"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 Finally being repealed because of the laws being unenforceable.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........................

31 of 365....HAPPINESS

1. House to myself for 5 days while son goes for safety courses [his company is still not back to work...:( ]

2. Designing work all caught up

3. Got all my laundry done

4. Got all dishes washed

5. Didn't need codeine today




Work doesn't pick up soon I will find it hard to find things to be happy about.....

30 of 365...HAPPINESS

1. Codeine

2. Sunshine & warmth

3. Full days work DONE!

4. Customers actually came and picked up their orders and some even paid!

5. 61 heart stones covered with lettering [part of wedding favors]

6. Son made me lunch


HA....I even managed to add one more......:)

CODEINE.....The MAGIC DRUG!

Last night was the first time that I have had a decent night's rest since whacking the hell out of my toe! Thanks to the doc putting me on Codeine!

I have been a real unhappy camper since the incident and finding 5 reasons to be happy each day was impossible!

I have to thank PoD for forcing me to be NOT TO BE SO STUBBORN and go to the emergency room Sunday to get something done about the pain that I was in [I must have whined too much]. Doc too busy [?] to see me told nurses to send me home with 2 pills.

They worked GREAT!

Monday saw me at his office and after poking & prodding gave me a prescription for 30 more. His findings...NO BROKEN TOE!


MY RECORD IS STILL GOOD...NO BROKEN BONES!


Seems I bent the toe backwards when I slammed it into the corner of that baseboard!

Most of the pain is from bruising the base area of the last 3 toes, they're a nice greeny/blue color right now. Wearing a shoe aggravated it and I guess by going shopping on Saturday didn't help it much either!


Work has been REALLY slow [damn recession] but what I have on my slate right now is keeping me on my foot, that and being diabetic will make the healing much slower...but one HAS to work in order to live! It's these times that I wished that I worked for someone else and could take a sick leave and still get PAID!


All I need now is PATIENCE!


Like my step-mother used to say:

"IF I HAD ANY PATIENCE.......I'D BE A DOCTOR"!



Hopefully today sees a happier me.....

ONE OF THE CHIPS...

My grandson, JD, just had to do me one better yesterday!

His dad, sister and him were out in the backyard playing dirt hockey with two little plastic hockey sticks [PoD's not too keen on the real ones either]. JD didn't have one but was compensating by diving for the ball and playing it that way. From all reports, he and his sister were tussling in the trees/bushes, to get this ball out, when her stick collided with his lip!


All PoD heard & saw, when the trio came into the house, was LOTS of blood and tears from the both involved in the crash! JD because of the collison results & AJ, because she had caused it. It was just an accident! Pandimonium reigned until a course of action was taken...trip to the emergency room!

Prognosis:

Big slash inside the upper lip which will need stitches but Doc too busy to do right away...kid must wait until after [Doc's] supper [kid couldn't eat before being stitched]. I think the swelling will probably help the stitching area.

Both his front teeth also suffered. Happily they weren't knocked out but were both chipped off and their nerves exposed. JD said that the air on his teeth made them hurt, so a trip to the dentist is in his future. Hopefully they can get in quickly.


After the hospital trip PoD dropped by with JD to let me see his NEWEST addition to the list of accidents [recorded by hospital] already sustained by this "clutsy" kid. The upcoming stitches will make it his 3rd set of them! Adding to the list is: a cracked nose, "road rash" 2x [in same place a week apart], dropped heavy bed frame injuring his big toe and to remove a crayon that he had shoved up his nose...? Even his daycare had a big accident file while he was there. Happy none had been life threatening [not from lack of trying] and he still has his "nine lives"...:)

He was NOT A HAPPY CAMPER!

His lip was quite swollen and I'll take my sore foot over that one! Seeing his poor face brought back memories of MY own children's mishaps. It really does make one want to wrap one's children/grand children in bubble wrap to keep them safe! Maybe I should have asked Velvis to drop her large amount of bubble wrap off when she came home for Easter...:)


Too bad it always has to be an accident in order for one to learn to be careful!


A phone call after supper related news that it had taken 3 stitches! They had worried that it would take a few people to hold him still while they did it but he took it like a "trouper"! Which concidering the tender place and the fact that the needle is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! He did great!

It must be the fact that getting stitches wasn't new to him!


All I can say is: "DON'T GET INTO THE HABIT"....your MOM/GRANDMA can't take it!



If it is a contest....his owie wins!


P.S. I still haven't called to see whether toe is broken or not....maybe today [NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS?].....




Hope today is an eventless day....

NEVER BROKEN A BONE!

Until now....?


Word is not quite in yet as yesterday's x-rays have yet to be examined by the Doc.



Yesterday morning [7:30], I decided to MASH the 4th toe [the little "piggie" that had "none"] into a corner base board in the kitchen. LOTS of foul language came forth from my lips as I did the "heel hop of agony"!


I've stubbed my toes before but not like that...it was excruciating!



Last week the "Oozing Sore" on my right foot had re-appeared and I've been soaking and applying the antibiotic as before. It's been causing the same amount of discomfort when wearing shoes/slippers so I've taken to going around the house without them [I actually HATE slippers but with my feet problems I need to] on. I compensated by wearing slipper socks [you know the ones with rubber stuff to make them non-skid...stuff that one can still feel with their sensitive diabetic feet] mainly for the warmth rather than the protection!



Happily I didn't actually get to see just what happened to the toe...only the feeling...:(


And NO I didn't look at it right after it happened. It would have hurt more removing the sock!


After all how many times does one stub a toe and look at it?




It wasn't until later, when I tried to put a shoe on that the agony really hit [it had been at a noticeable throb]. PoD & I had a look.


The toe was blue/black from the base to the first knuckle, leaving the tip a normal color [it looks odd]!


Up until looking at it, the toe had felt "like it had been stubbed", seeing it that color, psychologically made me go into shock...:O


PoD felt that it needed x-raying, so off to the hospital we went [2:30]...then was sent to the Doc's office to wait some and then back to the hospital for what we went for in the first place....


WALKING on my sore foot! I'm glad PoD has a car....


What can one do if the toe is broken?


NOTHING!


