KJ brought Izzy over late last night to take Ann to ER. they couldn't find anything wrong.

today we went to Ian's early birthday party. no snow here, but roads were dicey down there. saw lots of wrecks.

Black Friday.

I don't work on Black Friday anymore, but I never went shopping on Black Friday anyway. did a bit of online shopping today. was knee deep in True Crime shows. finished wrapping grands Xmas gifts. played my game on phone a zillion hours. worked on voodoo doll some more. ate Thanksgiving leftovers. watched the Chiefs narrowly by the grace of God win a football game. Kevin still not feeling good today.

early grandpa gets the worm.

Ann had leftovers from the Thanksgiving meal she made last night, I was making turkey and green bean casserole, so they came over and we combined to make a meal. KJ of course only eats hot rolls at Thanksgiving and Christmas. the boys watched some football. Rip and I had a lovely chair nap. piled the blankets back on the bed. and put ice scraper in the car. 'tis the season.

you have to be crazy to shop at Hy-Vee on Thanksgiving Eve. I've never Black Fridayed, but I did shop at Hy-Vee tonight....

started on Tracy's Christmas Voodoo Doll (if it turns out ok. if not, it's MY Voodoo doll, and I'll try try again....)

another bb game, picked Z up after school, we had a snack at DQ and did some Walmarting before we met her mom at Cameron.

I have fun hanging out with her.

it's Monday.

we no longer have a grandbaby on the way. (sad face.) picked up Z from school. she came home with me. we put on her fake nails. played a bit. she ate supper with us. then took a shower, jammied up, and I took her home for mommy to tuck her into bed. daddy had his first night BB game tonight.

Katie & Brayden hosted Thanksgiving at their new house.

excellent meal. Koren and family stayed at her house, we checked into a hotel for Gustavo to haunt. Katie and the kids made breakfast this morning, we hung out, went to the Homestead National Historic Park, ate Mexican, then we all went back home. a fun weekend.

girl, you can stack anything.

yesterday did the test at Bethany hospital. then to Olathe to catch 2 of Ian's Christmas Choir performances, hung out, crashed on couch, breakfasted with kids, and headed home. picked up our deer meat. 76 lbs.

I was going to take Z to school and pick her up today if Daddy still was sick....

he WAS still sick. and she was up sick most of the night. so just took Ann and Izzy to Ann's lab appt. Izzy was dressed and READY to go. Zerelda and I read the book I made her about being lost. Dr called. labs were ok. I can live on Pepsi and sweet tea another glorious year!

Taylore turned around yesterday when Z started puking on their way to meet up with Daddy for trade off.

today Daddy came home from school sick, so I met with Taylore and picked up Miss Z with a quick girls shopping trip to Walmart. long story short, she now has a Hello Kitty purse. and some other stuff. taking her to school tomorrow, daddy is pretty sure he won't be up to it.

my yearly physical today. lab #s up. call tomorrow for final results. probably upping meds. changing allergy OTC, adding pepcid at bedtime, dcing dayquil. she thinks the sinus thing is actually acid reflux, so maybe a scope, depending on labs. knot on stomach feels softer. I can have fluid removed if it bothers me. so far so good. found out that after age 65, you only need a pap if the situation warrants. so, 1 more. my ankle is probably several varicose veins. or maybe pre diabetes. (ditto on up cholesterol...could be fatty liver or diabetes.) why do I never go to dr?????? she told me to call Bethany hospital to schedule a heart test.

Operation Grandkids Christmas Slippers was a success!

guys came and had new dining room floor installed by lunch.

KJ & clan came over to watch the Chiefs lose their first game of the season.

with a little help from my friends, put up my outdoor decor....solar christmas lights in tree, scarfs or hats on my outdoor cows, bigfoots, and alien. and a Secret Santa Stocking on back fence. cause I read 25 days. today is my little sister Lisa's birthday.

Kevin got his buck 1st day of deer season, already delivered to locker and head hung on back fence to make a European mount. will have a lot of snack sticks and jerky in the near future.

David heard the shots and came over to investigate. he was looking for the deer he'd shot. boys didn't find it.

started wrapping Christmas presents today. the Christmas Chicken and Christmas Pig wrapping paper from Tractor Supply is TOOOOOOOOO cute!

picked up Z from Owls and took her to Pattonsburg for a cousins birthday party. well, I tried to. GPS took me down the wrong dead end gravel road. it was dark. lots of deer. a rabbit. a big full beautiful moon. Zerelda got a bit upset. we were lost. we called her Mom. we retraced our route back to interstate and Taylore found us. all was well. poor Zerelda. Gramma gets lost frequently. hope I didn't ruin her day.

picked Zerelda up at school not feeling good today.

