Michelle: Right. Connect me with God. Maybe he can help me with my wireless. No! My wireless is DOWN!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Blonde Moment Alert and Mother's Day Giveaway!
Michelle: Right. Connect me with God. Maybe he can help me with my wireless. No! My wireless is DOWN!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A Haunting In Oregon
These two pictures are from a private residence investigation in Molalla, Oregon (Molalla is named after a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area). In the first picture you will see a traveling ball of energy close to the floor. We were told by the psychics before this shot was taken that they felt the presence of a canine spirit. Isn't it odd that the energy form is close to the floor? The family that lived there had always felt a presence in the last two rooms at the end of this hallway. It looks as though the energy is travelling from one room to the other.
In this shot, I was sitting next to the psychic as we performed our EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) session and in the corner of my eye I saw a ball of light fall directly from the ceiling down to the floor right between us. As it fell the psychic said she felt something brushing against her shoulder. I decided to snap my camera several times in hopes of catching something. This is what I caught.
During the EVP session we all sat around in a circle, turned off all the lights and lit a candle within the circle. The session is meant to see if we can capture anything on our digital voice recorders. Any of our members will randomly ask a question of the spirit and the rule is 60 seconds after the question is asked there must be total silence. During this silence we hope to capture something or perhaps even an answer to the question that was asked. Although I haven't quite figured out how to upload what we caught on tape, I can tell you about it. :) As we went around the room, one of the gals asked "How many spirits are with us here.". After playing the tape back you can clearly here a male voice whispering "two" right after the question was asked. We were floored and very excited! It still gives us chills to this day.
We did some investigating of the historical background of the area and we discovered that the area (Molalla, Oregon) where the house sits was inhabited by a Native American tribe called the Molalas. Supposedly the area is also home to many unmarked grave sites.
The Von Der Ahe House is the former halfway stop/inn on the stage route between Oregon City and Molalla.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Farmer's Wife
Love the old ads. I eat like this every night. This is nothing new for me.
This house cost a whopping $7,000.
That's your vintage dose for the day. :)
Monday, April 27, 2009
Snickerdoodle Recipe
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
Night all!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Snickerdoodles, Paranormal Meeting, An Award and Tail Chasers Club!
However, earlier I had to make something for the birthday we were celebrating for Diana who is part of our paranormal group! I decided to make it quick and make Snickerdoodles. :)
Also, I can't tell you how much I am enjoying this little table I got from Goodwill! It gives me so much extra counter space.
All ready to go with my present and cookies.
The meeting was very exciting. We have a new addition to our group! Her name is Jenny and she has decided to become our case manager. She will find the leads and get the investigations for us! Update on the last investigation I said we were going to go on, we've had to put it off until Fall. At the moment they are quite busy with Spring and Summer festivities and the weekends won't be quiet enough for us to conduct a thorough investigation.
However, we do already have a lead on a few more places, two private homes (thanks to our new case manager, Jen). :) We will hopefully have investigations beginning in June and going forward! One of the private homes has disturbances that become so bad they have had to actually take the kids and stay the night somewhere else! I can't wait to investigate this place. :)
I will also be checking out on how we can become a satellite group for Ghost Hunters (on Sci Fi Channel if you haven't already seen it yet). We will need to have a web presence so I will be in charge of that. I am in the very beginning stages of the creation of the website. I will keep you all updated!
I am going to gather some pictures from past investigations and post them very soon. :)
I just received an award from Lisa over at Hospitable Pursuits! She is such a sweetie and I love her romantic, beautiful blog! I have her button on my sidebar as well so hop on over and take a peek at her wonderful blog! Thank you so very much, Lisa!!
Now the rules to accepting and sharing this sweet button are:
1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 10 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a comment for each nominee.
So here are my nominees!
1. Funky Junk Sisters
2. Creative Cottage Dreamer
3. Whatever Amuses Me
4. Hippie Dog
5. Baked Alaska
6. Comforts of Home
7. Tulip Bliss
8. Puppy Cove
9. Coastal Sisters
10. Cat with a Garden
One last thing! I am now part of the Tail Chasers Club! You can read all about it here on the wonderful and fun blog of Cliff and Olivia. It's a club where all cat's tails are named something.
Here are the names of my little one's tails. :) DON'T LAUGH!
Mocha and her tail “squirrelly girl”.
Quincy and his tail “fluffy go lightly”.
Emma and her tail "Maytag"
That's it for today! That was a lot. I'm exhausted just writing this post. LOL! Hope you all have a good Monday! I'm not looking forward to dragging my rear into work first thing in the morning. :(
Saturday, April 25, 2009
A Birthday for Alice!
I just love the smell of fresh cilantro!
The finished dish. The lemonade chicken was so good!
Isn't Alice just adorable?
You will NEVER guess what she got as a present!
Quincy wanted to say a few words. "I NEVER thought those people would leave. I might die if I don't get any attention soon. It's been two hours!"
Also, I didn't make the gluten-free buttermilk pie. My friend Susan ended up being sick this evening, unfortunately and couldn't make it. Hope she feels better soon! Missed you Susan! I just found out one of our members of the paranormal group has a birthday this week so we are celebrating at the meeting tomorrow. I am considering making the buttermilk pie tomorrow. :)
For those of you who want the recipe, here ya go! :) I highly recommend using dark meat as well and don't forget to use all the sauce that is left in the crockpot to drizzle over the meat and rice!
Crockpot Lemonade Chicken
4 pieces chicken (even with bone in if you want!)
6 oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
2 Tbs. brown sugar
3 Tbs. ketchup
1 Tbs. vinegar
2 Tbs. cornstarch (for thickening the sauce when done)
2 Tbs. water
Arrange chicken in crockpot. Combine lemonade, brown sugar, ketchup and vinegar. Pour over chicken and cover. Cook on high 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
Recipe yields 4 servings.
Sleepy bed time now. Night all!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Saturday Evening Menu
Oh! I did some quick redecorating (okay moving around) to the kitchen. Remember those little milk bottles with the happy pink flowers in them? I moved them on top of the cabinets in the kitchen to keep Mr. Brewster the Rooster company. Cute huh? :)
Have a wonderful Saturday all!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Ready for the Weekend!
And last but not least, GIVEAWAY ALERT! My 200th post is approaching fast and I am thinking of doing a giveaway! I'm not sure yet what it will be but keep your eyes and ears open because it will be right around the corner!
I am still up late because this episode came on. How can anyone resist this. It's my favorite Lucy episode of all time! I STILL laugh at it as hard as I did the first time! :) I don't know why but I can never forget that lady yelling "Let 'er ROLL!". LOL! If you want a quick laugh for your Friday, take a look at this. Don't forget to turn off my player on the bottom
Happy Friday y'all!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Seriously, Was Housework Fun Back Then?
I know what they're really thinking....
Now this is more like it. This is how we really look when we have to do housework, right girls? Actually, who the heck wears a dress and shoes like this doing housework?