Truer words have never been spoken!
It was 6:43 a.m., and I was making coffee for the lady of the house when suddenly the power went out. This was not good, especially since we were hosting a party. After some research using our iPhones, we discovered that Edison had turned off the power due to high winds. According to their website, the power would remain off until 3:00 p.m. on October 31st.
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Well, we never give up, so Mary went and made her famous vegetable man, which everyone enjoys. I went to Subway and Ralphs. We ordered from Subway on Saturday, so the rather large order was ready to go.
At Ralphs Market, I got regular ice and dry ice.
Veggie Man has returned!
Pete and Lisa dug right in and thought the selection was good! We had vegetarian, steak, turkey, and chicken and ordered a Super Duper, which had everything on it. We even got cookies and bags of chips! We were ready to feed an army!
Subway sandwiches instead of pizza this year!
After completing the Veggie Man, Mary turned her talents to making the eyeball punch she is famous for creating! After the ingredients were added, I carefully dropped in a block of dry-ice.
The dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. A block of dry ice has a surface temperature of -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit (-78.5 degrees C). When it hits the punch, it boils and makes weird sounds!
The head witch creates a brew.
It looked horrible but delicious; there was not much remaining at the end of the afternoon. Lemon-lime soda, blueberry juice, lemon juice, and blueberries were used. The eyeballs were made with litchies and blueberries.
Dry ice helps!
Meanwhile, outside, the pumpkins were being prepared for carving. The tops were removed, and Mary’s mixer blades were attached to Makita power drills. With ease, the pumpkin flesh was removed, leaving thin walls, making it easier to carve. We discovered this method several years back!
They are hollowing out the pumpkins using electric drills!
We had no power in the house, but the Makita cordless equipment worked well! I slipped on a pumpkin. It caught me off-gourd.
Go, Bob, Go!
Drew and Linda popped over and joined in all the cavorting. We heard about their travels and shared our upcoming plans for travel. Before they departed, we gave them four pumpkins.
We asked Zack and Joe to join us, but Zack was going to the dessert, and Joe’s boys had games all weekend. We missed them. Irene was too tired after last night and Brenda was still under the weather.
We had visitors!
The pumpkins were starting to take shape! With candles, they look amazing.
The carving is done!
They were lined up and carefully examined, but we couldn’t figure out who did which one. Eventually, we gave up and asked the artists to stand behind their creations.
Who did which one?
Now we know! There was some pretty creative decorating/carving going on!
Now we know! Which is the person, and which is the pumpkin?
The power was out, so I requested assistance from some kids and grandkids to help me set up extension cords to connect the 8KW generator I keep in the garage. Within a few minutes, we restored power to the refrigerators and freezers.
If these power outages keep going, we will see a Generac 24KW generator in the future.
Our neighbor came by and asked for help opening their garage door. I tried using the pull cord release, but it wouldn’t budge. Then it occurred to me to try using electricity to power the door opener. So, we ran a 100-foot line from the generator to their garage, and with the power on, the garage door opened within two minutes.
Everyone departed about 5:00 p.m., so Mary and I decided to have a glass of wine and recant the day. Poof, ten minutes later, there was power again. I did not pull the extension cords as the power may go off again if the wind picks up.
We crashed early!
