OMG!! She is at it AGAIN!!

OK ..I woke up this morning with desires of fall.... thought to myself...SELF...it's time to change your Blog Background and Banner...something I have been meaning to do for a while now..(along with getting new glasses...but you can see how far that got me!!...NOT!) So I threw a few New Fun things together as my 'Homage' to Halloween...at least for now...the corners might be turned again down the road... soooo what do you think???

Hugs,
Jodi

And the Winner is...

Yesterday afternoon I took all the Follower Names over to my Mom...each printed on individual pieces of paper ... and put them in Richard's Bowler Hat and Mom with eyes tightly closed pulled out "SPRITES" name... so a box of goodies are on their way Sprite....

Thanks everyone for being patient with me ...and once again...your joining here means everything to me... BIG Hugs to ALL.....

Jodi

Mourning Halloween Past

OK...is it my imagination or are all the Store Bought Halloween Decoration this year pretty lame??? Each and every year I look forward to purchasing at least one little 'silly' and cool item to decorate my yard or house with...this has been a tradition of mine for many years now...needless to say I have closets full of Halloween Decorations Past!! But this year...and for the first time ever...I have yet to find One Thing worth buying... to me it all looks like recycled body parts from Halloweens Past ... same legs, crawling arms and floating heads, tombstones and Giant spider webs, hanging corpses and glowing skeletons, talking this and screaming that's.... I AM SO BUMMED!!!
I know I live in a small town where the pickings are slim at best...but...I have journeyed to bigger cities and I find much of the same... Is anyone else finding this to be true??

It is almost like the 'companies' that produce these Ghoulish Delights have said..."Lets hold back and shoot for Christmas Decorations" .... Sniff Sniff.... how can they do this to those of us who wait for those special creepy delights ...if I don't find a decent 'Screaming thing' soon that screams something different...I will be forced to scream myself!!!
Which probably will be the case... this year ...instead of buying a new head or skeleton, spider or ghost...I will just do my own thing. Maybe I will have my'Ghoul Friends' over one of these weekends and have a ' Dr. Frankenstein Monster Creation Fest ' ...Create Your Own Spirit!

SooOooOoo... is anyone else finding it hard to locate good spooky stuff this year? Love to hear what's happening out there in the world of Halloween Decorations.

Until then...I will be forced to Mourn the Passing of 'Cool Halloween Goodies' from many moons ago..... and keep the search up....

Gone are the Goodies that brought me Joy

Left are the things that just annoy...

For Creepy Goodness I do yearn

Needful things please soon Return...

Hugs from Jodi (aka...The Seriously Bummed!)

Lifting, Moving, Sweating, another weekend in Havasu!!

Zing Zang Doodly Doo what a Bizarro weekend it has been!! From the stroke of 6:00 am Saturday Morning Richard and I have been going full tilt...and we are only now starting to cool down our jets! This weekend was Big 'Moving Weekend' for my sister...moving into her new Pad ...a very comfortable and BIG 'UPSTAIRS' Apt.... UGH! After months of having her worldly belongings in storage she is at last on her own ...and from what I can gather...she is loving it. Her initial shock of moving from a much cooler climate to the blast furnace called Lake Havasu (don't let the name fool you) ...seems to be wearing off nicely ...she now accepts fully that living in the 'Burbs of Hell' can be an OK thing.... well at least this is what i am guessing as her speech is only just now returning... and she is speaking with me again!

So we helped her move her 'stuff' ...actually the 'smaller' stuff ... she decided to give our backs a rest from moving her down here in the first place and she hired two MUCH younger stronger dudes who lifted the weight as if it were nothing... I must admit we felt a tad guilty as we are always ones to jump in with both feet and help do anything that needs doing... but we must admit again...this was rather nice for a change. The day was a mere sweltering 115 ... the last two pictures explain the hot desert quite well I think...Ice Cream Truck in Lake Havasu!! We dragged our butts home later that day ...thinking seriously of changing our phone number...but soon recovered enough for Richard to go over to our friends house that evening for his guitar lesson...I on the other hand remained prone. Next day we went back over and helped my sis with moving things around and setting things up.... lots of work but I know she is happy and that in turn makes us very happy indeed....

No work on Dolls this weekend except for a few hours late yesterday...finally found the time to finish the Goblin of Gringotts...which now needs to be mailed out and OOPS...photographed first...will post here probably tomorrow.

NOW...next up...the Giveaway.... going to my Moms tomorrow to deliver her new Recliner and at that time will have her stick her mitt into Richard's Bowler Hat to draw out a name...

SooOoOOo I will post tomorrow the name of the goodies receiver will be...

Again I do apologize for taking this long... life just keeps getting in the way of things I would much rather be doing...

I need to go A-Readin on the blogs....sooooo far behind on that as well...

See You Tomorrow

Hugs,

Jodi

ETSY Stuff....

OK...what day is it...where am I??? I swear if I was asked that question right now I am afraid the answer would be...DUHHHHH...HUH??? Been a Gremlin filled wickedly time stealing week!

Finishing this and that , working on goodies for my Moms and sisters Birthdays which are a day apart 9th-10th .... finishing up the Goblin...still have bits to do on him... UGH!!! (sorry for the serious lack of pictures) , no excuse other than... the dog ate my digital camera...yeah yeah...that's it!!!! BAD JODI...BAD...NO BISCUIT!!!

Halloween is TAP TAP TAPPING with a boney Skelly Tipped finger on my shoulder...reminding me every chance it gets that I am WAAAAY behind on everything ... and this was the year my ideas were running out my ears...I just didn't take into account the time factor...or the lack of time I should say... well Goobledee Goop and Black Bat Poop... I think I will sit quietly in the corner and eat a worm or two...!!!

On a Much brighter Note...I tricked Richard into letting me list on ETSY his WONDERFUL Train Prints... he is such a shy guy . I don't get to flaunt his actual Art Work very often... This just shows another side of Richard....he is a man who LOVES His trains...lol!

Oh...and I popped on another Gothic Hollows Pin...a Skull!!!

OK..off to see what trouble I can stir up...actually I am going to sit very quiet and finish a pair of hands...

Hugs to All

Jodi

Giveaway Update!!

I Lean to the Lateness of Time

Of this I hope not a crime

I'm gathering my Wits

Between Breakdowns and Fits

And resort to apologies in Rhyme.

All Balls are in the air at the moment and I am a few days behind in everything....OOPS! Name Picking from the Hat will happen next week... I PROMISE!!!!

Jodi... the Ever Behind!!!

Gothic Hollows Wearable Art on ETSY

Well between approx. 25 other projects I have going...I got the really bad Halloween itch and decided to upload our first Halloween 'Ghostie' Jewelry pieces on ETSY today... time is just slipping away so fast and before I know it...it will be Thanksgiving...WHAT!!!!! WHAT the Heck Happened to HALLOWEEN!!!???? So I jumped on it and made a few things for ETSY... a few more to come hopefully!

OK...back to work for me.... Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Holiday Weekend... mine will be spent bent over a work table ...blurry eyed coffee induced blank stare with just the right amount of crazed look to keep people at bay.... just for good measure I throw in the occasional "hee hee hee heeeeeeeee" laugh of Renfield!!

Hugs To All

Jodi