Sorry Ravelers,
I have been deleting all the photos out of my Flickr account to close down accounts to sites I no longer use. I don't want to get hacked and then have them get into my email or something. This means that I have to upload a new version of my pictures to Ravelry if I want to keep a photo up. I'll be working on my FOs sometime in the future.
So I apologize for taking over your Friends Activity thread.
Sorry Everyone Else,
I know I haven't blogging a a long time and I've been considering not coming back at all. Life is just too busy to sit in front of a computer. I haven't even been reading your blogs. You know I'm busy when I'm not even getting on Pinterest.
I don't know if I'll come back or if you will just see an occasional Finish Project post?
Until I see you again,
Krissy
Friday, November 18, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
The Whaley House
I have to share with you my experience at the Whaley House. In hindsight, if I had seen a ghost I probably would of kicked it's butt. Ghosts are not nice to me...
The Whaley House, according to which TV show you watch, is the MOST haunted location in America. When Bestie was coming for a visit she caught an airing of the new Syfy show Fact or Fiction: Paranormal Files. You can see the teaser here. I couldn't get the sound to work on my computer so maybe you'll have better luck?
Bestie called me up and I immediately got on online and bought tickets for the both of us.
Basically the tour is something like this:
So, Bestie and I started our night out with some yummy Mexican food in Old Town. Mmm, I love Mexican food...
We then walked over to the Whaley House. The two of us were there half an hour early so we just hung out on the front porch. At 10:15pm the staff checked us in and had us line up along the side of the house. As I stood leaning against the house I started to become light headed. As in light headed like I hadn't eaten all day. Within 5 minutes I was so dizzy that I had to sit down. I know that it had nothing to do the Mexican food because enchilada cure everything. It was just really weird that I got so sick so quickly.
As the staff started to go over the House Rules; be nice to the ghost, no scaring people, etc., I was running across the street to the restaurant bathroom to spew out my guts. Yep! My first experience with a ghost and I throw up. I wasn't like I was nervous or too excited. I was had literally gone from feeling great to that sick within a matter of minutes.
Bestie and a staff member waited for me and I went inside feeling better but still dizzy. Lucky for me the first part of the tour we are sitting while watching a slide show.
We then picked up our K-II meter and Bestie and I were put into the first group to do the EVP session. Basically our Ghost Hunter host talked a lot about a swinging chandler and disgruntled maid. Then we took turns asking questions. Mine was something like, "Do you enjoy people coming to talk to you?" I was trying to sound intelligent, you know, while talking to the ghosts.
Then Bestie and I wandered around the house. Bestie was getting all sorts of activity on her K-II. Then I would say something and the K-II would completely stop lighting up. Yeah, the ghost don't like me.
I was still feeling dizzy but I was pushing through cause darn it, I paid $50 bucks.
Bestie had a dog lick her toe. Ghost Dog! Some terrier named Dolly. I think it was trying to get Bestie to move so it could bite me.
Still dizzy... just keep hunting, just keep hunting.
We were taken in groups of three in to the master bedroom. This is an off limits room. The GH in there had this Spiricom device. It's basically a device that is preloaded with a bunch of dictionary words and then the ghost can talk through it's robot voice. The GH said she was talking to "Yankee Jim" a character that had been hung on the property when it was a tree in a field, just before the stucture was built as a courthouse.
The Spiricom was saying things like "top hat" which meant that Mr. Whaley was there. Then "George" came by and was talking about his music. I'm skeptical about this device because it never shut up. I find it hard to believe that ghost hang out talking to us through this device for an hour. This was also the only device that didn't stop working when I started talking.
Dizzy...stomach... but I'm hanging out with Bestie .
Bestie and I went downstairs and she was getting activity on the K-II talking to George about the piano and the guitar in the main room. Another tour-taker had downloaded a Spiricom on their iPhone. Yeah, there's an app for that. It was picking up words like "music" "play". She was on the other side of the room sharing this with us as Bestie talked to George, but I wonder if it was just picking up Bestie talking??? Then I asked a question and all activity stopped.
DIZZY... Thankfully the tour was almost over. Stupid ghosts not talking to me.
As we wondered around we found another GH that had Dowsing Rods. Dowsing Rods are copper wires that point to wear a ghost is standing. Yankee Jim was hanging out behind us, DIZZY. Then some cute redhead came in the room and stole all of his attention.
As we shared our findings I mentioned that from the moment I leaned against the house I wasn't feeling well. The main staff told us that Yankee Jim was in a mood and several women had complained that day about getting dizzy and feeling sick. I was also suppose to say aloud, "Okay, you've had your fun. Now you have to leave me alone."
Question: Would you rather be dizzy or the guy on the tour that starts yelling at ghosts to bugger off?
