Orbs 'r' Us

Happy Halloween! All I can say is....times awasting!
Spent 6 hrs yesterday morning making scary creatures. Only one creature is remade with some changes in how it's displayed. Made a goofy one and some real creepy ones!
PoD picked me up at 6:30 pm and we had to load up the Jeep. We had so much to haul that I had to leave one behind and the DVD player. I had planned to use it to play the new Haunt sounds. It would have been a great time as we were decorating at night with no one in the building. So we had to scrap that idea for that night.
It's still HOT IN THERE!!!
It saps any energy that you might have! We spent last night working on finishing up the custodial quarters and placed one of my NEW creatures. Add some lighting...cob webbing...done. Man that sounds easy....add heat....not so easy anymore!
My son showed up to take the walk through...as he will not be able to make the haunt nights. He was very impressed and found that he felt lost and confused in the basement walk. It was good having a fresh set of eyes to point out some trouble spots and some new ideas on scares. He's not into decorating and didn't stay to help! He did help on moving day! He's more the manual labor type than the artsy/fartsy type [his words].
Wilma showed up! Yeah....another 2 hands! THANKS FOR HELPING WILMA....YOUR THE GREATEST!!!
Her job was to learn how to do "Duct Tape Tearing 101". Kid catches on FAST!
In one of the rooms, we had to move a cabinet, that we had screwed down to the floor in the last haunt.
NEVER USE SQUARE HEAD SCREWS!!!
I can only blame the idiot [me] for having them around! Not to mention that they were 2" screws! Sure made sure that sucker wasn't moving!!
PoD managed to get one side free but was having trouble with the other side. We have no light bulb in that room [where and when it went who knows] so it meant unscrewing it in the dark. The only set of lights around was this blue LED set. I bought them for their low visibility quality and the light they gave was so minimal that you had to hold the bulb close to the screw to see the screw and near impossible to see the hole. The screws weren't rounded in the head [yet] and that wasn't the problem. The problem was the angle of the screws wasn't right and in poor visibility impossible to get out. It moved some but not enough to get through the extra inches that we used to buried it into the floor.
PoD decided brutal force was the only answer and Wilma and I had to get out of her way! Battle between cabinet and PoD began...needless to say PoD got her way! In short time we finished off what we had to do in that room.

Cob Webbing 101:
All bagged webbing are not created equally! Remember to look on bag to see whether is states "Chunky" pieces or one long piece. When you want to used webbing for large areas and need to stretch in over that space...don't use "Chunky"!

Well "Chunky" was all that I had brought down to that area so we made it work! It just takes more time.
All decorating has to be done in the dark...which Wilma does not like! To make the haunt scary in the dark you have to decorate in the dark!
Off the topic a bit...PoD got our first scream of the haunt!
She was working on a project downstairs and heard Wilma talking to "Tall Guy". Wilma was explaining how creepy the wall moved when you walked down the hallway. PoD happened to be hidden on the other side and decided to show them how it worked.
You could hear Wilma's scream all the way up to the second floor where we were working in the courtroom.
Way to Go PoD! Nice set of lungs Wilma. The courthouse has a great hollow sound and small noises can easily be heard. Thanks for the tryout Wilma!!
Back the the topic: last night
We managed to finish the basement [PoD and I had touched up the main mine shaft and front hallway earlier] two rooms and need to work a bit on the other part of the hallway. Other than that, aside from adding creatures, the basement is done!
Today we will be working in there early [9:30 am] during the day [shop closed Mondays] and hope to get a lot done. So see you there...hopeful thinking!
Orbing out...QoH