Halloween 2014

Posted on October 29, 2014 by dkbadmin under Holidays

I have zombie love for you!

I absolute love Halloween, even more than my birthday. Even more than all the holidays combined. Halloween is the coolest holiday ever!

I love Halloween because I love scary. I love to be scared! I love zombies, do not get me started on zombies. I am a zombie freak; I probably have seen at least a hundred zombie movies by now. If there are zombies in the movie I am watching I do not care if it’s the crappiest zombie movie on the planet I will watch it. And I have seen some really shitty zombies movies that I can’t believe I watched the whole thing. I just totally love anything zombies and I do believe it could really happen.

Anyways here is a pic of a doll Jeff gave me years ago. It’s totally cool!

I also love skulls; I love collecting them and I have been collecting many things that have skulls on them since as long as I can remember. This is my absolute favorite skull that I have. I got it at a Halloween store. Check it out. I just love it even though it creeps out Jeff. I think that is funny. So far I haven’t really seen anything like it so far.

Jeff and I started our own tradition since we do not like handing out candy to kids. We turn off all the lights and pick out one or two scary movies. We get pizza, junk food and watch scary movies. It’s so fun! I look forward to that, that I picked out a scary movie like last month for Halloween. This Halloween I picked the move Oculus, it is about mirrors which always freak me out in horror movies. So I watch them anyways, I told you I just like watching horror films. Jeff hasn’t picked out his horror movie yet. This year Jeff has to redeem himself because last year he chose Jennifer’s Body and it was really stupid. The movies we pick for Halloween are movies we haven’t seen yet that, is the only requirement. Hope both movies are totally scary!

There is only one genre of horror films that I will not watch. Any horror films about exorcisms. It’s not like I haven’t seen them. I used to watch a lot of horror films on exorcism in fact I probably have seen the movie The Exorcist a crazy amount of times. I have also seen all the sequels as well (note they aren’t very good). Anyways the thought of a demon possessing someone’s body just really freaks me out and not good freak out. Since I believe in God and I believe in heaven and hell that just too much for me to handle. It’s just has been for maybe three years ago I decided not to watch those films. So I have seen them just chose to watch different kind of scary from now on.

There are certain things in a scary movie that totally gets my blood pumping. Like to the point where I am so scared, I can’t look. Those movies I need to watch with Jeff. I need someone to tell me it’s over but I find that those movies make it worth watching because of those things. Here are the things that totally freak me out in horror movies: 1. Mirrors because there is always something in them that is wrong or the reflection never follows the person looking in them. 2. The scary mouths, you know when someone is going to scream and their mouth is really too long for their face. 3. Any basements, long hallways they are always have no lights and who knows or what is in them. 4. Abandoned hospitals and prisons/ jails I do not need elaborate on this one. 5. Walking like all their limbs are broken and it’s very slow then really fast. 6.The backwards spider, ever watch the unedited version of The Exorcist if you have then you know what I am talking about. 7. The whole standing over someone while someone is in bed.

These things just freak me out so much but yet I still keep watching them. Also I love to watch foreign scary movies and I have to say Japanese horror films are some the scariest films I have ever seen in my life. Probably has to do with their really long black hair and a lot of them have that walking like their limbs are broken and those eyes totally freaky!

I have to say though the scariest movie I have ever seen and gave me nightmares is The Ring. This movie scared me so much. I watched this movie when I still living with my parents and I had a TV in my room. I had to cover my TV in my room with a blanket for months. The Ring was the ultimate scary movie and I will never watch it again. Thinking about it is giving me the creeps.

Another thing I love about Halloween is craving pumpkins. Two things I love about doing this is making cool creepy picture and baking the seeds. I love eating pumpkin seeds and they are only good if I make them myself. Here are the pumpkins I carved this year:

Road Trip Day Five

Posted on October 26, 2014 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Friday October 10 2014

Time to go home

Time to leave the fancy hotel and go home. During our whole vacation I didn’t sleep very well. First bed in the Hyatt really sucked, it was lumpy, the bed in The Henry was comfy but it wasn’t my bed. I also missed Koko who cuddles with me before I go to bed. So maybe three to four hours of sleep a night during vacation, I was tired and really wanted to sleep in my bed. On this day I actually got up at quarter to seven. That rarely happens because I am a night owl. I could tell I was getting to the point of exhaustion because I was crabby. The ride back home was pretty, but I was driving, so had to really see the pictures to really see the beautiful water and the Mackinac Bridge again.

