http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/My more serious thoughtshourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/578618Just finished taking down all the Halloween decorations. For some reason my wife won't let me keep them up all year long. This year I picked up a fair amount of new stuff. If I keep this up we'll need a shed just to house all my Halloween stuff.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/577285So far this Halloween season has been a busy one for me, but it has been great. Today I'm going to my boys' school for their Halloween parties and this evening we're off to my Aunt's for their regular gathering. Lots to do and it all should be another fun Halloween. I also would just like to note...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/577176It was a little odd to see a group of young girls already trick-or-treating tonight. Even though I had the candy, I was not about to start giving it out yet. I told them to come back tomorrow. I am worried that some people might actually give them candy tonight and start encouraging them. While I...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/576831Tomorrow I am going on a field trip with my son's Kindergarten class to a farm for a day of fun. We are going to do the hay maze and pick out pumpkins and who knows what else. I guess I will a have group of about five or six kids to be in charge of. I did this same kind of thing for my older boy...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/576063Right now I am just really looking forwards to MileHiCon. I always enjoy it. It is just a nice weekend to get away for things and hang out with a crowd that almost always inspires me to get to work on my writing, which I have greatly fallen behind in as of late. This year I get to moderate my...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/575811So the second night of the Haunted House went over really well. We all had fun and made the pack a good amount of money. After over a week and a half of dedicating all my free time to getting it all setup and running the thing, I survived and for the last few days have been in something of a...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/575153I am about as worn out as it gets right now, but I really do think it was worth it. Last night we had out first night of the Spooky Castle. Despite the creativity conflicts from the day before, making it so we had no real time to do the run through like I had hoped and the basic feeling that...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/574882Well for the last week I have been dedicating just about all of my free time to getting the Cub Scout haunted house ready for our fund raiser this weekend. I really think we have something impressive set up and ready to go for tomorrow night. I feel in the end it will be well worth the effort and...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/574021For the last few days I have been going and working on the haunted house with what free time I have had. With that and doing everything else in my life, I am worn out. Well I got another week of it to go. Of course the last few days have been a lot of the really physical part of driving stakes...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives472/573521We are starting the real work on the Spooky Castle for Cub Scouts, and since I am officially heading up the whole thing, most of my evenings for this next week will be spent working on it. Most likely I will still find some time to check in, but I doubt I will be doing that much here. It is going...