Happy Halloween

We're in the spirit here with fun lights and good Halloween tunes. We got this holiday projector years ago for Christmas, but it has ghosts, bats, and a witch filter as well. They didn't come out as well in the video as I would have liked.

Here is DG's Halloween playlist that is booming out of a wireless outdoor speaker for the neighborhood kids.

Monster Mash
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Twilight Zone (Movie Theme)
Love Potion No. 9
Psycho: Suite For Strings
I Put A Spell On You - Screamin Jay Hawkins
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Batman/Robin Hood - Orlando Pops Orchestra
Clap For The Wolfman - The Guess Who
Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Halloween Scary Sounds Scene 1 and 4

Have a safe and fun night.

Camping in the Backyard

I am a big fan of sleeping in the back yard, especially if I've had a few drinks. DG and I recently took an inventory of all of our camping equipment and decided it would be fun to have a test run in the back yard before we headed up into the mountains. So we invited Cyn and Jeff over to try out their new HUGE tent for a 4th of July sleep over.


One of the benefits of not being in the middle of the woods is that I was able to cook dinner without a propane tank. I made homemade pizza (ricotta, garlic, tomato, basil and an onion red pepper), along with a spinach, almond, strawberry salad. For dessert, we skewered marshmallows and cooked them over tea lights to make s'mores.

Oh yeah, and the other benefit of being at home is that you wouldn't be able to have a blender in the woods to make up a couple batches of my fresh margaritas. We squeezed the whole 5lb bag of limes because in the my-eyes-are-too-big-for-my-delicate-constitution mind, I was thinking that I alone could drink a pitcher. Needless to say a few sips of my first one and I was done for the night.

Following dinner, we lit a few colored smoke bombs, and some kid friendly sparkling bubble fireworks.

Here are Cyn and Jeff setting up their new 6 person tent that they just got at REI.

And here is me in my brother's tent. Though it may look like I am casting DG a come hither look, I am actually wondering aloud how many ladies my brother had lured back to this very tent after all the Grateful Dead and Phish shows he went to in Indiana. Though I had to spell a lot of what I was saying because there were children around.

Happy Red, White and Blue