WE HAD A GREAT TIME!

Sadly can't say the same for the Riders!



They did play a great game!


We came ready to cheer...

Jd was ready to cheer for the opposing team but changed his mind...

AJ was practicing her cheer leading...

Me looking normal...

Our half time entertainment...the AIR BUDS [Trebor & JD]...

But to lose cause some idiot couldn't count?



Happy to add...the OTHER TEAM only won because of stupidity! They played crappy and really didn't deserve to win!



What a disappointment!



I feel sorry for all of those die-hard Rider fans who have watched their team all year long only to have them lose by too many players on the field?


All I can say...I'm sure glad I am not a sports fan! TOOOOOOO stressful!


But I would like to thank them for the great entertainment...the time just flew by.

Except for the last 2 minutes!


We at least had fun!


This was PoD's, JD & AJ's first Grey Cup game...actually their first football game period!


Hopefully they will want to see another?


It was also the first time we all sat down [kids included] and played Dominos. We had planned on finishing the game after the football was over but we were all too depressed!



It was sure quiet when I went home.....no horns blarring like other years!



I guess one has to look forward to another......?

Will be watching the game from the Ex's place today along with PoD and her family. BillyRoo is busy working and won't be there.

I am NOT a rider fan normally...I grew up rooting for the Edmonton Eskimos and prefer them. But seeing as this is a contest of the east vs west, I will naturally be rooting for the west! I don't like anything from Montreal!

I am also not a sports fan and only watch the final games.

Hopefully todays game will be exciting!

This will be the first grey cup game that the grand kids will see so I hope they enjoy it.

Wishing the Riders the best of luck....everyone says they are the underdogs?

GO UNDERDOGS!


I always cheer for the underdog!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY

to all of my American friends!

 

 

My ultimate favorite....

SNOT FUNNY....or is it?

As you all know I have been fighting the lasting effects of my SWINE FLU journey from hell!



Am now finally recovering from the horrible flu shots...my arms hurt for about 5 days!



The only thing hanging on is this agonizing cough which creates MOUNTAINS of mucous! One coughs and coughs until you bring up the annoying "Mucus Monsters"! Then the face starts to run!



Then comes the sore ab muscles from this cough!



Not to mention the sore throat, ears, toothaches which lead to the killer headaches!



But I swear the most annoying is the running SNOT!



I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS ALL COMING FROM!

One might think they were visited by...

I haven't been busy at work lately which is a good and bad thing...good, cause I don't feel much like working! Bad, cause I need to work to be able to afford all of the tissue needed to help dispose of all of the excess crap running from my face!




Needing some amusement....I googgled snot cartoons...

I might have found a new outlet for my excess mucus...

This might be better...

Or even this...

This is a real product [hair gel]...might have used a better name..

I could even sell these...

For all I know I might have some untapped resources here...



All one has left is their sense of humor...hope mine hasn't turned you off

;)


Medical update:

Once again poor PoD had to drive me to the hospital last night!



It's been pretty windy [cold] here lately and I haven't been able to go out walking. With my son back at work [:)] his car is no longer available for my errands. With the headache from hell driving me nuts and me without pain killers [gone through a lot of them] I decided to go get some. While I was at it...get the mail.


That was longest walk ever!


I was okay at first but as I got farther away... I couldn't breathe!


Then the coughing started...


Thus, why I had to go to the hospital.


2 hours later...


Seems my asthma is back!


Can't use a ventilator...makes my heart pound!


Doc's advice...


Take two codeine and make an appointment to get a ventilator that doesn't use a heart pounder in it!


Why didn't he write a prescription then...


?


Believe it or not...codeine pills helped stop the cough last night and I got a full 6 hours sleep!


Still coughing but not as bad...

Still have the mucus...

ARE WE SAFE NOW?


PoD had to drag me to get my flu shot on Monday!


I wasn't feeling that great when I watched the kids...my throat/ears/sinus and cough was still lingering from my episode with the swine flu. By Monday things hadn't gotten any better but also not any worse.


Thinking this shot just might help get rid of these annoying hangeroners I went.



