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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Ok, so I’m a few days late. I’ve been having too much fun messing with the life size skeleton my sister got for Christmas.
2012, do or die time. With all the myth and lore around this being the end of the world, do you think anyone will change anything? Do you think there will be masses of people going skydiving, or snorkeling, or anything else people put on their bucket list?
Hey don’t knock it. I have a bucket list myself. It can be found here:
http://www.43things.com/person/Snowwhite11227
Will I be more motivated to accomplish anything on it as a “just in case”? Honestly I’m not sure.
But I urge all of you to at least cross off one thing from your list. The Mayans could be right, or you could be hit by a bus tomorrow. Either way people lie on their deathbed wishing they had more time to live life with hopeful and reckless abandon.
So, skydive, climb a mountain, color your hair, try yoga even if you don’t think you’re bendy enough, save a panda, sing karaoke, do something that you normally wouldn’t do.
2012 or not, the clock is ticking…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Ok, so I’m a few days late. I’ve been having too much fun messing with the life size skeleton my sister got for Christmas.
2012, do or die time. With all the myth and lore around this being the end of the world, do you think anyone will change anything? Do you think there will be masses of people going skydiving, or snorkeling, or anything else people put on their bucket list?
Hey don’t knock it. I have a bucket list myself. It can be found here:
http://www.43things.com/person/Snowwhite11227
Will I be more motivated to accomplish anything on it as a “just in case”? Honestly I’m not sure.
But I urge all of you to at least cross off one thing from your list. The Mayans could be right, or you could be hit by a bus tomorrow. Either way people lie on their deathbed wishing they had more time to live life with hopeful and reckless abandon.
So, skydive, climb a mountain, color your hair, try yoga even if you don’t think you’re bendy enough, save a panda, sing karaoke, do something that you normally wouldn’t do.
2012 or not, the clock is ticking…
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Turn on this creeptastic rendition of Santa Baby, and Deck some Halls with me.
Turn on this creeptastic rendition of Santa Baby, and Deck some Halls with me.
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I have been a Grinch.
Pure and simple. I have wanted
nothing to do with Christmas, or any other holiday this year. It’s a culmination of missing someone
terribly, and not feeling well. I begrudgingly
gave my tree to my Dad to put up in his game room, and I was content to let my
decorations consist only of my Living Dead Doll Nohell.
It all started with a tree, it was 20 bucks, only 3 feet tall, and BLACK. I picked it up figuring it would be good to have. Then I was peer pressured into putting it up, it was pre-lit with white lights, but that was as far as I had gotten. I’d bought some red ornaments, and red lights, but they never made it out of their Target bag.
Then I got some amazing news. Really awesome, actual joy building news. And right there, my heart grew 3 sizes, and suddenly I felt like decking some halls.
Therefore, I went about putting together the most Goth/Halloween tree I could put together with things I have and 0 budget after all the Christmas shopping. In addition, I loathe the Nightmare Before Christmas, so that eliminated pretty much every website I could find.
I have to say I’m pretty proud of it, and I ended up feeling bad I didn’t spring for the 6-foot tree when I had the chance. Here are some of the things I used, also included below is the link to the skull lanterns that look a million times cooler in person. It’s almost Christmas, so I’m not going to expand any further, but next year I’m definitely going to add more funky zombie ornaments, as well as do some type of black wreath.
Here are a few of my favorite things.
It all started with a tree, it was 20 bucks, only 3 feet tall, and BLACK. I picked it up figuring it would be good to have. Then I was peer pressured into putting it up, it was pre-lit with white lights, but that was as far as I had gotten. I’d bought some red ornaments, and red lights, but they never made it out of their Target bag.
Then I got some amazing news. Really awesome, actual joy building news. And right there, my heart grew 3 sizes, and suddenly I felt like decking some halls.
Therefore, I went about putting together the most Goth/Halloween tree I could put together with things I have and 0 budget after all the Christmas shopping. In addition, I loathe the Nightmare Before Christmas, so that eliminated pretty much every website I could find.
I have to say I’m pretty proud of it, and I ended up feeling bad I didn’t spring for the 6-foot tree when I had the chance. Here are some of the things I used, also included below is the link to the skull lanterns that look a million times cooler in person. It’s almost Christmas, so I’m not going to expand any further, but next year I’m definitely going to add more funky zombie ornaments, as well as do some type of black wreath.
Here are a few of my favorite things.
Next came my favorite part. These skull lanterns I found at the website below, they were super easy to make and look great popped over a light. I left out the jawbone part, because it was making them sit awkwardly on the branches. Also I added a bow to some of mine to spice things up.
