Our Van is possessed by evil spirits!!!!!

It was quarter to 6 in the morning and Ben, Josh and I were walking out of the ward building after attending early morning seminary. The sky was still dark but there was a hint of gold on the horizon assuring us that once more we were to be blessed with a glorious new day.

I asked Ben if he wanted to drive home and he replied that he was tired and did not want to drive home... Strange he was always jumping at any opportunity to drive. I shrugged it off because teens can be so bipolar. LOL. The drive home began normally in fact I was enjoying it because I did not have to grip the door handle with white-knuckled fear over the common occurrence of one of my sons driving too close to the curb or on coming traffic.

The discussion for the morning was led by Joshua and it was concerning that fact as to why our church says it does not believe in Adams transgressing yet at the same time in the Book of Mormon the Lamanites descendents were cursed with dark skin because of what their parents did.

I’m all for a good discussion on theology but my brain was half asleep and I was having a little trouble getting it ramped up for this depth of a discussion so early in the morning. Somewhere in between me trying to drive and answer Josh’s question I heard Ben fussing about the radio and that it was not working right. I brushed it off as nothing new, mornings generally did not produce the best signal and we were always having to change the channel because of static.

I was at that moment was messing with the AC (yes we do need AC at 6 AM in Florida even in September) I had had it on the defrost mode because the warmth of the out side air and the cool of the inside of the van tends to fog up the windows! It was getting a little on the cold side and so I switched it off. After a second or two the sensation of cold air billowing upon my sandaled feet made its way through my mind and registered I though hey dummy you turned to AC to indoor floor air instead of turning it off. I glanced down and that is when the hair on the back of my neck stood straight up. The AC WAS turned OFF!!

Ok suddenly driving got a lot more difficult I could not figure out how in the world the AC could still be on and blowing when it was turned off. Josh was still going on and on (he was totally oblivious as to what was going on.) That’s when Ben’s insistent chatter regarding the radio registered full force. The radio was turning its self on and off.

I looked at the dash board and the ABS light came on as did the break and air bag lights. I was begging to freak out a bit. At that point the radio turned off completely killing even the clock display. Suddenly the right turn signal turned on and no matter what I did it would not turn off but the crazy thing was it should not be on at all the switch was not switched.

Suddenly the headlights turned off! I was driving in the dark the only light was that of the flashing yellow right turn signal. By this time my heart was pounding and I was finding it hard to understand my mind was shutting down. It was like I was stuck in some Twilight Zone episode. Oh even worse God was angry at Josh for all his questioning.

Josh had by now become aware of our predicament and was silent for a moment. Then he and Ben began issuing instructions as to what was going on and why I don’t honestly know what they were saying. We were about 4 blocks from home when the engine began to falter and the van was jerking down the road the right signal had stopped and I was driving without head lights down a road full of traffic making their way to and from the high school. I was afraid one of those new teen drivers would not see me and crash into me. This fear was the most profound at the four way stop two blocks from my house. Finally it was my turn to go and I stepped on the gas and the car lurched an inch and faltered. There were cars at each street of that intersection I slammed on the gas with all my strength and the van just made tinny jerking motions further into the intersection.

That’s all I needed was for the van to die in the center of a four way stop during the morning rush to get to the high school the traffic jam this would create would be enormous. At this point I let up off of the gas and the van shot through the intersection like some possessed demon!!! What the HECK??? Now the van drives with no gas and stops when I push on the gas? The boys were telling me to just pull over and stop but I was bound and determined to get this monster home and into the driveway so that my wonderful all knowing husband could either cast out the evil spirit with his priesthood power or fix it with his auto know-how. As this point I was leaning towards the need of some holy water.

The driveway was in view and I flipped the left turn signal but nothing happened!! So I griped the wheel and rolled into the driveway. I was never so glad to be home in all of my life! I put the beast in park and turned off the key and the head lights flashed on! Ok dumb things a little late so I reached down to turn them off and click they did not turn off. The radio suddenly turned on as did the AC. So there I sat holding my keys in my had whith everything in the off position but nothing was off. I was frozen. Now I know I would not survive a horror movie I would just sit there like a dolt and go WHAAAATT the heck???!!! Then whack it would be all over for me.