My grandson had gotten his shot earlier in the week and had complained of his arm being sore...PoD told him to suck in up ;)



Sorry JD





This is what the needle felt like...

The swine flu shot hurt like hell!



Then they talked me into getting the regular flu shot....




That one hurt worse!



Today is Wednesday and both of my arms are still throbbing like crazy...the soreness even extends to my wrists!
Pod had the same shots and arms feel the same way...except that her thumb joints ache?



As for my cold symptoms....no better



Still coughing my lungs out and my stomach hurts like I've done 100 sit-ups! Sinus range from stuffed to running excessively!



Happily NO fever!




Decided to keep working as much as I can...can't afford not to!






So all I can do now is wait for myself to get better...

THA-A-T'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!

FRIDAY THE 13TH...?

Started Thursday evening around 4:30 or so with Trebor rushing PoD to the Dodge Emergency room!


It seems the discomfort she was feeling in her right pelvic during the day had suddenly became unbearable!


Prognosis....possible appendicitis or small bowel problem? Not being too sure, the doctor sent her into Saskatoon for further testing/operation?


Happily the Ex drove them into the city while I dusted off my babysitting skills. Thankfully my grand kids aren't babies anymore and are never any problem...they are very self sufficient!


My biggest problem was the pets...2 small lap dogs, 2 big cats and 2 MONSTER kittens!


Being allergic to most animals...is hard for me!


That wasn't the biggest problem...it was the KITTENS!


They were cute when sleeping but holy terrors when awake! Especially when I wanted to sleep!


JD has been fighting a cold for quite awhile and was complaining of headaches. During the night he was up every three hours and even slept walked once...which always scares the crap out of me. Not once complaining of being ill...just needing to use the bathroom and get more water. I chalked it up to being worried about his mom...AJ seemed to be okay about her being gone.


After a long night of JD and annoying kittens...morning finally came!



I guess I got used to my lonely [?] existence, cause I was looking forward to sending the kids off to school and me off to work! Especially...no more KITTENS!

JD was sick!

His head ached in the frontal area, his sinus were plugged and complained of his throat feeling raw?


Sounded like swollen sinuses to me?


I'm a sufferer, so it sounded all too familiar to me!



I got to teach my grand kids how to gargle!



Man...it's been years since I've had to dust that skill off!



Instructions are funny....take a small mouthful of warm salty water, tilt your head back and sing aaaaaaaa...longer the better!


You know the kid feels better when they start hamming it up...;)



Headache, stuffy nose and sore throat went away!



Kids were able to go to school and I went to work...



Work was busy with customers picking up their orders, making changes to errors [theirs] on banner and a lost order....a very FRIDAY THE 13th type of day! This day is usual just another day to me!


At 1:30...JD calls...he's sick...pick up at school and bring back to work...I am open til 3:00!


The HAPPY [sort of] news of the day turned out to be PoD's prognosis...a cyst on her ovary had burst!


No bowel problem.....always the dreaded cancer worry!


No appendix removal....it might still have a bit of involvement and she has to keep a watch on it.


So it's anti-biotic for the nasties that might still be in her body!


It was a very happy Mom that greeted her daughter & son-in-law when they got back...


Trebor was there to look after my daughter & help her see to their kids... and the MONSTER kittens!

BUT MOSTLY THAT MY DAUGHTER WILL BE ALRIGHT!

I got to go home to peace and quiet [except for the annoying cat who missed me]...




The last FRIDAY THE 13th of the year was finally over...

I'M SOOOOOO happy that's all that happened!

POTATOES?

I thought I knew a lot about potatoes and have formed an opinion about what I like and didn't like about some of them.


What surprised me was... there are lots of different types out there that I don't know about?


Growing up, my world was small in what we saw in potato types...we grew the white variety only. I remember my surprise when I first saw and tasted the red ones.


My favorite is the white potato with the light yellow skin, especially the baby ones. I love them boiled with a little butter [Becel] with an added touch of garlic & Mrs. Dash table spice...yummy. Leftovers are fried later. Don't need meat or anything else...just them.


Baked potatoes [Russets] are too dry and have to be drowned in sour cream/butter/spices but are a must with steak!