Except if the toe is long [monkey toes] then they would tape them together to provide support for the broken one and not have it flopping around....ewwwww


Can you imagine the pain as they wrapped the tape around them....:Z



Happily my toes are short and stubby [small feet]...nothing flopping around here [well maybe some things...;( ].


As to the toe bring broken...?


Looks and feels like it SHOULD be!


If it is...it will be my FIRST BROKEN BONE!


Which I think is pretty good seeing as I'm 58 and have done many a dumb thing while growing up. The closest I've ever come is a hair-line fracture, while playing basketball [concusion...probably why I have zany/crazy ideas...] in 1967 and a cracked tail-bone, high-jumping, in '68. I was quite a Tom Boy! So it definetly wasn't from lack of trying!


Hopefully I haven't run out of my nine lives!


As to the pain in my toe....?


Don't forget about the "Oozing Sore"...?


Having diabetic feet helps to dull the pain but there is a dull ACHE that helps me to NOT SLEEP and the ACHE turns to a THROBING ACHE when I sit or stand...


Other than that, I now have to scrap any plans of going for walks & cleaning the crap [bags & such] from the yard/trees...:)


Will P.S. when I know the news....

YOU KNOW YOUR OLD WHEN....

Both of my grand kids just love "being scared"! They have watched scary shows and have been around my Halloween fetish from an early age, so much so, that it takes a lot to scare them. I know it sounds terrible but they love the "apprehension/thrill" just as much as PoD and I do. So much that PoD really has to put up restrictions on what they get to watch and experience!


They weren't too happy that they couldn't get to go on a "ghost hunt" with us!


Both were told that they would have to wait until they are sixteen before they would even be considered to be able to attend and only if deemed they were mature enough to handle it.


Disgusted with the answer and not being able to go, my grand son said to his mom...


"But Grandma is OLD! She's going to die...! I'll never get to go....!"



I laughed my head off when I heard that!



It's was kind of like the time I was asked by my son "how my trip was in the covered wagon in the OLDEN DAYS", when he was 10...:)




p.s.- Both kids were still awake [but in bed] by the time PoD got home at 2:30 am and wanted to know all of the details...

"Chips off the OLD Block"....:)

WE SURVIVED...Part 2

I don't know about other Bloggers but I'm having problems with posting and it won't let me include photos either?


It's probably the operator...



Continuing...

The whole time that I spent in the basement was not a great time for me and hardest of all was the Custodial Quarters! Crazy sounding or not, it felt like it was sapping the life out of me? I should have spoke up and said something to the 2 guys who felt that they couldn't go down there any more either [they said it felt too spooky]. I don't think that having the stuff from the museum in there helped me either. My museum episode years ago ended in a massive allergy attack and I had to leave? The weird part was, it was only in the basement that I felt the weakest? It could have been the stuff from the corroding walls but no one else complained? The last time that I did try to go on an investigation, I couldn't breathe so I too, quit going down!

I was okay elsewhere?


We gals were the first ones back from our venture from the "creepy" basement. Their set-up included a monitor screen where we could watch the activity being recorded on the 4 cameras. From the basement cam one could see the little green light up meaning that it was recording activity.

NO ONE WAS IN THE BASEMENT!

Once in awhile you could hear the motion detectors going off also!

ALL HELPED JACK UP THE "CREEP" FACTOR!

Many goose bump moments...:o

The guys came back with their stories to tell...

The lead investigator, Miles, is a very energetic person and watching his excitement on each experience was enjoyable for me. I guess I have a sadistic side....;) He literally could not sit still! It might have wore him out to do another day...

Anyways...

One of his experiences involved meeting up with the dark shadowy figure that likes to hang around the outer hallway near the courtroom doors and stairwell! This figure has been seen by 4 or 5 other people who tell of it's elusive game of peeking around corners at them. One being me! This guy I would believe that he saw it! His main purpose that night was to "debunk" all of the ghost stories with reasonable explanations.

He couldn't explain away the "Shadow" and insists that he knows what he saw was real!


Again...where is the camera when you need it?


Jokingly, he reminded me of a Jack Russell Terrier with all of his energy and stubbornness just to get at the truth...:) [and NO he wasn't annoying like some of them can be]


The down side of ghost hunting is the WAITING for something to happen.


Kind of like watching paint dry...:)


What I like about doing this the most, is watching the other people and seeing how they react in a potentially scary situation...told yah I was sadistic...;)


It was great seeing how another paranormal group works their investigations. The Calling Lakes Paranormal Researchers use high tech equipment [one has to in order to record the phenomenon] also but include the use of mediums/sensitives. I have a tenancy to lean more towards technology rather than other peoples feelings/intuitions. I don't say that they're wrong or anything...it's just MY way of thinking only. I still want to experience all that wants to take a turn at this place. The Calling Lakes Researchers have warned me about some other ones that came to their "Paranormal Symposium" last year and said that it's a group that deals with demonology.


I don't want to go into how much THAT would IRK me! I WON"T DO THAT ONE!


Hope the town uses some sense! Keep religion out!



By the time 2:30 am rolled around both PoD and & had enough. It had been a long day for me [up at 5:30am] already and the heat in the place wasn't helping. Everyone was being hit by the "yawning" bug, one even fell asleep [their driver, so they didn't mind] and even his snores could be heard through closed doors. They didn't let him sleep too long as his snores might have been contaminating the sound recording.




I was soooooooo happy to be home!


Trouble was....I couldn't go to sleep!


Took about an hour...




3 hours later I was up...

Creepy dreams of the Courthouse! Something had followed me home...



Spent the rest of the day acting like I had been on a BIG DRUNK!





SCARY OR NOT....


I'LL DO IT AGAIN.....



IS IT MAY YET........:)

WE SURVIVED!

PoD and I spent another great HAUNTING night/morning at our most favorite spooky building...the Dodge Court House! Where we learned more about our passion..."The Paranormal"!

Our teachers last night were the "Saskatchewan Ghost-Hunters Society" out of Saskatoon [http://saskghost-hunterssociety.ca/].

