was ever going to get a tattoo it would be of a grim reaper. I don't find them scary at all, I find them fascinating, mysterious and a little sexy. I might have a problem...

If I had to say I had a favorite type of spooky image or type of spooky Halloween décor that I like, it would definitely be Grim Reapers. 

Do you have a certain type of spooky image or décor that you like this time of year?

What is it about Grim Reapers? I'm not sure. Is it the cloak? His dominating presence? The fact that he has dark, soulless eyes or that you can't actually see his skeletal face in most pictures? Could be...

I would probably get on the boat with him if he beckoned me with those gloved hands. I definitely have a problem. I love this time of year. Bring on the Grim Reapers. 

What's your favorite spooky image or décor this time of year?

What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy?

 

What's your favorite Halloween candy?

What is now or was when you were a kid?  Mine was always chocolate. I can't imagine anyone not loving chocolate, but that's another story all together. 

When I was Trick or Treating, I always wanted a lot of candy bars. Didn't matter what kind of candy bar it was because I liked them all. 

My mom liked picking out some of the hard candy for herself and I did the same thing to my daughter when she got home with a huge load of candy at the end of the night, I think most parents do. They wait until the kid has gone to bed, coming down from the sugar rush and then go through the candy stash to pick out their favorites. Stashing them away for later. 

*Don't look at me like that. You know you did it too.*

So what did you hope for when you went Trick or Treating?

Chocolates?

Hard candy?

Lollipops?

Sour candies?

Gummi candies?

Pixie Sticks?

Those weird homemade popcorn balls the old cat lady always made? lol 

Candy corn? I love candy corn. 

What about candied apples? I like them. 

Everyone Has A Story, Here's One of Mine

 

I've been thinking of writing an autobiography or memoir but it just never comes together for me but I figured if I write one story at a time and post it on my blog maybe once a month, I can do that. Maybe one day I'll pull all the stories together and put them in a book but for now I'll just share some stories with you about my childhood. Some of the stories will be happy, some sad and some horrific because that was my childhood. But they will all be real, things that actually happened. If it seems like something that people enjoy reading maybe I'll keep it going. These stories will not be in any kind of order, I'll just write them as they come to me.

Taking A Walk With Uncle Jack Christmas Night

Not sure how old I was at the time but probably between the ages of 7 and 9 years old. My uncle Jack was at my grandma's house for Christmas and we were all there as well. After the sun set that night my Uncle Jack took my brother and I on a walk to go trash digging. This was a thing in my family for some reason. My mom kept the tradition alive when my own daughter was a kid and she gave her a porcelain doll she found in the trash. It would have been fine but the head was cracked in half. LOL 

Anyway, that Christmas while out with Uncle Jack, we were walking up and down the streets, looking in trash cans and I found a Farrah Fawcett puzzle that turned out to have all the pieces. Score!

My brother found some toys and on the way home, Uncle Jack started taking all the trash cans from the sidewalk and moved them into the middle of the street. We were little kids and thought it was funny so we helped. He was always such a bad influence on us. Then he spotted a small hibachi bbq by someone's door that had some chicken legs and a large steak on it. So Uncle Jack told us kids to hide behind the block wall and be quiet until he got back. A couple of minutes later he came back with the steak that he proceeded to eat on the walk home. My brother and I had fun that night and Uncle Jack had a steak. 

That man was a bad influence on us for the most part but sometimes he was fun.

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Book Review: How To Help A Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein

 

Book Description

What We Do in the Shadows with the small town feels of Gilmore Girls in this swoon-worthy romance that will leave readers delightfully cozy and hungry for more.

When Cassandra Camberwell returns to her hometown of Hollow Brook to clear out her late grandmother’s ramshackle old house, the last thing she expects is Seth Brubaker on her doorstep. 

Her former best friend was responsible for the worst moment of her high school life, and she can’t imagine he wants to do anything but torment her all over again. Until she unearths the real reason this annoyingly gorgeous beast of a man keeps hanging around: he’s an actual werewolf, who’s certain she’s the witch that will ease his suffering. 

But Cassie just isn’t sure if she can trust him again. So Seth offers a pact: he’ll teach her all about her undiscovered magic, and she will brew the potions he needs. No feelings, no funny business, just a witch and a werewolf striking a deal.

Totally doable. Until they get hit with a do-or-die mating bond. And now the heat is rising, in between fights with formers bullies and encounters with talking raccoons. They just have to not give in. Unless giving in just might be the very thing they never knew they always wanted.

My Review

Seth and Cassie meet up again after years of her hating him because of a prank he and his friends pulled on her in high school. But once Cassie's grandmother passes away and leaves her a house, she comes back to town to clean out the house and probably sell it. But Seth shows up and sets a whole slew of things in motion. For one, Seth is now a werewolf and needs the potion or recipe that Cassie's grandmother used to make him so he can control his shifts. But instead Cassie just thinks he's in the basement trying to steal something until he starts to shift and he has to tell her to run, block the basement door and wait. Which she does and is not prepared to face her new reality that paranormals exist, the next day. 

Seth and Cassie start to spend more time together because Cassie has a lot of questions and she doesn't have anyone else to talk to about this stuff. So Seth fills her in but she's not sure she can trust him yet even though the prank was years ago. He really hurt her since they had been best friends before the whole thing happened. But the more time they spend together, the more she sees her friend in Seth again and they start to act like friends again. All the while Cassie is trying to help Seth with a couple of potions to help him out and they need some ingredients that they have to go looking for. 

In the meantime, those old jerks that Seth used to hang out with and set Cassie up for the prank in high school are still holding a grudge against her and Seth knows she's in danger from them. But then halfway through the book the plot takes a backseat to the mating urges that first Seth starts to feel and then Cassie feels. They are so strong that they have a hard time focusing on anything else and the book focuses on sex between them for quite a while. After they get that out of their system, it gets better and we get back to the plot of this story. I really liked the characters, and Pod the racoon familiar for Cassie after she realizes she's a witch. 

It was a little slow at times and a little wordy but the storyline was a lot of fun. You can bet this won't be the last book I read by this author. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

Disclosure: I was given a copy of this book via NetGalley but all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

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Halloween Craft Using Avocado Seeds

 

How To Make Bleeding Avocado Seed Faces

Here's a fun Halloween craft to do with the kids or grandkids.

What to do: 

Remove seed from avocado

Wash seed

Carefully peel away brown part from seed

Carve a face into seed

Wait 10 minutes and watch as face starts to 'bleed'. 

I found that making more shallow cuts instead of deeper cuts will make it bleed more and look redder. This would be fun to do for Halloween. Nothing says I love Halloween like a shelf full of bleeding faces.