indeed! my uncle and aunt are utter halloween nuts as well, they go all out for their house every year! heck, they even got married on Halloween day.^^ and an engineer you say? i may have to check him out, goodness knows i could probably use some stuff. i think it'd be fabulous to get together some year, though unfortunately i don't have much of a haunt! i live with my parents still, so have very limited space and freedoms. i really wish we had the space to put storage shed so i could get more halloween stuff! i can't do too much anyway, our neighborhood kids have grown up and we have so few trick or treaters. thus is the reason i decided to have my first halloween party! my boyfriend doesn't understand it, thinks i'm doing too much or spending too much money...but he's still a sweetheart to be willing to help!