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There are ZOMBIES outside my window. I kid you not.

10/3/2011

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This is what I see outside my window every day AND it's totally awesome:
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When our neighbors moved into our area three years ago, we had NO idea to expect this kind of grossly wonder from them. They were just your average couple with grown children and so the neighborhood expected they would most likely hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters and nothing more.

What we didn't expect was this <----

We saw him building his masterpieces in his garage during the summer and wondered what he was up to (my neighbor makes each of his props by scratch and his wife paints the faces).  My kids would take a peek whenever the garage was open and would fill me in on the latest news, "He's got some blinds in there! And some sticky stuff! It looks gross!"

When he brought out the fence and placed that around his yard, my kids could hardly contain themselves, "Oh, this is gonna be GOOD! Just look at the fence!"

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I'll tell ya, I was pretty excited myself. The whole neighborhood waited and watched. Halloween was going to be awesome! We could just feel it.

Then out came the headstones and the zombies. He had half zombies and full size zombies--all sorts of zombies. They just kept coming and coming.

This year he added the creepy skeletons coming out of the ground and the zombie heads in the trees. I also know for a fact that he has some super scary pumpkin spiders in his basement (he showed me) but I have yet to see them appear (perhaps next year).

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Each zombie, each headstone, and figure are made from items he picks up at the local thrift shop, hardware store, and after Halloween sales. He says it's amazing what you can do with a bit of carpet glue, some plaster, and stains.

With the freakin' creepy lights he has shining on them at night, it gets pretty spooky in our neighborhood.

Well, I love Halloween (I love dark and creepy stuff) and I had tried decorating our yard with my "store bought" items. But living across the street from a zombie graveyard made my flying bat look stupid and cheesy.

So I did what any neighbor would do, I stole his stuff. Just kidding. I would never do that. I mean really.

"Hey, isn't that my zombie in your yard?"

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"This zombie? Oh, no. That's my zombie. I know it looks like the one you lost, but it's not. This one is completely different. I bought it at Wal-Mart."

Instead, I asked him to help me build some super cool decorations of my own. And guess what? He did. He helped me build the most scary set of witches you will ever see (pictures to come later--I need to put some finishing touches on them. Soon. I promise).

Three green, hairy mole covering sister witches. One even stirs a stick in the cauldron. Oh it will be cool.

So does this stuff scare the neighborhood kids? Oh no. They love it. Even the little ones get a kick out of it.

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And when these same neighbors, Dale and Sherry, got jobs as zombies at Lagoon  last year (our big amusement park in Utah) my kids even posed for pictures.

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I can tell you right now, I can't wait to see what they come up with next year.

It makes me wonder, living across the street from zombies . . . perhaps I was destined to write a zombie western romance after all. (Okay, my daughter looks a little scared there --->)


Hmmm.....

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UPDATE:
Since posting this blog earlier today, my neighbor put out the creepy pumpkin spiders. There are about five of them and they're crawling all over his house.

Check out the teeth--nasty and sharp!



25 Comments
Justin Bogdanovitch link
10/3/2011 03:32:34 am

Your neighbors sound really great ;)
They keep Halloween spooky, thrilling & fun too. The peeping Tom zombie IS scary!
Best to you throughout the season.

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Lane Diamond link
10/3/2011 03:46:39 am

Cool stuff. I've never had the patience to do such things, but it's always fun when someone else does.

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David Powers King link
10/3/2011 03:58:06 am

I seriously need to get one or two of those for my front yard. Makes it easier to blend in when I scare the trick-o-treaters (I know, I'm evil).

Btw, did you ever get that book I mailed you?

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Leah Raeder link
10/3/2011 04:08:16 am

Best. Neighbors. EVER.

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Lyn Midnight link
10/3/2011 06:00:50 am

Wow!!! And here I was planning to be a plain old gypsy. Oh but wait... there are creepy gypsies too, right? Jesus, I can't top yours so I'll give up now.

But I sure love it when people make such wonderful things (yes, I'm talking about the zombies). I mean, most people have no imagination! (myself included) I wanna have such neighbours too. Gimme.

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Jessica Van Vleet link
10/3/2011 07:10:43 am

I love it! I hope my yard will be awesome like that some day. :D

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Kel
10/3/2011 08:12:25 am

I love it, especially the spiders. True works of art!

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shelly brown link
10/3/2011 08:57:42 am

That is awesome! Horrifically awesome!

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poisnivyred
10/3/2011 09:04:00 am

WOW! That's so cool! You're really lucky to have such awesome neighbors!

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Kea Alwang link
10/3/2011 09:09:46 am

Wow! I have to tell you, as great as the zombies are, I am in love with those pumpkin spiders! Despite the teeth, I think I'd like one for a pet!

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Mom
10/3/2011 09:30:35 pm

Great neighbors. They make Halloween fun for sure. Can,t wait to see it at night. I'll wait til you get yours up though.

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Michael Offutt link
10/4/2011 12:55:25 am

Those are really awesome looking zombies.

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Kim Lauer link
10/4/2011 09:59:31 am

That must make writing a zombie-ish book a little easier. I love when things inspire creativity. Love Halloween!

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Juliana link
10/5/2011 04:00:24 am

Ohmygosh, that's amazing! I love the spiders :)

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Alex Mullarky link
10/6/2011 02:59:19 am

That's amazing! What fun neighbours you have.

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Aaron link
10/6/2011 01:43:35 pm

Yay, zombies!

-Aaron

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Deb
10/6/2011 11:49:02 pm

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deb link
10/6/2011 11:50:09 pm

Oh. my. WOW...how cool is this! Thanks for sharing!

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Caitlin link
10/7/2011 12:08:21 am

Holy cannoli Batman! that is awesome!

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Shannon Lawrence link
10/11/2011 02:12:52 pm

I love a well decorated Halloween house! We have a neighbor who transforms his entire property into a living nightmare every year, but this year his house is on the market and it doesn't look like he's doing one last hurrah. I don't even know the guy and I'm terribly sad he's leaving the neighborhood.

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Nikki link
10/13/2011 08:59:35 am

You have excellent neighbors!

Happy writing and Happy Halloween!

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chuck link
10/18/2011 03:01:57 am

Awesome, Now I have to change my underwear.

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D.T. Conklin link
10/18/2011 04:53:26 am

Oooo that's so neat. Jealous :).

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Heather link
10/18/2011 07:55:20 am

Love it! Lagoon at Halloween is always fun. We always make a graveyard in our yard but these people put us to shame!

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Sheri L. Swift link
10/31/2011 02:58:25 am

Sounds like loads of fun! ; )

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