Wednesday WTF

This Surreal House of Horror is Like a Bad Trip

By Mimi Perez / October 26, 2022 /

Horror movies have changed. Having grown up with the classics like John Carpenter’s Halloween or Friday the 13th, we knew the formula going into the theater.  Dopey teenagers drink, do drugs, have sex, and are killed by a psycho with the exception of the lone virgin who did not drink or do drugs. The sober…

This Ominous Cordwood Home Will Have You Doing The Time Warp Again

By Mimi Perez / October 19, 2022 /

The newly engaged couple was driving down the country road when the storm that had been threatening them all day broke loose. It was dark and hard to see. The rain was battering their car from all sides. They hit an unexpected log in the road and their car came to a rolling stop. On…

Calling All Witches: Your She Shed Awaits

By Mimi Perez / September 21, 2022 /

For the record, I want it noted that I have filed the first fall themed column of 2022 at CandysDirt.com.  You see, our awesome publisher offered a $25K bonus to the first writer that wrote a fall themed column. Thanks to the wonderful witches that are selling their home in Des Plaines, Illinois, yours truly…

Cottage Castle is Not Fine With the Little Lady

By Mimi Perez / September 7, 2022 /

Once upon a time, there was a happy couple that was looking to buy a home. “Now honey, a man’s home is his castle and I want to buy a castle,” he said in his deepest, burliest voice. “A castle? Noooo. I was hoping for a cute little cottage that is warm and cozy,” she…

Dog Crate House Asks ‘What The Shih Tzu?’

By Mimi Perez / August 31, 2022 /

In January 2020 we adopted a rescue dog. He had just turned one. He is half Corgi, half Chihuahua, half shepherd, half Lord knows what else. (No, we didn’t major in math.) He is a side-sitter. He has a long, tubular body with exceptionally stubby legs. We named him Hazel.  Do I need to say…