A Day Late and a Buck Short

Celebrate the Small Things!hosted by: Lexa Cain, Tonja, and L.G. Keltner

1.) I remembered I needed to post! Granted it's a day and buck short but I have my post up now.

2.) Starting next week I HAVE TOO work 70 hours. In fact it starts today (10/24).  4 hours today and 4 hours tomorrow, then 10 hour days for the rest of the week. I'm not going to enjoy getting at work by 4 am but I am going to ENJOY the money!!! Christmas is around the corner and I need to get my Black Friday money ready.

3.) Did find some time to relax here and there this week so I was able to catch up on some of my TV shows and movies.

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created by, us, Cover Girls. Revolving around lists of five, its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers.

Dawn of the Dead
30 Days of Night
Hocus Pocus
Jeepers Creepers
Monster House

Magical Spells and Thigh Highs

Hey Blogging Friends! Express Yourself is a weekly meme. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better, to help motivate one another, laugh (or cry) together, in other words – stalk.




Oct. 19-23: A magical spell was cast on Halloween night to turn everyone into their costume forever, what would you be?

Seeing how I never dress up on Halloween night, I'd stay my old, cool self.

But for fun lets say...

Alice from Resident Evil; the one from Resident Evil: Extinction. I love the whole outfit. The duster is my favorite.

Autumn is Just Aroung the Corner

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created by, us, Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. With that aim in mind, we would love for you to join us! 

We're suckers for lists, so we thought it'd be cool to do a weekly blog hop where we list things. We've provided the topics for each week below, with five being the focus . 

You're not required to post every week. You can pick and choose which topics you'd like to participate in. 

Whatever topics you decide to do, please include the link to your Fast Five Friday post in the comments section of our FFF post each week, so we can stop by and show our FFF love to you!

 

Sept 4th: Five books that had you bawling or near tears

The Road   by Cormac McCarthy

Everfound   by Neal Shusterman

HP and the Deathly Hallows   by J.K.Rowlings

Sever   by Lauren DeStefano

The Raft   by S.A. Bodeen

Sept 11th: Five things you're looking forward to this fall Hoodies

Leaves changing

Spooktoberfest (4th Annual)

Cooler, fresh air to open windows

Halloween

 

 

Any books brought you close to tears or even had you bawling?

What are some things you're anticipating this Autumn?

Top Ten Books & Movies For Halloween

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is...

 

 

October 28: Top Ten Books/Movies To Read Or Watch To Get In The Halloween Spirit. I can’t just pick one category, so I’ll do both, books and movies.

 

Novels

 

 1. The Shining by Stephen King (ok… anything scary by SK)

2. The Passage Series by Justin Cronin

3. The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell

4. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

 

5. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

6. House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker

7. The Forest of Hands & Teeth series by Carrie Ryan

 

8. The Hollows by Amanda Hocking

9. Skinjacker Series by Neal Shusterman

10. Heartstopper by Joy Fielding

 

Movies

 

1. The Conjuring

2. Dawn of the Dead

3. 30 Days of Night

4. Jeepers Creepers franchise

 

5. Nightmare on Elm Street franchise

6. Halloween franchise

7. Wrong Turn (original)

 

8. Friday the 13^th franchise

9. Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise

10. Insidious

Express Yourself - Halloween Plans and Costumes

Express Yourself is a weekly meme hosted by myself and Jackie. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better, to help motivate one another, laugh (or cry) together, in other words – stalk.

 

I know EYM isn't happening this week due to Spooktoberfest but I'm doing a little bit of catching up in between reading submissions.

 

 

Oct. 13-17: Do you have any Halloween plans?

 

Usually we go to my in-laws so our kids can hang out with their "old" group of friends, but since they have moved, we now need to come up with a new plan & neighborhood for me to unleash my kids on. My other plans include... watching a ton of scary movies and shows, eating a bunch of unhealthy stuff, and enjoying the everything Autumn-ish that happens this time of year, maybe even have a bonfire in our little fire pit.

 

Oct. 20-24: What's a Halloween costume you wore as a child?

 

I was dressed up as Paul Stanley from Kiss. Best make-up job EVER!! I rocked it like nobodies business! Next day tho, I broke out like nobodies business, which didn't rock.

 

 

Do you have any cool Halloween plans or costumes you'd like to share?

 



EYM - Autumn

Hosted by myself and Jackie @ Bouquet of Books!

Sept. 29 - Oct. 3: Name ONE thing you love about Autumn, even if you hate it!

I pretty much love everything about Autumn and I mean everything! But the one thing I absolutely adore is...

THE WEATHER!

And with the cooler weather brings changing leaves and warmer clothes. Jeans and sweatshirts... ok, mainly sweatshirts! And thus, the bonfires!

But we all know it also brings my favorite holiday... Halloween!

Oh! And my wedding anniversary and my youngest birthday (She will be 5 in a week).

