DAY TWO...Finally


It's been hard for me to write this part of the paranormal experience...


The biggest reason, is the agony I am in, from all of the sitting on hard chairs, going up & down 3 flights of stairs numerous times and standing on cement/marble floors! My backbone is now screaming from the shoulder area to the base of my spine [I want to walk around hunched over], the right hip joint feels like its disjointed, my ass cheeks feel like they've been kicked, both ankles are now "cankles" and my arches feel like they've fallen!

I've been living on muscle relaxants and hugging/laying/sitting on a heating pad!

Sleeping, sitting at the computer, watching TV, for any length of time, is out of the question!

I am just SOOOOO over-weight & SOOOOO out of shape!


Must add the SINUS HELL to the list!

I can't go into museums unless they have thoroughly cleaned their stuff! Old smells in that place now that the museum stuff is in there, has killed my sinuses! The nasal pain is so bad, I had to see the doc for nasal spray!



The other reason was my evening experience!

I've been trying to NOT think of what happened, but in turn have been trying to figure out what, when, why and...who?


Saturday morning saw me blurry eyed from lack of sleep due to memories of Friday's excitement and in some discomfort from the activities. Managed to do some grad decor and get in a nap or two. My mood was good and happier knowing Nicky could attend that night.

We let the paranormal group do their thing during the day [they went shopping in the town next to us] and PoD, Nicky and kids interviewed the group after supper.

I'd say it was around 8:00ish when we arrive to start the hunt.

The group had just finished doing a "mock court" session as we arrived and our first mission was to break groups, one going upstairs to do a "circle" session and the other down to encourage spirits to join the ones upstairs....this is where the Alzheimer had kicked in Friday's story.


My allergies got the best of me and I stopped going down to the basement. The basement will ALWAYS be creepy but the feeling I normally got wasn't there, so I felt I wasn't missing anything by not doing the mission.

Besides it's fun to watch the stuff happening on the cameras in the control center!

Our next mission as a group together was to do a "mock trial" in hopes something would either agree or show an objection. This is kind of an impromptu stage production. Our first attempt was about someone being accused of boot legging. We wanted to try a scenario from a possible trial that might have occurred here and maybe affected a spirit that might be hanging around still? We tried to make it as real as possible which is hard when its impromptu. Cameras, monitors and sensors recorded it all as we did it. Hopefully they got some results!

That was the fun part... lots of laughs and pics. Cast was: PoD as the Judge, Jan, the Prosecutor, Nicky was the accused & defended herself, I was the witness/camera person and Brett & Diane sat in the jury, mannequin was the steno Amy & John was the audience...


This is a shot where you see the strong tree ring style orb by Nicky's hand...that's supposed to be a dust mote, whereas the orbs by the door should be classed as spirits or energy bursts...?



Then we switched up making it a murder trial and use the scenario of the "Beechy Murder Trial"and the cast was: Me as the Judge, Pod the Prosecutor, Jan the accused, Nicky the witness with the others the same...note the huge orb in all of the shots?

This where one must say that the dust mote theory is evident here in this shot. The "dust mote" people say that the perfectly round orbs with what looks like tree rings in them are supposed to be the dust motes. The "orb" people say that the "energy orbs/spirits" are the bright and sometimes colorful ones...

This is what the camera caught as I was trying to agitate what was hanging around. I banged the gavel quite a bit, so it's possible that I riled up the dust. What I want to note is the variance of the images of dust mote/orbs. The blacked out spots are of PoD & Jan.

It was when we did MY final sitting in the protective circle that it happened...


All was going as usual...I was feeling just a bit bored, my mind wandering, hard seat making my body ache...when this feeling of INTENSE SADNESS slowly came over me! I found it odd that all I wanted to do at that moment was cry! I wasn't in that much agony from sitting that would warrant the crying sensation! I had felt this feeling once before when PoD and I toured the Moose Jaw Tunnels - the Chinese ones! I felt immense sadness in the opium den and the ending made me cry. I had marked that one down to feeling sorry for what had happened to them. I am an emotional person.

With these two feeling to compare, has made me wonder if I empathetically felt someone's ghostly emotion during that session? The sadness rates right around the level of anguish that I still feel over my sister's death. So much so, that it makes me reluctant to want to attend this Saturday's adventure!


Anyways, while this feeling is washing over me, PoD, sitting one person away from me, suddenly asked [in the dark mind you] "Mom, what's wrong"? She obviously couldn't see that I was in distress! We weren't holding hands so she couldn't feel my grip tighten?

I answered back..."nothing"...even though I WAS feeling odd.

The feeling got stronger and each time that it did, she asked what was wrong!

This went on for a few minutes and the feeling got so intense, that I felt I was going to embarass myself by bursting out crying, so I decided to get out of there as soon as possible.

I couldn't get downstairs and into the "safe" room quick enough!

Jan did a protective smudging around me after that episode and the feeling had disapated enough for me to relax.

I can't empasize enough how CREEPY that sad feeling felt!

I had always thought [TV didn't help] that one felt "posession" come over them...you know...the violent writhing of the body...?

This didn't happen that way! I just felt myself get sadder and sadder!

I think I tried another sitting after that but decided to stay and watch the monitors instead!


It was during the last sitting of the group in the courtroom that both Nicky and I, watching the monitors, saw the same shadow crawl up the wall!


