Hi Everyone! This is one of those semi-rare times where I write a post in the evening! Honestly, it is because David got off work early and went to a funeral so I am sitting here with not a lot to really do so I figured why not :) The funeral David was going to was the guy that trained him when he first started working at the quarry- he had lung cancer I believe it was and had taken off of work last fall to deal with that and it spread to his brain and he had been in hospice for the past few weeks I believe. He died Saturday and his birthday would have been yesterday so.. yeah. I was't sure if David would go or not and I knew I didn't really know him so I don't really feel comfy with funerals for people I don't know let alone people that I don't ...so I just let him go by his self. Today my mom and I went off bright and early to the christian ministries thrift shop up the road.. that place is HUGE and BUSY. I ended up getting several shirts, a purse and 2 pairs of boots. Then … [Read more...]
Have you ever had jury duty?
Oh Yes, Yes I have! It was about a month after I broke my left ankle back in 2013! I broke my ankle in the snow right before Valentines day when I was out in the yard taking pictures of SNOW. I mean for the love of all that is holy I am from the mountains (lived there until I was 4) and then I lived in Boone for 2 years- I have seen PLENTY of snow so yeah I laugh about that! Then of course I had on slick bottomed crocks that were wore out because I wasn't thinking- and then I wasn't thinking about how the yard at the old apartments was so unlevel ... and then.. I was not paying attention to what I was doing exactly and I was just trying to get this pic of something dark where you could see the snow and.. slide. ..and OUCH! I had Jury duty on March 25 I believe it was and it was the first ever time. David gets called every time he turns around and I kind of knew you go in and you'll be out by lunch as on and on. well turns out this was the biggest case ever in our county! My mom had … [Read more...]
Do you make your bed when you get up in the morning or leave it since you will just mess it up again that night?
When I was in college I was OBSESSED with making my bed every morning , especially when I was away at school! I think that this was mainly because I spent a lot of time in my room when I was at school and I wanted it to be as neat as possible, and I spent a lot of time sitting in the bed doing various things like homework and watching tv and all of that sort of thing! I generally DO make my bed every day now, even though it might not be as soon as my feet hit the floor! It kind of depends on when I get "around to it" and if Sam is snoozing in the bed(I don't like to wake a sleeping orange evil kitteh lol) It pretty well has to be made every day because our covers get all kinds of messed up because David is a very tossy turny sleeper and he lays on top of the covers and then under the covers and so forth! He is what I call a hotdog sleeper vs a hamburger sleeper! A hot dog sleeper is someone who kinda rolls up in the covers and then a hamburger sleeper is like well.. a hamburger … [Read more...]
Getting the word out about campus book rentals #sponsored
I think this year I am missing the whole back to school thing/back to college thing more than I ever have before! I think it stems from this fact that of course fall is my favorite season and I just ADORED fall in the mountains when I lived there and I haven't been to the mountains for a visit in the fall for a long time, but I hope I get to go this year! There were lots of things to love about going to college, and one of my favorites was that when I went away to Appalachian State we were able to rent our books from the book store for a flat rate fee and it was really an awesome idea and I wondered why more places didn't consider something like that or WHY there wasn't somewhere that you could just rent your books ... at this point in my life there were not any sites like my friends over at Campus Book Rentals! Campus Book Rentals is an awesome site where you can go and rent your books and save TONS of money! I know my books at some points rivaled the cost of my actual tuition … [Read more...]
a dreary day , but i’m up early :)
Hey Everyone I decided even though it is a dreary looking day -but really at this point I am excited for that kind of weather! We haven't had really ANY rain this summer- maybe 3 or 4 times tops since APRIL, I just decided to get up and see what I could manage to get into! I don't have anything horribly pressing that needs done but since the mood had struck I figured I would go with it! I honestly CAN NOT believe it is already Wed! this week is FLYING by- I guess because of labor day and all that I have my days all threw out of whack! We ended up going to my moms for a cook out that day so that was fun. David and I of course didn't get into a whole lot over the weekend , but now that we have cable I don't even care lol. I had hoped to tackle my closet to work on yardsale stuff (yes, yardsale part 2 wahoo lol) and it just never happened. We aren't having the next yardsale until Sept 26th so I have plenty of time still :) I am glad to say I have got a lot of things cleaned out of … [Read more...]
REVIEW:Carowinds Bands Brews And BBQ Recap #luvcarowinds #caroblogger
I received complimentary food and drinks in exchange for writing about this event as part of the carowinds carobloggers program, in which I received gold seasons passes in exchange for writing about various park events and experiences. All experiences and thoughts and opinions are honest and my own. Your experiences thoughts and opinions may vary. A few weeks ago I had the chance to check out a brand new event at Carowinds that they ran for about 3 weekends Fri-Sun, called Bands Brews & BBQ's! I got to go the first weekend that it started and I was pretty excited about it! Usually when people start talking about BBQ it is generally pork, which you may or might not know about me- I don't eat pork! (Yeah, O.K... go ahead call me a picky eater I can handle it lol). I was really excited because there were beef options, as well as poultry options (chicken, duck , turkey) so if there is a particular meat you don't eat , you still had tons of options to choose from! Among each … [Read more...]