saw a lot more of her this week than I ever thought I would (insert smile face here.) she did go to practice with Daddy last night. made a tiny Tonopah cemetery. I am quite tickled. found sweets for Ginger Dead House.

cleaned out dining room for impending floor replacement. that sounds ominous. so. much. shit. shoved. into. that. entertainment. center.

but I do love it. it's my 'library'. all the upheaval is always worth it in the end. hard at work on The Ginger Dead House and The Clown Motel. it's all coming together. found teeny tiny clowns.

got the daylily bulbs planted yesterday.

software recall on truck fixed yesterday. today Zerelda read. me. the. Biscuit. Book. every. single. page. I was SOOOOO proud of her! Kevin made an epic effort to find mashed potatoes for supper. especially epic since I thought we had potatoes AND I had been to Walmart twice. in. two. days.

"We're all of us haunted and haunting." Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby.

Bell Witch Cave, Adams TN. we were in the area for Dave & Melissa's wedding October 2021 (maybe 2022?) Bell Witch Cave was shut down for Covid, but Katie and I took the drive and I posed for pictures by the gate, as I'd seen others doing on social media.

Old South Pittsburg Hospital, South Pittsburg, TN. we were "in the area" (aka as close as I'd ever probably get) after a Blackberry Smoke concert in Nashville. I went on the one damn day they were closed, out of town doing an investigation. I had called and confirmed, but anyhow....when I arrived, there was no one there. I called # on door. Kevin took a pic of me under awning. then we went to a cast iron store. and then a long drive home. if I'm ever in the area, I'll try again.

we ate at Finn's Food & Spirits in Hannibal summer 2024. did not see spirit of little girl. the place was very busy.

you wanna Scooby Doo this shit????

go through the ghost notebooks I made. type out any experiences of places I made it to. make ultimate bucket list. then toss them. seriously. shelf space. efficiency. time on my hands. this is an important project.

started November 9, 2024.

deb dailey.

you wanna Scooby Doo this shit? haunted and other cool shit Volume 2

Fort Osage., Sibley, MO. Aunt Mary took us girls there when we were kids. did we point our fingers? I know I never could whistle. did we see anyone otherworldly walking around? and spoons flying out of crocks? don't remember.

on family vacation to Lesterville in a cabin on the Black River, we went to a Civil War battlefield. don't remember name. or any experiences. or maybe when we were on the big family vacation at Lake of the Ozarks?

Alton Cemetery, Alton, IA. Tracy & I found the grave of Elijah Lovejoy (I think I have the right name), the abolitionist who was shot during a riot.

Alton, IL. Tracy & I went to an America's Haunted Conference here. we did the McPike Mansion Tour. The Haunted Alton tour which let us into some of The Mineral Springs Hotel and into the cellar under a house. found the Worlds Tallest Man statue and chair and footprints and grave. did the 7 bridges to Hell. and we found that Bender statue from Futurama that was on my list for many years.

Oliver Anderson House, Lexington, MO. been there. twice. first time we got to tour in basement. second time tour guide was older. basement not included on tour.

Historic Dodge House, Council Bluffs, IA. Tracy & I stopped by on a ghost tour. it was closed. we were nosing around and accidently rang the doorbell, then ran. like little kids. a mannequin in a ground level window I caught out of the corner out of my scared the bejesus out of me.

from Haunted Iowa: Kathleen Vyn

think there's a ghost in your house?

1. put circle of coins in closed room.

2. physical objects disappear-move, change, appear. find a pile of soil by your bed. wind blows through your bedroom. little fires start in house. often malicious.

3. orbs-lights pass through room-pass through solid objects-reappear.

4. schizophrenia can give someone symptoms that can appear as if having a paranormal experience.

5. "Old Tom Parker under your hat, bound in the name of God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit." binding incantation.

went to Mt. Gilead Historical Site, Kearney, MO. think we went there when Katie was a baby on first trip to Jesse James house. took a picture of Koren in a red velvet chair. was this open? did I take picture there or elsewhere? don't remember anything about it.

Mark Twain Cave, Hannibal, MO. Kevin and I went there summer 2024. didn't see or feel anything.

on the paranormal bucket list:

North American Bigfoot Museum, Boring, Oregon. Cliff & Melissa Barackman. I ordered a hoodie online from them during Covid.

Randolph County Infirmary Winchester, Indiana.

Ricky Road, Independence, MO.

Haunted Castle House, Brumley, MO.

Rolling Hills Asylum, East Bethany, NY

Gettysburg, PA

Salem, MA

Lizzie Borden House

M

onroe House, Hartford City, Indiana.

White Oak Cemetery, Ethel, MO.

Terror Bridge, Tara, IA.

Palmer House Hotel, Sauk Center, MN.

Marshall Cinema, Marshall, MO. was on The Dead Files.

Mystery Manor, Omaha, NE. Tracy and I were there but it was closed. they do a haunted house there for Halloween.

