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In the Halloween spirit

Well, another weekend has come and gone. It’s really been a good one, but I’m sad to see Halloween just two days away. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and once again it feels like time has slipped past me.

To make up for it, Rodney and I have been watching a lot of horror films/thrillers to get in the Halloween spirit. We love scary movies. Features included Hide and Seek, Halloween H20, Dexter, 100 Scariest Moments (something like that), Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and surely there are some others that I’ve left out. All of this murder and mayhem inspired some pretty vivid nightmares for me last night. As I’ve noted in some of my previous posts, my dreams can be pretty gruesome.

I don’t recall much of it, but last night I had some dream about the killer from the Saw movies. He was trying to kill me, but I ended up killing him. That’s the cool thing about my nightmares– I’m never the victim. If I were in a horror film, I really think I’d be the survivor.

I’m sure the film fest will conclude with Halloween and Psycho. Halloween the movie is a yearly ritual for both Rodney and me. As for Psycho, that’s my favorite, and Rodney saw it for the first time last Halloween. He’s now a huge fan and agreed that Psycho will be our true Halloween tradition.

I also carved a pumpkin tonight, another one of our traditions. Rodney likes to sit with me and sometimes the kids (i.e. dog and cats) join in too. After that, I baked the pumpkin seeds and seasoned them with garlic, butter, salt and pepper. The whole thing made Rodney gag, but they are really good and very crunchy.

We also made caramel apples, rolled in peanut butter cookie crumbs and two types of chocolate. That doesn’t even include all the candy we’ve been eating. I hope there will be some left for the trick-or-treaters!

That’s been my weekend. I know, probably not very interesting to other people, but it’s been fun for us.

Sun, Oct 29, 2006 @ 11:07 pm | Filed in Family, Halloween | Permalink

10 Comments

Awww, that sounds like a really sweet weekend… It’s stories like those that makes me wish I didn’t live alone or was single… One day I’ll be able to tell stories just like that.

Posted by Mr. Secret on Sun, Oct 29, 2006 @ 11:37 pm

Halloween is my favorite holiday
Now how would we have guessed that?!? The Halloween theme (which is great by the way) way back in September, or was it August… was a hint
I’ve never really done Halloween, we have Guy Fawkes Night on 5th November in the UK, and they don’t really do either in Aus, although Halloween has some following.

I did sample pumpkin seeds once - they’re quite nice - a good vehicle for salt and butter! Did you make soup with the rest? I love pumkin soup!

Posted by Tom on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 3:44 am

Hmmm… pumkin soup is nice I’m sure… but pumpkin soup is nicer!

Posted by Tom on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 3:45 am

I’ve done more this Halloween than I’ve done in years… including carving a pumpkin for the first time… evah. Chris & I have been watch more scary movies than usual, too. Happy Halloween, Nathan!

Posted by Steve on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 6:26 am

I’ve never gotten into eating pumpkin seeds. Maybe I just don’t have the right recipe.

Posted by Mikell on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 10:15 pm

Sounds like a great weekend and it’s wonderful to hear that you have those cool traditions! I love Halloween but I’ve been so busy with work, Mexico, and getting ready to sell the house that I did not get around to decorating this year. I hope you guys have a delightfully haunted Halloween!

Posted by martini-dan on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 10:25 pm

Happy Halloween…! That sounds like an awesome weekend…

Posted by Dan Turning 40 on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 11:31 pm

I love movie marathons. I’m so in need of one. Glad you make Psycho a yearly ritual.

Posted by Jason on Wed, Nov 1, 2006 @ 8:10 am

I’d bet on you every time to be the survivor.

Posted by DEL on Wed, Nov 1, 2006 @ 11:07 pm

OK first of all, Halloween isn’t a holiday. Man, I’m such a stickler.

And oddly, I’ve never seen Hide and Seek, Dexter, or Frankenstein. I’ve seen Young Frankenstein, though; it was pretty funny, but really didn’t have enough plot.

And finally, I liked your Halloween motif much better than the current one. It’s just that I have an affinity for dark colors, which would explain the use of dark shades of the primary colors on my blog. Maybe we both should install a theme switcher.

Posted by zooplah on Fri, Nov 3, 2006 @ 1:25 am