We wandered outside onto the property and the cool air didn't really help me feel better. Then as we were walking away from the house to the parking lot the dizziness when away. Though my stomach hurt since I was starving and the whole spewing my guts thing.
I'm curious if I took the tour again would the same thing happen. Maybe I'll just lean against the house since I can do that for free.
In the end, ghost hate me. I hate them. If you ever have a ghost problem, don't invite me over.
The Whaley House, according to which TV show you watch, is the MOST haunted location in America. When Bestie was coming for a visit she caught an airing of the new Syfy show Fact or Fiction: Paranormal Files. You can see the teaser here. I couldn't get the sound to work on my computer so maybe you'll have better luck?
Bestie called me up and I immediately got on online and bought tickets for the both of us.
Basically the tour is something like this:
- Check in
- Get a history of the haunts and slideshow of "evidence"
- pick up your K-II EMF meters if desired
- walk around talking to ghost
- there is a EVP session (Electronic Voice Phenomenon)
- walk around talking to ghost
- turn your stuff in go home
So, Bestie and I started our night out with some yummy Mexican food in Old Town. Mmm, I love Mexican food...
We then walked over to the Whaley House. The two of us were there half an hour early so we just hung out on the front porch. At 10:15pm the staff checked us in and had us line up along the side of the house. As I stood leaning against the house I started to become light headed. As in light headed like I hadn't eaten all day. Within 5 minutes I was so dizzy that I had to sit down. I know that it had nothing to do the Mexican food because enchilada cure everything. It was just really weird that I got so sick so quickly.
As the staff started to go over the House Rules; be nice to the ghost, no scaring people, etc., I was running across the street to the restaurant bathroom to spew out my guts. Yep! My first experience with a ghost and I throw up. I wasn't like I was nervous or too excited. I was had literally gone from feeling great to that sick within a matter of minutes.
Figure in the paint of man with cross on his chest over third chair. It's suppose to change throughout the year. If you stand in the right spot you can get a picture of this every time.
We then picked up our K-II meter and Bestie and I were put into the first group to do the EVP session. Basically our Ghost Hunter host talked a lot about a swinging chandler and disgruntled maid. Then we took turns asking questions. Mine was something like, "Do you enjoy people coming to talk to you?" I was trying to sound intelligent, you know, while talking to the ghosts.
Click here to check out our EVP Session. The GH talks mostly in the beginning. If you listen carefully you won't hear any ghosts.
Then Bestie and I wandered around the house. Bestie was getting all sorts of activity on her K-II. Then I would say something and the K-II would completely stop lighting up. Yeah, the ghost don't like me.
I was still feeling dizzy but I was pushing through cause darn it, I paid $50 bucks.
Bestie had a dog lick her toe. Ghost Dog! Some terrier named Dolly. I think it was trying to get Bestie to move so it could bite me.
Still dizzy... just keep hunting, just keep hunting.
The room where Dolly licked Bestie. On the right is my camera's refection in the protective plexiglass.
We were taken in groups of three in to the master bedroom. This is an off limits room. The GH in there had this Spiricom device. It's basically a device that is preloaded with a bunch of dictionary words and then the ghost can talk through it's robot voice. The GH said she was talking to "Yankee Jim" a character that had been hung on the property when it was a tree in a field, just before the stucture was built as a courthouse.
In the master bedroom. I really didn't take very good pictures.
The Spiricom was saying things like "top hat" which meant that Mr. Whaley was there. Then "George" came by and was talking about his music. I'm skeptical about this device because it never shut up. I find it hard to believe that ghost hang out talking to us through this device for an hour. This was also the only device that didn't stop working when I started talking.
Dizzy...stomach... but I'm hanging out with Bestie .
Bestie and I went downstairs and she was getting activity on the K-II talking to George about the piano and the guitar in the main room. Another tour-taker had downloaded a Spiricom on their iPhone. Yeah, there's an app for that. It was picking up words like "music" "play". She was on the other side of the room sharing this with us as Bestie talked to George, but I wonder if it was just picking up Bestie talking??? Then I asked a question and all activity stopped.
DIZZY... Thankfully the tour was almost over. Stupid ghosts not talking to me.
George's musical instruments in the main sitting room.
The Dowsing Rods pointing at Bestie and myself.
Question: Would you rather be dizzy or the guy on the tour that starts yelling at ghosts to bugger off?
We wandered outside onto the property and the cool air didn't really help me feel better. Then as we were walking away from the house to the parking lot the dizziness when away. Though my stomach hurt since I was starving and the whole spewing my guts thing.
I'm curious if I took the tour again would the same thing happen. Maybe I'll just lean against the house since I can do that for free.
In the end, ghost hate me. I hate them. If you ever have a ghost problem, don't invite me over.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Bang Bang?