A very sincere group of people that approached this touchy subject of "ghosts" with a very professional attitude. Both PoD & I have watch many shows about paranormal operations of other groups and these guys are just as good...if not better!

They made us feel like we were a part of their group and had NO ridicule for us about our "sensitive" feelings on the place and all of it's hot spots. If anything they showed signs of surprize when they experienced themselves the: humming [like someone was working], music [grammaphone style], singing and being watched. The problems is, on what someone experpience's in there, ALWAYS happens, when there is nothing about to help collaborate it!


This group got to "feel/hear" that a lot!


Being a newly formed group [2009], this group were looking for unusal places not yet/lightly visited/documented site/building. It seems the S.G.H.S.,found out about our "haunted" place, through the town's website. They phoned expecting having to be put on a waiting list [I told the town they should do more about pushing the haunted aspect...hopefully maybe now?] and were surprised to get in right away!

PoD and I both were on pins and needles all day waiting patiently [NOT] for nightfall. Napping was out of the question!!

Big surprise awaited us as we opened the backdoor of the building.

First
...my initial apprehension of being back there again
...the feelings of excitement
...a bit of dread
...goosebumps
...wary
...curious

Then we saw....WIRES EVERYWHERE! Three floors of them!

Motion sensors were set up in various rooms & tripod cameras throughout ...one had to watch that one didn't trip anything!

Very hightech for a group just starting out!

We were very impressed by their professional approach to "ghost busting"! Serious investment in equipment showed how interested these people were about and what they hoped to recover. The town should be happy with whatever comes out of it. From this group's site is a link [http://prairiespecters.blogspot.com/] that gives them more advertising. I say the town is missing out...?

Anyways...

Nightfall finally came around 9:00 pm...time to go hunting!

Armed with nightvision movie cameras, "still" cameras, heat sensors, electrical sensors, voice recorders and flashlights, six of us split into groups and headed for different "creepy" areas. One guy staying to keep an eye on the 4 cameras that had been set earlier, he was our "base".

It was nice to hang with people who can be classified as "nutty" as some consider PoD & I...:)

Making up the group are 6 men and 2 women. Of the group last night 2 couldn't make it so we had 4 guys 3 gals. Us three gals decided to attack the BASEMENT!

PoD had decided earlier that she was going to show nothing but bravery to these guys and try really hard not to bolt.

SHE DID WONDEFFULLY!

Her job was to help handle all of the "high-tech" stuff [everyone knows how enept I am] and did most of the recording of any sounds or ghostly voices.

This is the only time one can stand in front of others and openly ask something, from something that you can't see, questions and not come off as nuts...;)!

We all did a lot of that!

Did we get any responses?

I would say we did in some instances!

On our trip to the basement we felt we were being played with while we tried to make contact. The motion sensors used had been placed on the floor in the Custodial Quarters. One in the livingroom, one at the kitchen doorway and one beside the bathroom entrance, all facing down the hallway to the back bedroom.

While we were filming in the main hallway, not too far from the quarter's door, the motion detector in the kitchen doorway to the livingroom went off!

Spooked the hell out of all of us!

Naturally we went to the noise...

How many movies would have made this the scary gory part....?

Happily that didn't happen!

Nothing happened while we were in there! We asked all sorts of questions...begged for a sign...joked...

Nothing!

Nothing more to do we decided to head back to see how the boys faired.

Detector in Quarter's went off again!

We rushed back in...

Nothing...

Three times it happened...always it seemed it was waiting for us to go and the wanted to see if we would come back.

It was like something was playing a game with us!

Frusturated we gave up and went to report our experiences....



Got to go

29 of 365...Happiness

1. another early morning walk...I might just get back in shape...:)

2. another jolt of half & half to boost the walk...might have to kick that habit...:)

3. arranged paranormal happening at courthouse for 1st or 2nd week in May...can hardly wait...:)

4. while there was told of ANOTHER paranormal group coming to document TONIGHT...do I WANT TO BE THERE WITH THEM?....:)

5. PoD and I meet group at 3:00 pm [they came early to set up before dark] and we arrange to meet later AFTER DARKoooooooooooooo.......:)

Hope WE survive the night..............:O

5 Years of HAPPINESS!

-The freedom of not having to PLEASE another!

-MY wishes come first!

-I no longer tiptoe around being quiet!

-I can be as messy as I want!

-I can look in the mirror and NOT hate my looks!

-The restoration of my self esteem!

-I can do what I want, when I want!

-I can have my OWN friends!

-I can spend money [if I had any] on ME!

-I've reduced MY DEBT considerably!

-I've learned that I can be nice when I HAVE TO...:)


Today it's been 5 years since declaring "It's Over"!!!


It's sad to think that I had 26 years of "our life together" memories that were wasted on an ungrateful person. I'd like to think that some of them were happy ones, but thoughts of "were they?" keep popping into my head instead!

It's the dealing with personal hurt that's been the hardest!

TRUST has always been a big thing with me!

When that trust deals with someones heart...?


Well, learning to "trust" someone else again with a very delicate thing like your heart is not so easy!

It's not something I'm going to do lightly anymore!


Do I miss the companionship?


BIG TIME!


But NOT enough to WANT to take any more steps in that direction!


NOT THAT IT'S BEEN ANY PROBLEM!


I think I scare people?


WHY?


I HAVEN'T A CLUE?


I know I don't have a "smiley" face...


Come to think of it...people might think I've lost it if I did!


This was BIGGEST happy thought upon waking this morning....


Now...I think I'll go for an early morning stroll, get the mail & celebrate with a cup of half COFFEE & [remember I quit the stuff] half English Toffee...caffeine & sugar...should get me an extra block or so.....:)

Nobody better screw with this day....

28 of 365...Happiness

1. Paranormal Researchers with CTV Camera Man, want to come to our courthouse sometime in May...yippee...spooky time...:O

2. Looking through old courthouse photos

3. Going down "Spooky" Lane memories

4. Managed to get half of my designing work done [hard task with spooks running around in my brain] at least some customer's will be happier [or not] when they finally get their stuff!

5. Got supper started early


Today was a cooler day, overcast & dreary



Including now...




Perfect for huddling under the covers & watching something creepy..........

