October 2011

It was another spooky Halloween @ Spiderella’s house. Or, for the 2011 version - Medusa’s house! We dined on ravioli, garlic knots, mummy dogs, spooky punch, chocolate covered stuff, fudge, cookies & cupcakes. About those cupcakes…while they were delicious & Lori had good intentions, what were supposed to be bats actually turned out looking more like turkeys! Please refer to the photo over there on the right side of the page. Phyllis had a game for us to play. It was “guess how many eyeballs are in the jar”. We passed the jar around to guestimate. There were 47 in the jar & Kate was the winner with her guess of 53. She got a sparkly Happy Halloween sign. Everyone had a good time. Even better was the fact that we were at Spanky’s this time without a hurricane! It's a good thing we scheduled Pokeno for the week we did, because the following Saturday – it snowed! Towns a few hours away got over a foot of snow! Luckily, we only got a dusting & by Sunday afternoon it was gone.

Patt brought Power Ball tickets for everyone. She said, if we win - we have to share! I checked my ticket when I sat down to compose this month’s blog. I would like to announce that I had the Power Ball number, which means we win a whopping $3! I’ll bring it to split at the Thanksgiving party – it breaks down to about 35 cents per person…so no cruise for us!

I mentioned up there that our hostess was dressed as bad-ass Medusa this year. The other costumes for Halloween 2011 were Dirty Sanchez (Kate); a little old lady (Marge); hippie (Peg); court jester (Patt); Queen (Debi); gypsy (Lori); and me as an unlicensed super heroine. Peg passed out flowers & love beads to everyone. Lori had glow bracelets to share. Phyllis gave out goodie bags with all kinds of yummy home-made goodies & Halloween socks. I gave everyone goodie bags & cookies. You never leave empty handed from our parties! Patt won all but 1 pot (Lori got center) while calling the first cover all of the night! She won so much in fact, that she busted out the side of her change cup! Good thing she has all those winnings to put toward the purchase of a new container! Debi & Phyllis split the second cover all.

MYSTERY BOX

Gypsy Lori was responsible for bringing the Mystery this month. When she walked in the door, she looked at me & said, “I’ve seen your future”! I said, “Does it have a Mystery Box”? The gypsy said yes & we laughed! We passed cards around to pick the winner. I look at my 8 and think, oh well another month of being a loser… Then we realize my 8 is actually the highest card & for the first time in 21 months I won the “Trick or Treat” themed Mystery. Inside the recycled box were various Halloween goodies & some bugs/rodents/creepy crawlies.

GOBBLE GOBBLE

We will once again have our Thanksgiving party over at Patt’s house on SATURDAY, 11/19 @ 3:00. Patt will be serving turkey, Phyllis is making twice baked potatoes, Lori’s doing the green bean casserole, I’m baking apple crisp. Plan your dish accordingly & come hungry!

RANDOM FUNNY

Not even close! Early in the evening, after Marge first showed up, Kate, Phyllis & I were talking about a movie. Marge pipes in & says, “Oh, the Rocky Mountain Horror Show?” We all busted up laughing! Um, no, that would be the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. Good old country boy John Denver & Tim Curry are two totally different (and I can’t stress different enough) people!

RULES OF HALLOWEEN

With Halloween upon us, remember these simple rules to help keep the season happy & safe! Please follow these helpful hints each & every year!!!

1. When it appears that you have killed the monster, NEVER check to see if it's really dead…because he’s not. Run away now. Run quickly & don’t look back!
2. Do not search the basement, especially if the power has gone out.
3. As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.
4. Do not take ANYTHING from the dead.
5. If you find a town which looks deserted, there's probably a good reason for it. Don't stop and look around.
6. If you're running from a monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice, more if you are female.
7. If your friends suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, blood lust, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness and so on, kill them immediately.
8. If your car runs out of gas at night on a lonely road, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help.
9. If you find out your house is built upon a cemetery, now is the time to move out. This also applies to houses that had previous owners who went insane, committed suicide, died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic rituals.
10. Dress appropriately. When investigating a noise downstairs, women should not wear a flimsy negligee.

THIS IS THE END

Follow the above rules. I’ll be hiding in my zombie apocalypse shelter until at least November 2nd. Until next time, may the foxiest bitch win!