Ok, so what's your favorite thing about Autumn?

3rd Annual Spooktoberfest Hosted by Cover Girls

Are you feeling spookerific?

It’s baaaaack! 

 

Welcome to the 3^rd annual  SPOOKTOBERFEST hosted by Cover Girls!

This year we are doing a bit of a rewind and using the original Spooktoberfest requirements.

 
Requirements:

1. Follow Cover Girls blog if you don’t already. It will be reciprocated!
          And on Twitter: @covergirlsdj
You can also follow our individual accounts: @jackiefel & @danibertrand
If you have a Twitter account, please feel free to use the hashtag #spooktoberfest14

2. Your Flash Fiction piece cannot be any longer than 300 words. Sorry… that’s part of the challenge.

3. You must use the MANDATORY 5 words listed below…
      (You may use any variation of these words as you like.)

            chill
            cocoon
            commotion
            curse
            virus

4. Post your Flash Fiction piece any day from Friday Oct 24^th thru Tuesday, Oct. 28^th.

5. It’s a blog hop, so… hop around to other participating blogs and leave them some awesome comments.

6. Have fun.

Your flash fiction piece can be scary, comical, romantic, or whatever you choose, just be creative! You can use pictures to set the scene and/or a song to set the mood.

The winners will be posted on HALLOWEEN, Oct. 31st!

Jackie and I will each choose a winner. That’s right – two winners!

 

PRIZES: This year I will be giving away a $25 giftcard of your choice! Check out Jackie's page to see what she's giving away!

 

Oh, and yes, this blogfest is international. So what are you ghouls waiting for? Sign up using the Linkie Thing below and please, help spread the word!

 

Celebrate the Small Things!

Friday means a lot of things; the end of my work week, the day I can where a casual shirt to work, the day when I can be more flippant (wait, that's everyday), and the day I get to share all the cool stuff I've done this week. Thanks Viklit for giving us an outlet!

First off - The winners and runner-ups for spooktoberfest were posted yesterday here and here. Go check out some really great flash fiction pieces. I really enjoyed meeting some new and very entertaining and interesting people. And of course reading the entries of some of my favorite bloggers and long time friends.

Second - Halloween, despite the horrible weather, was a success. The kids had a really great time going back to the old neighborhood to hang out with their friends from their old school. I hope you guys had a safe and fun day as well. In the comments below tell me what your kids went as or what your favorite costume was that you saw wondering about.



Gabe (left) and his friend (both 15 but his friend is already 6'4"!!), Lani (Left) and her two cousins, Alexis (middle) and her two friends, and Kylar.

 Third - Now that I have hit my goals with my personal trainer we have decided to set new ones... run a 5k. Well technically it's 4 miles. My goal is to run a mile and walk 1/4 and then run a mile, then walk again. Eventaully I want to be able to run a 5k straight through. My first race... Dec 14th... in the snow. Ugh!

Fourth - Those who celebrate... Christmas is in 54 days. No... I'm not even close to being ready. And even though halloween is my favorite holiday, I am excited to put the fall decor away and put up the Christmas stuff.

Oh also, check out #ResurrectionBlogfestII hosted by Some Dark Romantic!

Have a great Friday and weekend!!

Celebrate the Small Things

Friday means a lot of things; the end of my work week, the day I can where a casual shirt to work, the day when I can be more flippant (wait, that's everyday), and the day I get to share all the cool stuff I've done this week. Thanks Viklit for giving us an outlet!

• I FINALLY had the chance to sit down and watch the 2 hr and 50 min movie THE HOBBIT: An Unexpected Journey. It started out a little rough to me. (I hope I don't get stoned for that) It's true though, I felt as though I was watching the 7 dwarves from Snow White in Bilbo's house but once all the silliness past I was able to fall in love again with the story. I understand Gimli was usually the comic relief from LOTR and we needed to be reminded of that but I thought it was slightly over the top with the singing. I guess I wanted more pissed off dwarves. Idk.

• I caught up on some of my TV shows. I have so many that it's hard to keep up. Sleepy Hollow, AHS: Coven (I couldn't stay up to watch Wednesday nights), Revolution, and I still need to get caught up on Under the Dome. Ugh... with Grimm and Dracula starting I don't know what I'm going to do. Sheesh!

• I have a pile of books I wanna read but you all just found out how far behind I am on my TV shows... but I am happy to announce that I started reading Triangles by Kimberly Ann Miller!! Whoop! Let the Bermuda fun begin!

• Here are some pictures from last Saturday's zombie party (our littlest one stayed with grandma, she would have hated the party)... she hated my Day of the Dead face makeup. I did all of our makeup, it was fun glue everyones zombie scars on and plastering on the fake blood in the gash wounds...

Thirty-One Loves of October: Days 17-20:

Haunted Houses/Castles/Jails/Forests

Candy Corn

Fake Spiders - cause real ones are gross

Hoodies!!

