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.

How Many Movies Have You Seen?

Just had to try this one...thanks Wilma

Mark the ones you've seen.And mark with 3 X's those you have seen more than 5 times each- gives others more insight as to who you are. There are 247 films on this list.

(xxx) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(xxx) Grease
(xxx) Pirates of the Caribbean
(xxx) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
() Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(xx) Neverending Story
(xxx) Blazing Saddles
(xxx) Airplane
Total: 9

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
() Saw II
(x) White Noise
() White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 18

(xxx) Scream
(xxx) Scream 2
(xxx) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
(x) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
(x) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 29

(xx) Harry Potter 1
(xx) Harry Potter 2
(xx) Harry Potter 3
(xx) Harry Potter 4
(xxx) Resident Evil 1
(xxx) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
(x) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 39

(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
() The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots
Total so far: 47

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
() Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG (2005)
Total so far: 55

(x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(xxx) Final Destination
(xxx) Final Destination 2
(xxx) Final Destination 3
(xxx) Halloween
(xxx) The Ring
(xxx) The Ring 2
(x) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 67

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
() Chicago
(xxx) Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(xxx) The Whole Nine Yards
(xxx) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 75

(xxx) The Day After Tomorrow
(xxx) Child's Play
(xxx) Seed of Chucky
(xxx) Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
(x) Gothika
(xxx) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
() Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
(xxx) The Grudge
(xxx) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far : 86

(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Slevin
(xxx) Ocean's Eleven
(xxx) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremacy
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(xxx) Predator I
(xxx) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
(x) Curious George
Total so far: 101

(xxx) Independence Day
(xxx) Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(xxx) Christine
(xxx) ET
(xxx) Children of the Corn
(x) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(xxx) Rush Hour
(xxx) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 112

() Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
() Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(xxx) Big Trouble in Little China
(xxx) The Terminator
(xxx) The Terminator 2
(xxx) The Terminator 3
Total so far:122

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(xxx) Spider-Man
(xxx) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
(xxx) Jeepers Creepers
(xxx) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(xxx) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 137

(x) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
() The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
(x) Ice Castles
(xxx) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 142

(xx) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(xx) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(xx) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(xxx) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(xxx) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(xxx) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 148

() Baseketball
(x) Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(xxx) Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() Three
Total so far: 153

() The Jacket
(x) Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(xxx) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
(xxx) Willard
Total so far: 159

(x)Natural Born Killers
() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(xx) Hook
(xx) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
(xxx) Waterworld
Total so far: 166

(xx) Kill Bill vol 1
(xx) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
(x) Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
(xxx) The Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 172

(xx) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(xx) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(xx) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(xx) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(xx) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(xx) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 178

() Quills
() Dangerous Liasions
() Return to Paradise
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Shindler's List
() Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(xx) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
(x) A Christmas Story
() Lady Jane
() Moll Flanders
Total : 188 seen not sure I want to watch those other 59

How can you tell I have NO life? Too bad they don't include a list on T.V. series...there isn't many of those that I haven't watched.

Truthfully I'd rather watch a movie than read a book...too much rapid eye movement.