Ready for some Howloween Blog Hopping? I’ve got a scary story for you!
“Mom! When’s the
last time I ate something green?”
Without my
almost 10-year-old daughter saying anything else, I knew exactly why she was
asking me. Sometimes we eat items that like to play tricks on us. But green?
With Halloween
being my favorite time of year, I tend to purchase special editions – blast it!
Haven’t been able to find the candy corn Oreo’s – and we’ve had decorations up
since the first weekend of October.
Who knew that
the black and orange Tostito’s would have such an adverse reaction? All that I
can figure is something in the black dye is actually green. The first night I
ate them, my teeth turned green. When I went to brush at the end of the evening,
I peered in the mirror: What had I eaten?
The real
surprise came, ahem, a few days later, like my daughter when she came out of
the bathroom, exclaiming: “Mom! When’s the last time I are something green?”
Hee. Hee. I won’t
share any more!
Here’s a peak at
a naughty, dark short story release – just in time for Halloween!
‘Til death do us part...and then some
When James faces losing his wife during
childbirth, he tells the doctor to save her – no matter the costs. He
soon learns that those brought back from the brink of death don't always come
back the same.
His wife Helen – once shy and demure in the
bedroom – has a newfound appreciation for kink during sex after her
transfer from a “donor.” Will James be able to keep up with his wife’s new
standards? Or will his Reanimated Love give
literal meaning to the “little death.”
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Make sure to
check out all the other authors on the hop – with some wicked treats for the
winners. I’m giving away some See’s Candy – a favorite of mine! – for U.S.
residents, and a $10 gift certificate for Amazon/Nook (winner’s choice) if it’s
an international winner.
Also there are a
few more days to enter my Reanimated Love Necklace contest (U.S. shipping only, and contest ends Nov. 1):
So tell me: Any
scary Halloween food experiences? Leave a comment and a valid email address to
be entered into the contest.
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Louisa Bacio
I usually spend my Halloween taking my daughter to trunk-n-treats then going home to eat candy :)
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DeleteI love taking my girls out. I'm right there with you!
ReplyDeleteFortunately I have never had any negative experience food wise. I usually take my daughter out in our neighborhood and sweat my buns off with all the walking.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the Halloween Hop!
~Rush~
taina1959@yahoo.com
The last time I went Trick or Treating, which was, shamefully, just a few years ago, I got a Power Bar and peanut butter crackers.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! Love your blog hops. So many old friends to visit and new friends to meet. I haven't had and negative Halloween food experiences and My kids are grown with kids of their own, so I spend Halloween night watching the neighborhood kids trick or treating.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being part of the hop and for the chance to win. <^_^>
reneebennett35(at)yahoo(dot)com
great post! mygirls01(at)yahoo(.)com
ReplyDeleteWe went to a Haunted Hotel last year and it was seriously scary! But I loved every minute of it. I love being scared. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletekaylyndavis1986@yahoo.com
I usually spend Halloween at a costume party. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWe usually go trick or treating or hand out candy. I don't know what I'm doing this year. :)
ReplyDeletesmurfettev AT gmail DOT com
Taking kids trick or treating then ending the night (once kids in bed) watching "Halloween".
ReplyDeleteAwesome Blog Hop!
susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com
Sorry, I know it's wrong, but I couldn't help but LOL at your daughter's plight with eating "something green." I can't think of any mishaps I've had with Halloween dining, thank goodness! I'll be sure to avoid those chips now. Thanks for the warning!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting premise for Reanimated Love! This blog hop has my TBR pile growing and growing.
Carpe Noctem,
Des
Author Desirée Lee
Putting the Romance back in Necromancy
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I spend the night upstairs in my room reading with only a lamp on, unfort. my dogs go nuts on Halloween so we have to keep the house dark so no one rings the bell. I've only done this for a few years now, before I would sit outside and hand out candy. My daughter is grown now so I don't do the trick or treating anymore
ReplyDeletewlm167 AT yahoo DOT com
i normally hand out candy on halloween
ReplyDeleteparisfan_ca@yahoo.com
I don't have Halloween plans, my hubby works nights and will be working. :( chirth7 (at) (yahoo) (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI will be taking my baby Trick O Treating
ReplyDeletetl.etheridge31(at)gmail(dot)com
Ha, I had a questionable experience with some meat at an Asian restaurant once. I didn't get the gut rot, so I presume it was safe. :) Happy Halloween, Louisa. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I enjoy Halloween with a glass of wine and handing out candy! Questionable food? I once went to a halloween party that served dinner: Spaghetti was called "Grubs" funny how your brain can play tricks on you! The spaghetti was delicious but, my brain was convinced that I was eating worms!
ReplyDeleteStephanie
stephstime@cox.net
I usually spend Halloween with my kids.
ReplyDeleteI can't really think of any negative experiences, although my mom would go through my candy when I was younger, and if she thought any had been tampered with I wouldn't get to eat them... but I wonder how many she tampered with so she could eat them... tricky tricky mom!
ReplyDeleteMaycee Majors
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PS... I love me some Law & Trev... that is one lucky girl!
My Mom's birthday is on Halloween and we'd always have a party before going Trick or Treating. Haven't had any weird or scary food experiences though.
ReplyDeleteCarol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
We stay home on Halloween
ReplyDeleteWolphcsll(at)bellsouth(dot)net
oops misspelled email address
DeleteWolphcall(at)bellsouth(dot)net
I feel like an idiot--I didn't know how to jump through all the hoops to reach the comment page, but I'm here at last! Loved your green teeth excerpt!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I correctly entered the 'leave a comment to win' thing, but I usually spend Halloween going out with friends in costume. :-)
Thanks for opening this internationally! We don't celebrate Halloween in my country but we have Halloween themed shows on TV so I like to watch them!
