Long time lurker....
I have a problem I would like some other opinions on....
I have been in this house for 30 years come Jan1. And our kids are in their late 30's. No grand kids but thats another problem.
I have done Halloween the best I could for a long time.
I mastered Axworthy ghosts a long ago... The past 6 or 8 years I only do one line any more. Heck I should do a how too for the offset wheel I use to give the ghosts more movement...
My trash cans have caused 100's wet pants these past 20 or more years.
I did a vortex tunnel 2009, 2010 and sold it to a commercial haunt in 2011. It was just too much for a single person to put up and monitor.
We have had an Imagineerieing magic mirror since 2003.
Over the years we had lots of kids visit. In the beginning there were lots of kids living near. I built a scare crow with a spinning head and it jumped more than 10 feet just to scare one young lady.
In 2010 there were 1500 plus kids came to the house. After I sold the vortex tunnel the number has been dropping every year. Last year it was around 450.
So here it the problem I would like opinions on.
As I look around the neighborhood I see houses where friends used to live. I can no longer name a single kid that lives near here. For that matter I dont know of any kids that live within 10 houses in any direction. There is the yearly notice about the 2 sex offenders renting a house 3 doors away.
In the past there was a young group of teens that would help me with the mirror. They all grew up and moved away. In 2014 I had to beg and borrow help to run the mirror for 4 hours Halloween. Last year I learned I could no longer hear well enough to operate the mirror.
So I placed a sign in the yard asking for help with the mirror. The sign has been there for 2 weeks as of this morning. Zero results. If no one offers to help I plan on not doing the mirror.
Did I out live Halloween for this north Phoenix Az hood. Last year when I stood in the street there was no decorations I could see from the corner. And only 1 house I could see passed out candy.
Im gonna be 60 on my next birthday. Is this an enormous hint I should take seriously?
Has anyone else noticed this problem. Is it time for me to stop doing Halloween here?
I have a problem I would like some other opinions on....
I have been in this house for 30 years come Jan1. And our kids are in their late 30's. No grand kids but thats another problem.
I have done Halloween the best I could for a long time.
I mastered Axworthy ghosts a long ago... The past 6 or 8 years I only do one line any more. Heck I should do a how too for the offset wheel I use to give the ghosts more movement...
My trash cans have caused 100's wet pants these past 20 or more years.
I did a vortex tunnel 2009, 2010 and sold it to a commercial haunt in 2011. It was just too much for a single person to put up and monitor.
We have had an Imagineerieing magic mirror since 2003.
Over the years we had lots of kids visit. In the beginning there were lots of kids living near. I built a scare crow with a spinning head and it jumped more than 10 feet just to scare one young lady.
In 2010 there were 1500 plus kids came to the house. After I sold the vortex tunnel the number has been dropping every year. Last year it was around 450.
So here it the problem I would like opinions on.
As I look around the neighborhood I see houses where friends used to live. I can no longer name a single kid that lives near here. For that matter I dont know of any kids that live within 10 houses in any direction. There is the yearly notice about the 2 sex offenders renting a house 3 doors away.
In the past there was a young group of teens that would help me with the mirror. They all grew up and moved away. In 2014 I had to beg and borrow help to run the mirror for 4 hours Halloween. Last year I learned I could no longer hear well enough to operate the mirror.
So I placed a sign in the yard asking for help with the mirror. The sign has been there for 2 weeks as of this morning. Zero results. If no one offers to help I plan on not doing the mirror.
Did I out live Halloween for this north Phoenix Az hood. Last year when I stood in the street there was no decorations I could see from the corner. And only 1 house I could see passed out candy.
Im gonna be 60 on my next birthday. Is this an enormous hint I should take seriously?
Has anyone else noticed this problem. Is it time for me to stop doing Halloween here?