27 of 365...Happiness

1. listening to the early morning chatter from the early birds

2. seeing my FIRST Robin

3. went for my second MORNING walk...it's just SOOOOOO nice out

4. removed Easter from my life [although kind of dull in here right now]

5. I made it a RELAXING day....no working on work related stuff [for a Monday]


Ready to start anew tomorrow....

May you ALL have a SAFE and HAPPY day...:)

26 of 365...Happiness

1. Nephew "Nephewson" & Niece-in-Law "Dragonlady" made it here safely on Good Friday...so it REALLY was a GOOD FRIDAY...:)

2. Spent the morning shopping with the wedding couple & PoD & her crew...lots of fun

3. Having fun dreaming up Gothic wedding decor

4. CRAFTING

5. Learning to use PoD's new electronic cutting machine...one that scrap bookers use

MY HERO.....MAXI!

It's been tense around the PoD household since Maxi [their #1 cat] became ill! They've been in living hell with thoughts of cancer being in his throat/tongue, rotting jaw/teeth...even having to put him down...:(. He's had special diets/foods and she's even pureed til they were drinkable!

He was suffering just to eat? He's was medicated to cure whatever...yet not getting well?

In all...everything done just to see that their fur baby had a chance to live a quality life!



Thursday he went in for dental surgery [very expensive] to remove what was rotten and see what else could be happening...



Good News!

Report is he's like a new boy! Perky, happy & looking like he wants to play...


Seems all of his problems stemmed from his being allergic to the plaque on his teeth!


Who would have thought it was "just rotten teeth" that was making him that ill?


?

Can this happen to humans? [Is that why some [me] who don't look after their teeth have poor health?]


Lessons learned:

-ALL animals in your household should have their teeth brushed regularly...especially cats [who don't chew bones like dogs do]

-expense that can be incurred while your animal is sick means...we should all carry health care services for our animals as well if we are to consider them our "furbabies"!

Maxi is MY hero [look for cat saves family blog]and I want him around ALWAYS to make sure that my daughter, son-in-law & grand kids stay safe...


I KNOW HE'S ALWAYS LISTENING.......WATCHING.....


SO..............

BRUSH!

Hope Thumber learns from this picture...


Because I can't see me holding onto a BIG bundle of fur/24 claws/full set of BIG TEETH.....trying to brush HER TEETH!!!

25 of 365...Happiness

1. working with PoD again...even if it was only for half a day

2. working

3. seeing no snow in front of my place

4. hearing news of company [nephew & future niece] coming for Easter & BillyRoo will be home to see him again [it's been 5 yrs for both of us]

5. fresh baked cookies

24 of 365...Happiness

1. 28 years ago today my son BillyRoo was born...a VERY HAPPY DAY for me!

2. remembering how it is to cook for a party [nothing got burnt]

3. potato salad not crunchy

4. family get together for son's birthday

5. No dishes to wash when we got home...:)

23 of 365...Happiness

1. saturday mornings

2. spring walks

3. no annoying dogs

4. lazy days

5. children who run errands

PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK!

[I know, with a hammer]

IT'S GONE!

20 Years of history!

I'm sad, yet I feel extremely relieved and happy all rolled into one?

Looking back now that my "Theater Scrap Books" are gone [I do plan on finishing their compiling], I feel this sense of pride at MY accomplishments with this group! Everyone who did anything with the production of these plays, worked HARD and should be more [?] acknowledged for what they ALL did! But...


This was something that I did mostly for myself!


Yes, I do admit to using it to advance my business, but it was pure "enjoyment" that had kept me going despite all of the crap thrown in my way! I really LOVED that type of life!


One of my goals in life, when I decided to have children, was to leave my mark on this world by making some kind of history [this was BEFORE I knew about my ancestor's fame] that MY ancestors would be proud of when I'm gone [this stems from my loss at not knowing much about my Dad's history].


My history might not be ground breaking/headline making stuff! But one day, after I'm gone, my children/grand children will point anywhere in town and say "MY MOM/GRANDMA made that"!


That will be MY "Pat-on-the-back"!


And now there will be a place for it in the museum that will record this too...:) !


I asked my kids what they wanted to do with all of that stuff [after I died] and they heartily agreed with me to place it in the museum. After all it is the only "fully detailed" record of our theater's history.


I GUESS I CAN COUNT "VANITY" AS ONE OF MY FAULTS...?



One thing I have learned in life is:

"Take time to pat yourself on the back once in awhile
...because ten-to-one no one else will"!

But that's okay with me too...I do have a COUPLE of fans...:)

22 of 365...Happiness

1. not needing WINTER boots

2. sound of running water in front of my place

3. memories of last night's theater performances

4. quiet day

5. FRIDAY


Have a safe & happy weekend....:)

21 of 365...Happiness

1. cat cuddles before my cup of hot lemon water [quit drinking coffee]

2. theater memories

3. got PoD & my tickets for thursday night's theater's 21st performance

4. packed up scrapbooks to give to club/museum

5. going for a short brisk walk with PoD & Baby [grandkid's dog]

LOST IN MEMORY LANE...? Happy times and not so happy times...

It's been a few days since blog land has seen me and it's due to being lost down the memory lane of Dinner Theater!

All it took was having to go look for some lost photos in my theater scrapbooks...


Dodge's Community Dinner Theater's first production was in 1990 and I was in it from the first conception...I designed and helped build the first stage set [& decorated it].

Deciding from the beginning, that I would keep a personal record for my family, on what I did for this group was kind of a vain thing but if I had a mother she would have kept one for me [I know I did because PoD is included...:)]!


BUT it seems I quit "scrap booking" in 2000!


I kept all of the next year's mementos but never got them compiled?


Why?


Looking back, I think mental/physical exhaustion took place after hosting the "One Act Festival" in 2000!

Was it: designing of the program for the festival, drawing layout of hall for competitors, having to be the festival's Stage Manager and Stage Manager/Set Designer for our own entry...too much?

Plus all of that happening, not long after our production in the spring, which was a very large one! Again I was Set Designer/Co-Builder/Posters/Program/Table Centerpieces/Prop Builder/Stage Manager/Prompter/Special FX...

