Spooky Season: Anniversary Sweetness and A Farewell

(Note before I start this post: Well, today is the last day of what I consider the Spooky Season. Any leftover shots from this season will be spread out when photos develop or when certain crafts are done. Other creepy stuff might still be in the mix the rest of this month, but sparingly. Anywho, I've considered this Spooky Season to pan out for the most part. I have gotten a bunch done this year, despite being sick several times. Next up, Creepmas [December 1-13]..)

Today was a pretty nice day, especially for our second wedding anniversary. The weather was fair, despite being chilly, and we were able to do stuff together.

Ian came back home after work this morning, and woke me up with a kiss. Unfortunately, we weren't able to visit Jose like we wanted to, since my MIL had to work tonight with three truckloads of freight. I wasn't going to be a jerk, so I told Ian to tell mom that she should rest, and that she wouldn't have to bother watching Evelyn.

Ian and I stayed up for a good portion of the morning. We talked a bunch while he played Halo 4, gaining more of the story achievements. I told him that his gift was still in the works. It's either going to be a 3-D painting of the Arbiter or of a Promethean screaming. After awhile, he suddenly told me he was going out and that he would be back in a bit. Steph came over in the meantime, and we watch Ratatouille while we waited for him to come back.

He made me twirl around six times-Three counterclockwise, then clockwise, made me close my eyes, and then handed me this:

I've seriously been wanting to watch all of this for quite some time in one run, so receiving this made my day.

Ian announced that he had a bunch of Pizza Hut pizza and other goodness upstairs for brunch, so we then made a beeline towards that. Afterward, we headed back downstairs to watch Hausu. I have to say it's quite excellent. If you haven't watched it before and enjoy cheesy 70's goodness, this movie is for you.

Fast forward to tonight. After Ian and I took naps, we went on a DQ run. Being the bad influence, I told Ian that I would rather have dessert for dinner over having one big meal, since we did have a bunch of leftover pizza due to brunch. He heartily agreed. Ian and I ended up getting pumpkin pie Blizzards while they were still in season. We then decided to hit up the closest Fred Meyer directly after to see if Halo 4 edition Game Fuel was around (it wasn't!), and I happened to stumbled across these:

OH HELL YES!!! This type of candy is one of my all-around favorites of all-time! I hardly saw these during Halloween!

...so that was my second anniversary in a nutshell.

Oh, I didn't make myself all pretty today, like I wanted to, but I did make myself pretty during an early anniversary dinner on Monday. We went to Tucanos. Yummy, but expensive, Brazilian food goodness.

Take #1:

Take #2:

P.S. Here's a letter I wrote to Ian on FB for the day:

To my loving husband,

It feels so surreal knowing that another year has passed since we have been married together. We have had our moments where times were fun. We also have had other times that have tested our bond, but we have worked things out (making everything wonderful in the end). We have definitely been through the thick and thin, especially with my grandma passing away last month. We ha

ve raised our daughter past a year now together. You have made an excellent father, by the way. I can't believe that she is going to be two when May rolls around next year. Time sure does fly!

It is always great making memories with you. Let's make more, okay? ^.^

I love you so much, Ian. You rock my world. ♥

Happy second anniversary!

~Kris

Spooky Season: Dia de Los Muertos

(Note before I start this post: I thought about it overnight, and I won't be posting any more of my witch pinup pictures. The one I posted up is probably my favorite and best one that was taken. Having a Rudolph nose due to being sick is embarrassing, and I don't want the close-ups shown.)

This Dia de Los Muertos was pretty chill. I think I'm going to save the sugar skull makeup for my anniversary or whenever I'm over being sick (whatever is sooner). Again, I hate using makeup when I'm sick since I don't want any sickness germs contaminating my makeup palette. The rituals I have saved for my loved ones that have passed on and my ancestors before them are being put on hold, along with the full ritual for honoring my grandma and firing my sigils. I believe that firing sigils are more potent when I'm well, and won't be clogged up with my sick aura or energy. I have a gut feeling that the full ritual for my grandma should be done on her upcoming birthday. I think she would have really loved that. Oh, and making actual skulls were put on hold by accident since my FIL used up the last of the sugar making homemade rock candy. I plan on doing everything A.S.A.P. However, I did accomplish to say multiple prayers by the fire honoring my ancestors while Ian and a good majority of my family on his side made a family visit to one of the last temple open houses and when I wasn't coughing up my lungs. Oh, and I think I accidentally did some sympathetic magick when I tossed my used tissues into the fire running in the fireplace. I feel a lot better, oddly enough. I think by putting the tissues in the fire, I purified myself little by little, ridding myself slowly of the disease.