_http://www.spacepirate.org/skulladay/papercraftskull.pdf
And finally the finished product. I used a cool piece of red fabric to use as a skirt, and I love the Raven as a tree topper. The Halls are Decked, and for now, I am quite pleased. Next year (hopefully) will be even better! See you in 17 days!
I have been terribly distracted from this site and my reporting duties. This Zombie girl has been on a quest for her perfect pet. Since bats are out (damn you PETA) I gave mice a shot. They are cute and they were a great help to Cinderella, so I bought one, what the hell? right?
Oh my friends, what a clusterfuck this turned into! The first mouse, dubbed Trixie was more spazzy than my mother driving in a snowstorm. She wasn’t eating, wasn’t sleeping, she essentially sat in the corner and stared absentmindedly like she had just been gang raped….and didn’t enjoy it.
I called the pet store to see if my mouse was defective and was told to get her friend, her roommate that had been left behind. I guess that makes sense, some animals need socializing more than others. This being my first shot at keeping mice, I did what I was told and picked up her sister, Lily.
I also had to re-up on a bigger tank, and some more mouse accessories. About 50 more dollars later I was good to go.
And henceforth, the clusterfuck continued. Trixie was still a spaz and Lily was mean. She wouldn’t let Trixie in the mouse house, she dragged her out by her tail! I was woken up at 6am by a mouse fight club! I am an avid pet lover, but these bitches had to go. They were impossibly fast, very unwilling to be held, and I was scared I would wake up one morning to a mouse massacre.
I took them back to the pet store today, where they were taken to the “wellness center” I’m choosing to believe that wasn’t code for the snake pit. Either way, good journey Trixie and Lily, you were an excellent cautionary tale.
Having apparently been the first person since the dawn of ever to return a pet, the paperwork took forever. I found myself looking around. None of the other small animals caught my interest, that was until suddenly a hamster appeared who was my match in every way. She was ginormous, totally mellow, let me rub her tummy, and was the perfect swirled mix of orange and black fur. Since I never pass up anything with Halloween colors, she has since moved in. All I have to say is this; we are already snuggling it up and watching the Walking Dead as if we’ve been doing it for years.
She is chillin in her hammy digs sound asleep. I feel like I have a cutie pie pet, and more than anything, I haven’t had a chance to get a squeaky wheel yet. (The mouse wheel was two sizes too small)
So here she is, Halle, named after the best holiday there is Halloween. She is orange and black and seemingly loves green beans, and is the official mascot for LivingDeadGirl.
So, on behalf of both Halle and I, we would like to wish you
a fattening, overstuffed, deliciously wonderful Thanksgiving!
Zombie Kisses XOXO
Zombie Kisses XOXO
HAPPY HALLOWEEN: MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING BLESSINGS
"A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween."
~ Erma Bombeck
Halloween always makes me think of my Grandma. Probably because she always went trick-or-treats with us when we were little, and sat and marveled at our stupid triangle-eyed pumpkins. Or maybe because when you are 6 and have planned your witches costume for a month and your mom tells you that it is snowing and it's too cold to go out, Grandma is the one who stuffs you and your puffy pink coat into your dress and takes you out anyway. All the while telling you that you are the most beautiful witch she has ever seen.
Batman, Scooby-doo, vampires, cats, and witches as far as the eye can see will be at my door tonight.
And I hope that all of them can go home and stuff themselves with candy that mom said they couldn't have, but Grandma says they can, because after all, Grandmas have veto power.
And I hope they can do this for years and years and years to come.
As you grow older you realize candy, love, autumn breezes, the perfect pile of leaves, family dinners, and flowers weren't in short supply. You realize neither was time. We had all the time in the world to do with it whatever we wanted, to say whatever we wanted, BE whomever we wanted. But we let it go assuming life would always give us more chances to truly live. It's the gift of the young to believe there is enough time, it is the curse of the experienced to know....there isn't.
Tonight, I’m having dinner with my family. There will be more food than we could ever eat, and more laughter than should be legal. I will be handing out candy. This year in a new witches costume, but not nearly as wonderful as the one I used to have. We will eat, and drink, and remember every single person who should be with us, and who are with us, only in spirit. For my Grandma and Grams, my Grandfathers for my little friends Nevaeh, and Andonayia, for Henry.
You may not be in our arms, but you are in our hearts and always on our minds. Enjoy heaven, but don’t go far my loves.
Blessings for a beautiful Halloween.