?

So over the years this pretty well became the norm with all of the productions...


NO wonder I was too tired to record it all in my scrapbooks later!

BUT AHHH...ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL MEMORIES...


Getting to meet all of the different people/places that would have not normally been in my life was the BEST thing about doing Theater! Seeing their many faces and antics kept a smile going constantly! There was LOTS of HARD work but LOTS & LOTS of REWARDS after!!!


I can shake my head now and smile at all of the happy memories from the past, but along with the happy memories, also came some of the sad...;(

-Remembering the "fights" with my Ex over how much time/money I was "wasting" with "these nutty" people when I should be "devoting my every waking hour" to the business! He always thought I was NUTS so as far as I'm concerned I guess I fit right in! I did have an ulterior motive when starting up with theater and that was to showcase my talents to the town. How else were people going to find out where your talents lie? So as far as I'm concerned it should have all been classified as business advertising! He could never see it that way? Besides, what I did with my spare time, should have been my own! A lot of his anger also came from how exhausted I became over the years from the spring productions and then the fall ones...he said that it took away from the business? I never completely realized just how much it did do to me...until it was too late...


-Noticing an unusual tiredness after a challenging production in 1994 and the continuing fatigue, by late summer I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes! Thankfully we weren't into Festivals yet! Doing things got harder...took longer...


-Coming across the years that hold bad memories from personal losses during productions: My step-mother [old age -2003] and my younger sister [accident -2004] and not long after that a nephew [accident -2004]! Sadly the "show must go on"!

-Then the unpleasent reminder of a dislocated elbow while on an Easter break during a production in 1997...wished I'd had taken a picture!

-Realizing NOW that I knew a young man who was in one of our productions [2000] had died in a car accident recently...:(



So now I have to try and get all of that "compiled" material together before this year's production THIS weekend....?




I DON"T THINK SO!


Don't need the stress....


They can take what I've got for now......



:)


PS: Thanks PoD for correcting me...

The Name Game - 2009

The Name Game - 2009

Nobody has tagged me to play this game [I'm used to that] so I will play by myself....

1. What is your name? D___

Since my name begins with D, all my answers to the below list must begin with the letter D.



2. Four letter word: Damn...I use it too much

3. Girl Name: Dawnita...sounds light

4. Boy Name: Dallas...macho man

5. Occupation: Designer...of just about anything

6. Color: Daffodil Yellow...not crazy about

7. Piece of clothing: Dresses...wish I'd wear more of

8. Food: Duck Soup...yuk

9. Item in the bathroom: Dandruff Shampoo...don't use [son]

10. Place/City: Dodge...cause I live there

11. A reason for being late: Detained by yakky idiot...?

12. Something I’d yell: DAMN...or Darn...;)?

13. Movie: Dawn of the Dead...;)

14. Something you drink: "Dasani" bottled water...only if I'm really desperate! I don't drink otherwise

15. Band: Diana Ross & the Supremes....?

16. Animal: Dragon...is it an animal?

17. Street name: Downing Street?


18. Car: Dodge Dart...I thought they were cool in their day


19. Song: "Danny Boy"...makes me cry no matter who sings it! Prefer an Irish Tenor!


20. Activity that includes more than one participant: Dancing...I always said that I would settle with someone who LOVED to dance...sadly there are NONE of those available. I'd rather dance by myself anyways only waltzing is quite hard...:)


The End!



20 of 365....happiness

1. restfull day

2. showed my "FOR SALE" building [to someone who was just jerking my chain]

3. went for a walk [where dry pavement was available]

4. got stopped by a couple who had work for me to do

5. removed the rest of Xmas from the front of my shop/house


Hope I remember "Earth Hour" [8:30] tonight...

EARTH HOUR?

I didn't know that this event even existed and it's being the 3rd year of it running?

What is Earth Hour...?

Sat. Mar 28 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm they have a "Lights Out" in support action on climate change!

This includes doing a technology detox! No Cells, DS, Blackberry...etc.

I'm happy to add that I do my share now:

1. Don't own any of those gadgets especially a cell phone...I borrow one when needed

2. Only constant source of light in my place are low watt night lights & some led lights...I like the dark!

3. Turn off all computers when not in use.

4. No external sounds going like T.V. sitters, radio, cd...etc.

5. Room temp at near freezing...visitors [?] must wear sweaters

6. No dishwasher...dirty dishes some times runnith over but saves on hot water...:)

But:
Must draw the line at NO TV, computers, digital cameras, scanners, printers & power tools!
These I can't live without!

So tonight at "EARTH HOUR" I PLEDGE to do away with all luxuries for 1 HOUR!

What am I going to do at that time?

Who knows?

Maybe paint some prop pillars by candle light?



Most probably take a nap so I can be up all night...


SO HOW ABOUT YOU......

19 of 365...Happiness

1. quiet day

2. friday

3. mint tea

4. jewel quest 3 almost done

5. work day over........................:)

Hope you all have a safe weekend...

18 of 365...Happiness

1. nice enough today to have doors open to air out the place...hope snow mold stays out!

2. listening to different sounding birds...hopefully spring birds?

3. watch cat play in the sunlight and see her joy in approaching spring. She's not an outdoor cat but loves open windows.

4. meals already prepared...just slip them into the oven

5. paid attention and nothing got burnt...:)

6. accomplished lots of work...did spring give me energy...?


I managed to have 6 happy things....amazing!

Hope your day was as profitable as mine was...

AWB...Question?

As previously mention on yesterday's blog, about "Animals With Blogs", I forgot to ask why some of them, who talk silly [like their animal would talk that way if it spoke], why would they?


Is it to give them an accent, ie: Siamese cat, Chihuahua..etc?


If they really thought about it [like I obviously have], their animal was probably born in their country. Unless you are a foreigner, why would your animal be?


Don't you call them your fur babies? It would only stand to reason that any of my off-spring would talk like me! I have native blood in me but don't speak the language, so why would of my Siamese cat speak like it's Chinese or Siamese?


I'm NOT being racial or anything, just wondering about the logistics of it?


I know...picky, picky, picky!


IS it really being creative?


