Pumpkin Lighting 101

Who knew you needed a class in lighting pumpkins?

First step: Don't light pumpkin with the lid on.

Second step: Don't take a butane lighter through the mouth of the pumpkin with the lid on AT ALL EVER and click button repeatedly with no response from the butane lighter in a vain attempt to light the candle inside of the pumpkin. Can you all see where this is going?

Third step: Did I mention not to leave lid on because this could cause gases to build up inside of the pumpkin.

Fourth step: Make sure you are looking away when the butane lighter finally does work because all that gas that has built up will ignite and send out a HUGE fireball that will blow the lid off the cute little pumpkin and send it halfway across the room and also singe your eyelashes, eyebrows, and top part of your hair in the process.

They sure look harmless enough.

This happened to the person I am married to. Really funny only after I was sure he still had his sight. Happy Halloween!

Crazy Land

This seems to be where I am living right now or at least since the beginning of September. Where do I even start? It has been so crazy busy. We had been spending most of our time on our 100-year-old plus house or "the pit of never ending projects" in a nearby college town (Go Cougars!) so that we could put it on the market and sell it. My dad who is renting it has decided to buy it as it fits all of his descriptions of the kind of place he wanted anyway and it is nearly finished except for a few little odds and ends. This is a good thing because he will be close, in a fairly safe neighborhood, and we know he is getting a good solid house because we know what is in about every square inch of the "pit" and it really is a cute little house. . . really but I am so done with it. I WILL NEVER FLIP HOUSES FOR A LIVING, NEVER! My husband is also starting a business and we also have the regular stuff school, work, household chores, church, etc., but life is good and starting to settle down just a bit. I just wanted to let you know I am not gone and still here. I am thinking about doing that November thing of posting everyday for a month. I know I can do it, if I put my mind to it or as the little train said, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can . . . . " Or something like that.:) We shall see.