TTT!

Moving is so crazy I don't even know where to start.

 Everyone's trying to spend time with us before we go (which is totally sweet but exhausting), Chad is boxing up my entire life, and having panic attacks daily. I just realized that this time next week would be my last night in my bed at my first home with my husband. Bittersweet my friends, Bittersweet. I swear even through this craziness I will try and focus more on blogging everyday so that I can catch all of these memories we are making. I'm going to shoot out a quick Triple Tangent Tuesday almost on a Wednesday but I made it before Midnight! A shout out to Laura over at MyNewestAddiction for jointing the TTT club!

T. I am driving across the country on the 10th with my husband, mother, furbaby, and my best friend Haley. We might all hate each other after this but I can't even begin to explain at how excited I am for this extreme road trip!

It's been brought to my attention that we are moving to the, "farthest place in the continental US that we could get away from Laurel, MS." Well, we didn't consider that in our planning nor did we anticipate people to be offended by it. All I can do is laugh and say, "I'll be home for Christmas" and hey... there's a little bit of Washington further out than Kirkland!

TT. I really Really REALLY don't like the disorder that moving brings.

Is it just me or does that look like a dildo fell outta that box?

TTT. Saturday night I made delicious snacks for some friends:

Cheese stuffed Cresent Rolls, Pesto Pinwheels, and Pigs in a Blanket.

Eat your heart out Paula.

 

Google stolen.

------------------------------------------------------

That's all I have for tonight folks.

 If you're new to my site I promise I'm not usually this lame; follow me anyways.

PS. I did a 5k Sunday at my gym, ya know not in an actual race but on a treadmill. It went pretty good and I'm going to try and keep on running while moving...but this is going to be hard and take a lot of willpower to want to workout while we are on the road and not just drive and eat chocolate and french fries the whole time. MUST USE WILLPOWER.

Anyone have any tips on how to be on the road traveling/moving and how to eat/stay healthy?

Oh and remember if you are living in Seattle and reading this leave me a damn comment and be my damn friend. I swear I won't kill you, rape you, or steal your shit.

Push it!

Well...well...well...

Here's what I've been up to since Wednesday:

1. Slacking on working out (FAIL)

2. Selling as much stuff as possible before this move

3. Tracking down big boxes and kicking the homeless out of them.

4. Working/being a big baby about leaving my guys at work (I'm gona miss them)

5. Going out to every dump bar in Laurel before we leave just to say I have been.

6. Spending as much time with friends as possible.

7. Trying to complete tasks to get ready for this move (TONS OF THINGS)

8. Trying not to kill Chad for destroying our apartment. I'm ashamed at how ugly it is right now.

Last night started out like something out of a cheesey 80's movie where it's just a couple innocent kids that get taken on a wild ride one night that ends up being the best night EVER. Well, not really the best night ever but definatly one of those you look back on and say, "How in the hell did that happen last night?" Yesterday, after I got off work I stayed at the warehouse for a little bit and had some new 8oz Bud Light Lime's with my boss and warehouse manager. I absolutely love the guys I work with and I've never had a job where your boss has a cold one waiting on you at 5pm. Granted those are the perks that come while one works for a Beer distributor. So, we had a few beers and then it was time for me to try and drive home (I was totally under the legal limit but I did have a little buzz good thing I live verrrry close to my job - like a mile and half away) The hubs wasn't home and I didn't want the party to stop so I stopped in on my friend Michelle told her to get dressed and lets go downtown and drink 2 for 1 glasses of wine and make CK come get us later. (I'm a horrible wife) It didn't take much convincing and we arrived shortly at the bar! It was cheap wine on the special but we showed it who was boss and then we called my warehouse manager to come join us. At this point Chad was on his way back home and sent me the most beautiful text message I have ever gotten in my life, "So, you want me to come now or do dishes and trash first?" SERIOUSLY, although it makes it sound like all I do is beat my husband and make him clean and drive me around all the time I seriously did not expect him to be trained so well and so quickly. Girls, it takes a lot of time and effort to get them molded THAT good. haha... After CK got to the bar (yes, I said go home and do the dishes please -he's the best!) and we had our fill of wine we decided to go to a local legion club thing. I don't understand these "moose lodges" I just remember seeing them on Rosanne (remember that show! Love it) but I think you pay to be a member and then you can come drink there? But we aren't members and I'm not paying to be one so... we went and drank anyways. There was Karaoke... and that's about the last little bit I remember. Don't worry though...there's video.