Also on the way back I wanted to stop at a souvenir shop. On the way up we passed a souvenir shop that said it was the largest in the country so had to stop there. We looked at the reviews online of the shop and all the reviews said how wonderful this shop was. So I was excited to see what kind of treasures I would fine. When we finally got there it was raining and we really had to use the restroom. When we got inside the shop, we asked if we could use their restrooms. They told us that they had a portable potty outside. Are you kidding me? I am going to spend money in your shop and I have to go outside in the rain to potty. I thought that was ridiculous but when you have to go, you have to go. Anyways I was so disappointed in this shop. It was just a bunch of junk in there. I could find better stuff at Goodwill. But I did find some stuff. I found some little stuff for my friend Helen, also a little statue for my friend April for Christmas. Jeff found a cool eagle statue for his dad. I also found some cool little figurines for my figurine collection. Oh and the workers were very strange especially when we asked about the restroom. There weren’t all that friendly. We got there around almost five clock and they close at five. They didn’t even tell us they were closing they just turned off all the lights. First of all we were the only customers in there you could just tell us you were closing.

All in all that shop has false advertisement and the people who reviewed this shop has never been to a thrift store in their life I would assume because a lot of the stuff was donated you could tell and all the stuff was just junk. I would have better luck finding cooler stuff at a garage sale. So yes very disappointed in this shop.

While driving in Michigan they have these funny signs we would see every so often. They would say “Pass with care” I thought those where funny because you wouldn’t pass with care you would pass with rage. I am passing them because they are going so freaking slow I am going to lose my mind! So no one ever passes with care on the road they pass with rage. Too funny!

When we got Wisconsin it was dark out. I hate driving in the dark because all the headlights on the cars make it hard for me to see plus we were driving back roads there were so many deer. I was afraid I was going to hit one. Gratefully we made it home without incident. I was so happy to be home and to go to bed. I slept like for a whole day! It was nice. I love vacation because it’s a way to see cool things and meet or see the weirdest people. But I also love being home after vacation to appreciate the mundane stuff I do every day.

Road Trip Day Four

Posted on October 23, 2014 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Thursday October 9 2014

This day we went to the Henry Ford museum. I didn’t know this but this museum was very large. It took us almost four hours to go through it. It was so neat! First since its Henry Ford they had all kinds of old to new cars. The cars were everywhere, it even had Presidential cars, we got to see President Regan’s car to President Teddy Roosevelt’s car. It’s funny because they were all so different and we got to see where the Secret Service would ride around the car. The whole museum was a timeline of different vehicles but we didn’t follow the timeline we were just everywhere.

The second part was trains. There was this one train that was just so huge! Jeff stood next to it and you can see just how huge it was. It was so massive that it made the other trains looks so small. The other train they had that I thought was neat was a plow train. Very interesting! In the museum they had a working McDonalds in a train car. What? Yeah I was blown away by that. In the front of the train car McDonalds was the old neon sign and a classic car in the middle of it.

Third part was airplanes. It had the write brother’s plane, it was so simple paired to the others. Still really neat. There was this other plane you could go into it was from a long time ago. It was funny because first class was wicker chairs. That cracked me up! Also they didn’t have seat belts. Charles Lindbergh’s The Spirit of the Saint Louis plane was there. Amazing! Also with all the vehicles there were buttons you could press to either hear audio or watch tiny videos on the displays.

There weren’t just vehicles there were other displays there. Like Lincoln’s chair he got shot in. I even saw Rosa Parks’s bus and I could see where she sat. They had kitchens through the centuries. I only took a picture of the 1930’s I thought that one was the neatest. Lamps and stoves through the centuries, very interesting to see them all. Also had these doll houses, the doll houses were very detailed it was crazy.