The camera showed a person sitting across from John turn on their flashlight thus illuminating him.

What I saw next made me go from mild boredom to amazement!

When the light came it caused a shadow affect on the wall behind him. The shadow then elongated up the wall [like the light was moving downward] until it got to the clock [I could see it through the shadow] and then opened it's arms like it was going to surround something in a big hug?

Then it was gone!

Thats when I saw that John was sitting slouched in a big chair and couldn't have possibly made that shadow let alone have exposed arms. His chair made that impossible!


Could Nicky and I have imagine the same thing at the same time? I DON'T THINK SO!


Another thing that we all noticed was our lack of energy! All of us felt DRAINED! Our emotions were of excitement on what transpired in the two days and of possible film footage but body wise, we could barely move?


We had also gone through a LOT of batteries for 24 hrs of film/photo time?


The courthouse's temperature was also quite cool inside which is odd seeing as it generally runs warm to hot? The wind did pick up around 2:30ish and might have caused some drafting/temp drop?

According to the paranormal researchers, these points cover the manifestation requirements to make ghosts/phantoms appear! ?

I think it was around 3:30 am by the time I got home.

Getting to sleep was hard! My thoughts were very emotional and silly me should have just cried and got it out of my system so I could relax.

I still feel that way!


The next morning was better and trying to be not too early, went to see if they had survived the night. The only one up was John and I found him sitting outside listening to the early birds. I guess it's just us old people who LIKE getting up early! It was nice having a chat with him and exchange life stories. Finally the lazy heads got their butts moving!

The courthouse in the daylight is very manageable!

I feel the shadow people still hang around in the daytime [hence the being watched feeling] doing their thing and why were aren't scared is the fact that is is DAYLIGHT and WE feel safe.

The basement is a DIFFERENT STORY!

It was sad to see them go for I know it will be awhile [Sept] before we see them again.


It was hard for me to let them drive away after seeing that photo of Amy & Gwen in the mirror. The eerie feeling of dread in the start of the research and tingly feelings of danger when I saw the shot and I couldn't control the flash though of "their heads are away from their bodies!"

Previous thoughts like these have come true and I wanted to be so wrong about this one!


Happily I was and they made it home safe!...


Did I enjoy the weekend?

Yes and No!

Do I want to go ghost hunting again?



YES!


But will my body make it...?


Will be doing a Micheal Jackson.....



got to go pick up some masks.....



meanwhile stay tuned for the "SASK GHOST HUNTERS SOCIETY" hunt...



PS: A part of the day not to be forgotten...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREBOR! Mom-in-law wishing you a happy day Friday May 29 th! Love yah!

DAY ONE...continued

Sometimes I have to end my stories before I'd like to but lately this site is slow and downloaded pictures come and go as they please....?

Anyways....back to our weird evening...

I'd forgot to mention the complete joy I felt when I saw the members of the Calling Lakes Paranormal Researchers [CLPR] arrive! It was seeing lost family members again! After getting over how aged everyone looked [probably had the same thoughts about me] it was like no time had ever passed. These are some of the nicest and genuine people I have ever met. The original members were there: Jan, Amy & John and two new to us: a medium named Diane and their techie, Brett.

PoD and I arrived around 8:00 pm and they had everything all set up ready to go. Big thing of the night was "watch out for the wires" and where were the stationary cameras set up? People are more relaxed in the dark thinking no one can see them, night vision makes all look weird including the facial expressions...;) This group also have the capabilities to show all 4 cameras on computer screen so we could watch "orbs" [dust motes ;)] to our hearts content...:)

CLPR is a "hands on" experimenting investigators. Everything is done in a group and they like to do a lot of "circle" sitting. Which is done in a circle [duh] and everyone either touches knee to knee or join hands thus forming a binding circle with the intent to keep all entities/spirits/etc. out, leaving the center as a safe zone. Which is VERY important as I experienced on Saturday...:o?

*Note: Upon rereading this post this next next part is of Saturday night...must be the Alzheimer again! I don't want to re-write it so bear with me...:)


We did do a split-up, a group would be upstairs in the courtroom and the other down in the basement.


I must mention that the majority of activity and research is done on the top floor and basement, the main floor [office areas] is used as the main command post and is a cooler zone. I have gotten stuff on this floor but generally consider it to be boring...;)

PoD, Nicky and myself were the bravest and always did the basement! It seems the group had decided that the activity was mainly in the courtroom and apart from the initial group trip to film all of the rooms in the basement they concentrated on upstairs. Our group [all three of us] felt that the basement was the place to be?

I have the usual apprehension when I enter this building and this weekend was no different! It was my turn to hate the basement this time! The museum stuff still held the allergens that bother me, so I did go forearmed with medication for it but it wasn't good enough. I'm still suffering so this Saturday [May 30] I will wear a mask while down there!



PoD was holding her cool quite a bit this trip, took the lead, as we traversed to the basement in the dark with only small flashlights to show the way. I don't know whats worse, total darkness or small beams of light that causes things to look like they are moving just out of its rays? Nicky was in the middle and I braved the rear. PoD held the temperature reader and registered the room temps as we entered them, to judge whether there is a temp drop due to a spirit trying to draw energy in order manifest itself in some way. Nicky held her video camera, which has night vision on it, [this kind of camera has a limitation to recording the immediate area and not good for far away] and she recorded as we went. I took the still shots.

