Boo this & boo that. . .

First - let me say that, as in life, rules are made to be broken... sometimes.. well - only if you can glue them back together again... Nevertheless, here I shall attempt to list a few Boo Truths to help you wander the world of the Beginner Home Haunter.

My number one rule to home haunting is:

ALWAYS keep a notepad handy. In your pocket, purse, desk, by the bedside. (Hint to my MysterE: The new iPad announced today would be PERFECT!)

Yes it IS an obvious rule - BUT you would be amazed how many times I have awakened from a sound sleep with a spectacular idea for a prop or decoration - and feel SOOO certain that I would remember it later, only to find it flew like the wind -- right out the window of my mind!

So - once again,
RULE of BOO #1: NOTEPADS EVERYWHERE The good old fashioned paper kind. (Oh and don't forget the pen or pencil ) NO scrap paper, torn envelopes, ragged magazine pages torn from the doctors waiting room (you know who you are... so just admit it...) or wet napkin corners are permitted. Well - I'll never know so who cares... BUT a regular spiral notepad (think high school) of lined and/or graph paper will do nicely. Plus - they are cheap! Especially when school supply time rolls around. Sure - there's high tech computer software and loads of ways to electronically plan your home haunt with CAD drawings and masterful measurements. Still - to me - there's nothing like using a good old fashioned bit of tree pulp (sorry eco-police) to write on, savor, and drool over when you are 90 and loosing your marbles. With a notepad by your side, now you can sketch, plan and plot to your minds content. ALL ideas welcome! BONUS ~ once you empty your gray matter onto the pages, voila! More space in that beautiful cranium of yours for new ideas!!

Of course - some of you may wish to live dangerously and in that case, luckily, you can rely upon Halloween Forum to be the repository of more ides than you can point a corpse at!