Or day-after-Halloween, more accurately. Trick-or-treating got off to a busy start, as I had kids already waiting for me on the porch when I got home from work - luckily I had the candy ready to go that I'd put in the bowl in the morning before I left because I knew I was going to get home late. Rain started about half an hour in, though, so I ( Read more... )

Unseasonably warm weather where I am - the trick-or-treaters have been steady! Probably 35 or 40 so far ( Read more... )

Dryer conked out last week, so finally got a repair person out today - to his credit didn't even blink at the two opossums in the living room and two more opossums and a groundhog in the basement, lol. It needed a new thing that the belt runs over, and the inside had gotten clogged with lint, in a place that needed the whole back dismantled to ( Read more... )

Only 12 total trick-or-treaters - gale force winds, drizzle, and a windchill in the 20's kinda cuts down on the numbers, usually I get 40+. I have a whole basket of chocolate and Welches fruit snacks (25% of your daily vitamins! They're totally healthy!) leftover - think I'll take to work tomorrow so I don't end up eating the whole shebang ( Read more... )

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Happy Halloween! ooooOOOOOOOOoooo *wafts around making spooky cow noises* I'm waiting for the first of the trick-or-treaters to arrive - not sure how many there will be this year as it's pretty chilly out. We got clipped in Indiana by the edges of Sandy - just a lot of wind and a few days of light rain and drizzle, but still, impressive that we ( Read more... )

For a few more minutes anyway, in my time zone.  Only around 12 trick-or-treaters this year - I have LOTS of leftover chocolate.  Yum.
Here, have some rat-tailed maggots! :D  (Warning:  I think they're rather cute, but if maggoty thingies squirming around squick you, might want to skip this one)

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Happy Halloween to all!

Anyone wishing to carve pumpkins will first plz to be having their work inspected by the official Pumpkin Inspector.

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A Halloween fic bunny, it bit me!

Title:  A Protectobot Halloween
Rating:  K+
Word Count:  1299
Characters:  Hot Spot, First Aid, Blades, and a cameo by Fireflight as "The Very Scary Bat"
Summary:  Some trick-or-treaters get a unique experience.  Fluff and silliness 
Note:  double slashes to indicate "gestaltspeak" borrowed from ( Read more... )

( Please, for Primus' sake, don't click unless you can handle the CARNAGE! )