Love the red ones for potato salad [must be peeled] and boiled like the white ones. I don't care for the skin...even though it's supposed to be good for you.


Hate the yams or sweet potato! Doesn't matter how it's cooked...besides don't need extra sugar...;) They remind me too much on how I hate turnips! I kind of lump those two together in taste & texture.


Last summer was the first time I tasted the golden or yellow ones...I kid you not!


They kind of looked like the white variety and I was fooled [actually didn't look closely] by their similarity. Found out I was not too crazy about their taste and the yellow color reminded me of a turnip, so the visual part was hard to get by.


I guess I'm kind of a visual & texture type of person?


Small town grocers tend to carry the usual types I like and as I seldom get to an area that does have different varieties I don't get to see what's now out there...

Like this...

Purple Potatoes?

 PoD had picked some up and wanted to see how they were...



They are supposed to be cooked like the regular types.


She brought one over and I got to taste it raw...tasted sort of the same as a regular potato, maybe a little nutty side



My turn off was the color!



I love the color purple...but not in my potatoes!


This old dog doesn't like learning new things...I'm happy with what I know!



Boring as that may be!


PoD wasn't too crazy about them either.



This potato variety is supposed to be blight free and is a favorite of the organic community...as for the price, I don't know?


They won't be going on my table any time soon!



Can you imagine purple mashed potatoes with brown gravy....;(



 And I thought purple ketchup was bad enough...




Can you imagine fried purple potatoes with red or purple ketchup...?

Hopefully..."Never to be Repeated"

Thank You For Being There For Us!

HALLOWEEN DISAPPOINTMENT

This year Halloween was a disappointment for me!


If it wasn't for me putting my display up early it wouldn't have got done and I would have been like the rest of the unimaginative ones in this town!


If it wasn't for them having to rake their leaves and have to put them into something their decor would be nil!


I guess that's better than nothing?

I guess one has to advertise a money prize for anyone to get into the spirit of yard decorating! Xmas decorating is a big thing here and the big spenders have to out do each other...maybe thats why they can't afford to do both?


The swine flu made sure I didn't get to enjoy this season!


I hated turning on my lights to show my Halloween spirit because I couldn't hand out candies [I did send some up to PoD for them to hand out for me]...why advertise if you can't hand out! But Halloween is MY TIME so I lit up anyways! Sadly NO kids came down this far for hand outs?


Before my illness hit, I had already given out candies to those who just had to see whether I decorate inside or not. Two women and 4 kids came all of the way from Kindersley to see my place but they were disappointed that it wasn't a haunted house layout. Somehow they had heard that it was? Happily they were the only ones who had heard that!


I do decorate inside as well as outside. Inside decor is for my enjoyment only! It's a business so customers get to see it as well and it's my hobby so I get to see most of my collection [not enough room to show all] and yes, I do play with them!


This is what greeted them...

This is the entrance to the main area which is a small foyer and I would have normally hung bats from the ceiling...

The entrance to the shop in the garage...

The left of the entrance...

The exit from this nightmare...

Inside office area...This is a small area and looks cramped to most but to us, it works better than a big space...which I used to have.

The coffin [its under all of my toys & has the word STOP written on it] is a permanent fixture year round and those who ask...its a customer waiting for his order...;)

All might wonder if that's all of my Halloween collection and I will have to admit...NO.

I remind all that I have enough stuff to decorate 3 floors of the courthouse! I even lent decorations to the group hosting the Halloween dance [had to miss] and they had more than enough to cover their hall. When it comes to Halloween I throw nothing away. My latest dream is to throw a haunted Halloween party for my grand kids someday. The thought of scaring the crap out of teenagers really appeals to me...;)

Normally the monsters make their appearance a couple days prior to the day...I was too sick to care. All stayed cutesy...

Here's what the place looked like outside on the first snow storm [it was beautiful out this year for Halloween]...

I remember saying that I was sure I was going to get vandelized...I was right!


I awoke Nov. 1 to minor destruction...

The tower of pumpkins next to the bench had broken off at the second pumpkin...it's fixable


All of the gravestones were GONE...except for the one at the door that said..." WILL BE BACK"...which I thought was kind of funny. I'm not sure they saw that one...it was the only one that wasn't staked or screwed down...easier to take yet they didn't?


