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Me 'n MikeThe Creeps - Ghosts last year, Vampires This YearMummy BreadThe GirlsMouthsAhhh, the annual Halloween party is officially over. And may I be the first to say, thank god. I really do enjoy throwing this party - we only have one party a year [Read More]

Happy Halloween from Westview Bungalow! Looks like we're making progress compared to two years ago... Westview Bungalow on Halloween Westview Bungalow Carved Pumpkin and Mums [Read More]

The costume that I was commissioned to make for Lauren's middle child is done. Yippie! I think the beard is more of a hit with the adults rather than the kids. Everyone is getting felt beards for Christmas this year!Have an awesome Halloween! I'm sur [Read More]

For the past two Halloweens, we have had no front porch light. Instead of a porch light, we had to run an extension cord out the window or out the door to power a floor lamp. Why no porch lig [Read More]

Sorry, no house updates until next week. I've been busy working on a halloween costume for Lauren's middle child.Here's a sneak peek.. [Read More]

We don't do much house decorating when it comes to the holidays. But this year I'm determined not to get stuck with 5 bags of candy and no kids coming to the door. Skull LightsStacked "Funkins"Argh! [Read More]

I used the last bit of particle board I had left over from my window shipping box. I made some headstones for the front yard. I suggest if anyone tries this activity at home that they exclude the involvement of anyone under the age of 10 in the proje [Read More]

Let me tell you - it's tough to throw a party pregnant. Especially one so involved as our 6th annual Halloween bash - think about it, 6 years worth of accumulated decorations, creepy-theme treats to make, a costume to get yourself into, and then of c [Read More]

Halloween night, we had perfect, long-sleeve fall weather, so we sat on the front porch. Here's a shot of us eagerly awaiting the cavalcade of costumed kiddos.We'd been looking forward to this first holiday in Casa Vitone for weeks, and the neighbo [Read More]

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The pumpkin carving bug snuck up on us this weekend. So we dashed out to a nearby church / temporary pumpkin patch and snagged a pair that was ripe for the carvin’. Rather than grab the traditional orange variety, we picked up (this should not [Read More]

I happened to catch that deepHo commercial last night. You know, the woman paints her room to match her snazzy pink shoes for a party?br /br /At the end of the spot I caught what I was looking for. It's that magical time when HD offers a rebate on pa [Read More]

Yes, I admit it: College Hill has more than its share of snobs. This is no surprise to Wichitans. College Hillians (in our case, perhaps "College Hillbillies" is more accurate; we've actually been told that we live in "the slum of College Hill" -- hu [Read More]

I know this is a month late.My best friend Amanda came to stay at the house for a night and wanted to carve some pumpkins for Halloween. Even though they came from a pattern that you can buy at any store, they turned out really neat so we took some p [Read More]

So, that's the salmon deck. The good news is that the stain went on easy and only took us about 2 hours. The bad news is the "wood took the stain funny" (according to the Sherwin Williams expert) and now our deck is pink. We went to SW and took a [Read More]

Tomorrow is Halloween, and our neighborhood is participating again, as we have in the past. It is always fun to see the kids around the neighborhood on their little sugar highs. :) We always have the "kids" who seem like they are closer i [Read More]

We have been decorating for Halloween.Trying to make our house spooky!!!!!! Also distracting me from the kitchen ,we still haven't started.I am on the verge of an anxiety attack.I have alot of things going on all at once. This is a favorite time of y [Read More]

Stefan and I had SO much fun in San Juan for Halloween! We stayed at the El San Juan Hotel, got dressed up as vampires, gambled until 4am, went to the club at 4:01am and had the entire dance floor to ourselves (minus the two people having sex in the [Read More]

We spent the better part of the afternoon/evening of October 27th carving the 18 pumpkins we grew this year in addition to a few others brought by guests. Next year we're shooting for WAY more, but we'll need more carvers to come help! [Read More]

and we only hand out one piece to each trick or treater. Yeah, a lot of kids from Chicago come to Oak Park. But one thousand?WOW.But I gotta say, it's our own fault. Coz we got the best house in the neighborhood! Our neighbors got the brilliant idea [Read More]