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We were supposed to go to the Elks for Salsa Dance lessons, but mid-morning we decided to stay home and get the house ready for Halloween. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We decorated our home from five LARGE containers of goodies, each one containing memories dating back years and years. Each decoration has its own story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul and Mary decided October deserved “a little atmosphere,” which was how they ended up dragging five enormous containers of Halloween decorations into the living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first bin produced skull wine glasses, which Paul arranged on the bar “for classy vampires.”
The second held champagne flutes clutched by skeleton hands; Mary filled one with wine and toasted “to tasteful terror,” just as Paul grabbed the glass and drank it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By bin three, spider webs covered the staircase, the sofa, and most of Paul. “I’m helping,” he said, blinking through gauze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin four unleashed pumpkin lights, which blinked happily around the mantle until Mary realized she had spelled BOO backward. Paul insisted “OOB” sounded scarier. Secretly he hoped it was spelled “BOOB”.
The fifth container was the troublemaker. Black spiders crawled over lamps, a motion-sensor ghost screamed whenever anyone breathed, and a severed hand kept saying, “Nice try!” from under the coffee table.
Exhausted, we stepped back to admire our work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we worked at a leisurely pace all day and got everything up; all that remains is replacing some batteries and a few light bulbs. Mary was a real hero all day. You can see more pictures of our efforts on our Halloween Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some funny trivia bits about Halloween decorations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We tore into the boxes and died to our early-onset Alzheimer’s; it was like Christmas for us. Everything seemed new, even though many of the decorations were forty years old.<\/p>\n\n\n At Halloween, we enjoy our wine in vintage skull glasses!<\/p>\n\n\n Poor Robin inherited my rather questionable sense of humor, and during her wanderings around town, she spotted the perfect kitchen towel for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Naturally, it now hangs in the place of honor on our wall oven, where no guest can possibly miss it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It got several comments at our last party \u2014 which, in our family, means it was either a big hit or we\u2019ve once again made people question our upbringing.<\/p>\n\n\n We finished up around 6:00 p.m. and headed to the pool, where we quickly discovered it was about five degrees colder than our delicate little bodies are willing to tolerate at this stage of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So we turned off the heat, admitted defeat, and retreated to \u201cOl\u2019 Trusty\u201d \u2014 our swim spa. It was 94 degrees, also known as \u201cthe correct temperature for civilized humans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We watched a TV series called Best Doctor. It\u2019s a 2025 medical comedy-drama about a talented surgeon who leaves his high-level surgical career and moves to a small town in Maine to work as a local doctor. The story follows his transition from elite surgery to small-town medicine as he navigates quirky residents, personal setbacks, and the challenges of being a brilliant but socially awkward doctor. It\u2019s based on the British series \u201cDoc Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n We crashed around 10:30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We were supposed to go to the Elks for Salsa Dance lessons, but mid-morning we decided to stay home and get the house ready for Halloween. We decorated our home from five LARGE containers of goodies, each one containing memories … Continue reading \n
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We both decorated together \u2014 technically. I provided the manual labor, and Mary provided the talent, vision, and the ability to stop me from making it look like a hardware store exploded.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-13-decorating-014-1.jpg\")
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