“Who doesn’t enjoy a good scare every now and again? Especially this time of year.”
Today has a bit of a burden being Friday the 13th. Though I don’t think of myself as superstitious, the day does give me pause so I’ll not walk under a ladder or open an umbrella in the house. I’ll have to keep an eye on Jack, my black cat.
Yesterday I did my to do. I was exhausted. I brought up the two storm door windows by moving them corner to corner and one stair at a time. I then cleaned the glasses and hoisted the windows onto the doors. Those glass sections were so heavy I was surprised I didn’t break one of them or parts of me. Next, I dragged out boxes of fall and halloween decorations. They were under other boxes which had to be moved first. I then brought the boxes upstairs and decorated parts of three rooms. I still have two more boxes to rummage through as I’m missing my monsters, my crows and my rats.
I have some new cardboard decorations. They remind me of the cardboard figures we had when I was a kid. We used to tape them to the picture window in the living room. One new figure, a skeleton, is exactly like the one we used to have. Its arms and legs can be moved. The other is a witch whose arms around her broom can be moved. I also have a pumpkin and a black cat. I have a heavy cardboard pumpkin bowl with short sides. I put that on the table in the living room. Later, I heard something landing on the floor in the dining room. I investigated. It was that bowl. Ghosts?
Hung on my front storm door is a skeleton dressed in a nun’s habit. It always reminds me of my aunt the nun. I even call the skeleton Aunt Helen. I swear the habit looks exactly as hers did when she wore one except there is no rosary around the skeleton’s waist. It would bang against the glass.
I love the old black and white horror moves. I have a collection of all the greats: Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man and the Mummy. They get me into the spirit.
Today is shot day, three of them.
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October 13, 2023 at 5:08 pm
Hi Kat,
Today is gorgeous weather, clear skies, light breeze and a high temperature of a pleasant 80°. I’m sitting out on my patio writing this to you.
I took some vacation days since Wednesday. I needed a break and the weather has been Beautiful. I don’t believe in any superstitions. Why would Friday the 13th be any different from any other Friday? Or, why do buildings not have a 13th floor? Does calling it the 14th floor make a tenant happier than being on the 13th floor?
If I had storm windows, which I don’t, I wouldn’t need them put up until December. Our first freeze usually doesn’t occur until November 15th.
Yesterday, I sold my son’s car, which I gave him for free, because he is living in Chicago and claims he will never return. He gets around on a bicycle and public transportation. He hasn’t lived through winter there yet, but he claims he likes cold weather. My wife is going to give him most of the money from the car sale. This is a good time to sell a car. There’s still an inventory shortage of both new and used cars left over from the pandemic and the U.A.W. is out on strike.
My den’s 65 inch TV went out a few weeks ago and we purchased a new one to be delivered on Monday. The old one is still mounted to the wall and ai will have to get my handy person to put mount it. Although it’s not that heavy, I don’t want to be the one who drops it or sprains his back mounting it. I’m amazed that a big screen TV is now much less than a thousand dollars. TVs are now commodity items. No one fixes them when they go on bad. Just throw them away. 🙂
October 13, 2023 at 9:15 pm
Hi Bob,
I’m glad your heat is disappearing. I also love sitting outside in lovely weather. I bring my coffee and papers to the deck. The dogs follow so we all enjoy the start of the day.
I also don’t believe in superstitions, but when I was a kid, I jumped over cracks, and my mother never had a broken back. I think I was personally responsible for that.
My storm doors are up before the first frost as the nights get down to the 50’s and high 40’s, and I need to keep my inside door open so the dogs have access to the dog door. Before I put in the storm, it got so cold I had to keep the inside door closed so I had to keep getting up and down to let the dogs out and in. That got tiresome quickly.
What prompted the move to Chicago? Did he have a job before he left? Good luck to him when the wintry winds blow. Did you know he windiest city in the US isn’t Chicago? It is actually Boston.
I bought one of the first HD TV’s, and it was well over $1000.00. My friends were so amazed at the picture they went out and bought the exact same Sony. It lasted a long time. The one I have now was half the price and is so much bigger.