Have an awesome weekend!

Express Yourself - Halloween Costumes

Express Yourself is a weekly Meme for us to get to know you better. Jackie and I enjoy doing this every week and we hope you do too. To get more information about EYM, click here

This week is Halloween themed: What is your favorite Halloween costume ever (yes, you've had to have worn it)?

I've had many...

I was a Dark Angel a few years ago...

Alex the bee, Me the Dark Angel, Lani the Butterfly, Ky is Pikachu, Gabe from some video game I can't remember (bad mom, I know) and J the Skeleton Pirate. ARG!

I was a Mime last year...

Gabe the Zombie Slayer, Lani - Minnie Mouse (Scared of dad), Me the Mime, Alexis the Rock Chick, Justin the Scarecrow, and Kylar - Scream

And a Day of the Dead Zombie Head this year...

 

 




My family were all zombies but I put a twist to my own cause I wasn't about to put that gross fake blood on my face and all of the glue. I did all the faux slash marks, coloring, etc to the fam and my own facial art work. Lani is absent cause we knew she wouldn't like going to a zombie themed house warming Halloween party. But she is going a Ladybug this year.

 Thirty-One Loves of October:
Days 14 and 15:
SyFy's 31 Days of Halloween
and AMC's FearFest

Spooktoberfest Reminder and Thirty-One Loves of Oct

2013 Requirements:

1. Follow us - Dani and Jax, if you don’t already. We love meeting new bloggers, and we do follow back.

2. Your Flash Fiction piece should be between 300 - 500 words. It can be scary, funny, action-packed, romantic, or whatever you choose. Just let your creativity flow!

3. You must choose 3 of the 6  words listed below to include in your flash fiction piece…

WRETCH (ED)

IMPEDING

ALIEN (S)

SKELETON (S)

POTION (S)

MASK (S)

4.  Highlight those 3 words in your story so we can find them.

5. Choose at least 1 of the 4 pictures below to BE THE SETTING for your flash fiction piece. Go here to find the pictures.

6. Post your piece any day from Friday Oct 25th thru Monday, Oct. 28th.

7. It’s a blog hop, so… hop around to other participating blogs and leave some awesome comments.

8. We'll announce the winners on Thurs Oct. 31, 2013 - Halloween! Jackie and I will each choose a winner. You read that right – two winners!
9. Have fun!!!

Side note - not required: If you have a twitter account and have the extra time - go ahead and send out a tweet letting us know you have posted your submission (this step is very helpful for us). Below is our @ accounts and the hashtag.

@JackieFel

@danibertrand

#Spooktoberfest

PRIZES: A grab bag (more like a box of stuff) and candy. The winners will get the biggest bags we can find of their favorite candy along with some spookified items.

Oh, and yes, this blogfest is international. So what are you ghouls waiting for? Sign up using the Linky Thing below and spread the word!

And share, share, share!

Thirty-One Loves of October
Day 8: Halloween Decorations

I just love all of the Halloween decor I see every where. It makes the season all that more special for me. I love Halloween and love the spirit about it. I love seeing the kids in the neighborhood look at the real looking mummy in my window and hear their murmurs when they ride their bikes by. It puts a smile on my face. Or hearing my own kids "ooh" and "aah" over other people's decorations when drive by. It means that the hard work of decorating paid off.

Spooktoberfest and Zombies

Today I'm hoping to bring two of my favorite subjects together: Halloween, or blog-friendly, Spooktoberfest and Zombies.

Let's start with the one that involves less cardio, shall we.

With the oncoming of the spookiest holiday of the year, Jackie @ Bouquet of Books and myself are bringing sexy back – er – SPOOKTOBERFEST back this October. We had a great turnout last year and gave away some amazing prizes!

To find all of the gory details click here!

Now on to the more adrenaline related topic. Zombies  have been giving us humans a run for our money lately. And I mean that in the most punly way possible. The reanimated have made a comeback in the recent years and they seem to be going nowhere anytime soon. From comics, TV series and movies, to Zombie Walks and 5k's.

Let's talk about one of those 5k's in a little more detail. A summer ago I participated in Run For Your Lives zombie 5k which literally took my 5k experience to another level. Not only did I have to concentrate on my breathing and timing (cause I have asthma) but I also had to sprint in bursts and climb, crawl, jump, turn, scream, climb some more, be electrocuted, scream a couple of more times - you get my drift. Time flew and I had a blast while being chased by swarms of faux-brain-starved-undead.

Run For You Lives hosts all over the country and even in some other countries as well. I promise, they will be coming to a town near you! If you are interested visit their website here!

Plus zombies would be a great topic for Spooktoberfest! IMO anyways.

Have a great Thursday! And make sure you are keeping your cardio up. BTW, I bought World War Z (I watched it in the theaters) and I'm excited to have added to my zombie collection! Woot!