I believe it was a quick grab-and-run sort of thing as they tried to take the large lit skulls. I found them laying close by yet still attached to the house...too many stakes held them in place...ha,ha,ha!


They did steal one of the smaller skull heads...I still have 3 left. I was too lazy to secure them properly...no real loss there. It did look like they tried to take these but like I said...they were all staked excessively.


They even took my flag pole/vinyl flag attached? This wasn't fastened anywhere...who would of thought they'd want a flag pole?


All of my lights, Creepy Hollow and blow-up cat survived!




So in all I lost 6 grave stones, one small skull/stake and flag pole!


The nice thing was NO DESTRUCTION! No egging or TPing...:)


I would have taken pictures but camera was still dead from the courthouse and somehow the battery charger is missing?


As of today all of the decor is down and waiting for me to put it away properly...



Next is Xmas...



I will start with LOTS of RED...



Last year was red & gold...this year will add lots of white...



HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT SNOW!



...until Xmas day that is!

HOTTER THAN HELL...Part 2

After the scary episode in the old dentist/RCMP room my nerves were a little jumpy and I had to calm myself down before I could attempt to journey out to investigate more. I had told myself that I wasn't going to let myself sense anything else and just ignore the hairs that like to stand up on ones arms/neck!


Easy to say...


Next hair raising event for me was the doorway to the Judge's chamber and the main entrance.


I was in the courtroom with Miles, the contest winner and her friend. Miles was busy explaining the technical stuff that they employ to do some of their investigations while I was just wandering around in the dark. Miles had set up a sensor in the middle of the doorway [between the Judge's bench & his private quarters] on the floor. This device is supposed to be able to sense any change in any energy levels around it.


I had been standing fairly close to it and it would make these strange clicking noises every once in awhile. I asked Miles why it was doing that and whether my standing next to it would be affect it? He said NO...it only make sounds when it sensed energy changes close to it and he showed me by passing his hand over it and around it to show that he was not changing anything. In other words...humans weren't setting it off!


Miles and the girls had decided to sit in the Judge's living room and try to sense...whatever, I stayed where I was next to the doorway on the courtroom side, infront of the window. There was NO draft coming from the window [which I would have enjoyed the coolness] to affect any monitors.


All of a sudden I got this uneasy feeling that I wasn't alone any more! The hairs on my neck was doing it's heeby-geeby dance! It was pretty dark in the courtroom yet I swore something was standing right in front of me!


The machine had stopped making any noises up til then, until I asked whether there was something close to me?


What noises came out of it scared the crap out of me! It wasn't a constant sound...it fluxuated up and down!


Then it would be quite!


I would wait for a bit then ask for something else...


There would be a long pause...then it would go off again!


This happened 4 or 5 times!


These machines creep me out!


I would happily accept the fact that it was me setting it off but Miles states that it wasn't me!


I also have to go with my sensors!


They were telling me that all wasn't well in that area!


Happily Miles and the girls decided to explore elsewhere and we left the courtroom to investigate the creepy hallway next to the witness room [which has been changed to a lawyer's office] and old library.


While they wandered around there, I hung back and stood in the main doorway to the courtroom. It's kind of a safe area for me as it isn't as dark as the rest of the place.


Well it lost it's safe feeling!


Again...I felt something hanging around me!


It wasn't a good feeling!


All I felt was this urge to get out...almost like something shouting it at me!


Miles and the girls were close enough for me to not be alone...yet I felt like I WAS!


I GOT OUT!


The whole time I was rushing down the main stairs I felt like there was something trying to push me!


Earlier I was able to stand in that area taking pictures and even spent some alone time...not once feeling afraid and now I was fleeing the area?


I checked my sugars...all was well!


I wasn't feeling ill...


The heat wasn't that hot up in the courtroom so it wasn't that!


I could not shake my uneasy feeling about the place!


Other than telling PoD, I kept these feelings to myself!


