Orbs 'r' Us

Happy Halloween! 23 days left til Halloween! 19 days left til the haunt starts!
Yesterday PoD and I went back to working on the haunted house. We finished putting up the beams for the "Lost Mine", which is in the old Dentist's Office, and covered them to darken the walk.It sounds short and easy but was more work than you think!
We are using old rough boards, salvaged from the pallets that my aluminum comes on, to anchor our mine beams. This means that they have to be hauled from my place to the courthouse and then unloaded and taken downstairs. By the time that's done our hands, arms and back is killing us both. Plus my right knee has decided to keep warning me about this cooler weather!
Designing the layout of the walk was harder!
Forgot about the floor outlets for the Dentist Chairs! These would be real neat tripping items...so we have to adjust the walk to work around them. PoD had a great idea about anchoring the beams without having to screw them into the floor and help make the tunnels look more like mine shafts.
The last two haunts, we had discovered the multiple uses of clear hockey tape to hang decor without ruining walls. Until it got too hot in there and the glue didn't stand up to the heat! Had to retape every night!
This year I discovered the multiple uses of Duct tape!
Also that there is many types of duct tape that don't stay stuck to anything...including itself! Wasted two rolls...this stuff isn't cheap! Not to mention all of the work that went into where it was used! I'm still redoing some of my wire work and thus lost some precious hours! Finally found some good stuff and it's the second main ingredient used in the haunt! Move over Red Green...cause Red Orange is in town...LOL!
Until they turn the heat on! They are now working on the huge gaping hole in roof and redoing the chimney! Finally!
Then I'll remember how much I hated the sticky goo left behind when the tape has been on too long! Right now we are working in an unheated building! It hasn't been too bad until your reminded how cold the cement floor is when you have to sit on it too long! It's gonna take some major heating to get that place warm right now! Won't worry about it til the time comes!
We were getting pretty close to being done when we finally had some help show up. PoD's buddy wasn't too busy at her store so she came to offer her help. Didn't take long to put her to work! Soon her hands hurt like ours! Try ripping off pieces of duct tape that is stuck tight to itself and sticks tight to your dry fingers...after awhile your fingers feel like there missing skin!
Finally we were done the walk set-up and decided to test out the walk without lights! It's works! It's creepy right now and we haven't even set-up the scares and visuals!
One down and three to go!
To all you out there...we will be working there from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Yes...we get to miss Thanksgiving!
Can't give any thanks til we're done this!
See you there?
Orbing out...QoH