September 22, 2026

Countdown Badges!

The Badges for the Countdown are ready!

How cool are these?  I'm always in awe of Chad Savage's talent! 

I can't choose a favorite, so I'll have to rotate thru them! 



ngl - I love the cat!  
And the ghost in the cemetery matches my blog AND my display!




 

September 19, 2026

How many days!?

 Aw crap - 42!  

I'm so far behind. 

Our lawn guy ghosted us so the grass hasn't been mowed in over 3 weeks.  So it's crazy long - which is fine closer to Halloween - but I don't want to set up in a jungle!  I am hoping to set up next weekend. 

Not much is going on - the headstones are out of the shed and I took advantage of a non-humid day last Friday and put a coat of exterior paint on the bottom edges.  That's about all I've gotten done.  The skeletons were never put away last year so they're conveniently piled on the giant totes on the patio.  The blowmolds still need to come out. 

I was just thinking.... last year I got the info about Halloween Camp on September 12 - I haven't heard anything about it yet!  But I also saw that the lady who puts on Halloween Camp is teaching at a seminar in Tennessee over Halloween.  I know Camp is a lot of work to put on and I'm sure the seminar (which appropriately is for HRD K9s, aka human remains detection) is also a lot of work, so idk if it'll even be happening! 

The last weekend in August was my birthday - so we did some fun stuff.
The Goodwill Halloween Pop-Up store in Birch Run, MI
Breakfast in a 50s diner
The waitress loved Chuck!
Sis1 and I spent the day in Frankenmuth, MI (since it was her birthday, too!)
We went on the Bavarian Belle 
(grabbed from Google images)
We went on a horse drawn carriage ride around Frankenmuth. 
We helped out on the BikeMS and also met some new friends.



Have you ever felt like sunflowers were judge-y?