Voodoos Odd Shop, Omaha, NE. closed when Kevin and I tried to go.

Lemp Mansion, St Louis, MO.

High Creek Cemetery, Rock Port, MO.

Bonnie & Clyde Shootout Marker, Dexter, IA.

Union Cemetery Guthrie Center IA Devil's Chair.

Morse Mill Hotel, Dittmer, MO.

Squirrel Cage Jail, Council Bluffs, IA. tour

Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA. Black Angel.

Rainbow Bridge, Lake City, IA. ghost. eats. candy. bar.

Taliesin, Spring Green, WI

Kendrick House, Carthage, MO

Grand Avenue B&B, CArthage, MO.

Hazel Ridge Cemetery, Brunswick, MO

Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, OH

bank robbed by Bonnie & Clyde, Stuart, IA

Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Site Gibsland, LA

The Haunted Olde Park Hotel, Ballinger, TX

Roads Hotel, Atlanta, IN tour

Stanley Hotel, Estes PArk, CO

Hotel Bothwell, Sedalia, MO

Bachelors Grove Cemetery, Midlothian, IL

Showman's Rest, Forest Park, IL

Taylor Cemetery, Homer, NE. put can of pop on grave.

Civil War battlefields. Missouri: Pilot Knob. Lone Jack. Wilson's Creek.

Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, MO

Grand Avenue B&B, Carthage, MO.

1069 Salon & Spa, St. Charles, MO

Hazel Ridge Cemetery, Brunswick, MO.

St. Boniface Cemetery, Brunswick, MO.

Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutledge MO. Ella Ewing The Missouri Giantess buried there.

Woodlawn Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. angel statue missing hands.

Old Baraboo Inn, Baraboo, WI

Maribel Hotel, Maribel, WI take stack of books and carrots! in 2014 building mostly gone after tornado and fire.

Amityville Horror House Amityville, Long Island, NY. have changed windows and address. now 108 Ocean Ave. blurred out on google maps images.

Fairview Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA. Carmelita, 1 year old girl, dark curly hair. romps around cemetery. appears on top of her head stone. white dress.

Jordan House Museum, Des Moines, IA. Friday and Sunday tours.

Vegar's Cemetery, Stratford, IA. apparation at grave of 5 year old Arizona. you'll see her sitting on her tombstone with a demonic smile. if you stop at her grave she'll follow you around cemetery.

Stephen King spent night in room 217 at The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO. take pics on grand staircase.

Windsor Ruins, Port Gibson, MS. 4 story Greek Revival house, decimated by fire 1890. 29 columns left standing.

Hotel Bothwell, Sedalia MO

Rivercene Mansion B&B, New Franklin, MO

Bingham Waggoner Estate, Independence, MO

Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, MO. woman in nightgown sometimes follows visitors. (I wanna be a ghost in a nightgown. word.)

St Valentines Day Massacre, Chicago, IL

Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL. most haunted cemetery in America.

Hotel Savoy, (now 21c Museum), Kansas City, MO. room 505.

Muelebach Hotel KC MO now still operating today as part of KC Marriot

The Folly Theater, KC, MO

Strawberry Hill Museum, KC,KS.

Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk, Riverside IA. he'll be born there March 22, 2228.

Haunted Insane Asylum, Florissant, MO. located on McLaran Rd. which is off Jennings Station Rd. you keep your eye on the left while driving and you'll know which house it is. (I love directions like this. I can't follow them. Tracy & I googled all kinds of directions to Zombie Road on a trip. never did find it.)

High Creek Cemetery, Rock Port, MO. comments were "stay away-far away". ironically, we once lived in Rock Port.

White Oak Cemetery, Ethel, MO. very haunted.

Voodoos Odd Shop LLC, Omaha, NE. have been there several times. always closed. "We're all of us haunted and haunting." Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby.

paranormal to do list:

Franklin Hotel, Strawberry Point, IA

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Madrid, IA. child ghost Sara follows visitors and asks for Ree. touches people, tugs at clothes.

Mathias Ham House, Dubuque, IA. they have tours

Hazel Green Cemetery, Ackley IA. take flowers. carry something made with iron.

Historic Klondike Hotel, Manilla, IA. watch for public ghost hunts.

Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin. this is where Jay Bachochin hunts Bigfoot.

Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, TN.

Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro TN

Loretta Lynn Ranch, Hurricane Mills TN

Carter House, Franklin, TN

Hales Bar Marina & Dam, Guild, TN. on Ghost Adventures! former tour guide says 100% credibility of location.

Thomas House, Red Boiling Springs, TN. Ghost Hunt Weekends runs monthly tours.

Avilla, MO. Route 66. unfriendly locals. Death Tree. Shadow People.

Eloise Asylum Westland Michigan. check FB. still doing public investigations weekends.