I for one, avoid those ones who do talk that way...too hard to understand...?


And wouldn't you worry about someone who had a child who spoke that way?


Hmmm?

17 of 365...happiness

1. 5 mule deer appeared in front of my place this morning [5:45]. Too bad I couldn't get a shot of them as they bolted as soon as they heard me turn the door knob.

2. all blogger friends/animals/me, all on the right side of the grass today...:)

3. vinyl supplies arrived...much needed. I love my suppliers one day service!

4. got most of my designing work done [7 hrs]...downside...I have a monster headache!

5. leftovers from lunch...:)

AWB

Animals With Blogs

Through a Blogger Buddy [Blue] I became aware of a new way to submit your story/ideas. People who talk through their pets?

When I first read them I though WTF?

Are they nutso?

Then I looked at them from a different perspective and found them to be quite inventive. Most were too way out there for me and now I only visit a select few.

One day I decided to try it for myself and blogged through my cat Suki. I must say I [she] had more followers through that blog than I do on this site? Her following became even larger when the word went out that she was ill.

Do people with pets care more for other pets than they do for the humans who own them?

Because your blogging as an animal, you care more?

The animal blogs that I follow come from Suki's blog "Doodie". These were the ones who showed the most interest:

Jackson [dog] - He was the first follower. He's an energetic Terrier [not a favorite of mine] and loves to destroy toys. He makes me smile! It was touch and go for him for awhile as he has health problems and I visit his every so often. I'm trying not to become attached?


Oscar [dog] - I had just started on his site when he suddenly passed away! It sucked me in long enough to feel heart broken? I enjoyed the way his owners took pride in his up bringing and their joy of being with him, he was their child. So when he died it bothered me that they were able to replace him so quickly? I know that I shouldn't judge others by the way that I feel but it bugs me when people say "it's ONLY an animal". Some of these animals are their children..."I wouldn't want to replace one of mine so quickly"! I don't visit there anymore.


Marvin [dog] - I like labrador dogs [not my neighbor's dog] and find their faces to be quite kind looking [except my neighbor's dog]. Generally a gentle dog [not my neighbor's dog]! I like his writer's style. She can be quite comical and even leaves a comment on my blog...what's not to like about that! My other blog friend BJ has a black lab also [Willie] and she adds pics/tales about him which I find adds to her blog line. I love both of theirs. I would still read their blogs after their animals pass [hopefully not soon].


Daisy & Harley [cats]- Guaranteed to make me smile! She's a clothing model! He's a new addition...a undercover dectective? Very, very inventive and entertaining. I've never seen a cat who doesn't mind being dressed-up like she does. I normaly don't like seeing animals being dressed up except for Daisy. Her "mom" doesn't make her go out into public...it's more of a modeling gig, meant for show. She should be paid for wearing those outfits...:) Some of it is the other additions like, "Mr Shrill", Lizard, Snail...etc that carries the interest for me. I dread the day that Daisy passes!


Miss Peach [16 yr old cat]...she reminds me of Suki [not the same breed] and who is just about as fragile looking as she was. Her story teller is quite artistic and very inventive. I love the "fru-fruness" of her site. Sadly Miss Peach is not well! It's like going through losing Suki all over again! She makes me cry lately [not all of the time] and I like to leave hers til the end of the day. I dread the day that she passes!


I'm real sappy when it comes to emotional issues and it tends to bring me down a lot! So reading about their lives/antics daily, one finds themselves [me] becoming attached and when they pass I find that their pain is mine also. I can't help that!



So why do I follow them if it bothers me so much?


Will I ever talk through animal again?


Right now.....NO!


But...
Maybe we should all take a look at life through our pets eyes and put ourselves in their place!


I got to know my cats better by doing that but in turn fell deeply attached to something that is guaranteed not to be around for very long! I feel too much sometimes!!


But later...who knows?


To ALL you AWB...keep up the entertaining blogging!

Count me as a fan!




Runny eyes and all...;)

16 of 365...Happiness

1. managed to sleep in til 7:00 am...a biggie for me!

2. fart free syringe [insulin] filling...usually takes 3 or 4 tries!

3. PoD's Maxi [cat] lives to see another day...but needs to have teeth removed

4. sore on ankle all healed!!!

5. cooked a roast...but burned the gravy



Today almost ended happy...now all I can smell is burned gravy
I seem to have lost my knack for cooking...old age makes me forget than I HAVE TO WATCH what I'm doing....?

TODAY'S HOROSCOPE...?


Aquarius:

Original ideas are blasting out of your brain so fast that it's hard to keep up with yourself. A few surprises are likely when your key planet Uranus is visited by quicksilver Mercury. You may not be able to finish what you initiate, yet you could begin enough projects now to keep you busy for a long time. Don't stress if you have a lot of loose ends by the end of the day. It will be easy enough next week to clean up what you started today.


Didn't I just say that work was just starting to pick up...?


Didn't I state awhile back that I was building stuff for wedding/grad decor...?


DON'T STRESS OUT ABOUT "A LOT OF LOOSE ENDS BY THE END OF THE DAY"....?


All I can say is "I better not start sleep walking"...!


Who knows what I'll paint, glue gun, cut...etc...


Hope it's not going to be a long day....been up since 3:30 am...busy, busy, busy

Friday, March 20, 2009

15 of 365 ...Happiness

1. happy/sad, about Maxi's vet trip [news I didn't want to hear] being canceled because of foggy/icy conditions. both Pod & I are bad winter drivers [scairdy cats] so it was an easy choice. did NEED to go shopping...cupboards bare...:(

2. son wanted to go shopping so it became a family outing...:)

3. remembered all that I needed [left list on table back home] and even some deals...:)

4. the little baby chicks [decor] that sit on my computer [sticky tack keeps them from wandering]...I love my little toys...:)

5. being able to take a work day and make it a family day...:) [without feeling guilty]




6. writing these happy moments any time I want [hate being on the computer after work hours] because I follow NO RULES...:)

14 of 365....Happiness

1. son letting me drive his new car

2. hearing geese doing a fly by

3. watching water running past my place

4. 50 miserable stickers almost done

5. work starting to pick-up again

13 of 365 ...Happiness

1. shamrocks have gone away...the only thing green I want to see now, is grass & trees!

