That Time of the Year: Haunted Houses

It’s just that time of the year again. People break out the costumes and masks and prepared to be scared. That’s right folks, it’s time for haunted houses. For me personally, I absolutely love going to haunted houses. Although I’m always terrified going in and I need someone with me at all times, I still love going and putting myself through the torture of almost peeing my pants every 5 minutes.

Every year, I always do the special trip to the haunted houses in my area. That’s right, for some reason I don’t just do one, every year I continually put myself through the agony of 2 or 3 haunted houses in one night. But it’s a tradition and I love doing it.

The one thing I’ve been super interested in are all the extremely scary haunted houses that I continue to hear about. I kept hearing about this haunted house in Baton Rouge that’s 13 stories of pure scary and they actually use live snakes and spiders and such. So I did a little research and the stuff is true!

The haunted house in Baton Rouge, LA is called 13 Gates and it’s 13 floors of complete terror and fear. Honestly I don’t know how someone could put themselves through that. They even have to put up a warning telling people that it they have faint heart problems, it’s advised that they shouldn’t go! How can someone put themselves through that? And there’s so many more haunted houses that are just like that! Some even go year round! I feel like if I tried any of those, I would possibly be emotionally unstable after!

There’s a certain level of scary that I can go through and the haunted houses in my area are about as much as I can take. Like really, live snakes and spiders!? I already have a deathly fear of them and then put them in the context of people in scary masks popping out at random points on top of that and it’s almost guaranteed that I will pass out!

If you are one of those people that love to be extremely scared then I totally suggest getting online and finding the scariest haunted house that you can, but for me I think I’ll just stick to the ones close to me that I know and I know I won’t die of fear because of!

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Long Awaited Gossip Girl Baby is Finally Here!

Finally, something that so many people have waited for is finally happening. Movie stars and loved couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have announced that they are expecting a child! Personally, when I found out I was very excited. Blake Lively is one of my favorite actresses of all time since I started watching her on Gossip Girl a couple of years ago and Ryan Reynolds is just a great and extremely attractive actor.

This power couple announced their pregnancy via Blake’s website when they posted a maternity picture of Blake. The couple has received absolutely nothing but great vibes from fans on the news.

When I first started watching Gossip Girl, I completely fell in love with Blake Lively and her character Serena van der Woodsen. I love her look and the things she stood for on the show so I’ve been a huge fan ever since. I was super happy when they announced the pregnancy. From reading about them in magazines, I’ve known that since they got married, they’ve always told people they wanted to have kids and start a family.

Of course it didn’t surprise me one bit that the couple didn’t divulge their pregnancy to fans until Lively was well past her first trimester but she did spill the news to her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars long before anyone else.

Blake Lively first met on the set of their movie, Green Lantern when they were both dating and married to other people. Their relationship started out with a friendship which is something that anyone would hope for their relationship someday. I think that it is so great that the couple made it a priority to have a solid friendship before proceeding with a relationship. They started dating and wed in 2012 and now look where we are! Awaiting the arrival of their first child who will no doubt be an adorable little baby!

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Football In Full Swing

NFL football has become such a huge part of American Society. I know in my house, once August rolls around and preseason starts, Sundays become designated football days, and our TV is on ESPN nonstop. I absolutely love the game of football. Now I would never play it, but for me it’s such a fun sport to just watch. Sure, watching your favorite team every week on your TV is fun but let me tell you, there is nothing better than getting to go to the stadium and watch everything happen live. Each year, the NFL makes approximately $800,000 dollars in ticket sales for each game. When you go to the stadium, there’s no commercial breaks or TV buffering, it’s all just happening live.

            I’ve had the luxury of being able to go to at least one football game each year. I am a Green Bay Packers fan (yes, I can hear some of you groan) and so is basically everyone on my Dad’s side of the family. After waiting for about 30 or more years, my grandparents were able to get Packers season tickets, so we have reserved seats for each home game. Since I was 11 years old, my dad has taken me to one every year, and the memories I have acquired are unforgettable.

            My first game that I went to was the Packers vs. the Bears and it was probably my favorite. When I arrived at the stadium, I was completely taken aback by how large it was and how many people were there. When we were able to find our seats, we sat by two older ladies. One of them was completely decked out in Packer gear, like I’m talking head to toe even her socks and shoes were Packers. I immediately fell in love with her entire outfit and I guess she could tell because a couple minutes into the 1^st quarter, she started handing me small pieces of her outfit. All in all, I think I got a pin, a hairpiece, a scarf and some pom poms that day!

            Some games you may not have the best experience. About 2 years ago, I attended the Packer vs. Vikings game at Lambeau Field. There were so many people drinking at that game, as you would expect for a football game, but what I wasn’t expecting was that many people who were extremely drunk. About a half hour before the game even started, we went to our seats and when we got there, there was a drunk man the row in front of us talking on the phone. He was asking his friend where he was and then I turned around and saw another man a row behind us also drunk talking on the phone as well. To me it sounded like they were having almost the same conversation. Turned out they were, they were just so drunk that they couldn’t figure out where they were.

            So with football season back in full swing now, millions of Americans will begin to dig through their pockets to purchase the tickets that will give them the memories to last a lifetime and something so much more fun than watching it on TV.

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