Making my mother proud every day since 1986.

Since I am the best singer/dancer in the world I have to preform for everyone. I have no idea why people let me do this to myself nor why my husband is sitting in a chair looking like he is waiting for lap dance. This is completely embarrassing but I love it anyways. Nor do I have any idea why I think I have to work the crowd? ARE YOU PUSHING IT LEGION??

Believe it or not, after that astounding rendition of PUSH IT by Salt-N-Peppa I felt the crowd needed a little more... so then I turned country and gave um a little Garth Brooks - I got friends in low places.

To my knowledge there's no video of this one... hopefully.

--------------------
That brings me to this morning, I wasn't dead but I woke up with that feeling of, "did I make someone mad last night?" I hate that feeling! Turns out the only thing I did was dig my nails into Chads arm and draw blood when he tried to take my food INTO the bar to eat it. I'm a horrible wife but I swear it's only because my nails are long right now and I never let them get long and I didn't know my power. I love you husband and I'm sorry that I made you bleed, but you knew getting into this-- there will be blood.

only class and dignity here people.

She's embarrassed to be seen with me now.

Enjoy people..Enjoy.

My First WIAW

Going to try something New today and Link up to a new friend over at Peas and Crayons! I see this on Kristas Blog a lot and finally figured out how to get the cute little link at the bottom so here we go (oh and if you're new to my site HI! and Follow me!):  Breakfast:  

Oatmeal with Cinnamon, Honey, & Nutella

 Lunch:  Leftover Lasagna from Monday night Tastes even better now! This picture was totally stolen from Google. oops.  Dinner: 

Dinner will be Pan sauteed Tilapia, vegetables, & rice

 Snacks will be the following (Pics stolen from Google once again): and a spoon full of Nutella for desert HOPEFULLY this is ALL I will eat today!!!  Oh shit, I've already left out a snack I munched on earlier... I need to start doing these everyday and posting them so you can all yell at me for eating too much. I had some of these out of the bag.. JUST A FEW I SWEAR probably not even a serving:     



Do you eat things and then forget about eating them? I DO!

NO CHAD NO!

Ya know how I talked about how awesome Chad was in that last post?

 Well, I might kill him today but I guess that's just what love is like: Love um one day, Kill them the next. You see, CK was off from work today and wanted to start packing (he is extremely excited and losing control of reality) and the only thing I told him was

DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING OFF OF THE WALLS! 

I came home to this on my lunch break and the rest of my EMPTY walls!

I also came home to his toys that were put up in our storage space spread out in the middle of the living room. He was "going through them" I call it playing. I married a giant child.

Masters of the Universe, TMNT, & Ghostbusters used as an X-Men house

This brings me to my first random fact about me today on this glorious Triple Tangent Tuesday: I can't handle bare walls! (That sounds kinda dirty but you know what I mean) I feel like I'm in a prison if there is nothing on my walls. There has to be something: art, posters, pictures, jewels, SOMETHING other than ripped off paint chunks!!! We aren't leaving until October 6th... I'm going to flip out and murder beat my husband. Which brings me to my next random fact:

The girl that rented us our apartment in Seattle looks like Amber Portwood from Teen Mom but skinnier and bleached blond! (I hope to God she doesn't read this one day and hate me) She was a super sweet girl and I'm sure she would never beat her man in front of her daughter but I swear that girl had me doing double takes!

Imagine her with Bleach Blond Hair!

Oh my God. I was just Googling to snatch that Image of Ms. Portwood and found this picture of her tattoo portrait of Leah! WTF were you thinking Amber? That shit is whack!

That's just COO COO!

Ps. CK & I are watching the finale RIGHT NOW and Gary just played guitar and sang a song to Amber. Haha she of course yelled at him and he hung up. CK is pissed he just got nation airtime playing a song. LOL gotta love my Teen Mommas.

