How many?

Random thought of the day: "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?"

Halloween spirits

Today while the baby was taking a nap I discovered a new show (well new for me) on The Travel Channel. It is called The Dead Files. The synopsis of the show is that medium Amy Allan and retired NYPD homicide detective Steve Di Schiavi, work together to try and solve unexplained paranormal phenomena in haunted locations across America.The detective does a full on investigation of the location, events/history and then interviews people. The medium is taken to the location at separate time (always night) to do a walk through and she has someone recording her the whole time (that person goes to the location prior to remove items that might give hints and such about the location). Then the detective and the medium get together with the people who called them there to reveal the findings and compare what they found. It is uncanny how many of the things overlap as they revel things. The medium tends to have at least one sketch done and it is revealed and pretty much there is a picture of someone from the past that is revealed and it looks a lot like that person. I found it interesting and I'll be looking for this show again to watch.


So I have a question. Why do all these ghost adventure/ghost hunting/ghost adventures thingys at night? If there are spirits they don't just wait until night to contact you. Night allows for more times that one person being freaked out over nothing out of the ordinary and then the person(s) next to them react too. Annoying!

So we are well into the Halloween season (we went and got Smiley's 1st pumpkin today) and I've noticed more and more ghost based works so that got me to thinking. How many of you actually believe in spirits/ghost/angels/demons/entities? How many of you are willing to admit it without worrying what others think? How many of you are complete skeptics? How many of you would go on a ghost adventure? What is your "ghost story"?

I find it interesting that more people (at least in my findings) are open to talk about politics but they won't talk about the paranormal. So what is your stance? Mine? I openly admit that I strongly believe in ghosts, angels and demons. Have I ever experienced them at any time in my life? Most certainly. Would I go on a ghost adventure? Sure if I felt it was going to be a real thing and not something staged like "Scare Tactics".

Ah ha, best you didn't know that about me?

Fall is here!

I love fall. It is my favorite time of year. There are so  many reasons I love fall. I love having to throw that extra blanket on the bed (although B-man will say that despite the fact that there is another blanket on the bed, he still doesn't get any because I hog them all). I love wearing sweatshirts and light jackets. I love love love the way fall smells in the air. I love the colors of the leaves changing and the sound of wind blowing through the trees. I love the smell and taste of warm cider. Fall makes me think of baking. I find myself wanting to make anything and everything with pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, cider and apples in it. I get a big giddy when I walk into the local Target or Walmart and see them starting to put Christmas decorations out (eeeeeeeee!!!).

I'm so happy it is fall. Sure I might get a big chilled and need that extra layer but boy oh boy do I love fall. I remember a conversation I was having with 2 other people many years ago at the station. One person asked me "Why are you in such a good mood?" and the other person responded on my behalf with "It's the weather. This is her favorite time of year so she's in a good mood." She was right - so happy it is fall. Might have to run down to Starbucks and get a Caramel Apple Cider/Spice for my ride home tonight. Yum.

Laughter is contagious!

Laughter is contagious! Last night B-man and I were watching 2 different stand up comedian specials via Netflix (the Debate was one and I loathe politics so I needed something funny). Well I found out that laughter really is contagious. . . . yep. B-man and I were laughing really hard at some of the jokes and then I noticed that Smiley was watching us laugh and in turn was laughing too. Too cute and funny.

Zombies attack!

As I have mentioned I have this "thing" with zombies. Earlier this week I was flipping channels and caught a really bad German (dubbed over into English) zombie movie on the SyFy network and just last night Brad was playing Plants Vs. Zombie. Sooooooooooo I have to assume that was enough subliminal messaging for me to have a zombie dream. But instead I had 2 different dreams last night. WTH!

In the first dream I was close to being zombie food because myself and the team of people I was with in the castle went out to help the bus of elderly people pulling wheelie bags. Thankfully I woke up before the attack began but geesh. At least in the second dream we were working in teams and had cool vehicles. We ended up in a BJs/Sams/Costco type place that was a zombie free zone and so I was also able to stock up on diapers and formula. Well at least that was a good thing.

Politics - YUCK!

VOTE FOR ME because he said this. 

VOTE FOR ME because he didn't do that! 

VOTE FOR ME blah blah blah!  

VOTE FOR ME!

Oh shut up already!

As you are well aware that it is a political free for all out there right now. You can't get away from a paper, magazine, radio or TV station without being reminded of it. The elections are just a few short months away (November 6th - WHAT A GREAT DAY!), the conventions are coming and going and well there are ads ads everywhere. Living and working in the metropolitan area I guess we are more inundated with the whole election situation (maybe I am wrong) but guess what? I am done! Stop already. UGH. I hate politics. Hate it. Yep I'm a hater! I know I know hate is a strong word and I don't use it very often but right now I will opening and happily state that I HATE politics.

Please don't ask me who I'm voting for (that includes you phone peeps who call and leave recorded messages on my voice mail). I don't know who I'm voting for at this moment. Guess what? I probably won't until the day of the election and until that very moment that I am standing in the voting booth at my local high school. So then why do I post about politics? I really don't know other than I feel I need to stand on my soap box today (and well, this is MY blog after all). You can do what you want on your blog. You don't like my post - don't read it. Plain and simple. Nespa? No just Hersheys! (ha ha ha - watch Murder By Death and you will get it).

Anywhoos I think my co-worker has it well summed up (for many reasons). On her facebook page, under her political affiliations is says: DISAPPOINTED. Ha ha ha - too funny and too true on so many levels. OK so I've had my moment of rant. I'll step down from my soap box but before I go I just want to add one thing. Despite my strong dislike (better?) of politics there is one aspect of it that I find to be very important. The right to vote (as well as the right to voice my opinion as you have just read). That right was given to me through the blood, sweat and tears of many men and women who go unremembered.

Disconnected

I went and did it. Yep, I forgot my cell phone at home today. And don't you know it B-man called me at work to tease me about it. As you might have guessed it certainly isn't the first time I have walked off without my cell phone and I can promise you it won't be the last time either. And believe it or not, I'm ok with it. I know it is at home so I'm not concerned about losing it - I'm just disconnected right now. I heard on the radio where the DJs asked people to call in and voice whether they would be more freaked out if they lost their wallet or their cell phone. 99% of the people called in saying they would freak out if they lost their phone. I would be one of the 1%. I would freak out if I lost my wallet - OMG my credit cards and may ATM card and my driver's license - how frustrating it would be to cancel everything, reorder it and wait for new cards to come in. Not to mention having to go to the DMV to get a new license - that would be shear terror to me.

Recently I thought I lost my phone but it was found. I was only upset because it has pictures of Smiley on it that I don't want to lose. That was the only reason I was concerned about my phone being separated from me. It is possible to live without a cell phone. Heck we did it for years and years. We do it when a major situation happens and the cell towers go down. You can manage to take a shower each day without it in your hand. (or at least I hope you do). I won't say you don't sleep with it because apparently some people do.

Technology does make life easier in some ways, but in other ways it makes us handicap. Maybe I'll forget my phone more often and enjoy a little walk on the wild side.