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The Silver Tick

LOL..  I swear, sometimes I just get tickled by the titles.... 

So anyway, I woke up the other day after such a fabulous night's sleep...  I stretched, yawned, and went to scratch my side when I noticed that I had a tick!  EWWWWWWWWWWW G-ROSS!!!  I flew up and went right dow to the bathroom so I could check it out in the mirror for sure.  Now, it happens when you live near any kind of rural area, and heck, you can get them walking in the grass...  And anyone who ever goes outside, especially around here, should realize that.  Well, I apparently had forgotten this little fact and nearly peed my pants when I figured out it was a tick.  I mean, it has been sooooooooooo long since I've come face to face with one of those nasty, blood-sucking litle buggers (imagine my Kiwi accent, politely borrowed from my good friend Shell).  25 years to be exact...  well, somewhere in that neighborhood, lol.  That's why it was a SILVER tick, cause it was actually brown, LOL!  SO I grabbed its nasty little body and yanked it out, threw it in the sink, and squashed it.  I'm pretty sure the head came out too, cause it's healing up and not festering...  If I start oozing and twitching and drooling on myself, I'll be sure to update you guys LOL!!!

Anyway, I I wanted to let everyone know that we are once again connected to the internet at home!  YEEEEEHAW!!!  So this week, we're getting everything set up and all, so I'll be blogging more, but not as much as "normal".  By next week, though, I should be back in full swing!

Man it feels good!!!

Hey...  do y'all think I could hire Brad Paisley to come check me for ticks?  I got plenty of closets to lock Kelly Williams up in - or hell...  it's the South, I could put her under the house!  LOL!

Friday Freebie - Template 6

Here's this week's Friday Freebie, folks!  It's a template only this week - without regular internet access it's difficult to get things uploaded.  But hopefully we'll get back on track next week!  As always, if you use it, please tell people where you got it by linking to my blog, and I'd love to see what you did with it!

Download Template 6 Here

Still here!

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update to let you know we are still alive and kicking here in Soddy Daisy TN!  Things are going just fine although it does stink to high heaven that we don't have internet at home right now, LOL!!! 

I am posting a Freebie tomorrow, but it's a small one this week...  I should have a bigger one for you next week.

On the job front, I do have an offer for one job, which I accepted but haven't started yet.  And I'm going on a second interview tomorrow for a bigger and better job - and I REALLY REALLY want that one!  I'm hoping they offer it to me BEFORE I have to start he first job - cause I'd hate to get started and then have to back out... KWIM!

Anyway, I gotta get going!  Hope you all are doing well, and I hope to get back in the groove within a week or two!

No Internet Access

We won't have internet at our new house until the 19th, so it's going to be pretty spotty hearing from me until then.  I'll try to remember to bring the laptop with me when I come down to mom's so I can pop in now and then!

Love you all, my peeps, and hope you'll all still remember me when I get back, LOL!  :giggle:

Longest Post In the History of Bloggyland

Well, I can tell that my good friend Shell M. (lol, no not me, I'm not my own friend) is back from Never Never land, cause she is back to her post of nagging me for more blog updates, LOL!!!  Ya know I love ya!

Anyway, I'm sitting here in my pjs at 840am with the dog (whom I've already walked and celebrated that she pooped outside) hogging most of my chair, daughter asleep in the floor, son asleep in the other room, parents asleep in their room, and a cup o' decaf next to me....  so upon reading Shell's reminder, lol, I thought I'd share some pics of the trip out here. 

To set the stage, I had planned to try and get pictures of all the state signs...  "Welcome to XXXX", had this grand idea, you know - for a great layout of course...  all I have to say is ya win some ya lose some, lol!

Leaving CO and entering KS

  Econolodge in Salina KS

Missed the Welcome to MO sign, so we got the first recognizably MO city sign, ROFL!!!  Second shot is Bailey at the gas station in Columbia MO
 

St. Louis Arch...  And can you imagine how much dog snot is on the inside of my window?

Leaving the Comfort Suites in Mt. Vernon, IL... HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this place!  Absolutely THE MOST comfy hotel bed I've ever slept in, the room was exquisite - two beds AND a living room area with a pull out couch, fridge, microwave, for $99 a night.  AND they accepted the dog, for which I was happy to pay the $15 charge.  Oh, and eat at the Pasta House...  freakin' DELISH!!!!  and you can walk across the parking lot to it fromthe hotel.  PHENOMINAL place right off Exit 95 on 64South through Mt. Vernon IL.

Our next stop for gas was in Metropolis, IL, and they were all about the Superfriends - most specifically Superman and Wonderwoman, LOL!  They had these fabulous cut-outs for photo ops outside the gas station, so you KNOW I had no choice but to force my children out of the AC in the car into the 100degree heat for these, LOL!!!

Here I am getting back into the car in Metropolis :)  Incidentally, we missed the Welcome to KY (kentucky not jelly- sorry but i had to clarify for Shell) sign, so the next one was for a city called Paducah, lol

Here is Princess, sitting on her royal hiney.  And we missed the Welcome to TN sign, so caught the first exit sign instead.  Well we caught the state sign, but it was sooooooooo blurry, lol.

Luckily we got a second chance at the TN sign, because there for a few minutes we were actually in a tiny sliver of GA - and heck no we didn't get any signs for that either....  LOL went by tooo dang fast!

