Archive for November, 2009
Last Halloween… Before It’s Too Late!
OK folks! I know it’s almost December and we ALL KNOW what happens in December… But before we get into the the jolly fat man season, I submit to you, a final, last ditch effort of fun and recognition to my favorite holiday: Halloween! Yeah, I know I’m pushing it, what with the shopping malls all decked out in the holiday cheer with their music, Santas and sales! Some of you might even have the tree up, if that’s your thing, I know we do 
So please bare with me for this post, I got lazy and it took a while to throw this vid together, but I guess it’s better late than never!
This is the definitive Ingrid Witch video, I’ve put in some Halloween night footage of what the kids see when they opened my door, I’ve got some day footage as well to see more detail and finally, I’ve got some uncensored footage of Ingrid in the buff! That’s right people! Get and eyeful and see sexy Ingrid without her witch’s robe! Boing!!!
Anyways, it’s is a little long, but I wanted to put everything in as I wanted to give anyone else who might be inspired by Ingrid to have a little insight on how to build their own. After all, I too was inspired by a somebody else’s stirring witch prop, so it’s only fair to pass on what I’ve done!
Enjoy and Merry Halloweenmas!
Some Ingrid Stats / Shopping list:
- 2 motors (car wiper for the stirring and a rotisserie for the head)
- Over 18 feet of 1 1/2″ PVC piping
- 6 feet of 1/2″ PVC piping
- 3 feet aluminum stock
- countless nuts and bolts and screws
- 1 ping pong ball (cut in two for the eyes)
- 1 styro foam wig head
- 1 cheap Walmart witch mask (or mother-in-law likeness)
- 2 red LEDs with a 9 volt battery in the head
- 2 stings of orange LED lights (cauldron embers)
- 4 cans of Great Stuff expanding foam ( embers, cauldron overflow)
- 1 voodoo skull (but any skull will do)
- 1 string green LED Christmas lights (inside cauldron)
- 1 55 gallon drum (that’s the cauldron)
- 5 cans of spray paint (flat black, copper, brown)
- 2 pool noodles (arms and stirring stick)
- 10 plastic Bic pens (the fingers)
- 10 feet of Chicken wire (body cage)
- 30 tie wraps
- 3 meters of fabric (shawl and robe)
- 2 monster mitts from walmart (her gnarly hands)
- 1 computer power supply
- 1 CD payer (yes they still exist, thanks Norm!)
- 1 set of speakers
- Estimated 60 hours of trial and error, shopping, and work!!!
- Oh! and 1 witch hat!
- Estimated cost… Ummm about… Oh I’m guessing… carry the five… about: NONE OF YOUR FREAKIN BUSINESS!!!
Just trust me on this one, you don’t want to know! But she was worth it! Now, what to do next year? Hmmm….
Most importantly, however, a caring and understanding girlfriend, that knew when to help and when to walk away leaving the mad scientist to do his work. Thanks babe! *Smack*
Sam is Chicken…
…Pox, that is! Yep, Sammy has contracted a case of the Chicken Pox. He’s doing very well, however, you’d never know he had it other than the pimples that have sporadically popped up over his body. His face is mostly clear, only a coupld red ones by his nose and mouth. It’s his arms and legs that are taking most of the damage so far, including a huge king size pimple on his hip… yeech! Thing is, they don’t seem to be itching him much, because he’s not scratching at all. Instead, since we found out about Sam’s pox, we’ve been scartching oursleves like crazy! It must be some kind of psycho, mental trickery or somethin’. Like watching a documentary on ants, only to start “feeling” them crawling all over you… but they aren’t there. That’s kind of what Melissa and I have been living these past few days. Crazy brain playin’ tricks! I’ll spare you the pics of Sam’s condition, but if you really want to see that sort of thing, you can always google image search it. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
So that’s it for now from the hen house, chick back later for more eggcellent news!
Sam is… Elmer Fudd.
The days and nights are getting chilly around here. That means when we go out for our walks in the evening, we need to pack that little guy tight as to not freeze his bits off. Thus, I give you, the Elmer Fudd hat!
We’ve also acquired a pair of winter gloves that look like we ripped off a hazardous chemical suit. They look warm and they can stretch up to his shoulders if we wanted to… we don’t, but if we wanted to, they could… Not that I tried it on Sam…
Sam loves his walks, especially with all the Christmas lights going up around the neighborhood. He just loves walking right up onto the people’s lawns, and blatantly stared at their lights… even if they happen to be changing in the window at that very moment! Yeah, then I look like the perv!
Keep warm folks!
Sam’s All Wet!
Last Saturday morning, we took Sam to his first “official” swimming lesson. It was official because we don’t count those times last summer that we threw him around in the various pools we’ve visited. Sam loves the water, so much so it’s a little scary. He doesn’t yet recognize the danger water could have, so we are happy, yet weary, of his enthusiasm around large bodies of water: he has no fear. Melissa saw this and suggested we sign him up at the local college pool center for some lessons. I thought this was a pretty neat idea, and folks, Melissa is full of them! 
Now, saying that we went and had a good time would be summarizing things up from Sam’s point of view, not from an adults point of view… Sam gets a fun car ride, wears a funky-cool body glove like bathing suit, plays with Dad in the pool and gets all the attention of the cute life guards… Nice work if you can get it.
Sleepless Elsewhere than Seattle
As you may or may not know (read the story here), Sam is now out of his crib. He took a swan dive during a faithful night in October that sealed the deal on the crib, and made us hastily introduce him to the world of ‘Big Boy Beds’. Well actually, his new kiddy bed is on order and we should get it next week. Meanwhile, the little stinker is camping it out in the backyard shed. Now I know you may be freaking out a little over this, but trust me, we thought of everything… Right down to the kerosene lamp… Taught him to light it too! My boy, sniff sniff, already a man 
In reality folks, he’s just camping out on his crib mattress on the floor of his room and therein lies the problem: It’s too much freedom!
Halloween: Haunted Happenings
Well folks, it was a crazy Halloween… and I am pooped out! So for now, only some pics. But soon I will throw together a nice vid to see Aunt Ingrid in action, in her finished form! So here are a bunch of pics to tide you over as I am now going to bed!
(Click the images for larger)
I’ll be back later in the week when I wake up!
Take care all!
6 Comments »