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Editorial Team / Admin Joe V 10 Articles; 2,485 Posts Specializes in Programming / Strategist for allnurses. Has 27 years experience. Oct 15, 2021 Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The wife (religious side) - not so much. Are you decorating for Halloween? Any tips for making a carved pumpkin last longer than a few days? My pumpkin now looks like an old man without teeth...
macawake, MSN 2,141 Posts Has 15 years experience. Oct 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Joe V said: Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The wife (religious side) - not so much. Are you decorating for Halloween? Any tips for making a carved pumpkin last longer than a few days? My pumpkin now looks like an old man... Oh, poor guy! He looks like he’s lost his dentures ☹️ Hmm… Maybe the mouth is cut a bit too wide and combined with the large eyes, I think the structural integrity might have been compromised. Next year, go for a mouth that’s no more than 60˚ in width and aim for small beady eyes ? Or move to Scandinavia ? Come Halloween, it’s often below freezing and the pumpkins are frozen solid and therefore retain their shapes. Nice effort though ?? I always appreciate when my neighbors take the time to carve a ? It looks festive and brightens the gloomy autumn days. The last Halloween party I attended was in 2019. I’m 6’1” and have long almost white blonde hair and lightblue eyes. If I don’t smile, I look like an ice-cold serial killer. (When I smile I kinda look like a crazed assassin ? so that doesn’t really help…). I went as Morticia Addams. With a long black dress and lots of white face powder on, I looked sufficiently scary to make two kids cry. That part wasn’t all that great, but the party definitely was ? This year will be a more quiet affair. I plan to spend it with my siblings and eat good food, drink good wine and play LOTS of board games. Happy Halloween to you Joe! And the rest of the AN folks!
guest1163268 2,215 Posts Oct 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Joe V said: Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The wife (religious side) - not so much. Are you decorating for Halloween? Any tips for making a carved pumpkin last longer than a few days? My pumpkin now looks like an old man without teeth... I don't knowww? He looks plenty scary to me! He needs to be on the porch with some lit candles in the eye sockets and a Freddie Kruger hat on. Love Halloween too ???! Ghosties and Ghouls and Mummys. I can always get away with Frankenstein because of the size thing! And I love hearing the neighborhood kids scream ??. Yeah, we go all out at my parents and scare the bejesus out of the kids! Happy Haunting ??
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ClaraRedheart, BSN, RN 363 Posts Specializes in Ortho, CMSRN. Has 9 years experience. Oct 16, 2021 I'm religious myself (Assemblies of God) so I don't decorate for Halloween anything more extreme than a Jack-O-Lantern. I haven't had time to mess with it this year though. Usually I don't put out a Jack-O-Lantern until close to halloween. Fall decor before that!
Hoosier_RN, MSN 3,794 Posts Specializes in dialysis. Has 30 years experience. Oct 16, 2021 No decorating here. I usually work, and it's my Saturday to work this year-when my small town has trick-or-treating, as usual. They encourage us to dress up at the clinic, but with the gown and other PPE, it's never made sense. With the blood aspect, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I plan to work, then come home and rest
dream'n, BSN, RN 1,162 Posts Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych. Has 30 years experience. Oct 18, 2021 I like to have a horror movie night with family around the holiday. I like to watch the old favorites like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream and such. My kids are all adults so it usually is a lot fun, but I have had to do it alone a couple times and ended up scaring the crap out of myself ?
Editorial Team / Admin sirI, MSN, APRN, NP 18 Articles; 30,666 Posts Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB. Oct 18, 2021 10 hours ago, dream'n said: I like to have a horror movie night with family around the holiday. I like to watch the old favorites like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream and such. My kids are all adults so it usually is a lot fun, but I have had to do it alone a couple times and ended up scaring the crap out of myself ? I thought I was the only person who ever did that. LOL!
Editorial Team / Admin Joe V 10 Articles; 2,485 Posts Specializes in Programming / Strategist for allnurses. Has 27 years experience. Oct 18, 2021 Thank you everyone! I do hope everyone has a safe Halloween this year. On 10/15/2021 at 11:34 AM, macawake said: Or move to Scandinavia ? Come Halloween, it’s often below freezing and the pumpkins are frozen solid and therefore retain their shapes. I'll put that on my bucket list and looking forward to carving a great pumpkin. I'll let you know if it collapses. ? On 10/15/2021 at 11:58 AM, Curious1997 said: I don't knowww? He looks plenty scary to me! He needs to be on the porch with some lit candles in the eye sockets and a Freddie Kruger hat on. Love Halloween too ???! Ghosties and Ghouls and Mummys. I can always get away with Frankenstein because of the size thing! And I love hearing the neighborhood kids scream ??. Yeah, we go all out at my parents and scare the bejesus out of the kids! Happy Haunting ?? It was all lit up which until he know longer looked scary. A jack-O-Lantern with dentures just didn't cut it for me. ? On 10/15/2021 at 3:33 PM, Davey Do said: Trick-or-treating ... always my favorite activity of the year ... Trick-or-Treat smell my feet ... Give me something good to eat .... houses getting bombed with toilet paper ... cars hit with eggs ... ahhhh, the good ole days ? 11 hours ago, dream'n said: I like to have a horror movie night with family around the holiday. I like to watch the old favorites like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream and such. My kids are all adults so it usually is a lot fun, but I have had to do it alone a couple times and ended up scaring the crap out of myself ? Yep, I end up watching a lot of scary movies this time of year. Already went to see the latest Halloween movie. ?
nursecolley, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN, EMT-P 28 Posts Specializes in School Nursing. Has 27 years experience. Oct 18, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 10:39 AM, Joe V said: Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The wife (religious side) - not so much. Are you decorating for Halloween? Any tips for making a carved pumpkin last longer than a few days? My pumpkin now looks like an old man without teeth... I've done the intricate pumpkins but I will still have this problem. Soaking it overnight in water helps plump them back up. They do mold faster that way so I wait to carve them the week of Halloween.
Davey Do 1 Article; 10,290 Posts Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years). Has 44 years experience. Oct 18, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 8:39 AM, Joe V said: Are you decorating for Halloween? Any tips for making a carved pumpkin last longer than a few days?
