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Last Saturday, Matt went with this young lady to her school's homecoming...and that smile never once left his face. 
I don't know why the colors are off in the photo but her dress and his tie match perfectly. I drove around all over town to make sure of it!
Today's wicked word is:Zombify:"The overwhelming urge to join a dance class where the end result is high velocity sweating and fatigue."Once a witch/warlock casts the spell to zumbify you, you will be addicted to Zumba. (well, they couldn't name it ZOMBA, could they...even an idiot would have figured that one out.)
At the end of each class the spell caster will wait until the weakest soul collapses from exhaustion. At this point, the unsuspecting person will be "helped" to his/her car, never to be seen from again.....alive.
They will be seen however, in popular music videos because even in death, they continue to have the urge to dance.before... after: 
this particular dance is so popular, they even have t shirts for members:
This week's ironcraft challenge was to make something spooky for Halloween.I saw a perfect tree shaped branch in the yard so I made it into a scary little tree:
I love what you can do with paint, glitter, and glue.
Today's word is:BOOTIFICATION:"The process of beautifying an old witch/warlock in order to snare some unwilling young man/lady."
Bootification is much like dehagification except the spell is 2 fold:
Not only can it be used by witches and warlocks, whereas dehagification is for witches only, it has the added benefit of creating a dream like quality to the person using the spell which causes people to actually swoon.Before:
this warlock would have a rather hard time getting a date with ANYONEAfter:
this man is now known as McDreamy on a popular tv show.......
I usually refrain from commenting but I think this particular spell must be very effective.
This week for ironcraft, we were supposed to do something crafty with bottles or jars. I decided to do something that I could use for October's Spookify Me Saturday posts.
I found a neat bottle and added the spooky label (from Dollar Tree) and then Dean and I took turns burning candles all over it.
Why did we do that?
Because all we could find were drip less candles. I eventually went to a local party store to find Halloween candles that actually drip.
Here it is on the mantel with some other decorations
adds just the right touch of spooky to the mantel.
Today's Wicked Word is:
"Felineification"
Defined: The act of changing into a black cat to gain access into the human home. Particularly useful when stalking animal lovers such a the elderly and veterinarians.
ex: Witches often use the feline form as a way to gain entrance into the human home.
Before:
After:
Meow....
September REALLY got away from me. I had bronchitis for about 3 weeks. Kaela had a stomach flu, Matt and Dean both had a bad cold. With all the illness and work, I didn't get much of anything else done! Sooooo, I pulled out a family favorite for Dean for his dessert this month.
I thought I'd share it with you all. (I came up with this because I hate pie crusts that get gooey and I hate mushy overly sweet cooked apples.) This pie does NOT use lemon juice because granny smith apples are so tart so pay attention to the part with the apples. Granny Smith Apple PieIngredients:4 regular pie crusts, thawed...yes FOUR. 8 granny smith apples1 cup sugar2 tbls flour1 tsp cinnamonpinch salt2 tbls butter, cubed1 egg1/8 c. milkcinnamon/sugar mixtureTake out your pie dish and spray with pam. Take 2 of the pie shells and carefully tear in half. Press into the bottom of the pie dish, being careful of the edge, you want it to stay intact. It WILL break so just press it back together as you go...no biggie.Poke the bottom and sides with a fork and bake until light brown (350 oven.) This can take awhile because of the double crust in the bottom of the pan. Check it in 5 minute intervals. Mine usually takes 15-20 minutes.
Remove from oven and set aside.Mix dry ingredients and set aside.Beat the egg and milk together and set aside.Get out a LARGE bowl to have handy.If you do the apples this way, none of them will turn:Peel and core the apples. You don't want a mushy pie do you? Neither do I, so instead of making thin slices I use an apple sectioner. ( If you don't know what that is, click HERE.) The best part is this goes FAST and you don't have to clean a food processor up later.As you cut up the apples, throw them into the big bowl.When you have half the apples in the bowl, pour half the dry ingredients in the bowl and mix them up. Repeat using the other half of the apples. Once ALL apples are in the bowl, add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix well. Carefully pour/arrange the apples into the crust. They will mound up like a volcano. Once placed, put the little cubes of butter in crevices between the apples.Then take the other 2 shells and tear them in half and arrange the crust over the apples. Try to match up the edge as you go.
Don't worry about the tears...this isn't a beauty pageant. Besides, it bakes up really pretty anyway.Also, it is OKAY that the pie is a towering volcano...as the apples cook, it will settle. Go around the pie crust edge and press the two edges together. Don't forget to make little vents in the top.Brush the crust with the milk, egg mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.Bake at 350 for 1 and 1/2 hours depending on your oven. Periodically check to make sure the crust isn't getting too brown. About halfway through the baking, put foil around the edge of the pie crust so be safe. You may even need to cover the entire pie crust.Enjoy!
my partner sent me this adorable mummy doll in return...
Besides, she looks so happy with her little pet spider crawling up onto her shoulder, how can I not love her?