All was its normal "spooky in the darkness" feeling until we went into the men's jail room. This room is now being used as a store room for housing all of the old stuff and Nicky sensed that a man's spirit was still attached to an old two-man saw and that there was a little girl spirit hanging around. I'm forever the skeptic until I've experienced seeing or feeling it myself and hate being judged false, so I TRY to keep an open mind about others. I didn't have that feeling. The one that I had was of being watched making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up a lot! I took lots of shots and got nothing...not even dust motes! I got one of my many "out of focus" shots and this camera is supposed to not do that, "movement proof"...maybe one can't trust manufacture's guarantees after all! or?


Our mission was to rile up what ever was down there and hopefully create some activity for the ones upstairs. So we talked to the darkness urging whatever to give the upstairs people a good run for their money [nobody paid anything] and tried to appeal to their wanting to be known [reason for manifestation]. No visual reactions like things moving or any strange noises while in there, so we moved on to the Custodial Quarters. I do have to admit that while I was in that room the hallway, just outside the doorway, creeped me out A LOT! It was hard to lead the way back out into that hallway but urgency to get out of that room became stronger!


PoD still had to lead the way into the quarters to meter it and I was feeling too vulnerable in the back but I did manage to keep my cool...:) I felt nothing in the quarters!

*Note: These shots were taken on Friday
They were of the tour in the Custodial Quarters:
The the shots closest to these ones were clear and I wasn't moving as I took them. The third one even has an orb in it. Notice the 4th shot is clear. The lighting in the room is quite dark even in the daytime as the windows are painted black from the Haunt times.

This is the area that the Ghost Hunters from Saskatoon got their shot of the shadow on the wall which would be right where I was standing! See their web site for more on what they got from their investigation.

Friday:
Our excursion into the quarters, the courtroom and Judges chambers was uneventful and other than creepy feeling of being watched again. A snack break was in order too, as we all were starting to feel tired. I will chalk the lack of energy from the others being due to their 6 hour drive to get here. I did a half days work and TRIED to get a nap in, but Friday is the day everyone dumps what they've been holding all week in order to make me work through the weekend...I curse business at this time!

After our break our next mission was the courtroom to do a safety circle in order to ask for signs of proof of these spirits that are in there.

I like to do this part of a mission, as one can use their senses and draw energy from the positive feelings from others. This is supposed to help them tell us their story?

The CLPR team consists of the founder & lead investigator Jan, who is "sensitive" films the sessions, Amy can see spirits and does the still shots, John can see spirits and has previously experienced "possession" [he's the oldest of our group and was still in recovery from a knee surgery], Diane is a "Medium" and Brett was their tech person with the same psyche feelings. Lastly our group has sensed and seen lots!
Here is a "bright orb" shot that night some feel that the bright orbs are not classified in the "dust mote" section and falls into the "spirit" classification. I did take lots more and some were iffy so I won't include. The session was lots of sightings of the shadow people by the "seers" and some saw bright orbs. I, myself, got nothing except a sore back, butt and swollen feet from sitting too long. Hopefully the video camera and stationary camera got some recordable proof. That's the let down of the project! One wants to see something for themselves and hope that others see it too!


We shut down early....3:00 am as we all were pretty tired and the emotion one feels is like one who rode the roller coaster way too long! I had a hard time trying to get to sleep when I got home so I think it was around 4:30 that I finally unwound!


Only to be awaken by my cat who is used to me getting up early, so 7:00 was pushing it for her!


I felt like I had been on a BIG DRUNK!


Granted 2 an half hours is not enough sleep but once up it's hard for me to go back to sleep especially went my next waking thoughts were of the nights/morning events!

The "hang-over" feeling lasted all day but did manage to get some nap time. Tried to do some decor planning/doing but pooped out. It didn't help that my legs/butt and feet were sore from all of the stair climbing, excessive sitting on hard chairs and standing.

Yet I'm still excited to go and do it again exhausted or not!

Stay tuned for Saturday night's events....

DAY ONE - A HUNTING WE WILL GO....



The long day finally reaches 3:30 and no PoD! She arrives late [a few minutes that seemed like an hour] with a kid in the car. Her sister-in-law Nicky and daughter came, from a field near Edmonchuk [Alta] especially to be a part of this experience. Sadly both her and her child could not attend the first night as the legalities of the TV station would not cover her on tape?


Whatever?


Ends up the TV producer/crew couldn't make it!


Due to cut backs at the station, a film team could not go, but if the paranormal group could film themselves and then submit the final product, they would look at it. What a way to dash the hopes of this group! At least they still have a chance to have someone look at their work, in hopes of a TV segment, so I guess all is not lost for them.


Both my grandchildren love the paranormal as much as we do so I thought of a way they could experience this event and learn about what it is that we do we on these hunts. We now have a new chapter added to us and this is their ID badge...

Nicky's daughter Star seems to have the same attraction for this field, so she became a member of the young club too.


Now our membership is 3 adults & 1 possible addition with a junior chapter consisting of 3...;)


Both AJ & Star are doing science projects next year and thinking ahead they have decided to do it on our group , the court house and their part in looking for the paranormal. I thought this was a great idea and the Calling Lakes group agreed to be interviewed also.