The next random thing in my life has nothing to do with the previous facts and isn't really a fact at all but instead something that was so sweet it made my day go from crappy to amazing. It's so funny how when you question the choices you make in life and start to doubt yourself the universe just has a way of letting you know you're doing just fine. Tonight a girl that I went to college with and always thought of as a total bad ass (way to cool to be my friend) completely shocked me with this message:



First off I can't believe anyone even reads my blog MUCH less that it actually means something to them. I do this blog because I love it, I knew my life would be one crazy mash up of things this year and I wanted to keep track of it. I needed another creative outlet besides painting and I wanted to make new friends along the way. Little did I realize it would bring me closer to friends I already have! I'm such a loser with words sometimes that all I could say back is THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart and that made my day so much better. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am and how many good people I have met in this lifetime and that's something I want to never look over. People are what I want to cherish and enjoy each day; not things, not money but adventures and experiences with the people I love and I just love sharing the awesome people I know with the world! On another note I totally sucked at the whole exercise thing today after my meltdown about the empty walls. Like serious meltdown that I had to feed no bake cookies to until I calmed down. Sheesh, I can't wait to move and be jobless so I can go to the gym 2 times a day and get Olsen Twin skinny. (ha ha ha ha) But until then I will wake up and do 2 miles in the morning. I really didn't want to but geeze that FB message made me want to get off my cookie ass and go run! Thanks McKenzie!

What things make you go absolutely CRAZY on your partner/spouse?

Do you know anyone that looks like a Teen Mom?



ByeBye Mississippi.

I'm not going to keep you guys waiting any longer and from the title of this blog post I think you can guess what our Big announcement is! No, I'm not preggo like tons of people were thinking (guess I'm looking extra large lately) This is something that we have been wanting to do for the last 4 years and after planning, saving, and making sure that all our eggs were in a row it is Done and the apartment is rented! We are moving out of Mississippi into the great unknown 2,700 miles away...

to the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington!

Right after we got the Stamp of approval from our new apartment complex!

The main reason for this gigantic move is for Chad's music (CHECK HIM OUT HERE AND LIKE HIS PAGE ON FACEBOOK) and the second reason is for adventure. We both want something new and exciting in our lives and I want him to chase his dreams. He really is a fantastic musician and a wonderful person (I told him he may need to stop being so wonderful because most people that make it in music aren't always so nice) and if anyone deserves their dreams to come true it is him. When we were getting our marriage counseling by our preacher he asked us a question about how we knew we were supposed to be with each other. I immediately knew my answer and I still feel the exact same way and I think I will forever... I really believe that God put me on the planet to find Chad, to love him, and to support him completely. He has a wonderful network of family in friends but honestly the support was lacking. You see a small town musician and think he is good and go to a few shows and buy some CD's but the bigger picture is that he has that drive and that talent to go further in life. In my opinion he has just simply outgrew Mississippi. I want him to go for it in life; to never look back and wonder "What if I would have gone for it?" This is his go for it moment, our time to start our lives together, and his time to shine like I know he will. Every second since I met him I felt like God was pushing me in the right direction and that I was doing exactly what I was supposed to do. I'm not sure what success or failures are waiting for us out there but we are going to face it head on and together.  (forever & always)

A beautiful little park in our new city of Kirkland, WA

There are so many emotions running around right now and Chad is basically doing cartwheels in the living room as I type. We secured the apartment on Tuesday and I booked our movers on Friday. We turned in our notices to our jobs, (HIS is the one that held me up on letting out this massive news until this morning!) let our landlord know we are leaving, and let both of our families know the date we are leaving Laurel, MS: October 6th 2011. (Happy birthday Marley! She is very pissed at me that we are leaving on her birthday lol) On the 6th we will head up to Jackson, MS to spend the next 3-4 days with my family and friends. Chad is also busy booking up his last Mississippi shows that some of you have been questioning us about what the "Last show" means, now you know. I think the last one is going to be in Clinton, MS October 7th so I expect to see everyone there and bring money to get your Tshirts and Cds (We are both jobless now! Yay!)

This blog is going to be really fun for the next little while. I plan on detailing our move, our road trip across the country, and our ups & downs of finding our way around a new city with limited friends (BUT WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD ONES WAITING UP THERE FOR US!) This is the life I've always wanted and it is scary as all get out to leave everything you have known behind, but that's what Change is for and how dreams are accomplished.

If you live in Seattle or around the area and read my blog let me know! I need new friends and your advice on conquering a new city.

Now, enjoy some random pictures from our trip:

Apartment searching day 1!

He did so good driving a rental car for the first time!

Our sign that we should live in Kirkland, WA in our Kent hotel room haha

Just doing a little shopping a few miles away from our New apartment!

We are actually doing it!

Flying back to Mississippi excited about what we just did.

I can't wait to blog more about this, any questions you have for me let me know and I'll try to answer as best I can. I'm so excited I could just burst!

Take me out to the BAR Game!

In case you live under a rock I'm here to let you know that it's Football season.

 In the South there is no such thing as Fall (its just too damn hot all the time) so it was replaced a few years ago as Football season and you don't come between a Southerner and football season. 