Jen, PoD and I did make another trip to the basement. I had wanted to see how far the museum had got in their clean-up. Seems they had redone the Custodial Quarters. The walls had been freshly painted and set up with furniture and such. It looked quite good in the dimly lit atmosphere [our flashlights] but still held it's creepy feel...especially the back bedroom! Which was made into a nursery...very creepy nursery! Still don't like that room!


The heat down there made it impossible to stay for very long so we got out.


It was way after midnight when JoAnn called it quits for her...she also had an early morning trip to make it back home for another appointment. She's a very busy person. PoD and I did manage to talk to her and asked her opinion on the place and she happily agreed that this courthouse was definetly creepy!

Group pictures were taken...

Again I cursed my cameras!

The next group to leave was the other paranormal group. They had enough and even chose to drive back to the city [Saskatoon] instead of staying in the room they had rented.

Friday night they had all wanted to sleep in the courthouse and tried...

Miles had tried to sleep in the Judge's chambers but said that he felt something push his head into the pillow when he was lying down?

The heat made it harder?

They got rooms for the next night!


I'm not kidding when I say I won't sleep in there!


Anyways, all were pretty tired and the heat does take it's toll...


It was a bedraggled group that had met us and they looked worse by the time PoD and I left at 3:30 am!


Normally I would have stayed to help take down but we weren't needed for the set-up...




The courthouse didn't disappoint me...


Hopefully it wasn't a disappointment for the others...



IT'S STILL THE CREEPIEST PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN!

I SURVIVED THE DEADLY SWINE FLU!

I can happily say the worst is behind me!



That was the nastiest illness I have ever been through and hope never to repeat it!



Think of your worst flu episode, then add your worst cold symptoms to the mixture and how you think you would feel if you fell down a long flight of stairs...that is what the swine flu is like! Now add some heart damage [what was left after my stent implants] and Diabetes to it which complicated things.


Not trying to be over-dramatic there were times that I felt like someone should put me out of my misery!


I'm glad they didn't...cause the light at the end of that tunnel was final relief!


I still am having some bad moments but I can live with those!



You know what was the worst was?



The media hype on the virus!


Just the words "Swine Flu" causes panic in everyone...including me!


Being told I had it was....HORRIBLE!


Having added complications didn't help either!

My biggest disappointment was our doctors in this town!

Being told to stay at home and wait for myself to start panting [trying to breathe] was terrifying!
It affected me psychogically!


Not once was my heart problems or Diabetes taken into any consideration by them! My sugar levels alone were being effected and making me feel worse!


THANKFULLY I have a daughter that wouldn't take NO for an answer!


Between her and her father [the EX] they dragged me off to Kindersley on Sunday [Nov 1] after getting no response from our doctors here [Iwas in bad shape by then]! In fact they were told to seek help elsewhere if they weren't satisfied with them...so they did!


5 hours, chest xrays & blood work-up, later...we finally had some answers I could live with!


Xray's showed some of the lung filling up but not tooooo bad as yet!


Sugar levels needed to have the insulin adjusted to the fact that I WASN'T eating! The doctor was able to write me out a sliding scale used by Diabetics to adjust their insulin intake to their food intake...our doctor doesn't know how to do this [this is a fact, as he always sent me to a dietitian to change/adjust it]? The Kindersley doctor was A LOT younger than ours, yet knew just what to do! I was in NO condition to be able think of the dietitian's help in the sugars...I rely too much on the doctor knowing what to do! Silly me!


This doctor also took the time to lay all of my fears to rest!

He took the time to answer all of my stupid questions!

He never once looked at the clock...like ours does!



Upon hearing of my getting the swine flu, both PoD and I heard from our doctor that the "Tamiflu" pills [that fights this virus] would NOT be available to me as it had to be administered to the victim within the 48 hrs of contacting it. Swabbing and confirmation took longer! I didn't qualify!


Wrong information!


Kindersley doctor tells us that I do fit the criteria to get the viral cure! Seems you have to be SERIOUSLY ILL for more than 48 hrs to have it prescribed for you!


I WAS!


I GOT THE CURE!


As of this morning I will have completed the dosage and can say that things are looking so much better!


Would I be feeling this way without it?

THANK YOU PoD & the EX for dragging me to safety!

