Orbs 'r' Us

Happy Halloween! 12 days left til HH! 8 days left til the haunt starts!!!
Couldn't blog yesterday or even work on the computer...it must of needed a holiday because it was running real SLOW. I gave it a break and didn't start it up again until the late afternoon and it now works fine!
PoD and I worked on the haunt in the morning as I had other things planned for the evening and couldn't make it at night.
Man! It is HOT in there!!! They finally got the heat on...no the roof is not fixed nor is the chimney operational!
They re-routed the furnace pipes to go up half the building [outside] and it now vents against the side of the building and not extended up to clear the building. Can this be a possible fire hazard? This is major heat!! They can't regulate the thermostat and it stays hot!
This building is being heated by water pipes with the radiators that help heat the marble floors. These have to get real hot in order that they can heat above as well as the basement. The office workers in there are so hot that they have to open the windows to cool it off....can we say WTF?
Thankfully the majority of the haunt that had to be built was mostly done and we had only the main hallway in the basement and courtroom left.
PoD and I put up the long corridor that runs the full length of the hallway and the heat made us go outside a lot for fresh COLD air!
Building walls for the haunt means that you do a lot of "stair climbing exercises"! Which means carrying awkward stuff up and down all the flights of stairs in the place...it has LOTS of stairs [3 floors]! Then we climb up and down the ladder/chair hanging stuff and this means stretching outwardly to the maximum to tape something in place. Great workout for the feet and legs!
Then they added the SAUNA!
We went from freezing our butts off to dying from the heat! Great for our health! NOT!
But we stuck in there and got it hung up!
So all that's left for the basement is spook up the custodial quarters and clear out remaining junk left in the hallway and spook it up!
Monday night [or was it Tuesday?] we got some help!
Wilma and Hairgirl showed up! Before they got there PoD was working on the hallway with boy minion [JD] and I was working with girl minion [AJ] in the "Lost Mine" [old dentist room] doorway. These two have been the BEST help! Both are very excited about being able to work in the haunt the nights that it's open.
So Wilma went with AJ and they both learned how to "Cob Web" a haunt and they had a great time with webbing that sticks to everything but where you want it and hanging bats and spiders. They did a GREAT JOB...it's sure going to annoy those who hate spider webs!! Job well done! PoD, JD and Hairgirl worked on clearing the hallway and start the set up for the haunt walk. Both PoD and Hairgirl harmed their backs lifting and moving the garbage that was stored in the hallway but managed to make up a great walkway and hidden scares. Job well done! PoD had some great ideas!
I lent a hand between the two areas and finished the doorway off.
We had a bunch of huge crosses/Indian scarecrow that had to go from the basement to the upper floor Judge's Chamber to be stored there for when we do the courtroom. PoD, Hairgirl and JD made the two trips and were exhausted, whereas JD made two more trips ALONE and wasn't even breathing hard from the exertion. Oh....to have all that youthful energy!!
BIG THANK YOU's to Wilma and Hairgirl [who's not even a player or fireman] for helping out... we got LOTS done!
It ended up that I couldn't go out last night as I fell asleep watching TV and woke up long enough for me to go to bed. So again I am up early [4:25 am] and will be getting to work as soon as I stop babbling on here.
So on the agenda for today is back to the courthouse decorating until 3:00, open shop til 6:00 pm and play practice at 7:00 til 9:00, hopefully to get some rest! Until then...
Orbing out ...QoH