Jack O'Lantern

This past summer Mister and I were riding down the road when we passed a yard sale. The largest plastic jack o’lantern I had ever seen was sitting on a table. I yelled “Turn around, turn around! I saw a blow mold!” Laughing, Mister made the first legal U-turn and pulled up to the yard sale.

This was one of those yard sales that people dream about. Lots of good junk spread out under the trees. Dog houses, lawn mowers, furniture, salon equipment, baskets, and a large supply of Halloween decorations. It was the jack-pot of yard sales. We spent a little over $20 and bought so much stuff we had to go home and get the truck.

The best buy that came from the yard sale was the giant jack o’lantern. I have shown him to everyone who has been to the house since we brought him home, and mentioned giant jack to many more. If I could have thought of a creative way to use a giant plug-in pumpkin in my 4th of July decorations I would have.

Finally, time to bring giant jack out into the open. There is something about colored lights and over the top decorations that thrills my soul.

Happy Halloween!

Homecoming Decroations

The college where I work is holding their first ever Homecoming.

The staff is working like crazy to get the place looking festive and collegiate. We have hung 45 records and a disco ball from the ceiling of the lobby, built a large display of gold mums in the courtyard, and bought every toy related to our theme that the dollar store carries.

Looking around at our decorations I don’t think that any of us that work here would fit in one of those “only white lights at Christmas” kind of neighborhoods.

The campus is brazenly beautiful.