Follow This Blog

I have added a feature in the sidebar called Follow This Blog. I have noticed other bloggers using it and it puts up your avatar there in the sidebar to generate bloggers to your blog too.
Please click the follow this blog and get yourself on the list so I can also help generate some traffic to your blog. :)

Please also go over to my Needle Felting blog and click the Follow This Blog there too.

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Weekend From Hell,

Well we never know when life will change suddenly for the worst. Even though what happened really does not effect our world in the long term. It certainly effected our world this weekend, and is spilling out into this week because we are now behind in things we had set out to do.

Carl's Mom has been away for three weeks. Her really good friend Suzy died at age 101 and Lillian flew to Newfoundland for the funeral.
On Saturday evening Carl and I went out to the airport to get her.
She was in great spirits, and seemed to have a good visit with my brother-in-law and her friends.

On Saturday Cam had to be at work by 7 am and was to work till 2:30PM. He came home early around 1. He promptly fell asleep in the basement until dinner.
We made tacos for dinner and it was hard for us to wake Cam.
When he came up to the dining room, he picked at his dinner and explained to us he was feeling really sick.

Right after dinner we had to rush out to the airport.
After dropping Lillian home and having a visit we got ready to go home. I called the house and then Cam's phone and we got no answer. I called several times more, and finally Cam answered the phone. He had been asleep all evening too.

We returned home before 10PM.
We walked in the door and heard Cam calling out "help!" from the basement.
We ran downstairs upon the second "help".

It is weird when you hear help called out the first time, you pause to try to analyse the prospect of what you just heard......

We found Cam in the basement, collapsed on the floor vomitting violently. And seeing he basically did not eat all day, all he was bringing up was whatever he drank. ......Pop, koolaid jammers, blueberry juice.... you get the picture.

Cam was very red. His face was looking like it was on fire, but he was not hot. He was clammy.
He kept vomitting all night. By 4 in the morning he had begun to cough too. He could not keep fluids down. We kept giving them to him to stop him from dry heaving.

The coughing worried me. I was not sure if he had vomitted in his sleep, or it was just from the acid burning his esophogus. .... So Carl and I took turns staying with him to make sure he didn't asperate. I ended my shift at 5:30 am and Carl started his at that time on Sunday morning.

Cam was sick a few more times Sunday morning. By noon he was not feeling sick, but his throat really hurt. We got him some spray for his throat. He tried to eat a bit but his throat hurt too bad. We could get him to drink though, so I figured we could wait till Monday morning before seeking a Dr, if he could keep the drinks down.

Monday morning Carl woke up Cam around 5:30Am to see how his throat was, and if he had improved, because if he hadn't, Carl would have stayed home. Cam felt hungry and his throat had improved, so Carl went to work.

Cam is on reading week this week, so he could rest up.... But he had a camera booked for Monday at Seneca, so I drove him down to get it. He was weak, but he was able to eat and drink easier and easier as the day went on.

So our ordeal ended around 4PM yesterday.
And poor Cam has been through a battle.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-from-hell-well-we-never-know.html

I Am So Very Excited!!

I am so excited that I will be featured in the front page advertizing Showcase of Etsy Starting this weekend!

Please see The Motivated Motion Gallery Blog : Here for details and dates of the features.

Please take the time to check it all out and give me some feedback on how it looks and what you see and if I am missing from a showcase on the specific dates I should be featured there.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-am-so-very-excited-i-am-so-excited.html

Well It Was A Great Thanks Giving Weekend!

This past long weekend was Canadian Thanks Giving.
My parents came up for Dinner, and our Student stayed for the festivities!
Our table is all decorated for halloween, so I thought you would like to see a pick of it.

The pic is huge in pixels. You can click on it to make the pic bigger to see the details.

I made my Dad the first of the Remembrance Day Pins I designed.
These are not to take away from the Legion ones, but to be a more permanent homage to Remembrance Day, than can be worn on a tuxedo or suit or on your business clothes.

Dad is modeling his.

You can see the pin for sale on my Etsy shop by clicking on its pic in the Etsy badge below:
The new items I released today are in the badge too.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/well-it-was-great-thanks-giving-weekend.html

Ohhh An Etsy Badge Of My For Sale Stuff!

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/ohhh-etsy-badge-of-my-for-sale-stuff_10.html

The Needle Felted Exotic Tree Frog Necklace Is Finished!

