Thread: Been away too long

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Hi, all! I know it's been a few months since I've been on, but my handsome ghoul and I are getting ready for the birth of our second son. Of course, he's scheduled to arrive in October; we wouldn't have it any other way! His big brother already bought him two Halloween outfits.

Anyway, since I'll get to be on maternity leave during October, I'll have time to get the house all decked out. My mom asked me if I was actually considering having Halloween this year and I told her that not only was I going through with it, I'm going to be taking a wonderful picture of our newborn sleeping next to one of our decapitated heads. THAT conversation ended quite quickly!

Keep up the good tips on where to get stuff, everyone! It's getting a little harder for me to maneuver the belly around those crowded aisles, so I appreciate all the info I can get!!

"I'm going to be taking a wonderful picture of our newborn sleeping next to one of our decapitated heads. THAT conversation ended quite quickly!"

LOL that's classic! I liked to have fell out of my chair! I can see the look on her face and I don't even know her.

Glad you're back and congrats on the new baby!

Thank you for the kind words! Yes, my mom has unfortunately never quite learned to deal with my Halloween issues. My husband, however, just follows me and our 9 year old son around the stores as we fling assorted body parts into the shopping cart. Our son even suckered his grandfather into taking him to our local Spirit Halloween last year. He came home with a leg and a scarecrow head. My mom thinks he's going to need therapy....

Glad you're back!

The boards are just starting to pick up...

and my own mother doesn't get it either - she threw a fit when i told her I was getting hitched on Halloween... said in a nasty voice "Well I might as well paint myself orange and wear a pumpkin on my head!" I told her that sounded great! She didn't seem too happy about my response.

We are a misunderstood bunch, but at least there's quite a few of us!

we are normal, they are the weird ones.

"And in the West, three rather unpleasant hags, bound to the vile forces of the world, looked and beheld a bat that did not fly as other bats but hung in the sky. This they took to be a sign, as they were hags, and superstition was part and parcel to the whole gig, so they traveled in the direction the bat hovered, and the bat moved before them, until it came to rest at an ancient, moldering crypt. In the crypt the hags found the child, and they knelt real slow because they were arthritic, and discussed how stupid today's baby names were with the mother. Then they did gift the child with Monster Mud, Great Stuff foam and a hot glue gun, and departed they before the dawn."

The Testament of the Shadow-Born, Chp 3, Vs 6-10, The Pumpkinomicon

Congrats!!! YAY another October baby on it's way. You should send a birth announcement with that pic of the baby next to the head.

Originally Posted by TheGothicPrincess

we are normal, they are the weird ones.

Exactly!

Congrats, Shadow Mistress. That pic should be a great 'conversation starter'

Originally Posted by Spats

"And in the West, three rather unpleasant hags, bound to the vile forces of the world, looked and beheld a bat that did not fly as other bats but hung in the sky. This they took to be a sign, as they were hags, and superstition was part and parcel to the whole gig, so they traveled in the direction the bat hovered, and the bat moved before them, until it came to rest at an ancient, moldering crypt. In the crypt the hags found the child, and they knelt real slow because they were arthritic, and discussed how stupid today's baby names were with the mother. Then they did gift the child with Monster Mud, Great Stuff foam and a hot glue gun, and departed they before the dawn."

The Testament of the Shadow-Born, Chp 3, Vs 6-10, The Pumpkinomicon

That's rather amusing...

Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl

.. said in a nasty voice "Well I might as well paint myself orange and wear a pumpkin on my head!"

That's when you grab her arm all excited and say "Oh would you!!!?"...(Show her the gleam in your eye) then say- "Hey!, Maybe I can talk (hubbies mom) into doing that too, then you guys would match!!!!"