Salt Lake City Cemetary's Ghost Story is Real!

I heard a story once about a haunted headstone in Salt Lake City Cemetery.

The story tells of a woman called Lilly E. Gray. She was the second wife of a particularly insane man who was known for being paranoid about government conspiracies and linked to several mysterious disappearances. This story continues on to tell how Lilly died of strange circumstances. Her insane husband claims she was killed by a monster known as "Beast 666". Her unrestful ghost now haunts the cemetery and can be seen pacing around her headstone during a full moon.

I accidently stumbled upon the cemetery yesterday and couldn't help myself. Curiosity killed the cat, not the redhead... right?

 

 

 

Girls Spook-Alley Night!

My favorite Halloween activity is a tradition started by my mother about 15 years ago. My mom, my two sisters and myself all get together and in one night hit all the spook-allies in town. That's right, we spend the night screaming, running and laughing. Oh the memories and inside-jokes we have created: my sister loosing her shoe while trying to outrun the chainsaw man, my other sister flinging our mother at the white face creature to try and escape, the attack of the giant tumble weed and the rocking-suspension of the minivan.

So much fun and so many good memories :)

 

Our "we just survived Dr. Slaughter's" picture.

 

Our favorite spook-alley the Virginia Theater
and the un-dead friends we made while we were there.

This was Suzi's grand finally at the Virginia Theater
after narrowly escaping the woman in white.

This is a friend we made while at the Haunted Warehouse.

And the grand finally of the night was the chainsaw man
who chased us clear out of the parking lot. 
We know how to really do Halloween.
Good times, good times. 

Donating My Hair

I have straight, thick, red hair. It grows really fast and because of this I am able to donate 12 inches of hair about every other year. This will be my fourth hair donation. This time I am donating 12 inches to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. This program takes hair donations and makes free "real-hair" wigs for women with cancer. Real hair wigs are very expensive. We're talking hundreds of dollars so this is pretty cool that Pantene is donating these wigs for free.

Here are the requirements for donating hair:

No dyes, bleaches or chemicals allowed. (This is because the wig makers treat and dye the hair and it only works if the hair is in it's natural state.)

Minimum of 8 inches.

Less than 5% grey

Hair must be held together with an elastic band. Loose hair cannot be used.

So, here is how I go about donating my hair. I cut my hair in what appears to be a silly way but I cut my hair myself. Cutting it in this silly way creates a long, layer, look which I prefer.

the before

 

Cutting 12 inches off

 

Measuring to make the cut

 

There it is, a 12 inch ponytail

 

the after

 

Don't worry, I still have plenty of hair left

Grocery Store Headstone

This was very Halloween appropriate, except for the fact I saw it 

in September... 

in a parking lot... 

of a grocery store.

Weird and creepy.