Well here we are in March and the painting of the castle is barely moving. My shoulder is the main reason but so is the income tax preparation. Working out the budget to go to Disneyworld and, did I mention my shoulder?
Income tax should be done by this up coming weekend and then the painting will start. I have considered for the second story hall entrance ceiling to rent a scaffold to minimize the number of times I would have to climb up the ladder. Only time will tell but I would bet that I do.
I have made a list of non expenditure Halloween projects and I think by the end of April it shall begin. My daughter has moved back out which emptied half of the garaes and Junior will be moving out in the next 2 weeks so the Laboratory will be mine all MINE!
I hope everyone stil has their job and doing well!
Count and Countess Von Abbittstein and Igorini
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
The Weekend is finally here!
Well now that they have cut of our 1 work from home day a week, I am trully looking forward to this weekend. We will probably start the final prep for the Living room and Hall painting on Sunday. Saturday I will be figuring out where we stand with our friend Uncle Sam, hopefully we won't owe.
My daughter is moving out this weekend, and that should clear out some space in the Laboratory. Junior is currently looking for a house with 3 friends to move into probably by the end of the month and then the Laboratory will be mine, ALL MINE!
We are going to WDW this summer with my sister, and her 2 daughters and their families. There will be 14 of us total. It will be great to be with them and create more family memories as histerical as Big Bug!!!!!!!!!!!
I am considering this economy with our Halloween fest this year and we will be cutting down the costs any which way we can. I hope to have a psychic but I will need it to be in my budget, less than it has costs the past 2 years! We will also take care of the food through out the year and freeze until the party. Maybe some less expensive offerings and purchase almost next to nothing using any and all existing props!
I just want to be able to keep my job through this mess! Count Von Abbittstein Aka Dana
My daughter is moving out this weekend, and that should clear out some space in the Laboratory. Junior is currently looking for a house with 3 friends to move into probably by the end of the month and then the Laboratory will be mine, ALL MINE!
We are going to WDW this summer with my sister, and her 2 daughters and their families. There will be 14 of us total. It will be great to be with them and create more family memories as histerical as Big Bug!!!!!!!!!!!
I am considering this economy with our Halloween fest this year and we will be cutting down the costs any which way we can. I hope to have a psychic but I will need it to be in my budget, less than it has costs the past 2 years! We will also take care of the food through out the year and freeze until the party. Maybe some less expensive offerings and purchase almost next to nothing using any and all existing props!
I just want to be able to keep my job through this mess! Count Von Abbittstein Aka Dana
Friday, January 30, 2009
First Month of 2009 down, 11 to go!
Well this year should be quite interesting, considering the economic state the country is in. Things are looking quite ugly and we are all just hoping to be able to keep our jobs through this mess. Just maintain what we have and reduce expenses where ever we can. Hang On this can be a rough ride!
Well I was looking at a video sent to me from Skulltronix about using their bust prop as a startle scare. It was quite good because it was just sitting there, all docile looking and then in an instant the face gets crazy mean looking and screams all at the same time.
So I am going to replicate this using their skull. I will have the head in a stationary, lowered head position. Then when it is triggered it will jerk upwards eyes turning bright red , face lights turning a bright green, screaming at a loud volume while the head jerks from the left to the right. Then it will calm down and let out a soft maniacal laugh.
It will be on the porch behing the wall. I will make a small fence to keep the kids far enough back that they can't touch it.
Well I was looking at a video sent to me from Skulltronix about using their bust prop as a startle scare. It was quite good because it was just sitting there, all docile looking and then in an instant the face gets crazy mean looking and screams all at the same time.
So I am going to replicate this using their skull. I will have the head in a stationary, lowered head position. Then when it is triggered it will jerk upwards eyes turning bright red , face lights turning a bright green, screaming at a loud volume while the head jerks from the left to the right. Then it will calm down and let out a soft maniacal laugh.
It will be on the porch behing the wall. I will make a small fence to keep the kids far enough back that they can't touch it.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Castle Painting begins next week!
Ok so my right shoulder is messed up but I got a massage and that helped. I am now stretching it alot to help. So I will be doing the prep work lefty.
I have Presidents day off, then I am taking that Thursday and Friday for my painting birthday party, party of 2 at best. Astrid will be helping me, she gets all the low spots, I get the ceiling and bulk of the walls. Once done I can then do some projects for Halloween, I intend on doing alot of the projects very early this year to minimize the stress of the deadline.
Projects -
Mauseleum for the back of the graveyard where the organ player was last year. It will have the flying crank ghost inside.
Program the animatronic skull for the party and halloween night on the front porch.
Build a cabinet to hide and hold the scissor prop change to a witch and add lighted fog from the inside.
Build fake rocks with speakers inside to add sound to the graveyard.
Get situp skeleton in casket ready to be used on opposite side of the driveway.
Get videos transferred to desktop of the ghost and leaded glass window.
Find the 5 Clip MP3 players and partner them with the new 10 watt amps and find or purchase speakers for them.
Record new sounds on the Halloween Screamers and find powered speakers to partner them with.
I have Presidents day off, then I am taking that Thursday and Friday for my painting birthday party, party of 2 at best. Astrid will be helping me, she gets all the low spots, I get the ceiling and bulk of the walls. Once done I can then do some projects for Halloween, I intend on doing alot of the projects very early this year to minimize the stress of the deadline.
Projects -
Mauseleum for the back of the graveyard where the organ player was last year. It will have the flying crank ghost inside.
Program the animatronic skull for the party and halloween night on the front porch.
Build a cabinet to hide and hold the scissor prop change to a witch and add lighted fog from the inside.
Build fake rocks with speakers inside to add sound to the graveyard.
Get situp skeleton in casket ready to be used on opposite side of the driveway.
Get videos transferred to desktop of the ghost and leaded glass window.
Find the 5 Clip MP3 players and partner them with the new 10 watt amps and find or purchase speakers for them.
Record new sounds on the Halloween Screamers and find powered speakers to partner them with.
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