If you would like to see more photos head to My Needle-Felting Blog or go to my Etsy Shop Here.

Mishelle Modeled the Necklace For Me
Thanks Mishelle!!

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/needle-felted-exotic-tree-frog-necklace.html

Peek At a Tree Frog Necklace in Progress.......

Click on the photo to see the Gallery Blog Post on the progress...

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/peek-at-tree-frog-necklace-in-progress.html

We Have Doilies Available Again!

I have loaded up quite a few of Nanny Tucker's Great Hand Made Crocheted Doilies into the Etsy Shop . They will show up in the Gallery soon. I finished cataloging and loading the the sets too late for Carl to get them into the Gallery tonight.
GoTo Etsy Shop Here

Nanny Tucker is my Mother-in-law.
Nanny Tucker Turned 95 in January 2008. She makes crocheted doilies to keep her hands busy. She makes them without a pattern! Her doilies are lovely, and each has its one special personality, as they are no two alike. I have done my best to join up groups of these lovely hand crocheted doilies she has made to keep her hands moving. Nanny Tucker is from Newfoundland and lives in Ontario now. She bakes bread every day, and still lives in her own home. I will give Nanny more yarn and all of the profits from these doilies for making these lovely pieces for my shop.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-have-doilies-available-again-i-have.html

Needle-Felting Update

I have decided to use Etsy for the majority of my selling, instead of Ebay. Please check out the the Motivated Motion Gallery to see the new features and click on all the pics to see what is moved over to Etsy!

This is the poster for the New Needle Felting Workshops I am doing in York Region

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/needle-felting-update-i-have-decided-to.html

NFEST


I joined a needle-flelting group called NFEST or (Needlefelters- Stabalot Lane)on flickr. They also have a blog at: NFEST BLOG

I have added a slideshow from the flickr group in the margin of my blog.

Now you can look at the cutest needlefelting stuff ever right here in the slideshow, and you can click on any of the pics and open up the flickr for that artist.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/10/nfest-i-joined-needle-flelting-group.html

Success Is Only A Click Away!

These days I find myself feeling behind in my logging of events on my blog. I still have yet to post about the Brandywine Ball or the Welcoming of the new DDGM.
Frankly, I am overwhelmed a bit. The needle-felting part of the Motivated Motion Gallery is a quicker success than I imagined.
I am finding myself in a mad scramble to continue to do more and more miniatures.
I have a huge list in my head of things I want to see, but my poor fingers cannot work as fast as my mind can think the little creatures up!

This week I have worked on a rabbit and a siamese cat and "Weird Al-paca Yankovick". Please see the details about the development of the critters on the Gallery Blog, and within a couple of days you will see some additions to Gallery for Auction and Sale.

The charity items are now posted on the Motivated Motion Gallery. 100% of the profits of the dedicated items go a local animal rescue charity I support.
Folks who buy the charity items will get a letter from the charity president and co-ordinator along with their certificate of authenticity.

I am spending most of this week doing photo shoots for the Gallery. I have many sets of handmade doilies to post for sale. These have all been made by Nanny Tucker. She is almost 96 yrs old. Her stuff is very colourful and she makes each doily without a pattern!

Here is the newest creation
See details at the Motivated Motion Gallery Blog
Click the photo to go to the other blog.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/09/success-is-only-click-away-these-days-i.html

WOW!









What an amazing night!
Carl and I have busied ourselves tonight with getting the new needle-felted items up on the Motivated Motion Gallery website.
For the first time I have chosen to post on Etsy in my shop that I have had registered for over a year.
Everything I will post on Etsy at this time will be charity pieces.
100% of the profits of these pieces will go to the growth of the York Region Animal Rescue League run by Nicole Dente.
She is on my friends list in my facebook. So please make friends with her and join her charity groups. I can tell you all the money she raises goes to help local animals with rescue, vet care and adoption.

I put two pieces up on Etsy : Harper and Peepers
If you click on each photo below it will take you to the Etsy Page




If you clicked on Peepers Page you will notice he is sold.
Within 5 min of posting him on Etsy he sold!!
My Friend, and miniature collector bought him! I am thrilled to bits! She was the person who inspired me to make an owl after she told me a story about her family.
I was able to send her a sneak peek of the page right from the Etsy shop and she scooped little Peepers up right away!
There is a tear in my eye to know that I can give York Region Animal Rescue League 100% of the profits of this sale ASAP! Yipppeeeeee!
Thank you HB. I know Nicole thanks you too!

