"Way back Wednesday" 

Going way back with this one to my first ever horror/scary movie.

 

 This was the first movie that I can at least remember watching as a kid and my first introduction to horror/scary movies. We would make it a nightly event when on TV or when someone was daring enough to rent it. We would go all out with snacks,drinks and all other great stuff we would pick up at a corner store down the street we grew up on that just happen to be named Elm St.

 

Been closed now for years

but if you walked in with $5 you came out with snacks to last you a week...or at least a few hours. 

  Most of these post are going to be short and to the point....sorry but at least it will give you time to go and check out more awesome blogs at http://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/ and also check back here for other cool stuff to come all month long.

 

The Two Games that brought me and my brother closer together....

Well better late than never, here are the zombies that I will be giving away.

Juts send me a message on my Facebook page if you dont have a FB account then just send me a message/comment here on this blog and Put Your Name and Email Address and I will choose (5) five of you at random as winners on Friday.

If you are a winner I will contact you for your mailing info.

 www.facebook.com/toysofmypast

"Getting Zombie Figures Ready"

 Still working on painting them, I'm having a bit of trouble choosing a color scheme for each.

  (still working on this one)

 But I think they are coming out pretty good.

 

Just to give an idea of what they look like before paint.

and yes these will be given away later this month.

About Time Zombies in your mailbox

FYI This Giveaway is for us residents only, as I currently can not ship out of the country, sorry in advance.

Free Zombies

 

 Ok it is finally time to give these guys away, and here is how to get one. 

Tell me if you can remember what your first horror movie was? It can be any type not just a zombie movie, can't remember? Then write a little about what you miss about your childhood. You do not have to answer both questions you can just write about one if you like. I will be choosing the coolest stories and will post the winners in an upcoming post.

Send your stories to hippi35@hotmail.com

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"I'm the baby"

It’s funny how a child can change you, it’s not just that you grow up because you are now responsible for a human life but this child has made me a baby myself. Before I go on there will be Halloween in this post I promise, I find that every time I see a newborn I quickly think he or she is just adorable and that is not a word I use regularly or was ever in my vocabulary, also I find myself fighting back tears with every video I watch of a baby or young child in it...gosh huh…..wait “gosh” where did that come from.

But I will also do anything for this child…anything. When we watched the first episode of The Walking Dead there was a scene where a bad guy had a baby by the neck and threatened to harm her. I had the worst feeling on that scene and I swear that I would have done something bad to that guy I mean I was angry, sad, felt hopeless and it was just a TV show but if you have read my blog you know how much I get into movies and shows.

Then there is this…

I wasted no time painting my daughters bum so that my wife could make a bumpkin out of it. See this is in the Halloween spirit, even though I used my daughter as the butt of this joke…get it. HA HA.

 

We even attempted to take pictures of her in a pumpkin patch but this was the best that we could get out of her, she was more entertained by the grass as it was the first time that she felt it between her toes. I will say this, she kicked the crap out of the grass and we all had fun.


Oh and Daddy made that bow....yup!

 

"Halloweens Past"

♪♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪♫

I can’t wait for that one Halloween day when I get asked “Daddy are going to dress up too” and then I’ll  have to dress up and go trick or treating with my daughter, I’m going to hate it…….YEAH RIGHT! As I write this I am thinking of all the cool things I can be and what costumes I wore as a kid back in the day. I can only think of a few, I went as The Crow one year in my teens and……….umm……wow… my trick or treating sucked I guess, well I do for some reason remember dressing up as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Yeah that’s me as Leo and my cousin Robert as Raph and one thing that I remember is that those costumes were only meant to be worn once and only once because by the end of the night they were barely hanging on by whatever plastic it was made of or had fallen off and stuffed in your candy bag if it fit with all that awesome candy you had, I mean the dang candy bags were made better than the costume itself.

But Halloween was always fun in our family wither you dressed up or not because everyone got into the spirit like my dad, he would just sit there at the end of the drive way and scare kids with just a mask on…now that’s talent.

 

 Even my grandma would sometimes join in on the fun.

 That’s my sis and her son Chucks eating the candy for other kids……I taught him well.