15 Seasons and counting

So for those of you who don't know, I have worked in haunted houses since I was 9 years old. My mom and dad worked at The Grand Theatre at SLCC. It's so much fun. I can't imagine a fall without working at a haunted house with my family.

When I was 12 my parents stopped working at The
Grand. My mom went to work, I think, at my cousins family print shop and my dad accepted a full time position at Institute of Terror (now Nightmare on 13th) hUnted house.

This year Nightmare on 13th celebrates their 20th season. My dad has worked for them for 11 seasons and this is my 10th season. I have seen the way the owners run the haunted house (like a business) and taking my dads knowledge of working in haunted house and build an amazing place. I can honestly say I believe Nightmare on 13th to be the best haunted house in the nation.

It's such a unique experience to work at a haunted house. Here are Some of the roles I have been:
-being in a pumpkin
-being dropped into a well by Frankenstein
-opening and closing a door
-getting my head cut off by Sweeny Todd
-getting my head cut off by a guillatine
-being "burned"/"blown up" in a box
-clown
-vampire
-crazy person
-miscellaneous dead person
-water girl
-line regular
- cashier
-and probably more I can't think of right now


By the way, check out the travel channel the last week in October for a series called "America Haunts." nigtmare on 13th will be featured!!!!!!

Check out their website for details www.nightmareon13th.com and to buy tickets. You pay $20 online and you get the VIP (skip the line) for free :) Also if you come on a weekend or select week days you can come say hi to me in the ti ket booth :)



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New Adventures

So I've been meaning to blog for a few days now. Here's the most recent, exciting updates for Courtney and me.

Courtney:

• he is in his final year of school for his Bachelor's degree!! He will graduate in May!
• Tuesday he starts an internship at BD Medical (they make medical supplies). He will be testing medical equipment, whatever they want. Oh and it's paid!
• Courtney has a number of applications he has made for the iphone that are available to purchase. He continues to work on more products. Check out his website for all of the stuff he's done.
• Courtney was nominated for Best Personalization App from Handango.com for his Black Theme for Nokia phones. Try this link to vote for his. Find the mentioned section then vote for his: Black Theme: X Edition (Courtney & Company)

Me/Madison:

• This is my last semester at SLCC. I am taking ONE last class, then I will have my associates degree.
• I just accepted a new position at work today, it is a promotion. I start on Monday. It's pretty exciting!
• I am working hard on my event website www.madcalendar.com and am looking into doing some major revamping, we'll see.
• I'm thinking about buying a portable photo booth and opening my own business.

Both:

• We are working at the haunted house (Nightmare on 13th) selling tickets in the box office on weekends only and maybe some special nights.
• We're working on going to Disneyland in July for their 55th birthday. All are welcome to join us! We will be going around the 17th because that is their birthday.

We are doing good. We are happy and still madly in love. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary in June!