I got out as Will came out of the house the boys had gone for him at my instruction and he calmly said it’s the battery! I’m like no way how in the heck could it be the battery only an evil spirit could keep the lights and stuff on when they were off!! He was insistent I was unrepentant in my belief of something more sinister. I popped the hood as Will grabbed our battery charger and as he attached it to the van I did not cease in my verbal bla bla bla!!!

No sooner did he get it all hooked up and charging when everything instantly turned off. He looked at me with a smug expression and said see. Yes I did see and I was silenced but only for a moment. LOL He asked for my keys and he got into that demented vehicle and turned it over and everything was back to normal.

Wow he does have some powerful priesthood power all he did was to lay his hands on the van and it was fixed. Well mostly. After the battery what charged he took it to the shop and we are now over $300.00 lighter in our pockets because the alternator needed replacing.

What is it with me and haunted technology?????

My haunted house scare

Ghosts have been a constant in my life. For as long as I can remember I knew that we were not alone on this earth and especially not in certain places. Old homes for instance tend to be magnets for the weird and unexplainable.

As I have grown older I have been able to explain away most situations. For instance I have awaken at night thinking I heard someone knocking on the front door, I lay with frozen heart and ears straining to see if they knocked again. Or when I though I heard one of the kids yell MOM in the middle of the night, many a times I would make the trip up the stairs and pear into each bedroom and I look down onto still sleeping forms in bed.

I had come to the conclusion that our subconscious mind becomes restless as we sleep so to keep from being board it begins replaying memories from the day; hence we have dreams. But every once in a wile it stumbles onto the sound files of our minds and begins playing those little sound bites we have stored. I bet it gets its jollies waking us up. I can just visualize it giggling as it watches us trying to figure out if what we had just heard was real or not.

Well such a situation happened to me not long ago. I was sleeping soundly when I thought I heard a “tong” it was low and drifted through the air like a note of some kind. I lay there for a moment lessening and did not hear any more so I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep. Just as I was about to drift off into sweet nothingness I heard it again. “tong” I quickly sat up in bed I was now pretty certain that I had indeed heard the sound.

I sat motionless my mind methodically going over each and everything possible thing I could think of that would make that sound. I still had a little bit of doubt in my mind that it had actually happened because I was only half awake when I heard it both times. I was just about to lay back down and try and sleep when it happened again. “Tong” now being completely awake I could no longer doubt that I had heard something.

Instantly I knew what it sounded like; the piano. I was momentarily relived by that thought but then the fact that no one was awake and pianos do not generally play all buy themselves made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. The blood began to pound in my ears making it difficult to hear clearly with each beat of my heart echoing in my ears I tried to calm myself with logic. Ah Ha. I know a cat must have stepped on the piano causing the key to sound. I was instantly relived.

Unfortunately my relive was short lived thanks to my ever so logical mind (deep sarcasm here) my mind asked just one thing, how would the cat step on the same note multiple times with out stepping on any other. I tried to visualize one of the kitties perched on the piano bench with paw extended tapping on one key repeatedly. Of course that idea was quickly swept away…”tong” there is was again.

At this point I was no longer frightened just irritated and decided that I was going to investigate the noise. Scooby doo and the gain came to mind and I felt encouraged in my hunt. Silently I slipped out of bed. And glanced at my strong sweet protective hubby snoring softly under those inviting covers but I was determined to find out what was gong on. As I walked out of my bedroom and into the foyer I hesitated for a moment and wondered what I would do if when I went into the front room found a ghost? I paused a moment longer before I proceeded. I knew that what ever I found I would know what to do…I was a mom after all and moms can do anything right?