A BIG HUG TO THE KINDERSLEY DOCTOR......you have a brilliant future ahead!
Guess where I am going for doctoring...until we get someone better! Will never see our new doctor as he should go back to school!





My words of advise to those who are thinking of getting the shot for the virus...


If you are a normally healthy person with no medical problems...you will be able to fight it with no problems! You will probably feel like hell for 5 - 7 days...but you will survive! The worst case being the monster headaches! Your choice to get the shot?




Those of you who do have under lying problems...GET THE SHOT!




As of yet I haven't heard of anyone coming down with the virus from getting the shot?



As for me, if I am not cured of this flu and can get the shot...I will!



I was also not getting the anual flu shot but that is going to change...

I. AM. NOW. A. BELIEVER!

I NEVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS ILLNESS EVER AGAIN!



A BIG THANK YOU to those of you who gave words of comfort....Your The Best!

This is the best that I can do feeling the way that I do right now.

The swine flu has robbed me of that too!

Hope everyone else has fun...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

IT'S POSITIVE!


I got my results today from a swabbing taken on Tuesday and I now have the H1N1 virus...



THE DREADED SWINE FLU!

AND BELIEVE ME IT SUCKS!





NOW MY BODY IS EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES...





I AM QUARANTINED FOR 7 DAYS




AND NO


I AM NOT IN THE HOSPITAL...?




THEY DON'T WANT YOU THERE!





I'M TO GO BACK IF I START PANTING.....




YOU KNOW....LACK OF OXYGEN




SUCK IT UP...



TAKE SOMETHING FOR THE BODY PAIN & HEADACHE [by way is horrendous] DRINK LOTS OF FLUID [if you can keep it down or don't crap it out] AND HOPE FOR THE COUGHING TO STOP [sore stomache muscles & burning throat]



Now I am afraid to go to sleep!


I can't sleep sitting up [I've tried] laying down increases the cough...



And now I can't stop sneezing and the sinus are running...



Forgot to mention the NO FOOD...I'm hungry...but can't eat



Sugars are all a muck!





Time to take 2 more pain killers [did you know you can ONLY take 6 per 24 hr period] and try to sleep...





Hopefully I'll be back...?

HOTTER THAN HELL...

That was the general conclusion from the group that investigated our courthouse Friday & Saturday nights!



Attending were the SGHS hosts: Miles, Jen & Chad.

Invited were:


- the other paranormal group from Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Provincial Paranormal Research Center Inc. [SPPRC INC]. 3 women from their chapter got to experience our haunted place for themselves. This group uses the same type of equipment and add Psychics/Mediums to their investigations. They are also into UFO research.

- the contest winner and her friend.

and their BIG SECRET...


JoAnn Christensen, authoress of the Ghost Stories of Sask & Alberta and probably much more. She has wanted to experience a paranormal event and hopefully she did.



PoD and I were not invited [ don't know why] to attend friday night's session so we missed the enthusiastic energy from the beginning not to mention a lot that went on...;(



What met us when we got there was a tired and bedraggled group of people!



But all more than willing to talk and tell of what we missed!


;(


Like a spoiled child...



I hate missing out...



My camera must have sensed my mood or the "orb dudes" needed the energy from my batteries...



Cause I ended up with a few photos...


So I was robbed of even getting personnal shots with JoAnn or anyone else...;(


Jen [SGHS] did promise to send what they could...:)



What I did get were these...

Jen & Pod leading the way

 

Pod wanted to make sure I got her best side!

I tried to get the whole SPPRC group but one moved [see back shot below ;)]...

JoAnne tried to get by me...

Multi-tasking Chad...

The only orbs...

The creepy hallway that I am not crazy about...

The courtroom/art gallery...

Wasn't crazy about the featured artwork...not my style

The crazy mirror from the masonic temple...

This mirror was of a real interest to the SPPRC and claimed to get bad vibes from it...?

I am not to sure the markings on it are man made or otherwise...?

I surprised PoD multi tasking [parabolic thingamajiggie] & coffee mug] in the Judge's bedroom...

Her eyes look like deer-in-headlights...;)...creepy judge in mirror...

Last and wasted shot... the entrance to the other creepy hallway...

