August 28th 2006

I'm trying my best to get the majority of the grunt work out of the way for this year's haunt.  The wall panels and graveyard fence have high priority since they are some of the most time consuming parts of the haunt and the weather will be getting colder and wetter over the next 2-3 weeks.

I have seven 8 foot fence sections and four 4 foot fence sections put together and painted now.  I have one remaining 8 foot fence section to go and I should have enough fence to make a decent sized graveyard in the front yard.  As soon as I have the last fence section finished, I'll put the fence together and see how it looks and if I need to expand it further.

I have many projects still in my head that need to be finished in time for Halloween.  This year's theme is going to be an old style mortuary/chapel with a convenient graveyard close by.  I figure that the mortuary theme gives me the most flexibility in terms of a plotline and will give the guests that come to the Halloween party a variety of fun roles to play if they want to participate in scaring the older kids.