Seeing as the group wanted to tour the building before setting up, so that their mediums/psychics/intuits, etc, could get a feel of the place. While they did, we gave both kids a video camera [ours] and proceeded to give them their first taste of what it would be like to film while hunting. I believe they are totally hooked!
This pic is of the basement and our young group [JD to the left & Star, AJ is filming inside the old generator room]. As for the "dust motes" in the dusty basement there seemed to be only three [upper right corner] visible? These kids drag their feet and the dust did a number on my sinuses...to you scoffers, where are they in the shot?

We had to leave a sad Nicky and go do our thing but thats what we are here to do.


Upon entering the court house it was nice to see that the group had upped their technical end of the researching. It's quite an expensive venture with all of the special electrical sensing stuff & tech stuff needed for hearing sounds not quite audible to the ear! I like to rely on my own senses otherwise but one does need that tangible proof for the skeptics.


This was one of the first of some of the weird looking shots. It was taken in the Judge's living room and it is of the lead paranormal investigator, Jan [pink] and her daughter Amy [who is psychic/investigator]. Look closely at the shot. All around the mirror is in focus except for the blurry hooks on the left. The weird part is the pic of Amy...notice the body size, head and curtain position around her head. Note the odd arrow looking line in both shots. Notice the line interruption on their shirts...doesn't it look like it crosses Amy then dips to the normal area then up onto Jan?

The next shot was taken right after this one. Everything was okay...?

Other problems were blurriness of my camera in some shots. This is a camera that is supposed to be blur proof?














Running out of time [blogger problems] will post soon...

ITS FINALLY HERE!

5 Happy reasons upon opening my eyes this morning at 4:44...

1. right side of the grass....:)

2. its Friday!

3. half day of work today

4. old friends & maybe some new, arrive at courthouse 3:30ish

5. THE SUPERNATURAL WEEKEND BEGINS!


Our friends "The Calling Lakes Paranormal Researchers" along with a crew from CTV network will be meeting us at our haunted courthouse this afternoon to film a documentary on this group as they do an investigation of the place.

PoD and I have been waiting on pins & needles for this weekend to come! It was supposed to happen early in the month but a crew member from the CLPR team was unable to attend so it was posponed until today! So we've dreaded any emails.

Weather has been trying to throw its usual objections our way but does promise to play nicer later in the day? Right now [7:30] its cold and gloomy...if it wasn't so cold I'd call it an eerie start... The courthouse may still have the boilers running due to the cold weather lately so its bound to he hotter than hell in there again. Opening the windows only disturbs the inner readings so cooling off the place will be not happening. Will have to dress for "hot summer" while in there...so I hope the night will be cool [not COLD] for the break periods!


Lately PoD and I had been thinking that we should start taking ourselves more seriously, thus other just might, and we decided on a name to call our venture into this unknown realm. There is another person who joins us during this sessions into this other world and she has had her own pyshic experiences. We now have a membership of 3 with 1 maybe & 4 kids...:)


We used to call ourselves "Orbs-r-Us" [my blog name] but felt that we do more than look for the meaning of "orbs". Our interests lie in the world of the unknown and seek proof to show the world what we already feel and have even seen!


So we came up with "the phantom hunters"


Phantom meaning: ghostly, apparitions...etc

Hunters...Duh....were going looking for them...:)



Cue the music...."ghostbusters"


"Who Ya Gonna Call"......



Stay tuned for this nights results [around 4:30 am ish].....

A CHALLENGE!

A while back [May 16] I was tagged by Blue to do a meme on "10 things I've Never Bought".


The more I got to thinking about how the question was phrased made my answers to them harder!


Did it mean...



"Never bought, wanted to, but was too embarrassed to"?


Or...


"Never bought, never wanted to, hated/feared the thing"?


Or...


"Never bought because one couldn't afford to"?


Or...

"Never bought, never wanted to...EVER"?



Or like PoD would put it...


"STOP OVER-THINKING THE QUESTION"!



SO...here's my 10 reasons why I have "never bought these things and why": in no particular order [which would be wrong as it must be the more important because I thought of it first...?]...



10 Things I have never bought, wanted to [that are "BRAND NEW"] but CANT AFFORD TO!:

1. vehicle

2. house

3. motor home

4. pool

5. hot tub

6. fridge

7. stove

8. printer/plotter for the business

9. house for my daughter & her family

10. house for my son


Or



"10 things I've never bought because I hated/feared them"...so obviously I don't want...


1. cruise ship ticket...I'm afraid of dark/deep water

2. golf clubs...can't stand the sport

3. tennis rack...can't stand the sport

4. mangoes...hate the taste

5. avocados...hate the taste

6. cowboy boots...a nightmare for me to wear [I did buy a used pair for 25 cents...they weren't for me]

7. body scooters [not sure of the name of these things]...I'm afraid of anything related to the motorcycle clan so the though of standing on this two wheeled contraption with only handle bars to hang on to scares the crap out of me!

8. hot air balloon ride...AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!

9. small airplane ride...did it once [I didn't pay for the ticket... it was a [horrible] gift] I got air sick [no I didn't ralph]

10. uncooked food in a restaurant...ewwww



ENOUGH ALREADY.....

BEEN BUSY!

Things have been a tad busy around here this past week!