Then the camera died...

Tried back-up camera...dead!

Battery dead!

Both had been fully charged...batteries were not that old!

Tried to recharge...no go!

Not Happy!

Lots of people mean lots of dust being worked up....so where are the dust motes in any of my shots? I have to be happy with my 2 dust motes....that look like orbs to me!

My feelings on the place went from being at ease to uneasy?

I do know the difference between feeling yucky from the heat and something wrong in the place, we have been in there often enough to know the difference!

I don't think they will get too much EVP's...too many people making it noisy!

Did having PoD & me make it worse?

We made sure we were the quiet ones!

 PoD and I ventured to the super HOT and dark [hated] basement once on our own! She was multi-tasking still and I was holding a meter that has lights on it that goes from green to red depending on the energy changing around it. This is supposed to mean there is some paranormal happeneing!

Green is very comforting in the blackness of the basement!

Red makes chills run up and down the spine!

The first room we checked out was the old RCMP/dentist office at the foot of the stairs. PoD found the first motion sensor on the floor blocking entrance into the main room area [still full of boxed museum stuff] so we figured to venture down the hallway to the old dentist darkroom. This is the room/hallway where I experienced that nauseous smell during a decorating time [2003]! Not wanting to venture back with her, I stayed in the middle of the hallway, unmoving!  Watching the green light I asked if there was anything in there with us... a few seconds of silence

The alarm goes off!

Did the light color change...I'm not sure

I had looked away from it at that time!

I waited for a minute, then I asked for whatever to do it again...

What seemed like the same time frame...it went off again! Again my attention had been pulled from the green light so I can honestly say that I didn't see it change!

PoD and I had both been huddling closely together, not moving so if any detector around us would not have been set off by us! What we didn't know was that there was a sensor pretty close to where we were standing! These are beam activated sensors and only go off when something interupts their signal. PoD had walked through the beam twice, without setting it off once, when she went to the back room. I never made it that far...too creeped out!

Both of us got the same message...get out!

We had planned on doing the rest of the basement...that didn't happened!

We both had the urge to run...PoD left me to fend for myself as she sprinted up the stairs to safety!

Older and slower me was left for the unseen monster chasing us!

I had made it to the backdoor [SPPRC] were outside taking a fresh air/smoke break and witness our exodus from the hell hole...

The motion sensor went off again!

I asked one of them whether they had seen anyone else go down after we had entered that room...

NO...was the answer!

The sensor went off again!

I went up to check where everyone else was...

All accounted for!

Must say...it was unnerving!

Whatever had broke the beam while we were in there, was close and behind us!

Experiencing technical difficulties...will continue when I can...

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL...with a web cast

The Sask Ghost Hunters Society Inc.landed at our haunted courthouse on Friday to do another paranormal research. They had advertised a contest that would enable someone to learn the ropes of paranormal hunting in a proven haunted place...our courthouse. They chose to keep publicity to a minimum as they also have a special guest arriving to do her research on them and the place. If you go to their site, they linked up a camera and the web so you can watch our progress tonight and learn more about who and what is happening.

They spent their first night last night by themselves as this is the first time they have stayed for two days. PoD and I were not invited...not that I would ever have any intention of sleeping in that place. I KNOW BETTER! This was a time for just them...to experience on their own.

We get to join them tonight...

Watch me avoid the camera...

Hopefully the place won't be too hot but you never know...the heat might make it a tank top/shorts night!


PoD & I have experienced that intense heat and this menopausal bird will find it murder some...so the cold outside  tonight will help. Keeping the backdoor open helps to release the heat from the basement but will it affect the readings with drafts and such...who knows...watch and see!


Stay tuned...


Wish us luck for and eventful evening...



I wonder how their night went......?



On another note...


If you want the crap scared out of you first and make you wonder why we would do this...watch the movie "Paranormal Activity"!


Makes for some heavy thinking...


Made goose-bumps on top of my goose bumps...very chilling



Amazing even for QoH!

COPS PATROLLING?

Woke this morning early, 4 [why do I say that when its my usual hour] to witness a police cruiser slowly drive by, with his search light on?


The oddity was seeing a cop!