As I rounded the corner Forest one of our cats jumped down from the sofa. I was relived because know I knew that it had been one of the cats after all. I was just turning around to go back to bed when my eyes fell on the piano and its closed lid. My heart skipped a beat and it felt as if all of the air in the room was suddenly sucked out. I hesitated am moment. My mind ran around its self for a moment and came up empty at this point I decided that bed was the place I should be right now. I was going to cover my head and laugh about this in the morning.

As I walked back to bed I decided to take a potty break after all I was up already. LOL I had just gotten settled when “tong” for only a instant did my blood freeze in my veins, but once more my logical mind came to my rescue the sound did not come from the living room where the piano was but from the family room to my right and I knew that there was nothing in there that could have made that sound and plus the sound was coming a little more frequently now and so I was doubly determined to find the source.

I gathered myself together and left the bathroom and entered the family room when “tong” right next to me (good thing I had just gone to the bathroom) I jumped and quickly turning to my left I could see the pulsing red glare of my dying cell phone…LOL yes it was my cell phone all along I felt so silly but also relived at the same time.

Well that is my experience with my haunted house.

I've come to realize

1. I've come to realize that peace.
Is something this world will never have.

2. I've come to realize that my job...
Is being a mom to my children and a wife to my husband and that it never ends.

3. I've come to realize that when I'm driving.
I need to turn up the radio and sing at the top of my lungs.

4. I've come to realize that I need.....
to step back and enjoy each moment of my life.

5. I've come to realize that I have lost...
the drive to reach for the stares.

6. I've come to realize that I hate it when....
I lie in bed at night and realize that I have once more wasted my day doing nothing but wish for things to be different and then realizing that I did absolutely nothing to make it so.

7. I’ve come to realize that there…
Is more to life then making money.

8. I've come to realize that money....
is a necessary evil but that you don’t need as much of it as you might think.

9. I've come to realize that certain people....
Are more interested in what others think of them then just being themselves.

10. I've come to realize that I'll always ...
Be unhappy as long as I continue to look back at what might have been.

11. I've come to realize that my sibling(s)....
live way too far away from me and that I miss them tremendously.

12. I've come to realize that my family...:)
may not perfect but that we are always there for one another.

13. I've come to realize that my cell phone...
is used to talk to my daughter who I wish lived closer.

14. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning...
I had slept in for the first time in months and months.

15. I've come to realize that last night before I went to sleep....
I worried about one of my children getting ill in the night and I might not hear them in their time of need.

16. I've come to realize that right now I am thinking...
that I should have not eaten that bowl of ice cream.

17. I've come to realize that my dad....
Has done a lot of things in his life some good and some not good but he is still my dad and I love him for that good that he is and pray so that I can forgive that which is not good in him.

18. I've come to realize that when I get on Facebook....
I hope that someone is on so that we can talk.

19. I've come to realize that today....
Is another day that draws me closer to the end and it frightens me.

20. I've come to realize that tonight....
I will watch HGTV until 11:00 and wake up tired in the morning.

21. I've come to realize that tomorrow...
is another chance for me to make something of myself and to step out of my comfort zone and become the woman I know is hiding deep within me.

22. I've come to realize that I really want to...
be remembered for something good I have done in my life and that it was not just a waist.

23. I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to re-post this...unknown to me.

24. I've come to realize that life...
is something that each and everyone of us waist huge portions of watching t.v. or playing on computers.

25. I've come to realize that this weekend...
will more then likely be like last weekend where nothing will be accomplished and I will feel guilty about wasting it.

26. I’ve come to realize that marriage...
is hard work and if you don’t work on it each and every day you could lose the most important person in your life forever.

27. I've come to realize that my friends...
are just acquaintances who don’t truly know me or even care to.

28. I've come to realize that this year...
has been filled with adventures, heartache, and triumphs.

30. I've come to realize that I should....
be more positive.

31. I've come to realize that I love...
my life even though I complain about it.

32. I've come to realize that I don't understand..
People who do not want their children and do everything in their power to protect them.

33. I've come to realize my past...
is just that in the past and I need to look towards a brighter future.

34. I've come to realize that parties...
are the best when there is lots of different kinds of food.

35. I've come to realize that I should always...
Be grateful for what I have