LOTS of designing/estimating to do. I call this down time, "NO MONEY" time...but very necessary to my success. Estimating means your in the bidding area but doesn't mean a paycheck for the time lost! There are a lot of tire kickers right now. I don't lose many bids...if I do, its because of the massive amount of time spent on idea thinking/putting to paper.



It's been a roller coaster ride lately! No work means depression = food = weight gain = depression = sweets = sugar too high = depression =.....


When its slow...I eat [see reasons above]
When I'm busy...I'm too tired to eat right [I could have spent the down time preparing meals for busy times but I would eat more doing them?]


I WANT THE OILFIELD TO GET BACK TO WORK!!!!


That's my favorite part of the job. Hardly ever need to design or do estimates! Plain & simple!


AND PHYSICAL!


The work that I have done...I have to WAIT for them to pay me...?;(



My foot has been healing nicely but sitting at the computer for hours make my feet swell....


Any kind of work involving standing makes my feet swell...


Can't go for a walk my feet swell...


Grad committee [heavy hitter] cajoled me into doing decorations again so brain is into designing hell...


Gothic wedding decor coming along great making it a happy whine...


PoD & Family has gone away for the long weekend...;(



Whine, Whine, Whine!




If I don't watch it I'll get SWHINE FLU!



But...Hey there is an UP-SIDE to all of this whinery...




I SOLD MY BUILDING!



That headache is finally over...all I have to do now is wait for the money...



I've got a really good meme to do from Blue and it's called "10 things that you have never bought" and it has me realize that there isn't much that I haven't bought and even less that I want to admit to....


Hmmmm....




Stay tuned...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE

My wish for you:

May your day be the


bright & happy BLUE filled with sunshine & friends


Keeping gloomy blue out!



Plus have a


Happy Mother's Day

[if you celebrate that day over there]
[you were/are a mother to Hero & Fuzzy Kids after all]

GARAGE SALE RESULTS...

I was too exhausted after yesterday's events to blog about it...trying to keep you on pins & needles waiting to find out...:)



Besides...I had to play with them first...:)



Should have had taken my camera along, as the selection of buyers wandering around, was for my entertainment [bad karma], some being more entertaining than others with...a variety of dress too!


The day started out quite chilly, so I decided to layer my tops and keep the pants long! One not [usually] dressing for style while hunting for bargains. Some others felt different.


I don't know how this one woman managed to get up that early to do her [helmet] hair, full make-up, perfumed [stayed away from her], sparkly clothes [liked her top] with long manicured nails...kind of sticking out like a sore thumb...[meow]:)

Some came in PJ bottoms [I know it's the rage] one even wore her housecoat/slippers [it was a joke...I hope]/coffee. All she needed was curlers in her hair with a smoke hanging out of her mouth...you get the picture...:) Come to think of it she even looked hung over....dedication or what?

Rain tried to dampen the day but only ended up annoying the sellers..."garagesailors" who "weather through" will, in any kind of weather! The day did end up "sun-shiny" and warm! I was happy to have layers to peal off!


All looked and acted like they wanted to be there [even coffee lady]. I saw some that looked like they were dragging their spouses and others [like us], looking like they wanting to bowl others over that were getting in the way...:)


Some town kids were smart and hauled a cart around to carry their "booty"!


I ran into "literly" my grandkids while they did their "sailin". At one place this kid said "hi gramma" I had to narrow my "scanning glaze" to this face stuck in front of me...it was my grandson's! I had forgotten that they were going to be there...I kind of get "tunnel vision"?:). My grandkids have grown up so much that it's hard to know what they are into [besides video games]. My grand daughter is somewhat easier as she's into the "girly" stage and we both like shiny stuff and there was lots around. I got her 2 outfits that she picked out...AJ was happy. Boys are so much harder and JD wanted items that might involved stitches [ie: skateboard] later or PoD's wrath...:) I got him a mini Sask Roughrider Helmut/Radio/headphones [never opened] keepsake...kind of lame. A pretty [new looking] metallic cigarette/business card case for PoD or a whimsical "bear" fountain/ornament for her garden [or could go to my sis] area.. Sadly nothing for Trebor...;(


JD gave me one of his puffwheat squares...he knows his gramma needs sugar...:)



That's another thing I like about small town sales is the "kid's goodie stands"....these are the cheap refreshment/snack areas and the monies states that it goes to the kids who man them. Some sellers offer coffee for free or cheap. I never worry about buying these items in a small town...I'm not so sure about the cities. The ones that I have attended never offered this service.



As for getting what I wanted? No Red, Black or Burgundy?



I managed to get gold stuff, creamy color lace [old looking] and workable items for both functions. Added to my "chest" collection [keepsake holders for my memento hand-downs] & winter collectibles...santas & snowmen/flakes [$7.00].


The tables I enjoyed the most were the "FREE" items.


Garage sales are meant to get rid of your junk and hopefully make some money but more so, to free up space! There were those that were there just to make money...which might be the new way to go if the economy doesn't change. I still preferred the CHEAP sales!


Here's some of the stuff I got:

The rose bowls were all free and they were type that I needed...they had to have the ruffled edge.

The chest [$2.00] will get a make over...not too crazy about the flowers. I will be painting over them with black/burnished gold accents. After using it for the events [holder for the hand-outs] this will go to Billy Roo for his mementos.