You will also notice that there is an unexpected item in the Motivated Motion Gallery. I am proud to give "Chilly" The Polar Bear his debut on the site instead of making him a teaser on here. I finished him Tuesday afternoon and he made it into the photo shoot! He was such a good boy and posed very well :)

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/09/wow-what-amazing-night-carl-and-i-have.html

Mid September Needle Felting Teasers Slideshow

Here is a flicker slideshow of my latest needle felting.

For details on these pieces go to The Motivated Motion Gallery Blog HERE

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/09/mid-september-needle-felting-teasers.html

Great Explanation Of Haunted Footage Hoax


Well I scoffed this off another site. Cuz it is posted on YouTube.
I really like this video!
Finally someone daring enough to post the realistic approach to proving and disproving paranormal activity.
We spend lots of time watching TV shows that are just mimics of each other on the paranormal investigation theme.
Watching the investigators seek out the ghost, and get scared and excited, then the psychic comes in and channels or speaks with the dead people to get the scoop.

Most of my job as a psychic consultant for a Paranormal investigations unit is to scoop through poop.
I have to use regular ole detective work to weed out the sensationalized and fantasical from the possibly real. Folks don't mean to let their emotions run their mind when encountering something paranormal, but their mind does go off in tangents. My job is to take away the tangents and work with the facts to get a base to start from. Then I will have to do two more things.
The first thing is to prove my credibility by picking up on some piece of historical data I would not be able to find out by conventional means, that can be researched and credited by a historian, then:
Second I have to get a message of information that will help the team move in a specific direction to an answer.
I never know what the outcome will be, and we have always been surprised at what I find out. It is never quite what folks would predict.
We see a lot of stuff that is considered weird or freaky, and the technical team picks through the data of EVPs and Video and Photos and scrutinizes everything..... And if they are not sure they will call in another expert to get their opinion on the situation.

We disprove ourselves all the time. And that is what should happen. If every little nuance of info was not explainable then we would have been able to write the best how to prove ghosties book ever written well over 10 yrs ago.
Folks like PSICAN are scientific researchers. They approach each situation the same way, and they use protocol for collection of data.

I am glad for the video below.
It is an essence of what folks at PSICAN repeat to themselves all the time.
Objectivity is absolutely necessary.
There is no room for blind faith here.

ENJOY THE VIDEO

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/09/great-explanation-of-haunted-footage.html

Old Friends and Old Times:

When I was a kid I went to this great elementary school. There were a few kids that always stuck out in my mind as really great kids. Well when it came for Carl and I to pick names for our kids we decided not to name our kids after any family member, which was not like everyone else in our family.
So I looked at my husband and myself. I figured that if I had boys they might end up reddish haired and fair because my husband was. I thought of the mix and for some reason I kept going back to reddish blond haired kids with fair complexions in my mind. So I thought if we had sons I would like to name them Alex and Cameron. Both names were for boys I knew in elementary school who were very kind kids and funny kids with the reddish tone to their hair. I figured if I named them after good kids they would become good kids. Well, we have GREAT kids! Alex was named after Alex Masterton and Cameron was named after Cameron Mortimer.

Alex Masterton and I had a great opportunity to take extra school on Saturdays for fine art, so we got exposed to things the average elementary student didn't get. Those were the days...... I was a good artist, he was super awesome!

Well by chance, this weekend I connected with Alex Masterton through facebook and I am very glad to see he pressed himself to stay creative (seeing I never saw him again after grd 8 and wasn't sure).
Please take a moment to hit the link below and catch a glimpse of what Alex Masterton is up to these days.
Producer and Director of Mr. Video (2007) a 15min short film. Owner of the production company Destiny Pictures.
If you have seen this film in the UK, I would like to know your opinion. If you have seen this short in the US I would like to know your opinion too.
I have noticed online that Rogers Cable ran something about the short, or ran the short here, but their site is stale now...

I am so excited by this.
Seeing Cam is heading to film school and Alex is the computer geek who is always trying to tech out the film technology for us here....
The world seems really small today! And I am really really glad I picked this great Karma name for our Al.

I will see if Alex will sell me a copy of Mr. Video so I can see it.
The trailer is cool!
Upp I see a film night at the Tucker house soon!

Mr. Video Trailer

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2008/09/old-friends-and-old-times-when-i-was.html