I love Halloween

I am not one of those people who likes to rush the holidays.

In fact nothing annoys me more then walking into a store and seeing Christmas decorations out

when its only October

But I love Halloween

and I can not wait to put my decorations up.

I don't know if its my love for all things creepy

but putting those decorations up make me so happy.

I think I mentioned that my brother Michael and his wife Letitia

are having a Halloween party this year.

I am so excited

Its going to be a blast 

We are going to set up a haunted house in his family room and scare the

bejesus out of the kids

another favorite thing of mine!

So I have been trolling the internet trying to fill my halloween decoration fix 

with photos of decorations

I thought I would share them with you.

I am thinking starting next week I may try to feature a post on something haunted

to get you all in the mood

Well enjoy the lovely scary photos

have a Thrilling Thursday!

Creepy Ass Vintage Ads

 I was wondering around online looking for vintage ads for a project I am working on.

When I came across these extremely creepy ads.....Gotta love the internet :)

So of course I had to share them with you!

 Look out Grandpa has a cane and he isn't afraid to use it on you whipper-snappers

 I am pretty sure that is blood and not chocolate dripping from that creepy clowns mouth.

 baby with a razor = creepy

 Gross! But it won't stop me from eating my favorite pork product.....BACON!!!!

 This is the creepiest little girl I have ever seen....she looks like she is about to take a bite out of her mothers hand! That face is pure Evil!

 I am pretty sure thats illegal!

Yes it is see above

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did.

Have a terrific Tuesday.

Eric Northman......I Love you!

I haven't watched this weeks episode of TrueBlood yet.

I will watch it tonight.

But last week Eric did something that was so hot and so gross at the same time.

And I loved it.

It really made me think about my mental state.

During the battle with the witches Eric using vampire speed rips the heart out of one of the witches.

And then proceeds to suck the blood out of one of the heart valves like he was drinking from a straw.

And the look on his face is so HOT!

So is it wrong of me to be turned on by Vampire violence?

Or is it all Alexander Skarsgard's Fault for looking so amazingly seductive?

I mean come on.....look at that face!

I can not imagine creating a character as hot as Eric.....I'm talking about book Eric not TV series Eric.

If someone like that came out of my imagination I would never get anything done.

So thats what I have to say today!

Have a Magical Monday

I have an inner voice she says I am fat

Do you have an inner voice

you know that voice that you sort of hear when you don't want to?

Like when you are drivings too fast

or drinking too much

or eating too much

or hitting the snooze again

or stalking people on Facebook

or being lazy

or just doing anything remotely fun

Well I do 

and

she is such a bitch!

I was looking at these amazing shoes the other day and I was like

"Oh wow these are cute"

and 

"Oh wow they aren't too expensive" 

And then I heard this nagging little voice and it said

"You are too fate for those shoes"

I was like what?

That was so mean!

I walked away sadly.....defeated glancing over my shoulder towards the discarded lovelies

Sometimes I think that inner voice just wants me to fail

How many times have I started writing only to stop because I know its not good enough?

Thousands of times

I am not gonna let that mean inner voice do that to me any more!

I am going to take a stand

buy those shoes

write that story

be awesome!

well maybe not the awesome part but you get my point.

How about you? Do you have an inner voice?

Or am I schizophrenic? 

Writing Buddies

Now that the boy is back to school

and summer is over

no more pool

no more beach

no more vacations

no more excuses

I am going to really focus on writing

Lucky for me my BBF Stacey agreed to be my writing buddy

Then we decided to invite Muriel to join our group

I have no idea what the hell a writing buddy is supposed to do 

but I am sure we can figure it out together

Muriel has not shared with us what she will be working on yet

But Stacey has and I will tell you when she is done this book is going to be awesome

and I am not just saying that because we are friends

I mean it

she has quite the imagination

and the talent to put it all together

Me on the other hand.......I am so all over the place

I think I have adult ADHD

But hopefully between the two of them they can get me to focus on one thing

I am setting some goals for myself and I hope to stick to them the best that I can

I am easily distracted

like for instance 

Halloween

I know its over a month away

but I LOVE Halloween

I can not wait to take out my decorations

and maybe buy some new ones

My brother is going to have a Halloween party 

we are going to have a haunted house

to scare the kids

(our kids and our nieces and nephews)

I am thinking about having a Tarot card reader come

which would be so cool

See.......I could go on and on and think about this all day

Well I am very excited about this writing buddy thing 

and tonight I plan on getting some writing done

If any of you have any suggestions about being a good writing buddy 

please let me know

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Ain't she pretty?

Lori over at Use Your Imagination Designs has created the most awesome blog design for me.

She will be uploading it soon and I am so excited.

Hop on over to her blog and check out all of the amazing layouts she has created.

I Hope you like my new look!

Happy Birthday Mommy

Today is my Mom's 75th Birthday

She doesn't look a day over 65

Here is my 6 word sum up of my Mom

"Always there to hug the hurt"

My Mom raised 11 children (well my Dad helped)

We all turned out pretty well

A little crazy (me mostly)

Can you imagine finding the ability in yourself to give enough love to each child?

To make each child feel as if they are the most important thing at that moment?

To have enough love inside of you and to spread it so deep that it still glows in your children who are now parents themselves?

To gain the respect of your children even when discipline was necessary?

To still have love in abundance left over to give your grandchildren?

My Mom watched both of my children for me while I worked.

I credit their manners, empathy, respect and happiness on this fact.

I could never have raised Amber alone without her.

You've seen that teen Mom show on MTV

Without my Mom's guidance that probably would have been me.

19 years old and no clue what to do with a baby.

But she helped me

and she still helps me

She encourages me to be who I am

But still has no problem telling me when I am wrong

Or reminding me that I am not always right

......which I am still pretty sure she is wrong about

Truthfully and without hesitation I can say that looking back on my childhood

I have not one single bad memory

Yes there were bad days

mistakes were made

feelings hurt

love tested

But that is life

I know its like the thing to do

blame your mother for your problems

which I find insulting as a mother

I am sure for some that may be true

but for us......its just not

My Mom is not perfect

I am sure if you asked her she could ramble off a list a mile long 

filled with mistakes she thinks she made

as a mother

a wife

a daughter

a sister

a grandmother

a human

Its the fact that she knows she is not perfect that makes her so wonderful

My Mom and I have grown to be friends 

She was not one of those moms who tried to be my friend as a teenager

but when I got older and realized she actually at one time 

before being Mom

was Jennie May Andreoli

I was shocked

Kidding........but realizing that your mother had a life before you graced her with your existence is unimaginable for a selfish spoiled kid like me.

Once I learned about Jennie I saw the real woman behind the Mom

I found out why my Dad loved her so much

He worshipped her......I kid you not

Never before has a man loved a woman like Bill loved Jennie

We have traveled together

We have talked about books

She tried to teach me how to sew

unsuccessfully

She taught my sisters and I how to make home made ravioli

which we traditionally eat 

 every christmas since I can remember

its a secret recipe so I can't tell you

 but mmmmmmm they are delicious

I have been known to maybe be too comfortable around my Mom

the foulest of all swear words has left my lips in her presence....more then once

for this I am sorry

So I just want to say 

Happy Birthday to the worlds greatest 

F.....abulous

F......antastic

F......earless

F.......aithful

F......u.....n

Mom

Mom, Me and Judy sharing a toast on our last night in Italy