Today, we were busy, but we were not doing anything. It was an odd feeling.
Early morning, we did our zombie shuffle through the garden, which could have been more uneventful. We stumbled around like a couple of sleep-deprived ghouls, scaring the birds and startling the squirrels.
We then moved the Halloween packing boxes to the side of the house, which allowed us to move freely without stumbling over containers.
While I puttered on the computer, Mary did the hard work. My mother taught me that you can never have enough paper goods stored away. Mary took two cases of kitchen towels up the stairs and stacked them away in the closet.
While Mary was preparing to leave for the outside world, I finished taking pictures of the decorations and uploaded them to our Halloween 2024 website.
We have been busy!! (Click the image for the full-sized image)
It’s fun to walk through our home and see everything we have collected in the past 150 years (between us). Amazingly, we have several Halloween decorations that are alike, such as the ghoul wine glasses.
I had the head witch do her mandatory inspection, and she gave me a passing spell with just a few minor hexes that needed fixing. I need to work on my potion-mixing skills!
Notice her conscience in the reflection!
We called Dianne and offered to assist with the collection and processing of pictures for David’s funeral this Saturday. We were both hungry, so we decided to go to our local NY deli. At Benji’s, we shared a Mexican omelet, and I added an onion bagel to the mix.
On our way to Dianne’s, we made a detour to Sprouts to load up on goodies for her. We also grabbed some groceries because who can resist the temptation of snacks? Thankfully, we’re always prepared with a thermal bag in the trunk to rescue any frozen treats in distress.
We landed at Dianne’s around 1:00 pm and delivered the goods.
There will be a slideshow featuring moments from David’s life at the funeral on Saturday, and we offered to assist. At Dianne’s, we were able to copy several files of PDFs, each of which contained 8-12 images. Of the six we brought home, three were “damaged,” so we had to go to another source.
We worked until around 10:00 pm and created an excellent 20-minute video for use at the Highway 39 center.
Highway 39 Events Center
It is a perfect venue for David’s funeral day to end.
Cars of all ages are everywhere!
The image and the presentation will be displayed (it is about 450 MB, so it might take a moment or two to load and play).
Click the image to see the 20-minute movie!
We finally hit the sack around 11:00 pm after some coordinating with Dianne. Dianne and I have officially achieved expert-level coordination skills, especially when deciding when to call it a night!
Tomorrow morning: the dreaded gym where we willingly subject ourselves to torture, only to reward ourselves with delicious bagels afterward. It’s all about balance, right?
