Goodness me, is it really November?

[sublimatedangel]

Life has been incredibly, incredibly good lately. I am positively beaming with goodwill and gratitude most days, it must be sickening :P


When last we left our intrepid heroine, Halloween was just gearing up. Feeling inspired by the holiday and my rediscovered love of the kitchen, I decided to make a haunted gingerbread house for the rest of the family to eat. Alas, none of those premade kits could be found, and I was so not about to make one from scratch, so I got a Christmas-themed kit and defiled it with candy corn. See below!




Peep!Ghost welcomes you in... if you dare!




Yeah, that place on the roof was gonna be cooler. Dang runny icing. Pretend there's a giant spider or gummi worms or something crawling out of it, okay? Or just focus on the awesome boarded up windows.



I'm sure you can totally tell that those are vampires in the windows by their widow's peaks, right? They make such a cute couple. Anyhow, Alex enjoyed munching on it when allowed, though he preferred the candy to the gingerbread, as is right and good. I also got him Target's little domokun Halloween countdown calendar, because it was too adorable not to bring home. It appears he's gotten over his aversion to gummi foods as he happily consumed many eyeballs, skulls, and entrails while waiting for the trick or treating goodness to begin.

It helped that we went to some awesome parties this year. Bob was celebrating his 59th birthday at Trudi's new apartment in the city, where there were mini-marshmallow blow guns (one of which CAME HOME WITH US) and a pinata and all kinds of fun things. That was followed immediately by rivestra and varkelton's *incredibly* fantastic shindig. So much love. Not only get I get to hang out with some of the amazingly cool girls I've gotten to know this year, but there was pumpkin carving, a HUGE pinata, and of course, mass destruction via sharp weapons, blunt/heavy weapons, and gigantic flamethrowers. I judged my pretty gothic-cross-carved jack-o-lantern too ornate to be sacrificed... it didn't make it to Halloween, however, and in retrospect I wish I'd sacrificed it to the fire. Ah well! There is always next year.

Further updates forthcoming....

Comments

[varkelton]

I'm really glad you had fun at the party - although it's really rivestra's party - she just lets me invite people! I'll be seeing you at BASCON this weekend right?

[sublimatedangel]

This must be Anna, yes? I had no idea she had LJ! *adds to friendslist* And true, primarily her party, but you are one of the co-hostesses and my official method of invitation-procurement, so I credited you. *fixes*

Yay BASCON!! Yes, I shall be there and there shall be Conventiony (if not conventional) goodness. Hey, if I were to make a dessert you could eat (ie, without splenda in it), what sort of thing is your favorite?

[varkelton]

Um, my favorite desert? Depends on my mood and the baker! At the moment? Cheesecake sounds good! Oh, and since you friended rivestra, you should check out the incredibly hot Sam/Faith/Dean fic she wrote. She doesn't post near as much as I would like her to. :)

[rivestra.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you're pimping my trashy little story. It's because you want me to write more of yours, isn't it?

I really wish I was at BASCON with you guys. My neck's still to messed up to really sit in a normal chair though, so it's just not in the cards...

[kwizbit.livejournal.com]

So glad you had an awesome October! It was the opposite for me.

Love your Halloween gingerbread house!! You are v. talented :)

[sublimatedangel]

*hugs* Hopefully November will be easier on ya! And thanks :) It was a ton of fun to make.

[star-momma.livejournal.com]

Your Halloween house is the AWESOME :)

[sublimatedangel]

Thanks! I was pretty pleased with how it came out.

[yoannecs.livejournal.com]

Very clever use of the tools at hand to make a scary gingerbread house. I've never thought of doing one for halloween!

[sublimatedangel]

I kept seeing them online! The Halloween kits are actually pretty cute, but it was easy to convert the Christmas version - there's so much awesome candy out for Halloween.

[rivestra.livejournal.com]

You were quite correct to credit Varkelton for the party - it's really a team effort (she's even got the t-shirt to prove it!) I'm glad you guys had a good time at our pumpkin fest and am sorry to hear your jack o'lantern didn't make it to Halloween. That's the problem when Halloween is a full week away from the party - none of the suckers really made it to Halloween.

*friends you back* Though Varkelton's right, I really don't post much.

[sublimatedangel]

We all had a fabulous time *glee* I suspected it might not make it since it was so long until Halloween, but I tend to be an optimist most of the time... still, I think next year I'll be a little more bloodthirsty with my creation :D

I'm so sorry to hear about your accident, and hope you're recovering okay.