The House of Shadows

It was a cold and windy night, and I was bored out of my mind. I decided that I needed to get out of the house and do something fun. So, I called up a group of friends and we all went to the House of Shadows. The House of Shadows is a haunted house in Sparta Wisconsin, and is said to actually be haunted. As we approached Sparta, I realized I was actually getting a little nervous. We got to the house and bought our tickets. Then we waited two and a half hours for our turn to go through the house. In the meantime we huddled in a group and pretty much froze. It was a cold and long wait, but it was all worth it in the end.
Finally the old witch called our number which meant our group was up. We nervously waited by the guide, and I asked her if the house was in fact haunted. She assured me that it was, and that ghost busters even came there this year! I was shocked when I heard this. I was starting to think I didn’t want to go anymore, but it was too late to back out. I walked slowly into the house, and my group pushed me to the font. The people from the house separated me from my group, and I ended up walking through half of the house by myself. The house was full of dark narrow hallways, and there were people jumping out from every corner. I just wanted to get out of there as fast as possible, so I began to run through the whole thing. I ended up tripping over one guy and falling flat on my face. I’m a ditz, I know, but to my surprise it was actually a lot of fun. I got really scared a few times, but it I still had a blast. It was a fun night, and I would definitely recommend it to others.

Pumpkin Carving :]

Halloween is right around the corner, and I can’t wait. Halloween is always a fun time of year. Last night I decided it was about time to carry out all of the Halloween decorations. I couldn’t believe all the junk we had in our closets. We still have the costumes from when I was five, along with numerous wigs, and decorations. So I decided to get started. I put up light up pumpkins outside my house, got out the candles, scare crows, and went to buy candy. I also bought a few large pumpkins for carving. My sister, boyfriend, and I spent about two hours carving those sticky pumpkins. I have always enjoyed carving pumpkins, but I hate taking out the orange gross stuff inside. It’s cold, gooey, and it always seems to get all over the place. On my pumpkin I carved out a sign that said trick or treat, with small pumpkins and bats surrounding it. My boyfriend carved a skull, and my sister carved a ghost. We followed the stencils, and to my surprise they all turned out really nicely. It was well worth the time. After that, we found a few candles, stuck them inside the pumpkins, and tried them out. They looked great. I was hoping that they would last for a while, but by today, mine was already getting bad. My boyfriend brought his home, and later that night he called to tell me that his dog had already eaten part of it. Well so much for that idea. I guess we can always carve more before Halloween gets here.

Follow up on homecoming

So as I told you about in my last blog, homecoming was last weekend. Everything went very smoothly. Friday night was the football game. Central High School played Wausau West, and they ended up losing by only two points. What a bummer. Actually, I didn’t really care, because I was more interested in watching the kids next to me get in trouble. Four students at Central were taken away one at a time by the police. Everyone wondered where they were going, and what they did. Later we found out that all four of them got drinking tickets, and were suspended for three days. Even though that kind of exciting to watch, I had other things to worry about. Homecoming was the next day, and I was stressing a little because I worked until five o’clock, then I still had to shower, get my hair and makeup done, and be ready in time for pictures. My group decided to be annoying at the last minute, and they decided they no longer wanted to go to the Three Rivers Lodge for dinner, so we ended up just going to TGI Fridays. Dinner was still delicious though, so I couldn’t complain. After this we all headed for the dance. There were tons and tons of kids there. I couldn’t believe how many people they could pack into that gym. It felt like it must have been over 100 degrees in there. It was a lot of fun to be able to go back for a dance, because that is one part of High School that I actually have missed. When the dance ended, my friends and I went over to one of my other friend’s house and just hung out for a while. It was a very eventful weekend, but I got no sleep at all. I’m still totally exhausted. Hopefully I’ll get to bed a little earlier tonight so I’ll have some energy for school tomorrow.

Homecoming

Homecoming is always an entertaining time of year. At my old school we always had the week before homecoming designated as homecoming week. This week was full of activities and funny outfit days. We would have pajama day, clash day, and dress up like your favorite celebrity day. We would have hardly any homework during this week, and we would just all have a lot of fun. We also usually had guest speakers come in and talk to us. Last year we had the opportunity to meet Gilbert Brown and Santana Dotson. Jeff Suppon also came in and talked to us. Both were neat experiences, because it’s not every day that you get to meet famous football players and baseball players. Then on Friday night there was always the big football game. Everyone would get decked out in their blue and gold, and be ready to cheer. The following day then would be the homecoming dance.
This year is going to be a little different considering I am now in college. I am still going to go to homecoming though, but at a different school. My boyfriend is a senior this year so I will be going with him and some of our other friends to his homecoming. My boyfriend and I have been going out for almost three and a half years now, so we have become accustomed to this sort of thing. It’s usually always the same routine. Everyone gets dressed up, gets their hair done, and gets their makeup done. Then everyone gets their pictures taken together, and the parents never know when to quit. After that we all get together and go out to dinner. Last year I had a small group with only 6 people in it, so we went to Ciatti’s. This year my group is a little bigger though, we have 14 people so far. We thought we would switch it up this year and try somewhere new, so we are going to the Three River’s Lodge. This is a restaurant that is inside the Radisson Hotel. I have never been there before, but it looks like it would be nice. I’m really excited for this weekend, and I hope that everything goes according to plan. I'll be sure to tell everyone how everything goes in my next blog.

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest is such a great time of year. In my last blog I talked about the Oktoberfest parade, and what I usually do for it. Even though the parade is over, there is still a lot going on. Oktoberfest lasts until Sunday. I went to the North side fest grounds on Friday night, but it was pretty lame. There wasn’t nearly as many people there as I thought there would be. As I was walking around there I saw a couple of my cousins. They were saving our spots for the Oktoberfest parade. Did you know you can’t rope off your spot until midnight? Well, that’s one of the rules for the parade. I ended up sitting on the side of a hill for about five hours, just so we could get a good spot for the parade. That was definitely not my idea of a good time. It was entertaining at times though. I got to see all the crazy drunk people walking around and the cops chase after one guy.

On Monday night I also went to the fest grounds. It was absolutely freezing outside. I was going to go on the rides, but I always seem to get sick on them. That doesn’t seem to stop me usually, but this year I decided I would rather skip getting sick. After that, I went to watch the different dance teams perform. One of my sister’s friends performs on the Aquinas dance team, so we stayed and watched. There were only four schools competing. In the end, Onalaska took first place.

Tomorrow is the torchlight parade. This parade is always a lot of fun. I already went out and bought some glow sticks and light up stuff for it. So that should be a good time. I’ll tell everyone how that went in my next blog. :]