Before I forget, here is the progress from my traditions list for those that were wondering what I had accomplished over time. I put a heavy dent in it this year, which I'm very proud of.

The Countdown to Halloween: Date Night

I finally got around to watching Hotel Transylvania with Ian. We didn't go yesterday with Ian pulling the tired card again, but it was legit in his case since he was awake for almost 36 hours at that point due to attending the stake conference.

We got to the Edwards 22 Theatre early (which is a miracle with how late we arrived to several movies in the past), and were able to use the unrestricted movie tickets without any problems. After getting a large popcorn bucket and two large sodas, we made our way into the viewing room we were assigned to, which happened to be The Grand Palace. After choosing seats in the upper middle section, we sat through waiting commercials provided by Regal Entertainment, we finally got to the actual movie previews. The only movies I would see out of those would be Wreck It Ralph and the nature movies. The other movies seemed like they would be a waste of time/a disappointment. The main feature started showing afterward. Overall, I liked Hotel Transylvania. It was a pretty cute movie.

What I liked about it: Cute, family friendly, could get you in the Halloween spirit, makes a good date movie, had some unexpected twists that I didn't see coming, had an all-star voice acting cast, has some cosplay worthy characters, the main animator of PPG worked on it, it used concept art in the credits, and my favorite voice actors sang.

What I didn't like about it: Some areas were predictable, and some of the auto-tuning during some of the character's songs were near headache causing levels.

If you were thinking about possibly seeing this movie, I would totally give it a shot. If you're indecisive, waiting until it's available for renting would be a safe choice.

The Countdown to Halloween: When we first got together...

Today marks my longest relationship I've ever had with a person I have dated. That lucky person is my husband, Ian. I love him so much.

We had been friends for awhile (which was a first for any of the people I had dated), and he had been there for me when others weren't. Things just clicked after that. We started hanging out more with each other, just around friends. It wasn't until he asked me to see Zombieland together that we got to spend some one-on-one time with each other, and it was completely by accident. It was going to be a movie showing with the rest of our friends, originally, but they got called into work. Since we were the only ones going that night, we decided to go Dutch to make things fair and less awkward. We both had a blast.

After the night was over with, he asked me out before I drove back to my parents' house. I left his house saying that I would like a day to decide. That was only partially true. I was going to say yes right off, since the night was fantastic and all, but did I truly want to get into another relationship so soon after having a really heart retching breakup two months back (the breakup pain was worse from the previous relationship-I didn't recover until six months had past. Seriously, never wanted to go down that road again!)? I also had another close guy friend that had also asked me out around the same time, but he was up in Washington at the time, and wouldn't be home for a good four months. I promised myself that I wouldn't do long distance relationships, since I knew how that went with several other friends I knew (not exactly pretty!). My friend had also been in other relationships before, Ian had not. I decided to give Ian a chance, and told him so the next day.

We've been together since then, through the thick and thin. We got together on October 12, 2009. He proposed to me on July 6, 2010. Our marriage was expedited to November 15, 2010, since we found out we were going to have a kid together (after over a month of being proposed!). Last, but not least, our daughter was born on May 4, 2011.

Every dating anniversary, we either do something cool, Ian showers me with gifts, or both. With his work schedule being whack these last two years, they have mostly been gift related. In 2010, he got me the Blu-Ray version of Zombieland and the exact candies we had during our first date-Swedish Fish, Sour Patch Kids, Dots, Whoppers, and the type of Twizzlers that are made out of multiple strands. I added to his collection of Gears of War figures (that I had started). In 2011, he got me the Blu-Ray version of Shaun of the Dead, a ginormous pack of Swedish Fish, and he made me breakfast. I made him dinner before he had to go to work. This year, we're going to go see Hotel Transylvania or Frankenweenie (both movies that I wanted to do a review on for this countdown, surely enough) on Sunday (we're celebrating then since our dating anniversary fell on Friday this year) since I requested an experience gift versus a physical gift.

I wouldn't mind a surprise cricket bat though. That would be nice to fend of zombies with...

P.S. If you need a good party movie involving zombies, I would check out Zombieland for sure! It's not too gory and super fun/goofy.