The birdcage [$5.50] will become the card holder for the wedding cards/wishes for both events . I got 14 brass napking rings for [$5.00] which will go on the head table. I wanted a white slim-necked vase for the main flower arrangement near the cake and I found one thats an irridecent white/a mottled look, making it look a bit eerie [great for the "dragon" theme]...it only cost @1.00! 2 bags of metallic shreaded stuff [.50] for table centerpieces. Black metal mesh basket/heart handles for the overflow of cards or hand-outs [.25].

Other stuff: Musical Jewelery Box [2.00], Radio Shack cup warmer [a MUST for me] [.25], stool for drafting table [2.00] and some clothes [1 long summer dress, 2 glittery blouses].

Yesterday was: spending quality "friendship" time with an old pal, people watching, "prairiegold" finds, useful items...all for the price of $40.00!



SO.....


WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE ENJOY THIS.....?


MAYBE I SHOULD BE HAPPY THEY DON'T!




MORE FOR ME....:)


Dodge is having their's June 6th but GSBuddy figures we should hit another town that is having their's 1st one sooner!



...so I wonder how many sleeps til "Lizned's"?

"LOCKED & LOADED"

ready to go GARAGE SALE...ING!

GSBuddy is picking me up at 8:30 am, in her TRUCK and we are heading out to the land of luse for their annual "Town Wide Garage Sale".

We get together once a year [she's the only one I have contact with from my "couples only" time] to hit this yearly event.

It's about the size of a 10 by 10 block area in a big city, but to a "small town living" person, it's a gold mine! Usually it's a one or two in town every weekend sort of thing, so one looks forward to this. Ours happens in a few weeks.

I promise to control myself
[I can hear PoD saying..."yeah right"]
and TRY not to spend too much...;)

MY PLAN:

I would like to find LOTS of CHEAP stuff that is either dark red, burgundy, gold &/or black that I can use for my "Gothic" wedding decor and a "50th" anniversary/98th birthday celebration decor that I am doing in July & August. I'm not sure if they want me for the grad decor as NO ONE has gotten back to me... so I've decided that it's too late for them.

Son wants a large satellite dish [not those huge ones], I need something to house lots of movies but not too big, decor for the garden...



Hope it's a BIG TRUCK.....:)

Is it 8:30 yet....

GHOSTLY DRILLING ?....part 2


5:15 am..........IT STARTED AGAIN!



Just when I thought I might get to sleep in....BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM.... just like gun shots!

It was the same noise as yesterday only LOUDER!


WTF....:o


As I lay there, eyes wide open, it happened four more times, then stopped!


Heart pounding, I tried to rationalize what it might be...



I can't believe my son could sleep through that loud noise?


Wide awake then, I got dressed thinking the while, that I now knew for sure that I wasn't having medical/mental problems...!:)


Yesterday, I had it pegged down to either a "possible high blood pressure" causing the humming/drilling sound in the ear drum. I have never experienced "that" sound with my previous experiences with high blood pressure but maybe the tempo changes with different pressures?

Or it might be my sinus problems. They're always more inflamed this time of year from crappy air. I've had other sounds like the "whining baby" noise from a dream that turned into me having broncial problems. Maybe the pitch changed?


Son thought it might be the furnace trying to kick in?


I turned the furnace OFF a week ago!




NO I DON'T THINK IT WAS GHOSTS!



I'm not THAT crazy........



I HOPE ?;)



But YOU NEVER KNOW......?






THEN like Captain Chaos would say............."DA-DA-DUM...."

"GHOSTLY DRILLING"




.........IS DEBUNKED!

MEET MISTER PECKERHEAD!

Just a DAMN Wood Pecker!

With the furnace turned off, it must be full of bugs in the morning. The sound happened ONLY during those hours. I was able to catch the little GHOST in the act!





I FEEL SMART.....:)

GHOSTLY DRILLING...?

After my early morning [4:OO] rise today and blog entry, I decided to have a short nap on the couch before starting work. It was around 6:00 or so and I could hear that my son was still up [he's been doing that since not working, which by the way is changing on monday]. His room is over the office.

I was just starting to doze off when I heard him drilling something that sounded metallic. He's been trying to fix his computer and there was these screws that wouldn't come out. So I mentally thought of him trying to drill them out? I knew that he knew that I was up [normal for me] so it wouldn't have matter how loud he was.

The noise continued going off and on like someone who was drilling it a little bit then stopping to check the progress. This happened enough times that it was really starting to annoy me. My thoughts changed to "what is he building...shelves"? Then there was a sound like the drill bit hit the chimney pipe in my room. "What the hell is he doing in my room"?

I figured at that point I might as well get up, as sleeping had become impossible! I could have yelled up the stairs for him to knock it off but decided that I was too wide awake to sleep. I would just remember to give him crap about it when he did show his face...:)

Guess what...

As soon as I got up the sound stopped!

Typical....kind of like the "Murphy's Law" sort of thing

I gave up on the sleep idea!


When he did show his face...hours later

I gave him crap...

Guess what...


IT WASN'T HIM....

HE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AROUND 3:00 OR SO!


The neighbors have a tendency to be up at those hours also [drinking...etc] and it might have been them?


Only the sound came from INSIDE the house!


From UPSTAIRS to be exact!


We checked everywhere for signs of someone drilling thinking that "my sleep walker" was working again and that I really was asleep...

