Hamilton Manor

It's September 1, 2011. You may notice it's been a couple of years since we posted a full haunt. I am happy to announce that after a two year hiatus we are...

Debt free!

In the last two years we realized that while kind of normal Americans, we were going the wrong way financially. So we cut up all credit cards, dropped our lifestyle to nothing, and paid off everything. $55k in 2 years and now we even have some real savings for emergencies.

Then tonight ...

The torrential rain let up yesterday and while Dear Wife corralled The Twins I reved up the sawsall, cut the pier into 5-foot segments and stashed it on the side of the house. I'm sure as I type black widows are making it their vacation home.

It's a funny thing but the day after Halloween, inspite of the fun and excitement leading up to the big night, I am so totally ready for it to ...

Wow - can we do that again?! It is November first and the skys have opened up. It is POURING. Fat drops dumping down in waves, thunder, lightening... all real unlike last night. Thank goodness it waited until today!

Wireless Haunting

Good friend Glen called in sick to work Friday and came over to finish setting up the Haunt. I really needed it too as Thursday it threatened ...

What a great time the last couple of days working on the haunt. Today I completeled all structural construction and starting playing with pneumatics and even built a couple more props!

First up was weathering the boardwalk; it still had that new car smell, you know? A soaking of thinned grey paint, some flat black and a dry-brushing of white gave just the look I wanted:

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I have literally done nothing for Halloween between my last post and yesterday. Life really got in the way this year. I'll spare you the gory details ( although if they truly were gory I know you'd love it ) and get to the good stuff...

The Boardwalk is Finished

What a great couple of days working on the Haunt! I am re-energized and stoked with our progress. I started ...