There was this one part were we go through the centuries of just stuff. We thought it was funny to go through the 80’s and 90’s centuries because a lot that stuff Jeff had or I had as a kid. For example I had a Game Boy and a Furby, to see them in a display case made me feel a little old. But it was neat to see that stuff and bring back some memories. Also Jeff use to tell me he had bag phone. These phones were the earliest invention of the cell phone. So yes had to take a picture of that. I have never really seen one person just on the internet.

That museum so far is the coolest museum I have seen in a long time.

The second half of he day we switched hotels. We stayed in the fanciest hotel I have seen or had the pleasure of staying. One thing you got to know about me is I hate fancy. I hate fancy restaurants, stores and hotels. Because I feel that I do not belong and I can’t stand snobby people. I do not how but Jeff convinced me that we have to stay in a fancy hotel at least once in our life. We stayed at The Henry and it was a Marriott “Autograph” hotel, just another way to say fancy hotel. When we walked in it was so very neat to see. First you walk in and see the biggest chandelier like ever. All the employees are wearing suits and dresses. As we were walking to the elevators the walls are covered in art work. I thought that was really neat to see. When we got to our room I am almost past out because it was so huge! Once you walk in there is one tiny bathroom and the living room with a really cool view of Detroit (11th Floor). Then the bedroom and an extremely large bathroom. As you walk into the bathroom you walk right into the beauty area, and then when you turn there is another room where there is a shower and tub. The bathroom is covered in marble. The bathroom was like a studio apartment big. People could live in there. That is how big it was!

For extra cost we got Concierge floor access which means we got to go this floor where they have fancy food, alcohol and beverages all you can eat, for no extra cost. We ate caviar; I have never had caviar in my life. If you didn’t know caviar it is fish eggs. I thought that they would be disgusting but they weren’t. I was surprised. Also you could have as much alcohol and drinks as you wanted. Totally took advantage of the coffee and creamers they had. Jeff and I are not big drinkers so the alcohol wasn’t really a big deal. However Jeff is a soda fiend so all you can drink soda and I am a coffee fiend so we were happy. Were funny! There were some snobby people in this area, they were stupid, but of course we mostly stayed in our room. The staff were all really nice and I felt a little bad for them having to work with snobby costumers, yeah I thought about that.

For the first time in my life we ordered room service. I have never had room service because I always think it’s expensive. I am a bit of a thrifty person. But like my husband said you have to at least get it once in your life. So we did I got fancy Mac N Cheese which wasn’t all that good and Jeff got a burger and fries. We also got these buffalo wraps which were really good. When Jeff ordered food the person on the other end answered the phone “How can I help you Jeff. Jeff thought that was the coolest thing. I thought so because never had that before. I could tell we were staying in a fancy hotel.

Road Trip Day Three

Posted on October 21, 2014 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Wednesday October 8, 2014

Let’s Rock!

This is the day we were looking forward too and this is the reason we decided to go on vacation. In the morning we went to the Automotive Hall of Fame museum. It was okay, not a lot of cars to look at mostly the history of the people behind automotive creation and design which was cool. Got to watch a documentary on how cars came to be. I found even though there weren’t as many old cars to look at the information was really cool to learn about it. There was this older gentleman named Olaf who followed us around the museum telling us interesting stories. Like the story about Carl Benz everyone knows the name Benz. The interesting story was that Carl Benz was really socially awkward but made a car, he wasn’t going to show anyone. So one morning his wife took his car without telling him. It was so awkward to see this car because back then everyone had horse drawn carriages. It was so weird it made the paper the next day. If she hadn’t taken the car and showed it off there were probably be no Benz cars today. Mercedes was name of his daughter and named the car after her. Which I thought was unique name for back then to have name like that. Usually you hear names that were literal or simple not Mercedes. Very interesting!

