Completely Insane

Yup. I am still alive, but I am completely insane! My best friend graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University the week before the end of school. For those that don't know I work for the schools here. I decided I was going after I sold my old camera and didn't sell the lens with it. I had intended to buy a lens with the money. Since I didn't have to replace the lens I asked my oldest friend if she had room for me to come to her graduation. She was so elated! I was driving to Richmond, VA by myself. I was going to leave Thursday get there Thursday night and hang out with her Friday, watch her graduate on Saturday and drive home. My mom found out I was going by myself since my husband has to give 2 weeks notice and she freaked.

momacita - You can't drive 11 hours by yourself!

me - Why not!? Jodie (my friend) does it all the time!

momacita - You aren't used to driving that far by yourself! Let me see if I can get time off.

Just so you know my mom is completely insane too as she works for the schools as well.

When my dad heard he didn't want us going that far on such a quick turn around by ourselves as my mom's knees are really bothering her. The doctor has already told her she needs total knee replacement in one of them. So my dad went too! :)

It was such a blast! I gained a couple pounds due to the awesome local restaurants, but it was worth every ounce! And Jodie, my parent's, her family and friends made driving there worth every mile. We went to Hollywood Cemetery and walked up and down Monument Blvd. I ended up taking Monday off to recoup and got back to work after my 5 day weekend swamped! Even worse than before. I thought that I was about caught up! It has taken me this long to get back to where I was.

Virginia pictures:



There is more to come. I can't wait to catch up with you all!

Craziness!

I don't know where the time has gone for the past month. It seems as though my days were shortened from 24 hours to 12. I hope everyone is doing well!

Since I missed Easter here is my Easter picture. We made them at our monthly Stampin' Up class they are made out of Frapuccino bottles from Starbucks.



April 5th rolled in some pretty severe storms. Although not as bad as the most recent ones. These are the same day. I'm glad the storm went away before sunset.




Sunday morning we had a quick visit by four deer. :)

I'm Alive...

Hey guys. I am sorry I haven't posted in a while. It has been crazy here with work and I wanted to let you all know that my family and I are ok and in one piece. We have had some crazy weather lately and the tornadoes actually went all around my Aunt and cousins house, but thankfully everyone is ok. I am going to try to post tonight and upload some pictures. Even though I am not always here I'm always thinking of you all.

And the Winner is...

So much for posting more often right!? Life has been crazy lately. I can't believe I am so late. Anyway! The winner is Jeanie! Yay! Jeanie! Just email me your info and what color mat you want. Congrats! Thanks to everyone for entering and visiting my blog.

Thanks to Random.org for making life a little easier.

We had some storms roll in this evening and I think I hear the next coming in right now. A tornado touched down near the airport, but no one was hurt and they said no serious damage to homes.

I will post more and catch up with you all tomorrow! Miss you all!

Seriously!?

Oh my goodness! I know it snows in March, but it was nearly 80 the day before yesterday and today it is snowing. Yup. That is Middle Tennessee for you. Last year we had 6 inches of snow on March 8th that melted by 2pm the same day.

What The Heck Happened Me!?

To make a long story short.

1. Thought I was going to sell my house to buy a "new" house that we have been wanting for years. Knowing we need to sell it quickly for top dollar in this market to be able to afford the other house scared me to death.

2. Bought a Wii. In fact here it is telling Saber she is obese LOL



3. Realized we aren't going to sell our house to buy that one thanks to a change in the minimum credit score.

4. Went to Beaman Park with Gaby. Wish you could have made it too Beth!



5. Bought a "new" camera (You know to lessen the blow of not getting the house. It worked too. :) )



6. Went to a Predators game with my friend. And they WON!










7. Selling our house to rent and save money to build the house of our dreams. Anyone want a house?

8. Losing a couple of my schools and getting some others. I hate getting close to people then having to be reassigned. Of course you get to meet new people, but you will always miss your past people. Right Beth!?

9. Been on the Wii every day for 2 weeks and STILL haven't really lost weight! I lost some and gained it back. Starting to gradually loose some again.

And most recently...

10. Sat in traffic this morning. It took an hour what would normally take 15-20 minutes. It took me 45 minutes to drive 3 miles! It wasn't a fun morning, but luckily the rest of the day was fine.



I will announce the winner of my anniversary drawing this weekend. Stay tuned!

Busy Bee

My husband and I spent all weekend de-cluttering, painting and organizing our house to make it more sellable (we are maybe, possibly, selling our house to buy a house we've wanted for years). My in-laws came over Sunday and helped all day which was wonderful. We are going to try to stage our house as much as possible and my mother-in-law, Sharon helped me decide not to pack away dishes my mom's mom gave me before I moved into our current house. We showcased them in my china cabinet and I couldn't be happier about how it looks. This morning I was getting ready for work and saw how the morning light came through the back door and hit her old dishes. I am going to print this picture out and show it to her so she can see it. I love these dishes!



What do you all think about staging? Do you think it is worth it? Does it make a difference in what you think about the house?

Don't forget about the Blogaversary! I plan on getting to every one's blog tonight... I miss you all.