Bolckow, MO. locals reclusive and unfriendly. hilly town. atmosphere heavy and thick. brown victorian wrap around porch pic on blog jan 14 2021. only 1.5 hours away!

Octagon Hall Museum, Franklin, KY.

Fat Matts Vortex

November 9, 2024. this has been on my paranormal list for years. we went after The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy at Vox Theatre, which was 'in the neighborhood', so to speak. I'm not a bar girl, and I'd sipped at 4 cocktails already, so took some pics of the exterior and touched the wall to get the vibe. I did not see any spirits.

I can't find anything that says Vox Theatre is haunted, but I also didn't find anything that said it wasn't.

it was a fun experience. I wore my Salem Witch dress and boots. first outing. I felt slightly overdressed, but....girrrrrl. there were corsets. chokers. top hats. vampire outfits. black tights. tuxes with tails. evening dresses. parasols. a huge flowered hat. clocks. very Steam Punk. kind of like RenFest. with mixed drinks.

yesterday I went to see Ian work stage crew at his class production. gotta admire the hustle!

came home and crashed. today has been a long dry-heaving-puking-up-softball-size-wads-of-snot-wrapped-in-a-blankie-watching-True-Crime-kinda day. begged off helping Ann, who is also not feeling well. have to rally. plans tomorrow!

oh, migration.

today I lost a tooth and gained a Bumble in my livingroom. yes. Christmas has hit the Dailey house. no apologies. stockings are hung on the closet door with care. Bumble and stuffies parked beside my chair.

I have lost faith in the 2 traditional parties, so always vote Libertarian now. does that really make a difference? some states don't even have Libertarian on the ballet. wtf.

In addition to Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, voters on Election Day may have also noticed Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver on their ballots. Oliver, 39, is a "Libertarian activist living in Atlanta," according to his campaign. "Oliver is a champion of the rights of the individual against the growing power of the state," his biography on his campaign's website reads. According to his campaign website, Oliver began his political activism opposing the Iraq War and aligned with the Libertarian Party "after an encounter at the Atlanta Pride Festival in 2010."

“A 39-year-old Libertarian who is ready to speak our principles boldly and loudly to the American public will look so great compared to two 80-year-old decrepit, old-party machine people, who are going to be spouting the same lines and the same mudslinging that they do every four years,” Oliver told a group of eight people at a meet-and-greet event with Linn County Libertarians in Cedar Rapids, per the Gazette.

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a neoclassical liberal political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government. The party was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David F. Nolan in Westminster, Colorado,[8][9] and was officially formed on December 11, 1971, in Colorado Springs.[9] The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist Murray Rothbard.[10] The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the Nixon administration, the Vietnam War, conscription, and the introduction of fiat money.[11]

As of May 2024, it is the third-largest political party in the United States by voter registration. In the 2020 election, the Libertarians gained a state legislative seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives, the first such win for the party since 2000.[15][16][17] The first and only Libertarian in the United States Congress was Justin Amash, who joined the Libertarian Party in 2020 and left the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021 after choosing not to seek re-election.

The first Libertarian presidential candidate, John Hospers, received one electoral vote in 1972 when Roger MacBride, a Virginia Republican faithless elector pledged to Richard Nixon, cast his ballot for the Libertarian ticket. His vote for Theodora ("Tonie") Nathan as vice president was the first electoral college vote ever to be cast for a woman in a United States presidential election.[72] MacBride became the Libertarian presidential nominee himself in 1976. This was the last time that the Libertarian Party won an electoral vote until 44 years later, in the 2016 presidential election, when Texas Republican faithless elector Bill Greene, who was pledged to cast his vote for Donald Trump, instead cast his vote for Libertarian Party member, 1988 presidential nominee, and former Republican representative Ron Paul for president.[73] During the 2016 presidential election, Gary Johnson and vice presidential candidate Bill Weld received a record percentage of 3.3% of the popular vote (4,489,233 votes),[74] getting 9.3% in New Mexico, where Johnson had previously been elected governor. In the 2012 presidential election, Johnson and running mate Jim Gray received 1,275,821 votes (1.0%).[75]

our trip down The Yeller Brick Road to see Lewis Black was fun.

the monster museum I wanted to visit was closed. as was most anything else, cause Monday. and off season. but googled haunted locations, walked and drove past some and took pictures. found the memorial to the massacre victims in Lawrence in Oak Hill Cemetery. me giving directions to cemetery was very stressful to Kevin. room 524 at our hotel was haunted by a shy little ghost named Gustavo who is our travel buddy. he makes sure ALL my adventures are spooky. rain, rain, rain. and lots of car naps. one of the nicest rooms we'd ever had. full. sized. fridge. and a DISHWASHER.

today we voted. seems super important. mice at farm again. way to go, exterminators. (insert eye roll here.)