The second part of the day was the concert. The concert consisted of four bands: Nothing More, HELLYEAH, Volbeat and Five Finger Death Punch. It’s real interesting about Volbeat because I totally did not like them at first. Jeff is the one who really liked them but after listening to them for a little while, I became a huge fan. I think I am a bigger fan than Jeff now. We were really lucky because a month before the concert Jeff bought VIP tickets. The VIP tickets consist of meeting Five Finger Death Punch in person. I was totally excited because well you all know I love Jeremy Spencer and I couldn’t wait to meet him. In fact that is all I talked about for a whole month. I am sure my husband was sick of me talking about it. (Oh well!) I told him if we were meeting Kate Upton he wouldn’t stop talking about meeting her. He agreed, too funny!

What I didn’t know that the VIP tickets included a tour of the stage and the equipment. It was bad ass to see everything. But before we got to go to the stage, the stage manager was talking how everything is run. I wasn’t really paying attention; I was looking around the arena. Then it happened! HELLYEAH walked right behind our group. I couldn’t believe it, Chad Gray the lead singer of HELLYEAH looked right at me! I was really star struck, I should have said something but I just couldn’t. It was really funny because I was thinking wow, he is really short. He was probably as tall as me and I am 5’4. Also he had the most piercing blue eyes, I have ever seen. So hauntly awesome! I couldn’t believe no one else saw them. OMG! I will never forget that!

After the manager was done talking we got to see all the guitars and some were really unique. We got to see how it takes a couple of people to run all the sound for both the guitar players and bass player. Also seeing the all drums sets were neat. Yes, I got to see Jeremy Spencer’s awesome drum set. It’s really cool because it’s red and gray.

Then after the tour of the stage and the equipment we went down this long hallway were all the dressing rooms where and meet 5FDP. I was SO NERVOUS! I felt like passing out and puking all the same time, that was how nervous I was. Being a VIP we got a cool bag and in the bag were drum head, drum sticks, a jersey, guitar picks and a wallet. The drum head was signed by all of them. I was surprised that no one had Jeremy Spencer’s book, I was the only one. I thought that was weird. So this is how it goes, all of them are sitting at this long table and you stand in line. There were about 20 people in our group. They sent two people at a time to the table. When it was our turn, whew I do not have nerves of steel. First it was Zoltan, Jeremy, Ivan, Jason and then Chris. We got to shake all their hands and have them sign whatever we wanted. Jeff and I both got our Jersey’s signed and I got to Jeremey signed my book. I told Jeremy that he was my favorite. He told me that he appreciated me for reading his book and thanks. He was the one who pointed out my t-shirt, he said that he thought it was really cool. Ivan said he loved my shirt too. Jason called me sweetie. (Um heart melting right now) I have to say that Ivan and Jason were more into the whole fan thing. I give Ivan a lot of credit because it felt like he understood all of us and that he appreciated all of us for supporting them.

After the signing we got to take pics with whoever we wanted. I wanted one with the whole band and one of me and Jeremy. While taking a pic with just Jeremy, Ivan and Jason photobombed us, I thought was so funny! Then Jeff and I took a pic with the whole band. Jeff got a pic with just Ivan. The whole experience was so fun! I will never forget this whole experience and I am a 5FDP fan forever.

Now on to the concert, Jeff and I didn’t want to stand in the front. I feel being in the front you don’t get the whole experience. Sitting further away you can see the whole show. It’s not like you can’t hear the show. It was so loud! So awesome! First it was Nothing More I don’t really care for them. HELLYEAH was next and they were so awesome. Their whole stage present was amazing.

Next was Volbeat, they were FREAKING AWESOME! Loved there stage set up. I knew every song they sang and sang along with them. First I like to say I was surprised by the lead singer Michael Poulsen because I have watched interviews and concerts on YouTube but his voice is not that low. It’s actually higher than I thought also you can tell that English is his second language. If you didn’t know Volbeat is a Danish band. He definitely has an accent. He was so funny; he asked if two girls in front were sisters. They must of said no because he’s like you can kiss each other right now. So they did lol! Then he pointed to a young kid and asked how old he was. He said that he was 12 so Michael Poulsen is like “stay right there” and he crowd surfed to give him a t-shirt. Too funny! Also while crowd surfing someone touched his crotch he said thanks for that. OMG! He was so hilarious; you could tell he really loves his job. Volbeat I hope I get to see you again because you are so awesome! I am a Volbeat fan for life.