Nothing to be found anywhere! Nothing fixed! Nothing missing....NOTHING to show that I heard what I heard!

AND BESIDES...WHO WAS IT THAT I HEARD ABOVE ME WHEN I WAS UP son said he had fallen asleep BEFORE I had gotten up?




It was only last week that I stated to PoD...."my place has been really quiet lately and there has been no eerie feelings"!



Maybe I shouldn't have said anything!



WHERE'S THE WHITE PADDED ROOM.....:[

MY FAVORITE DUO....

"DA-DA-DUM...."

IT'S CAPTAIN CHAOS!

"Have no fear...."HIM" is here"

"J.J....Long time no see"

AND J.J. McCLURE
[ Burt Reyonlds & Dom Deluise...for those too young to know]

Time to go watch "The Cannonball Run" (1981) movie again.....


Will miss seeing Dom in the future...:(


Can you imagine what his Orb will be like.....?:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJ ROAN
[http:/rubbishbyroan.blogspot.com/]
[http:/calistablu.blogspot.com]

MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH

PEACE & SERENITY



I wish for you...


A DAY OFF WITH NOTHING TO DO...

&

A KIND FAIRY TO "WAIT" ON YOU...

Dom Deluise died today at the age of 75

A MAN I TRULY ENJOYED WATCHING.....

May your Orb shine brightly!

ORBS-R-US

This is what I called my blog mainly because this "object" has been a questionable wonder to me for quite a few years. 38 years this coming Father's Day.

In my introductory statement of my blog page I stated that my first introduction to this phenomenon was in 2001, when actually I was introduced to this item in 1971.

I was going out with my boyfriend [soon to be husband] when Father's day rolled around. I was amazed that he had never celebrated that day with his dad let alone buy him a present. His father and mother had split-up when he was young and he had chosen to live with his dad so it puzzled me that he never showed his appreciation with a gift.

I talked him into buying him a real nice shirt & tie.

His father responded to the gesture 3 days later by hanging himself with the tie while wearing the new shirt and sadly it was his son that found him!

-note that the writing has changed to italics.....believe it or not, I can't seem to change it back! This happened on it's own.......:o?

Anyways.....

I felt really bad as the gift was my idea but couldn't understand WHY that man would do that? There was a suicide note saying that the gift was a parting gift and his son was a traitor? To this day I still don't understand just what went on there?

Three days after the funereal I was trying to get some sleep [I was living at home at that time, my room was in the basement] and thoughts of "what if I hadn't said anything" were going through my mind. My dog was with me and was trying hard to comfort me. I must of dozed off when I was startled awake by the sound of her growling next to the back of my head.


I opened my eyes and saw this bright ball of light about a foot from my face!


I was lying on my side at the time, facing the window, and watched as it hovered there for a few seconds then it moved quickly to the foot of my bed. It paused for a second [ I felt like it was LOOKING at me] then it shot straight up to the ceiling, made a 90 degree turn and shot straight out the window [which was closed at the time]! This ball of light did not light up the room and it was the only source of light at that time so....

I reached up, without sitting up, and turned on the light!

My dog was then at the foot of the bed growling and whining while looking towards the window!

I know I didn't dream what had just happened, unless my dog had dreamt it also!

The feeling that came over me right after the incident was that it felt like it was my boyfriend's father!

The short time that it was in front of me it felt sinister yet changed when it moved away?

Needless to say, I didn't go back to sleep after that and sat staring at the window just in case it might come back. It didn't help that my dog would occasionally growl or whine while looking there too. She never liked going into my room much after that and I didn't either!


The memory of that moment came back to me last night in a dream...actually more of a nightmare!

In my dream I was being followed by this light source through a house [didn't recognize the place] and couldn't get away from it! Happily I woke to find that it was a dream yet it felt so real!

This weekend the Calling Lakes Paranormal Reasearchers are coming to record more of the court house and will have a CTV crew with them.

I'm hoping this dream is just my excitement of them coming and not something that I will encounter while there!


I MUST REMIND MYSELF THAT I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK..........

PS...
We now have to wait for the 22 & 23 as they had to postpone this weekend visit...:(

"COULD MARIJUANA SAVE THE ECONOMY".....

Man...where to start...


PROHIBITION...taken from Wikipedia
Refers to a sumptuary law which prohibits alcohol. Typically, the manufacture, transportation, import, export and sale of alcohol beverages is restricted or illegal. In Canada it ran from 1900 to 1948 in various provinces and territories. Finally being repealed because of the laws being unenforceable. Government realizing that they could not stop people from drinking entirely, temperence advocates successfully pressured all provincial and territorial governments to curtail the sale of liquor through the tight control of liquor control boards.



Which by the way, the Alberta Government has now turned over to the private sector by getting rid of their control?



Alcohol has always been a sore point in my life!


It caused many a sad and unhappy time for me at home. I loved my dad dearly, but when he was drunk he was NOT a nice person and his hangover mornings taught one to avoid him at all costs! I grew up hating Christmas in our house as the merriment would start early in the day Xmas Eve and gradually end up to a full blown fight/arguement as they got drunker and drunker! He wasn't the only one who was affected by it as it was a favorite of my step-mother's also [she preferred the hard stuff]. So Xmas morning children learned to tip toe softly....no over enthusiastic loud children there!

