Halloween 2021 Countdown!
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I was just going to mention June 21st today! That's a day worthy of celebration! There's just something about knowing that the days are getting shorter that ties in so well with Leon Day and then Christmas in July soon afterward.
DAYS TO HALLOWEEN : 151
DAYS TO OCTOBER 1ST: 121
Good Morning Halloween Friends!
Talking about the summer solstice yesterday really got me excited for the coming months. I thought about Fall and Halloween for a good chunk of the afternoon. It feels good! I think the anticipation is really ramping up now, since the USA is doing so much better at this point in the pandemic than many people predicted. I think for a lot of us, we are going to have a "normal" Fall season, and I know at one time that was never thought possible.
And it doesn't hurt that we have a *MILESTONE DAY* tomorrow!
I have begun training for the Half-Marathon. It is the first weekend in November. I normally only train for it for 3 months, but I figure I need 5 months to get off some of the rust, and because I haven't done that distance in 2 years. I do a lot of my daytime running at a local park that is just half a mile from my office building! The sights and scenery there is gorgeous, and I spend a lot of time in the Fall there, taking pictures. I think being there every day over the next couple months, I will really get a first hand view of "Fall being on its way". Once the solstice is over, I start "Fall Hunting" as much as I do with Christmas hunting, just looking for little signs that its on the way.
I hope everyone has a great day!
DAYS TO OCTOBER 1ST: 121
Good Morning Halloween Friends!
Talking about the summer solstice yesterday really got me excited for the coming months. I thought about Fall and Halloween for a good chunk of the afternoon. It feels good! I think the anticipation is really ramping up now, since the USA is doing so much better at this point in the pandemic than many people predicted. I think for a lot of us, we are going to have a "normal" Fall season, and I know at one time that was never thought possible.
And it doesn't hurt that we have a *MILESTONE DAY* tomorrow!
I have begun training for the Half-Marathon. It is the first weekend in November. I normally only train for it for 3 months, but I figure I need 5 months to get off some of the rust, and because I haven't done that distance in 2 years. I do a lot of my daytime running at a local park that is just half a mile from my office building! The sights and scenery there is gorgeous, and I spend a lot of time in the Fall there, taking pictures. I think being there every day over the next couple months, I will really get a first hand view of "Fall being on its way". Once the solstice is over, I start "Fall Hunting" as much as I do with Christmas hunting, just looking for little signs that its on the way.
I hope everyone has a great day!
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I got a late start this morning, so I'll be back later today to do the Seasonal Candy of the Week. We'll be looking at another patriotic pick this week unless some Halloween candy news breaks before lunch!
And it's time!
Time for the Seasonal Candies of the Week!
Wait..."candies?" Yes, that's correct; it's not a typo. Today, fellow spooks, I've got a huge Halloween haul to share with you all!
The page below comes from a candy catalog that I stumbled across today while looking for any late-breaking Halloween news, and it delivers. You'll see some old favorites, as well as a few new ones that I've already covered this year such as the Nerds candy corn and Skittles Shriekers, but you're also going to see some brand new goodies that should be on shelves well before our favorite spooky season.
You can see that the new items are as follows:
- Snickers Pumpkins
- Nestle Crunch Zombie Eyes
- Pumpkin Spice Moon Pies (how did they not already have these?)
- Candy Corn Red Vines
- Sour Punch Spooky Tray
...and a couple of other brandless novelties.
I'll be trying some of those Moon Pies for sure, but I think I'm most excited about the Snickers Pumpkins. The Crunch Zombie Eyes might also be good as long as they aren't too thick.
So what looks good here, and what could you do without? Let's discuss!
Everyone have a spooky Tuesday!
Time for the Seasonal Candies of the Week!
Wait..."candies?" Yes, that's correct; it's not a typo. Today, fellow spooks, I've got a huge Halloween haul to share with you all!
The page below comes from a candy catalog that I stumbled across today while looking for any late-breaking Halloween news, and it delivers. You'll see some old favorites, as well as a few new ones that I've already covered this year such as the Nerds candy corn and Skittles Shriekers, but you're also going to see some brand new goodies that should be on shelves well before our favorite spooky season.
You can see that the new items are as follows:
- Snickers Pumpkins
- Nestle Crunch Zombie Eyes
- Pumpkin Spice Moon Pies (how did they not already have these?)
- Candy Corn Red Vines
- Sour Punch Spooky Tray
...and a couple of other brandless novelties.
I'll be trying some of those Moon Pies for sure, but I think I'm most excited about the Snickers Pumpkins. The Crunch Zombie Eyes might also be good as long as they aren't too thick.
So what looks good here, and what could you do without? Let's discuss!
Everyone have a spooky Tuesday!