2. bunny rabbits landed...eggs everywhere!

3. son got T.V. back [won't hold my breath on how long?]...I've been existing on movies & series

4. walking trail meeting didn't go too long...:)

5. saw how much work that has been done on the restoring of the courthouse rooms and it's FANTASTIC!

A WISH FOR MY FAMILY & FRIENDS ...

Just for PoD [cause she needs a hug right now...]

There's many ways to say how I feel about this day but words never can fully express...



What's in my heart...
Makes me smile [even though it's a bit religious for me]...:)

What I'd like to do [if only I drank]...

After all that celebrating don't do this...

I don't know if I'm Irish or not but...


FROM ME & CREEPY HOLLOW....

HAVE A GREAT DAY!


Hmmm...do I see a bunny over there...?

12 of 365...Happiness

1. had energy....did some painting & hot glue repairs

2. had paint...not all of it was dried up

3. remembered how to paint

4. memory foam ALMOST dry [it's only been a week since flu incident!]

5. son bought supper

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU'D SEEN IT ALL...


Not only do the Amish make furniture...

They bring you the newest thing [at least it was to me]...





It actually tasted not too bad, just needed some spices.


All I did was cut the tip off...squeeze out what I wanted to nuke and clipped the bag shut for later usage. It lasted me about a week. I would suggest half the bag size for one person...great for two. Not supposed to be frozen.


Can't remember the price. It mustn't have been too bad as I found it affordable enough to try it!

Would I try it again....

Undecided?

11 of 365...Happiness

1. Built my first prototype "stone pillar" for visual aid for Grad 2009/Gothic Wedding decorating gigs. Just need to paint it...?

2. Challenges of making something look real when its only fake

3. More warm days

4. Son home again for awhile

5. New shows to watch...thanks son!

JILL TIP...

Sick and tired of blowing your nose constantly! The irritation of plugged sinus, head stuffed up and all is making you miserable!

THEN THERE'S THE COST OF EXPENSIVE KLEENEX!

Well, cheapo me refuses to buy boxes and boxes of Kleenex [that's what I have to go through] and so I use "Toilet Paper" instead!

Yah, I guess that makes me a "Redneck Jill"!

But I didn't say you couldn't be classy about it! They make the stuff soft enough for your butt so why not for your nose?

I like to remove the tissue from the center [like you would for string or yard] than unwinding from the outside. I found that I spent more time chasing the roll around because it like to jump off of the table and hide under something [but fun for the cat].

I needed to keep this pesky roll in something and so why not make it stylish?

I'm using my decorative tea pots [I collect by the way ;)] right now. But have change them up for special occasions like Xmas, Easter, etc.

The weight of these containers helps control wayward rolls and I have a handle to help carry them around. If company [?] were to suddenly drop by, I would put it's lid on...:)

MARATHON DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED...

Seems my son & I, don't happen to have ANY Friday the 13th DVD in our collection [not that I'd really want any] and all I could come up with was...

FREDDY vs JASON

Winner kills all.

Freddy Krueger is in Hell - literally. It's been nearly ten years since Krueger, one of the scariest horror movie characters of all time (from Nightmare on Elm Street series), invaded peoples' dreams to exact his deadly form of revenge and murder. But now, his memory has been systematically erased by a town determined to put an end to Freddy once and for all. Potential victims have been drugged to prevent them from dreaming, rendering impotent the master of nightmares. They've eliminated their fear of Freddy, absolute torture for an egomaniac psychopath who's a legend in his own mind. Like an inmate with a life sentence, Freddy's been reduced to plotting a fantastic revenge that will never happen.

Until, that is, Freddy resurrects Jason Voorhees, the equally iconic madman from the Friday the 13th film series. Jason is the perfect means for Freddy to once again instill fear on Elm Street, creating a window of opportunity for him to emerge from his purgatory. Recognizing how easily manipulated Jason is, Freddy tricks Voorhees into journeying to Springwood to start a new reign of terror.

But as the bodies begin to pile up on Elm Street and Freddy's fearsome reputation assumes new life, he discovers that Jason isn't willing to cease his murderous ways and step aside so easily. Now, with a terrified town in the middle, the two titans of terror enter into a horrifying showdown of epic proportions, alternating between the world of dreams and the harsh reality of the living world.

Who will win and who will lose in this battle to end all battles.....?

I've must of watched this show many times and I still shake my head at the end!

Why do I put myself through those nightmares....

How can you tell I don't have a life?

Because I went right out after that and rented 2 more killers along the same line.

Not that they were psycho murders...just had killer [boring] story lines!

1. DuD!...."Way of War" starring Cuba Gooding Jr.

...."Cuba, Cuba, Cuba...I try really hard to like you! I DO like you as an actor but maybe you should try reading the script yourself before signing the deal or if you are reading them...Quit it!"

I'm not sure how this movie even ended because it got my "SNORE" of approval...ZZZZZZ!

Note to writers..."Don't quit your day job!"

2. Boring..."River Queen" which featured Kiefer Sutherland.

..."I try really hard to like this guy as an actor, mainly because he's better than his father [who is a real SNORE] but also sad that he does crummy movies like, "Mirrors" was another SNORE [aside from one or two spine tinglers]."

This movie should be classified as "Sappy"! Not my cup-of-tea!

So that's how exciting my evening went and still NO appearance of BAD LUCK [knock on wood]...

:)

10 of 365....Happiness!

1. Wrong number ending up as old friend [who has since moved back to town] and time to gossip like it was only yesterday.

2. Cat Hugs!

3. Completion of laundry!

4. Ideas for wedding decor in Aug. coming in [brain] fast and furious.

5. Finished the day up at work with NO mishaps!


Now time to go start my Friday 13 marathon.....

FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!

If you got that kind of phobia...I wish you the best of luck today!


Avoid BLACK CATS...which would be hard for PoD as she has one, who also happens to be full of the devil today!



Happily I don't have that problem! I usually have good luck [knock on wood]...?