Drinking wasn't only just for the holidays it happened pretty well every weekend! Early in my life I remember the irresponsibility of my parents as they thought nothing of taking those cases of beer, children and head out for a weekend at the cabin. It was a wild ride there and even a wilder ride back after it was over. I have a ride that is burned into my memories of nearly hitting the ditch and hearing my father laughing as it was happening!

Happily after my step-mother came, put a halt to his excessive drinking!

I'm not saying that all was bad with their drinking as we did have some fun times. My dad was hillarious, musically talented and could dance a mean step dance of the metis. Alcohol was the main staple at most family gatherings.

I learned to HATE my older sister for her "Indian rages" when she was on the stuff. We roomed together and I always paid the price when she would get home drunk...she was only a teenager!

For myself...I found that I can't touch the stuff either! I became like the rest of my family when drinking too much.....

I call it "Going Indian"....which by the way I can say as I am part native!

After all it was the "Demon Alcohol" which help destroy our first nations heritage! Look what it did to them!

As to the present...I still feel the same way about the stuff!

Many a function I have gone to in this small town [and others] only to watch descent people turn into assholes when they've had too much to drink! All their inhibitions drop by the way side and morals fall like rain! I listen to those who have young teenage children say that they would rather have their child drinking with them than out with their friends? Like these kids don't do it otherwise? And that makes it justifiable in their eyes!

How many people do you know that their lives have been ruined because of the DEMON LIQUOR?

Don't get me wrong....I see no harm in having a drink or two [I try to have a beer at least once a year] on a hot day or at a party. It's the TOO MANY that changes a person from someone nice to the real monster inside!


MARIJUANA doesn't do that!

I can say that because I have used it throughout the years!

In the beginning I was against it just like everyone else!

I HATED the hippie era!


Many think I was into the PEACE AND LOVE crap of that era but I WASN'T! I based my opinions on what I heard about the stuff and thought it was bad just like everyone else. I wasn't introduced into the scene until I was 22.

Marijuana DOES NOT MAKE ANYONE GO INDIAN!

That's what I like about the stuff the most!

ALCOHOL & Marijuana has various effects...usually the alcohol winning out!

Ask many a person who has tried the stuff and most will say the stuff makes them fall asleep.


I ask you...how can you be a belligerent asshole when your asleep?


Because of my diabetic feet I suffer from massive leg spasms plus the diabetic medication causes a lot of bowel problems. High blood pressure and heart problems need to be medicated. All LEGAL medications that I am taking for these problems cause more stomach upsets and don't really help especially for the leg spasms!

I'm in LEGAL MEDICATION HELL! Doctors make money off of their prescribing you these WONDER [?] drugs so do they really care what hell your in. It's always a case of too bad thats all they can do?

I have tried to ease these problems with the use of MJ but the two of them don't work so well together and I have to stop something.

Sadly it has to be the MJ....it's ILLEGAL you see!

The government and you people against the use of this wonder drug [which the indians used to use as great cure-all] are acting just like the stupid people who were against alcohol!


Face it...any drug whether it be alcohol, valium, the happy pill and marijuana, when used in moderation is okay!


I could go on and on about the benefit of the use of this PLANT but I won't as it's like "beating a dead horse"!


Can you imagine the money the government would make if they LEGALIZED marijuana! Can you imagine how it would HURT the underground trade on the sale of that stuff!

As for controlling the over usage of marijuana...you don't need to!

Smoking more of the stuff does not make you higher! If anything it puts you to sleep!


Drinking more......YOU DO THE MATH!

I have never heard of anyone poisoning themselves on MJ like they can when they drink too much!

As to the addiction.....

How many AA meetings are there in the world?

How many Teen Al-anon meetings?
How many young people do we have to help destroy?


But then, the Government thought it was a GREAT idea to make money off of people who are addicted to gambling, by introducing those "one armed bandits" and covering their ass by offering help to those who do get addicted to them!

How stupid is that!


CANADA....wise up!

Show the rest of the world some intelligent thinking for a change...............!

For those of you who have NEVER tried the stuff.....

What right do you have to impose your THOUGHTS on it!

Don't knock something until you have tried it!

I WELCOME ALL COMMENTS!

WTF DAY...

This morning [5:30] started with a "Trojan"virus in my computer [where else would have it been] and happily my son had installed safe guards against this doing anything too bad. Programs fixed it all!

Maybe this was my warning to do a BACK-UP on all of my files...?

By 7:00 all was running smoothly again!


THEN....

8:45 my left arm from the elbow to my fingertips started to tingle like it had fallen asleep and the pins & needle feelings was the strongest I had ever felt! So much so, that it worried me. The sensation went away after 15 minutes but then I started to feel like I was going to pass out!


THAT REALLY SCARED ME!


Phone call to doctor's office told me to get to the hospital!


Poor PoD had to contend with her mothers problems again!


Poking, prodding and many, many tests later pronounced that all was well....

:)

As for getting any work done [what work?]...it didn't happen!


SO....


32 of 365......HAPPINESS

1. HAPPY TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GRASS!

2. HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A HOSPITAL

3. HAPPY THAT I HAVE CARING CHILDREN

4. HAPPY TO BE AT HOME

5. HAPPY THAT ITS FRIDAY



COUNTING MY BLESSINGS........................