Sunday, October 31, 2021

Sunday Stealing


1. Have you ever played with a Ouija Board?

I've never even seen one except in movies or TV shows.

2. Favorite horror monster or villain?

Christine, the car in the movie of the same name.

3. If you were dared to spend the night in a “haunted house”, would you do it?  

As long as there weren't mice, rats, and spiders in it, yes.  I don't believe in ghosts.

4. Are you superstitious?

I don't think so.  I jokingly "knock wood" sometimes, often on my husband's head, since our last name is Wood.

5. Do you ever see figures in your peripheral vision?

Yes, but it's usually my husband, my dog, or my cat.

6. Ever made a potion of any sort?

Nope

7. Do you get scared easily?

Not at supernatural things.

8. Have you ever played Bloody Mary?

I've never heard of Bloody Mary except for the drink.  But I'm going to Google it pretty soon.  OK, here's what Wikihow says:  "Bloody Mary is a classic scary game where players try to summon the ghost of Bloody Mary in a bathroom mirror. All you need to call Bloody Mary is a lit candle and a bathroom you can go into by yourself. To get the most out of the game, invite your friends over so you can play together and tell each other what you see in the mirror. Don’t forget to turn off all the lights!"

9. Would you ever go to a graveyard at night?

I love graveyards at any time.  It would be no problem for me.

10. Would you rather go to a Halloween party or go trick or treating?

Please, don't make me do either one.  I go to bed early.

11. Whilst watching scary movies, are you the person who yells at the characters, the person with their eyes covered the whole time, or the person who falls asleep

If I'm enjoying it, I'll have my eyes covered but I'll be peeking through my fingers.  If it's boring, I'll fall asleep, because that's generally what I do with any movie.

12. Favorite scary book?  

A book of Edgar Allen Poe tales.  Also, I enjoyed reading "The Shining".

13. How old were you when you saw your first horror movie?

Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and I was probably 8 years old.  It was a silly movie and supposed to be funny, but I had scary dreams for a long time afterward.

14. What was your first Halloween costume?

I made my own costume, usually the same every year except for the mask.  I put my dad's overalls on, stuck a pillow in front to make a big belly, put on whatever mask I could fine and some kind of hat, and I was ready.

15. If you could have a spooky Halloween pet (black cat, owl, bat, rat, wolf), what would you pick?

A black cat.  

If you'd like to play Sunday Stealing, it's HERE, every Sunday morning.

Friday, October 29, 2021

cookies

 I just got done baking my favorite cookies; on Allrecipes.com, it's called "Grandmother's Oatmeal Cookies".  Everybody who tries these cookies likes them.  

The baggie goes to the grandson's house.  I have trouble staying away from chewy cookies, especially while they are still warm from the oven.  Yesterday I dipped pretzels, who knows why?  In cold weather, I'm always wanting to make cookies and candy.  Somewhere is a poem I wrote about how cookies are therapy for the winter blahs; of course, when you start adding pounds from eating so much, the blahs come right back.

For lack of any other excitement, let me show you what my husband's shop looks like with all the guts out of the Oliver tractor:






Cliff is rather proud of the fact he put wheels on his toolbox.

It's like an explosion happened and the parts of the Oliver 1650 went everywhere, albeit landing in rather neat (but greasy) formations.

We had chili yesterday and again today.  We might even go for a third day of it.  And that's it for today.