For those with the phobia...do you know that there is 3 - Friday the 13ths this year! Normally there is only 2 but it has something to do with last year being a "leap year"? We had one last month [Feb] and will again in Nov.


As for the movie buff in me...there's always the great classic "Friday 13th", which by the way has been remade [again] and was supposedly released Feb. 13, 2009. Will be renting that one for sure. It doesn't matter how crappy they make them...I still got to watch. I would classify this movie more gore than scary!


I wonder how many more lives Jason Voorhees has left?



Did you know there is a "Crystal Lake" in Sasakatchewan?


I looked for the cabin but I didn't find one........:O


HOPE YOU ALL SURVIVE THE DAY.........

9 of 365

1. Woke with no surprises [like yesterday], guess it was the 24 hour flu after all. Why is a person only sick for 24 hours? Not that I'm complaining!

2. PoD came and got my cutter computer working so now I got no excuse not to work

3. Watching Thumber when she gets these burst of energy...don't last long but long enough for a good chuckle.

4. NO annoying phone calls from automated callers

5. Got some laundry done

NOT A HAPPY CAMPER...

Woke this morning at 3:30 feeling real dizzy...lifted my head and promptly threw up all over my bed! It's been like that all day! I think it's a flu bug...hopefully the 24 hour kind!

Things kind of okay now as I'm able to sit up for awhile and the world isn't spinning as badly.


How does one clean "memory foam" [topper to my mattress] when all the darn thing wants to do is suck up the water?

Only 2 happy things I can post right now is...

TG it's Monday and I'm closed!!!!!

Only 1 annoying phone call!

OOPS...I SPOKE TO SOON...




I THINK I'LL GO LAY BACK DOWN AGAIN....

8 of 365

1. Waking up on the right side of the snow [ you thought I'd say grass...:)]

2. Designing plans for "Guitar Hero" stands coming along just fine [will blog about it when I can download photos off of my camera].

3. Phone call from little sister Eener than lasted over an hour [long distance]. News was our sister-in-law SewLady was going to find out today whether she won the "Devon International Woman of the Year Award" or not.

4. Phone call later from PoD telling me that she had read through facebook that SewLady had won.

5. CONGRATULATIONS SEWLADY!! If any deserves recognition it's YOU! We all should have someone SO dedicated to the growth of their town! WELL DONE!!!

What a nice way to end a day...:)

7 of 365...[pretend that it's Saturday night]

1. Joy at finding out that it was WARM outside when I went for a walk around the downtown block. Had to remove hat, scarf, gloves and undo jacket but kept smile on!

2. Remembering to bring home the toilet paper!!!

3. Getting the mail and finding NO bills :)

4. Son home for a 30 min. visit [had to drop tax info off to sister]

5. Confirmed news of nephew & niece's impending visit.

6 of 365...happy thoughts

1. No bad things happened

2. Good news from medical test results

3. House vacuumed

4. Being able to count on people to help one out

5. It's Friday!!!

Color me happy...

5 of 365 reasons to be happy

1. power outage gave me time to clean messy junk drawer

2. found hidden treasures below junk in drawer

3. attending "Heritage Day" at grand kids school and see the joy at their accomplishments

4. leftovers from night before

5. cat hugs

SEE...I did find something after my bad start...

YUP...I'M A MORON

Thank you to the wisdom from my daughter who happily let me know that I don't follow directions very well! It seems that I was trying to fast forward my "happy" counts? Now everyone knows that I don't comprehend very well! I missed that day in school [my excuse & I'm sticking with it] So now I've had to go and edited all of my previous counts on my happiness list...jeez, I hope I got it right this time [although my way was faster]!

Today has to start with how badly my day started:

1. Took me many, many, many, many tries to fill my needles [2]with the insulin that I have to take only to drop one and bust the needle off ruining what was inside.

2. Boiled the "Cream of Wheat" all over the inside of the microwave...sticky mess to clean up.

3. Opened the new carton of milk by the wrong side [which tears the s--t out of it] and preceded to pour into bowl and then watch it pour out of the torn part, all over the counter and onto the floor!

4. Started the cutter to cut stuff for work and the power goes out, over and over again. So had to give that up. [power is still glitching].


This was all before 10:00 am

Hopefully I'll find something happy for the rest of the day...?

4 of 365

1. a beautiful warm sun shiny day with lots of slushy road [I don't drive much so who cares]

2. customers actually came and picked up their stuff

3. some even paid for theirs

4. perogies, onions and bacon...yummy supper

5. keeping up with my dishes


You know, I can think of more reasons to be miserable than happy ones...?

Guess that comes from years of training!

PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION RESULTS

Our haunted courthouse was the subject of Fort Qu'Appelle's Calling Lakes Paranormal Investigations in 2004 and in 2006. PoD and I participated in both of these and had been waiting for some results from the filming. They had gathered quite a bit of data and it takes time to go through all of it, but I now have one of their finished DVD's. Most of it was from their first trip here and they still have to go through all of the info from their second trip.

Most of the info on this DVD was of interviews taken from those who had experienced something while being in the place. Other parts were from photos taken by me on the orbs/hazy areas. But the part that sent chills up and down my spine was a quick shot taken of the entrance way to the men's jail cells.

It showed the doorway and then a small form steps into view! The shot isn't very long but long enough to notice that it has to be a child [there are other points that verify the height]. When I freeze frame the shot, it appears to be facing us. The scary thing was...I was leading! I know for a fact that I would remember if I saw anything and I know I didn't. They were also using night vision camera and none of us were child size.

I wish I was knowledgeable about film cutting as I would include the partial film clip if I knew how to. The group has been talking about returning to film more, as what they have so far, includes a member who isn't with them anymore [she found this line of work was too scary for her] and she doesn't want her picture in them. Hopefully the town gives their permission after they see what been gotten so far.

PoD & I are ready to be scared again...

3 of 365

1. got LOTS of blogging in

2. turning the open sign to closed at 5:30

3. not having to drive/walk home [except through my office doorway into my living room]

4. preparing suppers ahead of time so all I have to do is unthaw & nuke

5. creepy hollow dressed to celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Struggling hard to find happy reasons...when sad news today affect my family.