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reviewsbyabby at gmail dot com
The necklace looks cool, unfortunately, I'm an international reader :p
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to share a hilarious Halloween food experience, but I don't have on. Anyhow, thanks for the giveaway :)
~ bedsidelight(ă)gmăil.com (sorry for the fancy letters, I'm just trying to avoid spam)
Halloween is usually spent in town at my grandmother's house because we don't get any trick or treaters where I live. Either that or we just stay in the house like its any other day.
ReplyDeletekristinaleigh1@hotmail.com
I pass out candy then off to a haunted house and a party
ReplyDeletetragedy6996(at)hotmail(dot)com
Up til last year, took The Kid around the neighborhood. Now that he is older, we pass out candy from our house. Maybe a movie (nothing scary for me... ;) ).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
Tami
tamibrothers at yahoo dot com
Create last minute costumes and pass out treats
ReplyDeleteThanks for a chance to win
BeckeyWhiteATgmailDOTcom
I never have a set thing I do it changes year to year :) Also I never eat anything I can't immediately recognize on Halloween haha
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome giveaway!
I usually dress up and hand out candy.
ReplyDeleteJennifer Rote
wildnmild4u at yahoo dot com
Can't recall a scary Halloween food experience. I just hand out candy if trick-or-treaters stop by.
ReplyDeletebituin76 at hotmail dot com
I generally just stay home any more. When my sister's kids were little, I would go trick or treating with them every year, but they are too old now. My brother's boys live too far from me to do this, and since I messed up my back/hip/leg a few years ago, I can't walk for that long without lots of long breaks, strong pain meds, and still lots of pain. So I stay home with a good book & scary movies (live way out in country so I don't get trick-or-treaters).
ReplyDeleteJune
manning_J2004 at yahoo dot com
we usually spend it watching scary movies with the kids and eating pizza or playing games. we only let them go to a few houses of people we know so this helps make up for it.
ReplyDeletetammy ramey
trvlagnt1t@yahoo.com
I usually take the kids back to my hometown, so grandma can see them in their costumes, they participate in the Halloween ragamuffin parade, then we go trick or treating for loads of candy half of which I'll be tossing out at Easter
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I normally take my kids trick or treating and watch Its a great pumpkin charlie brown lol or w/e the name of that movies is! My kids love it :)
ReplyDeletesavannahm1987@gmail.com
Thankfully only fun scary Halloween food experiences here!
ReplyDeleteJoyfilledspirit@yahoo.com
We live in a rural area, so we usually spend the evening listening for gunshots and hoping there are no sirens. If Halloween is on a weekend, we borrow some kids and go to a fun safe holiday event.
ReplyDeleteI spend Halloween passing out goodies to the neighborhood kids.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the fantastic blurb and for taking part in the hop.
orelukjp0 at gmail dot com
I spend halloween, taking the kids out trick or treating, we live near tombstone, az so we go there and they always have a great time!
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miriam.whitewolf@gmail.com
At home watching scary movies! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween!! Thank you so much for the awesome hop and giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteIm spending the day with my family. Were gonna watch scary movies and eat lots of junk food. lol Fun fun!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
Normally with a great movie and candy trying to regain feeling in arms and legs after being out in the cold! =)
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Happy Halloween Haunting! Wow a kindred spirit, See's has always been my favorite as well. This year I will probably be ensconced in my office working due to the day of the week and the man child, who plans to dress up as a Twister game too funny, is no longer of an age to let me go trick or treating with him LOL I will hopefully get to hand out candy to the little goblins and ghouls who brave our door. I cannot actually say I have had a scary food experience for Halloween, although I have seen some pics this year that just might give me pause. One was of a zombie, it was a torso surgically opened with all the trimmings and completely eatable - as incredible as it looked, I think I just might pass on that delicacy ;=D Thank you for the fun post and awesome giveaway opportunities - see you in the moonlight my pretty - aaaah ha ha ha ha!
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I am so excited about reading this book. I love your stories Louisa!
ReplyDeleteHmm weird things...um...I had balut in the Philippines when I was a teenager. So I could say I have eaten it. (Fermented egg with a chick inside). My brother and I shared it.
Nikki Prince
Ebonysbbwnikki (at)yahoo (dot) com.
The scariest Halloween food experience I ever had was when I as a kid and someone was handing out boxes of raisens. What kid wants raisens on Halloween? Or even apples for that matter? They want candy. Chocolate preferably. It's like the one time of year kids get to have candy, and my mom was really strict about those things. That box of raisens went right to the bottom of the bag.
ReplyDeleteGotta watch out for those food dyes. Grape juice turns my...ahem...blue/purple...I won't go any further either :}
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds very interesting!!! Looking forward to it :)
Have a great week,
Tamara
I don't remember having any scary Halloween food experiences. I do love the candy though, like eyeballs, fingers, etc. ;)
ReplyDeleteI could imagine being a little nervous after those issues. Your poor daughter.
At least you figured out what it was.
Loved the blurb! Sounds like an interesting read. :)
trb0917 at gmail.com
With friends watching a movie
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The winner for this stop was Nay Nay -- Renee. You'll be getting an email from me shortly. Thanks all for stopping by, and the Reanimated Love necklace will be pulled in a few days.
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