About that gingerbread...
[Yesterday, I did a Halloween guest blog for Jeri Smith-Ready's Blogtoberfest. Click here to read the post and enter to win your choice of a signed copy of My Soul to Take or My Soul to Save! And don't forget to check out the other giveaways she still has open!]
If you've been reading my blog for long, you probably know a little bit about me, outside of my writing career. For instance, because my husband didn't choose a career that puts his face and name in front of thousands of readers, when I refer to him online, I call him #1, and I never post pictures of him. That's his choice.
[And by the way, #1 is both a Star Trek (TNG) and a Stephen King (Misery) reference. Not a bathroom reference. ;-)]
Anyway, you might also know that #1 and I are big kids at heart. And in perpetual self-image--he still thinks he's 18. ;-) Every Halloween, we carve pumpkins, watch a series of cheesy horror movies, and make a homemade gingerbread house. He designs (complete with blueprints), I bake, I make frosting/glue, he assembles, we decorate.
But this year, there was no time for gingerbread, which makes me very sad. Making our annual haunted gingerbread house is a 3-4 day labor. We're still unpacking, and I have three deadlines to meet in the next six weeks. Plus, I'm sick, and we've had a couple of new-to-us house issues (busted kitchen sink faucet = DISASTER!) to deal with as well.
I'm hoping we'll have time to do one for Thanksgiving instead. Something fall-themed and festive. And, of course, we'll do the traditional Christmas gingerbread house too. But in case you've never seen them, here are our haunted gingerbread houses from the past two years.
Monster House '07 from the front.
Monster House '07 from the back.
Amityville gingerbread '08, undecorated.
(For reference, here's the actual Amityville house.)
Amityville gingerbread '08 decorated.
And now, looking at these old pictures, I really wish we'd had time for it this year. ;-(