5FDP was next and wow! First Jeremy Spencer came out and all you could see was flashing something which I knew he had flashing teeth. Then the lights came on and he was just standing there with his skeleton makeup and costume on. Then the whole band came out and they started with the song Under and Over It. Ivan even had make up and a costume on. His was a red hand on the side of his face and a bandanna. The light show for Volbeat and 5FDP were something to really see. Ivan was really good at getting the crowd going. I liked singing along to the songs. A few songs later, just Jeremy came out. He had on a devil mask and played a drum solo. It was so FREAKING AWESOME! Then when the whole band came back Ivan got a lot of little kids to go on stage and actually sing Burn MF. (Their parents must be so proud) Holy crap it was so fun and funny at the same time!

The whole show was just amazing! I will never forget this concert, I have never been to a concert that truly made me happy to go. This concert outweighs all the bands I have ever seen over my life time and I have to say I’ve seen a lot. This day was the happiest I have been a long time. It was just so much fun and I can’t wait to see more awesome bands in concert!

Road Trip Day Two

Posted on October 17, 2014 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Tuesday October 7, 2014

We had no idea what to do during Tuesday. We ate at a really cool restaurant called Max & Ermas. So yummy! Kinda wish we had one here. So while we were eating I was looking on the map and found a private car collection that people could go and visit. Jackpot! It was the private car collection of Jack Roush. It was so cool! First it was free because they want you to buy something in the shop. Second not only did it have race cars it had really old cars. Also we didn’t buy anything, so it was free. (Ha ha!) We had really great weather throughout our trip; it only rained when we were driving home.

Road Trip Day One

Posted on October 15, 2014 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Road Tip!

Monday October 6, 2014

Guess who was the driver? It was me! Yes I drove the whole way there. How long did it take? 10 hours in our Escape. Wow! But the drive there was so pretty! Michigan is definitely into the fall season, all the trees were turning. My two favorite parts of driving was going over the Mackinac Bridge and going into Michigan. You can drive 70, so that means 75, but everyone was driving 80mph or more. It was like driving a race car, so fun! Also we noticed that all the restaurants that failed in Wisconsin are thriving in Michigan like Big Boy. It was cool to see one of those again. The first three nights we stayed at the Hyatt hotel. Not really impressed about the cleanliness. I found a little lump of hair on our bed, hair always freaks me out in a hotel. I have no idea why.

Vacation Time

Posted on October 2, 2014 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Super happy fun time!

I am so excited because starting on Monday; I get to go on vacation. I haven’t been on a long vacation for six years!

We have been on mini vacations like two or three days but not a whole week! I am SO excited to go on the adventure we are going to have. We are driving to Michigan near Detroit which that part isn’t all that fun. It will take 8 hours to get there.

We are going to go to a Five Finger Death Punch concert, that’s the main reason why we are going on vacation. Not only do we get to go to the concert we are actually going to meet the guys. I am SO nervous and excited at the same time! But you already know I really want to meet Jeremy Spencer he is my favorite. Hoping he will take a pic with just me and him. (Crossing my fingers!)

The concert is four bands. Nothing More which I only like one song and I don’t really like any of their other songs. HELLYEAH I know some of their songs and I think they are pretty good. The last two bands are the ones I really want to see. Volbeat I love those guys! My favorite song is The Nameless One I hope they sing that song but I love most of their songs. And of course Five Finger Death Punch totally love those guys! My favorite song is Bulletproof. Whatever songs they sing, I am going to totally love it!

I can’t wait to rock out! It’s going to be so cool!

Also we are going to stay at some really cool hotels and see some museums. Yes museums, Jeff and I like museums. I am looking forward to the Henry Ford museum. Even though I don’t know a lot about cars I sure do like looking at them especially really old cars.

I know we are going to do some other museums and sightseeing. Whatever we do in Michigan it will be fun because every time we go on vacation really silly and funny things happen to us.

So my blog I will see you in a week, I will have some fun tales and some really great pics to share.

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