{"id":3496,"date":"2024-10-31T21:26:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2024-10-31T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T01:26:38","slug":"halloween-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=3496","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Halloween is special because a major home-improvement project, which has been more than a year in the making, is almost complete. It will probably be done tomorrow, but it&#8217;s close enough to done that we could host trick-or-treaters!<\/p>\n<p>There are two parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the new front porch that replaces simple concrete steps<\/li>\n<li>hardscaping the front yard with pavers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We decided to have a little fun this year as well, by letting Consuela out for for a breath of fresh air.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3494\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3494 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"front porch and path leading to front door\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-1200x1598.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Front-of-house-scaled.jpg 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our new front porch, and the hard-scaping project that is almost complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The remaining part of the project involves some stone cutting to define the path leading up to the stairs, and adding some curbing along the far side of the driveway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3493\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3493 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Consuela the doll with offerings\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-1200x1598.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Consuella-scaled.jpg 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Consuela greets all who dare approach her<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Above Consuela&#8217;s head is a lamp with a deep red bulb. We were going for a spooky look and I think we achieved it. Our younger trick-or-treaters declined the delicious full-sized candy bars. She really creeped them out!<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t help that Beta child hung out on the other side of the window with a small &#8220;screamer&#8221; that she would set off whenever an older child approached Consuela&#8217;s dais.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3495\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3495\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"rules for Consuela\" width=\"840\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-Rules-for-Consuella-1200x901.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It doesn&#8217;t matter if you believe in souls or not. If Consuela wants yours she will have it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Halloween is special because a major home-improvement project, which has been more than a year in the making, is almost complete. It will probably be done tomorrow, but it&#8217;s close enough to done that we could host trick-or-treaters! There are two parts: the new front porch that replaces simple concrete steps hardscaping the front &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=3496\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Halloween 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[905,306,222],"class_list":["post-3496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","tag-consuela","tag-halloween","tag-home-improvement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o3FW-Uo","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3497,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/3497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}