Now onto the house...  This is the kitchen witht he door to the backyard, and Bailey's room

Tyler's room with all his DUMB wrestling posters, LOL, and the living room

Bathrooms

What will be Kurt's Office

This is a big room that we're dividing into a bedroom for Andria and my scrap room.  The first shot is what will be Andria's room when she gets here.  That wall paper is soooooo busy - what if it stifles my creative mojo?  Any ideas for taming it down some?  Or someway to introduce alot of solid color without altering the wall (it's a rental you know)

This is the HUGE master bedroom...  it would be a suite if there was a potty up here, but it is HUMONGOUS!!! 

Well there you have it folks....  don't you feel like you were with us nearly every step of the way?

We're Heeeeeeeeere!

Well, I thought at some point that hte Interstates would run forever, and that contrary to popular belief, Tennessee was a mythical place which never really existed.  Serioulsy folks...  my behind is so flat from sitting on it - I can't even begin to describe it.  And trust me people, you DON'T want me to take pictures of THAT!  tee heee heee

But thankfully last night around 630 pm local time, we pulled into my mom's in Soddy Daisy TN.  We were SOOO glad to finally be out of the car!!!  The kids were fairly good for the bulk of the trip, but by th etime we actually got here, I was ready to flog them.  And by the time we actually went to bed, I was ready to choke the life out of them, LOL!!!  But all in all, they did well, as did my baby weiner dog, for the long trip.

In a little bit, I've got to call my landlady to meet me out at the new house so I can sign the lease and get the keys.  Then we'll be unloading the wretched trailer...  fun fun fun!!!  It's going to be so much fun you KNOWWWWWWW you wanna come help, LOL!  Cmon, you know you wanna.......  once we get it unloaded, we have to come back to my mom's and load the trailer again with some furniture and stuff she has for us.  Then...  yep you guessed it...  back to unload.  And you know what?  It will be ever so much fun the second time too, so you KNOWWWWWWW you'll wanna come help with that too, LOL!

Then tomorrow morning, I've got to go to te water company, and get the water switched out of my landlord's name.  And then in the afternoon I have a job interview (cross your fingers).  Sometime before Tuesday morning at 9am, I have to return the Uhaul trailer.  I will be soooooo glad to do that!  I tell you, TN is so hilly - which is beautiful, and I love it! But when your car is weighed down by an extra 5000 pounds, it almost didn't make it up the hills in my mom's neighborhood - EVEN in 1st gear going 5mph! It'll be like driving a new car when I get it unhooked!

I did take lots of pics (well, some anyway), which I PROMISE to upload as soon as I can.  I'm not sure when I'm going to have internet at my house, so I'll try to update as often as I can from here at m moms.

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that we made it safe and sound!

Last Night In Colorado

Wow - it's hard to believe that we pull out of here in the morning!  The last two months have really FLOWN by (ha - silly me thought it would take forever!)  Poor Kurt has been working his buns off the last couple of days cause I've been sick...  feeling just nauseated and bleck!  So he has loaded the U-Haul by himself with a smidge of help from the kids.  Poor guy - I really do feel bad!  I hate not helping him, but I hate feeling like I'm going to throw up just a little bit more.  It's soooo hot here, and we don't have AC except for a small window unit in our bedroom.  So every few minutes I have to go back in and lay in our room to keep from ... well...  you know.  YUCK.

There's a little more to load up, and then we've got to do the final route planning and finish some laundry.  Then pack up our personal items and head out in the morning!  I'm guessing that the motels along the way will have internet, but just in case, I might not be around until I get to TN on Sunday.

In any case, send us some safe travelin' vibes would ya?  We appreciate it!  See y'all on the flip side!

New Krystal Hartley & Friends Collabs

Wow - Krystal Hartley is a MACHINE...  a MACHINE I tell ya!  She's always giving us some great digi goodies to play with, but lemme tell ya...  She has outdone herself this time folks!  She has teamed up with Misty Cato, who is also MEGA MEGA talented, to bring you this Sunkissed Collab.  Then she's teamed up with Amy Sumrall to create another collab called Oh-La-La, which I haven't had a chance to play with yet, but I've seen it, and you GOTTA get it!  I mean it girls....  you MUST have these kits!  You can get them at Polka Dot Potato or Faithsisters shops and I think there are both album freebies with purchase during the first week!  So go get them FAST!

Anyway, here's what I did with the Sunkissed kit...  First is an altered giant paperclip to hold a photo.  The second is a little purse that holds three notecards also pictured.

 

It's Friday Freebie Time Again!

TGIF, right people?  That's right, but not just because tomorrow is Saturday.  It's time for more Freebies!  This week I'm giving you another template, but I wanted to do something a little different.  Instead of offering more papers and embellishments, I decided to whip you up a cool add-on to the Taste of Tuscany kit that was offered a couple of weeks ago.  This is the Tuscan Tiles alpha set, which has the lower case, numbers, and punctuation included.  As always, if you use it, please tell people where you got it, and let me see what crafty thing you made!

  Download Tuscan Tiles here

   Download Template 5 here

Look What's New from Libby Lou

Libby Lou, who sells over at Sweet Shoppe Designs, is offering this new too-cute kit as a freebie!  I just LOVE the bright colors, so I had to do a quick page of my stepdaughter Kathy.  You can get it here!