Journey to the center of a fat woman: Nov 3, 2009

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Halloween's end for 2009

Whew, I made it through another Halloween. Well it wasn't all that bad, because I didn't really do anything but make cards, pumpkins, and goodies. But it was Halloween after all.

This must have been the demon that attached it's self onto me after watching the movie "Paranormal Activity". lol. The movie stunk but at least I got to spend an evening with Jim. That was nice.

These were some of the dog treats I made for the neighbors for their "BOO" bags. As you can see how could I resist that face, Shadow got some too!!!

These are some of the pumpkins I carved for this year. They are funkins, made from foam. The tree and the moon and clouds are one pumpkin. The tree is the front and the moon is the back that casts a shadow. The second pumpkin is one I made for a friend, Spencer. It too has a shadow but it was a little harder to photograph. The shadow for this one was "Trick or Treat". I think they came out kind of cool myself.

Now you know I couldn't have gone without decorating my table!! Just a few little simple things for fun. We went out to eat but it was fun putting stuff on the table anyway!!!

This is a card I made for Spencer. And yes I cut out the zombies by hand!!!! They are only about 21/2" tall!!! It was fun making though. It lays flat to mail and then it pops up to stand when you open it.

Here is another one of the same type of card. This one was my first attempt. Not bad eh?!?

And my last card of the season.

Here are the goodies I sent off to Jim's work. The box with the Hershey bar, I made from scratch. The feet say..."Trick or treat smell my feet give me something good to eat.". The hands are licorice vines to make it look like veins. Ok so you have to use your imagination!!! And the cauldron is filled with chocolate covered marshmallows.

All in all it was fun to do. It was a labor of love this year. Everything that I started to do, something went wrong with. But I prevailed and as always....had my Halloween. So now that this year has come to an end, it's time to start building and crafting for next year. Yep, I said it....I'm starting now for next year!!!!

How this whole thing got started....

I have been heavy almost all my life. My primary doctor kept telling me that I would be a great candidate for bariatric surgery. I really didn't want to do it. The thought of someone rearranging my innards was not ok to me. So I put off the idea for a good 5 years. Well it wasn't until one Halloween night and an innocent little girl changed my mind.

It was Halloween 2007. I had decorated the front porch and my mom and I were going to hand out candy to all of the trick or treaters. I had a few animatronic things going and the kids were loving the fact that they could come up and get close to everything. Towards the end of the evening a very cute little girl came up to the porch. She put her candy sack down and started staring at everything moving. She was just totally enthralled by it all. Then she looks at me and asks me, "did you get that fat by eating candy?" I smiled and told her yes I did. She went back to watching everything again. Then out of the blue she tells me that I'm going to break the chair I'm sitting in. Again smiling, I tell her it's ok, it's a good strong chair. By this time I thought the little girl was never going to leave. She finally got her candy and left with her grandpa who kept appologizing to my husband for her. It was ok, she was a kid and I don't mind that kids speak what they see. It kind of stung a little bit but it's not like I didn't know I was fat!!! But it wasn't until I put the photos my hubby took of that night on my computer. I saw what the little girl saw. OMG (Oh my gosh)!!!! No wonder she thought I was going to break my chair. I was almost in tears. It was the next business day that I called my doctor and asked for a referral for surgery.