So, I'm guess I am going to be mostly asking your advice. That and I enjoy taking pictures of myself and them posting them all over my blog. I spent a small forever making sure my makeup looked photo worthy this morning.
I am going to be getting my haircut and I'm sort of in this transition phase. I'm trying to figure out what to do with my bangs.
But first I would like to give you a recent history of my hair:
It's been bone straight hair since I was a kid. Bone straight as in get out of the shower and not bother combing it and it would still dry straight and tangle free. My hair laughs at styling products and curling irons. I could do the foam rollers and have curls for half the day and completely forget about volume.
That is until I had kids. My hair got a little weird in the back after BG but it was hard to tell if my hair was growing wavy or I had permanent ponytail hair. Then LG came along and that weird wavy area got wavier and very difficult to manage. I didn't know what to do with it.
My hair has been all over the map the last few years trying to find a new do. It's gone from so long that I donated 16" and still had shoulder length hair to the short Katie Holmes hairdo and then growing that out. I've had long and straight to bobbed and bangs. I enjoy having bangs but I hate that they can have mind of their own, which is why I don't allow my daughters to have bangs.
If I was going to pay good money to do something with my hair it wasn't going to be to straighten it. I decided to go with a body perm instead. This is also when I started to grow out my bangs to go with my new waves. A very important fact since I'm having issues with my bangs.
Most days I put product on right out of the shower then allow it to air dry. I follow up by adding curls with a hot iron. And here's the big kicker, I get these perfect Beach Curls stay all day long. I am really loving this perm.
So what do I do:
Thanks for helping a girl out. Because at my age, this (points to self) isn't getting any better. Pores don't get smaller, lines start showing, the boobs are gone and I don't want to think about what happens after 40. But I have good hair so I have got to work it while I've still got it.
I guess I should count my blessings, I could of been born with Gary Busey's hair.
I am going to be getting my haircut and I'm sort of in this transition phase. I'm trying to figure out what to do with my bangs.
But first I would like to give you a recent history of my hair:
It's been bone straight hair since I was a kid. Bone straight as in get out of the shower and not bother combing it and it would still dry straight and tangle free. My hair laughs at styling products and curling irons. I could do the foam rollers and have curls for half the day and completely forget about volume.
That is until I had kids. My hair got a little weird in the back after BG but it was hard to tell if my hair was growing wavy or I had permanent ponytail hair. Then LG came along and that weird wavy area got wavier and very difficult to manage. I didn't know what to do with it.
My hair has been all over the map the last few years trying to find a new do. It's gone from so long that I donated 16" and still had shoulder length hair to the short Katie Holmes hairdo and then growing that out. I've had long and straight to bobbed and bangs. I enjoy having bangs but I hate that they can have mind of their own, which is why I don't allow my daughters to have bangs.
December 2009
Then I got a new hairdresser. She complimented how healthy my hair is and then started talking about the "crazy movement" that I had on the back of my head making it difficult for her to do the beloved post haircut style. I told her I didn't like it and she recommended a Brazilian Blowout.If I was going to pay good money to do something with my hair it wasn't going to be to straighten it. I decided to go with a body perm instead. This is also when I started to grow out my bangs to go with my new waves. A very important fact since I'm having issues with my bangs.
March 2011
After getting the body perm I got a lot of compliments on my hair. I don't wear it fresh out of the shower and dried. It's not that type of perm. It gives my hair some volume and a little bit of a wave. More it was just making the crown and front of my hair match the crazy movement going on in the back. Though I could wear it unstyled and it looks good (see above picture).Most days I put product on right out of the shower then allow it to air dry. I follow up by adding curls with a hot iron. And here's the big kicker, I get these perfect Beach Curls stay all day long. I am really loving this perm.
July 2011
On a bad hair day, crazy curly hair looks better than drab straight hair. I can straighten it if I feel like doing something a little different just by blow drying it. The back still never gets truly straight even if I use a flat iron though I may need a better flat iron. 
This morning - blown straight
I guess I need to get to where I am asking your advice. My bang have grown to a transition point that I am not enjoying and I don't want to keep growing them. I have been pinning them back for the most part but they have been too long to do that for about a month. I can wear them down but they are a big clump of grown out bangs and I don't care for that look either. They also tend to get tucked behind my ear because they are long enough that they stay and I hate that look. 
Umm, NO.
As pleasant as the shape of my face is I don't like my hair laying flat against my forehead. Hence why I cut bangs in the first place.So what do I do:
- Cut bangs again?
- Do lots of face shaping with shorter layers?
- Something else that you've done with your hair and enjoyed?
Thanks for helping a girl out. Because at my age, this (points to self) isn't getting any better. Pores don't get smaller, lines start showing, the boobs are gone and I don't want to think about what happens after 40. But I have good hair so I have got to work it while I've still got it.
I guess I should count my blessings, I could of been born with Gary Busey's hair.
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