Granted, I like this "football" season but you can come between me and it... especially if you have a nice cold beverage in your hand. Some things I like about football: first things first the food (yes, I said it), the booze (yup, went there too), and the sexy men running really fast down the field with that cute little brown egg shaped ball. I'm pretty easy to please; I guess football to me is like Hooters for men.

Judge me if you must.

I saw the most adorable play earlier when I was at the gym watching the Patriot & Chargers game:

This little chubby angel intercepted the ball and ran as fast as his little heart could take him earlier and seeing this brightened my day. This defiantly goes in my most favorite football moments EVER book! I love it when chubbies get their moment in the spotlight, that's probably because that's most likely what I look like when running and us chubs gotta stick together! I hope he took that football home with him I know I would have.

------------------------------------------

Last night we also had another run in with football. The Hubs, Me, Katelynn, and Drew tried to go tailgate and to the USM game. Like I told you all before it was going to be hard to ever go to another game after the VIP treatment I received the last time. CK got off work late and made us miss the tailgating and I didn't want to go into the game late either so, we ended up at The End Zone a local sports bar right across from campus. Que the good times:

Kate & getting driven to the game (bar)

Her turn to be pretty, my turn to be weird (like I need a turn)

I think they farted.

More fried food like the day before whoops.

(Broccoli, Cheese, & Bacon Bites)

100oz of BEEERRR & More Fried Food ^^^^^

Man my husbands sexy

Red Snapper Shots are making me wonky-eyed again.

Kayla and Hank came to play

Only classy people here.

Yes, that's a straw in my beer.

Silly boys

 

It's been a really a fun weekend and I'm so glad I got to spend it with Katelynn! Who says that you have to go to an actual football game to have fun? Take me to the Bar! 

And since I did 4.6 miles on the bike tonight at the gym I made these babies: 

No Bake Cookies

Chad says they look like poop. I say they look like heaven!

-------------------------------------------------------

I'm also going to work on the big blog post for tomorrow right now.

 It will be posted first thing in the morning and I'm sooooo excited to share the news!

Deep Fried Mississippi.

First things first:



I totally left you guys on a cliff hanger and due to bullshit I have to leave you hanging until Monday on this topic. It's still life changing, some of you may already know, but it just can't be Internet official just yet. Monday people, Monday I swear!

-----------------------------------------------------------

Let me just jump into last night:

Mississippi as we all know is one of the healthiest states in the country with culinary innovations that make the rest of the world jealous.

The Hubs had a gig last night in Hattiesburg at this place called Downtown Grill & Grocery. It was a teeny tiny place filled with people and the smell of fried fatty goodness floating in the air. They offered a crappy variety of beer but an amazing assortment of food that will make you fat and question your goals about fitness and life in general. Oh, and slap your Momma.

I was too drunk to take pictures of the actual food from the place so I did some Internet stalking and ripped these from the web. AKA Thanks Google. Don't judge me. The husband will not let me handle nice cameras when I don't even understand how to turn it on after copious amounts of wine and beer.

We all sampled the following:

Deep fried Oreos.

Deep fried Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches.

Deep fried Snickers Bars

*Hey Cely how about this before a run!*

 

And of course Deep Fried Cheese Stixs.

I will say I did not eat all of this..but I tried everything and I am fatter because of it. Why is it that you can fry anything and it makes it better. I really don't eat a lot of fried foods but good Lord sometimes they are just amazing! Not to mention I looked like a coke addict with all of that powdered sugar on me. Seriously, that is the messiest food ever created I think there's still sugar in my hair.

All of this healthy eating took place after the shows so we are talking around 1:30am. Great for healthy eating just a fantastic job there Terri. The start of the night was filled with walking around downtown stopping for a slice of pizza and a few glasses of wine and then back to the show. It was a good time filled with fun friends which is just how I like to start my weekend... enjoy random pictures below:

Disclaimer: We were already drunk-eyed and trying to not look ridiculous.

Michelle my bell

Trying to get the flower and not look terrible.

Blurry Drew & CDK

We are just awkward.

Katelynn came to see me! (She's here all weekend expect to see a lot of her)

Smashley

The boys doing there thang.

Lesson that was learned last night? Take pictures BEFORE you get drunk and wonky-eyed.

---------------------------

I did do good today though. Got back in the gym after a week off (Shame on me) and we are getting ready to see our other good friend Marley and baby Lucas! Then it's to the USM game tonight!

How is your weekend is going my friends?