Bonus for @SolidSnake84 : Apparently there are a ton of new Halloween themed Funko Pop collectibles this year, one of them being Sam from "Trick 'r Treat."
www.allhallowsgeek.com
It's Masks Off For an All-New Funko Pop! Figure of Sam from 'Trick 'r Treat' | All Hallows Geek
Check out the first ever Pop! from the film "Trick 'r Treat" featuring Sam unmasked and find out where he'll be available.
www.allhallowsgeek.com
I only have a few Funko Pops, but this one would be a must-have for me. Trick R Treat is just such a classic Halloween / Fall movie. I watched it as part of Halfoween and it is amazing how it makes you "feel" like it is October. One of the challenges for me is thinking of enough Halloween movies to play during Jack O Lantern Days to make them feel special, but at the same time not overdoing any of them. There are already annual "staples" (Halloween, Trick R Treat, etc), but I think if I rotate them every other year, etc., it still keeps stuff from being "played out" once we get to ACTUAL Halloween season. Cool find!Bonus for @SolidSnake84 : Apparently there are a ton of new Halloween themed Funko Pop collectibles this year, one of them being Sam from "Trick 'r Treat."
It's Masks Off For an All-New Funko Pop! Figure of Sam from 'Trick 'r Treat' | All Hallows Geek
Check out the first ever Pop! from the film "Trick 'r Treat" featuring Sam unmasked and find out where he'll be available.
DAYS TO HALLOWEEN : 150
DAYS TO OCTOBER 1ST: 120
Good Morning Halloween Friends! We've done it again! We've reached another MILESTONE DAY! Today, we celebrate reaching 150 DAYS TO HALLOWEEN. That's serious, no? Super Serious is getting to 100 days, which we will see well before July is even over. WOW. Scary indeed. Even the forum here knows how serious today is because my text is bolded and it won't let me turn it off.
The summer heat is finally here (I think). I know I said that before and then it got freezing in MAY but knowing that we are into June now, the heat is here, and I figure it will be two solid months of it before it starts retreating when we get into August. It will make our BERS destination much sweeter when all of us are tired from sweating through a hot summer. But I think it may have been either Rich or Ball Coach who said that it might feel like a short summer because it stayed cold so long!
Have a great day, keep a Halloween thought in your hearts!
DAYS TO OCTOBER 1ST: 120
*MILESTONE DAY*
Good Morning Halloween Friends! We've done it again! We've reached another MILESTONE DAY! Today, we celebrate reaching 150 DAYS TO HALLOWEEN. That's serious, no? Super Serious is getting to 100 days, which we will see well before July is even over. WOW. Scary indeed. Even the forum here knows how serious today is because my text is bolded and it won't let me turn it off.
The summer heat is finally here (I think). I know I said that before and then it got freezing in MAY but knowing that we are into June now, the heat is here, and I figure it will be two solid months of it before it starts retreating when we get into August. It will make our BERS destination much sweeter when all of us are tired from sweating through a hot summer. But I think it may have been either Rich or Ball Coach who said that it might feel like a short summer because it stayed cold so long!
Have a great day, keep a Halloween thought in your hearts!
150 days this Halloween! Wow! Hopefully the heat will kick my pumpkins into high gear.
Impressive list! Thanks for posting. Red Vines and a Crunchie Eyeball? yeah, I'm in. Was looking at some of my Instagram photos from last year and it seems I found Reese's Pumpkins on July 27th. July! Imagine that.
Happy 150! With us hitting 150 days until Halloween and 90 days until the Bers today, I am really starting to get hyped for this year's Halloween/Bers/Fall/Harvest/Christmas/Holiday/Winter Season! I think it's safe to say that I'm past the point of my usual mid-year blahs, and even though there were days this year that I certainly didn't feel like my usual self, this year has been MUCH easier than in years past. I owe a lot of that to this site and the multiple countdowns, and most of all, you guys!
Now...on to the bounties I found at Hobby Lobby last night:
Now...on to the bounties I found at Hobby Lobby last night:
Wow! Halloween/Thanksgiving jackpot!
DAYS TO HALLOWEEN : 149
DAYS TO OCTOBER 1ST: 119
Happy Friday Morning Halloween Friends! I'm ready for the weekend. I'm hoping that today goes by fast at the office. I'm excited to come home and watch "The Conjuring 3" on HBO Max. It almost reminds me of one of those awesome October weekends where I am excited all day to come home and lay on the couch and enjoy the marathons of scary movies that are on TV.
I'm planning another Hobby Lobby run tonight now that we are comfortably in June. Will I be able to see any more Fall Stuff, or my favorite product line that they sell there for Christmas, called "My Little Christmas" - It's all miniature ornaments and trees and such.
Have a great day folks!
DAYS TO OCTOBER 1ST: 119
Happy Friday Morning Halloween Friends! I'm ready for the weekend. I'm hoping that today goes by fast at the office. I'm excited to come home and watch "The Conjuring 3" on HBO Max. It almost reminds me of one of those awesome October weekends where I am excited all day to come home and lay on the couch and enjoy the marathons of scary movies that are on TV.
I'm planning another Hobby Lobby run tonight now that we are comfortably in June. Will I be able to see any more Fall Stuff, or my favorite product line that they sell there for Christmas, called "My Little Christmas" - It's all miniature ornaments and trees and such.
Have a great day folks!
I know "My Little Christmas" because once a few years back it was the very first Christmas merch that my local Hobby Lobby put out. I have had a soft spot for it since then.
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