San Antonio

So myself, Betty, Tyran, Lindsey, Meagan, and Emilee (also James, but he lives there) went to San Antonio on Jan 17-18 and we had a blast!

Our main reason for going was ghost hunting. We stayed in the Menger Hotel (which is haunted by 38 known ghosts) and we did the Alamo City Ghost Tour (which was awesome)! Betty, Tyran, and I stayed in room 2012 (scary, I know) while Emilee, Meagan, and Lindsey stayed in room 2014. We had an amazing time - we messed around the haunted hotel, we went to the River Walk and the Mexican Market, we rode the trolley, went on a ghost tour of S.A., and a whole bunch of other stuff. I got great (and creepy) pictures and I got some hilarious videos on my new Flip.


Here is the link to the funny video of Meagan, Lindsey, and James riding one of those mechanical bulls in the marketplace. The funny thing about this was that the bull was made for children but the guy let them ride it anyways!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13OOepIi0I

And here is a scary picture of a ghost in one of the haunted buildings we visited. It was actually my mother who spotted the ghost and as I reviewed the rest of my photos, I saw that there was nothing in any other pictures - nor were there any reasonable explanations for it. We see a female figure in an old dress with a white apron walking in this picture. I circled the area in the picture. Zoom in and tell me what you see!





Creepy..... I'm glad I saw this after we left instead of before. We also had some crazy experiences in the hotel. Emilee, Tyran, Lindsey and Meagan we walking through the lobby of the hotel when they heard a woman's scream that sounded like it came from the lobby (which had no one else but them). They actually thought it had been Tyran but it wasn't.

Betty and I had similar experiences in our room but it wasn't until the next morning when we were sharing stories that we knew about it. Betty said all night she heard different voices and the sounds of people running up and down the halls (but the hotel didn't have very many guests). She also told me that she heard a little girl's laugh in the bathroom when she got up in the middle of the night to pee - which is really freaky because the next morning while I was showering I heard a little girl's laugh. When I got out of the shower is when Betty told me about the voices, the running, and the little girl... We were totally spooked. And Tyran didn't hear anything because she sleeps like the dead (heh).

All in all, it was a wonderful trip and we are planning another one around May to Jefferson, Texas - supposedly one of the most haunted small towns in Texas. Then we are going to go to Galveston (which is really haunted because of all the death and trauma from the Great Hurricane and the fires). I can't wait to see what kind of stuff I will catch with my camera. :)

New Fish and A Funny Video (hopefully)

You know how it goes, unproductive for a few days and then Boom - 2-4 posts one after the other on the same day! Heh, that's life...

Anyways, here are two pics of Ria's new fish. The first one is RAWR. I always want to call him Grrrr for some reason -_-? He's a quick little thing so this pic isn't that great.

And Bob, who's a sucker fish. His back-story (is that what you call it?) is half funny, half sad. He only has one eye (we say Ria is cursed with one-eyed fish - with him and Molly) so we call him One-Eyed Bob. Too bad PetCo and PetSmart don't sell tiny pirate hats cause I'd totally get him one!

And now for the funny video... if it loads (stupid slow, old compy - just wait til Tax Return time!)

I'll get back to this once I can cut the video down to proper size. FINALLY it's done! So the back story (again with that word) to this clip is that Isa was over one Sunday and we were all playing with playdough when I noticed her humming a Christmas carol. So I told her to sing one and after mixing up my song lyrics and title, mom jumped in and did a little dance while singing Jingle Bells - hilarious! It was so funny that my steady camera hand was, well, not so steady. Sorry...

They're FISH!!!!!

Hello! Maria got her fish today! Their names are Twitchy (big male), Itchy (little male), and Molly (little female). Ria wanted baby fishes so she asked the attendant to grab both sexes, and here they are:

And here is my first experiment with video uploading on my blog. I hope it works: nope, it didn't work... I'll try again later...

I've been busy

doing nothing.... Yup, nothing at all but worrying about this play I'm setting up with the teens, getting everything ready for the Halloween Hoopla, making packets, sending off emails, getting press releases together, gathering up my United Way donation items, planning Monday's movie, and a whole buncha stuff for work.

Yes, I am extremely tired. And I have 2 (2!) dentists appts this week to almost finish up all my dental work... Ugh.

Anyways, this weeked was chock full of stuff I had to do (some happily, some not). I had to work on Friday, dinner at Jeanine's Friday night, the Halloween Hoopla thing on Saturday evening, then a movie and pizza at Betty's and Billy's on Saturday night, and Sunday I went to WalMart with Tyran and had dinner with her... man, I'm beat!

And it's lunch time and I'm hungry :(

OOOOOHHHHHHHH, That looks sooo good :drool:

It's Sunday evening

Following the Sunday evening tradition Betty, Billy, Tyran, Ria, and myself had dinner and a movie. We had chicken fajitas with spanish rice and watched My Life in Ruins, a cute (not exactly B, more like A--) movie about a woman who had no Kefi - which in Greece means spirit or luck.

She tries so hard to live life that she forgets to just live. She meets Poupi (yes, Poupi... Poupi Kakas), who is the bus driver, and he shows her with just a few words and a lot of simple but meaningful gestures how much life can mean... especially when you have someone to share it with.



It was a wonderful evening, we all found ourselves laughing uproariously at all the jokes in the movie and the mistakes Georgia made as she tried to find her Kefi. Dinner was good and the company was even better - it was a perfect way to end the weekend. Here's wishing Tyran good Kefi at her new job tomorrow!

Good night,

Rose

Posting Painted Pics

My creative energies have taken me to a different craft - painting. I've been getting ready for Christmas and these are just a few of the things I have painted. They are really in no particular order and I'm very proud of them - faults and all!

Warning: The picture quality sucks as I need to get a new camera :P

My little girl angel (as you can tell, I painted over her face...a lot)
My little boy angel

My snowflakes

My ornaments

My Santa (I gave him to Ria and she loved him!)

And my Snow picture frame

All in all, I've had fun painting these things! Oh, and about Paranormal Activity... it sucked. It was soo stupid. Yes, there were some scary parts but the ending was so dumb - I didn't lose any sleep over it. But I have sometimes thought about the movie while I was alone in a room or driving - the 'what ifs'... o.o lol

Tonight...

So tonight Betty, Tyran, and I are going to see that Paranormal Activities movie. What was that you asked, me going to see a horror movie? Me, who gets scared easily by the stupidest things...



Yes, it is indeed true. I talked to James about it and he said it was really frightening. He said he had a bit of insomnia and he stills shudders if its dark and he thinks about that movie. Yeah, that conversation did not inspire me at all to go see this movie - but Betty and Tyran want to go and I kinda want to see it too.

Afterwards, I plan to have every light on and watch The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with Jim Carey (my fav movie) and finally finish my neice's pumpkin hat and get started on my sister-in-law's strawberry hat. Hopefully I will exhaust myself and sleep peacfully... but who am I trying to fool, I know I'll be up the entire night... huuhhhhhh.



Well, at least I will be productive tonight :) I'll blog after I've seen the movie. Maybe you'll notice the difference between my relaxed tone now and my horrified tone later. ::shudder::