One looking like he was looking out for the safety of its citizens?



A hour later I saw him drive by AGAIN ?


Found out later that there had been a massive home/garage invasion in Dodge with lots of expensive toys  taken!



One can't say break-in, as most of the homes had left their doors unlocked!


Some were not at home...


Some were!


Beats me how theives can come into someone's home, while the occupants slept, take their BIG flat screen TV and get away...without being heard?


The slightest little noise and I am wide awake!


Most are shocked about the events...


I'm Not!


PoD can attest to my constant harping about unlocked doors in this town. Some even joking state that they're guilty but feel safe enough to do so?


Not this old bird!


I, oddly enough, was raised in a home that NEVER locked it's doors and we lived in the BIG city. Moving out on my own changed that... and add the fact that life has gotten scarier!


I had remarked in older posts about the massive influx of strangers to this town because of the big pipelines going through it. If I was a thief I would have a cover job in the day and scope out places to rob in the night. Boys with expensive toys like to brag...

Small town people like to boast about how they enjoy the safety of small towns...like boasting on how they can live with unlocked doors...


All I can say for the niavety of these people is be REALLY happy that all they took was their toys...


There are sicker monsters out there and they will find these small towns!



Hate to be a doom and gloom nellie...



Locking the barn door after the horse gets out?


Makes no sense...


Hopefully these fine people take heed and see that this is a warning of what this TIGHT enconomy will do to those who will survive any way that they can!



For me...I give-out personal info to no one!

What I do let known is...


I use safeguards while being on my own...it is scary living where your livelyhood is.

Most might think I make tons of money and find out that they are wrong...what they will see is that I am just making ends meet. What strangers [customers] learn is that I carry no excess money...you'd be lucky if I could change a twenty. Orders are dealt through company offices. I personally use a debt card that has a limit & carry no excess cash.

I live in a dark house and can see peepers before they will see me. An obstacle course would await any intruder...ask my ex! Window accesses have noisy traps, doors squeak, floors creak and cat would freak!

It does help that, rumors has it...I am a witch

Or _itch...


I don't live in fear...


I have OTHER reasons to feel safe....



This has brought out PoD's old fears again and finally has her locking her doors again...


That has made me happy!


Yet sad, that it HAS TO BE THAT WAY...;(

Woke this morning [4:30] with the urge to do this

The dream or should I say nightmare converstion with my step-sister, irritated me sooooooo much that I am having a hard time with my thoughts this morning!


What a way to start the day!


I was reliving my last phone conversation with her and I had ended the distasteful thing by wishing that she would never call back!

I know that everyone has their own opinions and they are entitled to them, but when that same person NEVER EVER agrees with me or even comes closed to accepting any of  MY OPINIONS!

If I say the sky is blue then she would tell me that it was something else!

This woman also changes her past stories to suit the moment and leaves me feeling like I know nothing or remember nothing? Buttons had that same problem. She would tell me that she too wished that this person wouldn't call either because she always made her feel like she was retarded?

Her ex boyfriend once stated that he was going to tape record her statements and play them back to her, because she did the same thing to him!

I keep trying to accept that this is the way that she is but I am finding that it is too hard to pretend that she might finally see what she is doing to all around her!


I can't take it any more!


Will she ever change? Can't see that happening! How do you tell a "know-it-all" anything?


Will I change?

NOPE! I am just as stubborn as she is! I probably come off as a "know-it-all" also, but I do try to listen and respect others views even if I don't agree! I have gone this far accepting her for what she is because I do love the irritating brat!


Is the stress worth it?



So I am going to give myself a big

For being so stubborn and letting something irritate me enough to blog to the whole world about childish things!


Am I afraid that she will see this?


NOPE


She isn't interested in the fact that I write one, let alone snoop it out!


If she did...


Then it is time to have this out!


I am also dragging up a thought about this weekend that doesn't make me happy either and it's bugging me too. Something about the honesty of new people I have met and their judgment of me? Hopefully I am just being paranoid?





I'm going out for a walk and hopefully wear off some of the bad karma I am feeling right now!


I better go before I slap myself again...


p.s.

Will I regret this blog?



Probably!


It had to be said!