Trip Home August 2015, Part Two

Good Morning,

Two posts in two days, you're impressed aren't you? I am.. it definitely hasn't happened in awhile that's for sure! But none the less here I am, and totally ready to recap the second half of our trip for you guys!

Monday morning which was our second morning there we had plans to go white water rafting! I wont lie I have never been and its never actually been on the top of my list of things to do. I was a little anxious that morning not knowing what to expect. We stopped and got a coffee on the way and then headed over to the Nantahala River. We booked our trip through the Nantahala Outdoor Center which was a really great place, there are restaurants there as well as gift shops and stuff definitely a great place for an adventure and a few other activities there.

When we arrived we checked in and then checked out the river, I was actually pretty shocked because the river didn't look as though it would be good for a white water adventure at all.

When it was time to go they had us watch a little video before heading down to the spot where we would put in the river. The video was TERRIFYING. I sat there trying not to cry, sure that I was going to die on this trip. They honestly basically tell you that you are going to fall out of your boat and most likely you will hit a rock and break something or die unless you listen to every single thing they say. I'm a good swimmer but the idea of flipping over in a rushing river that will likely drag you miles.. not fun in my books. Just me? Ok. 

Jason knew I was terrified, he kept trying to assure me it would be fine and I kept trying not to cry. We got our life jackets.. which SMELLED TERRIBLE, the only thing I will say is if you decided to take part in something water related through the Nantahala outdoor center I highly recommend bringing your own life jacket because theirs were disgusting. Anyways we got our paddles and got on the bus to head to the drop in point. 

The first thing I decided was the water was freezing, and that was before I even had two feet in the water! I was terrified and rightfully so.. I didn't change my mind the entire trip! The water was freezing cold, I was absolutely frozen to the point of blue lips, it was terrifying basically. Jason laughed at me the entire way and I have never been happier than to get out of a boat in my entire life! We had a two person inflatable raft that we never flipped which was a blessing and when we arrived at the take out point I asked how cold the water was and they said it was 50 degrees.. 50 DEGREES!

Jason took this picture along with a few videos but he was the primary paddler so it was hard to get good shots, and I was in no condition to focus on taking pictures as I was shaking far too bad. 

Basically the river is dam released and comes for a 200 foot deep lake which is why its so cold, as the morning goes on the water becomes rougher and rougher. By the time we arrived back at the outdoor center I couldn't believe the difference in the water and how rough and high it was. 

We changed and got into dry WARM clothes, and decided to have lunch before we headed off to our next adventure. As I mentioned before there was a restaurant right there so we had some BBQ which is always the way to go. After that we decided to drive up to Fontana Lake/Dam, the drive was absolutely beautiful and the lake was GORGEOUS! If you are ever in the Great Smokey Mountains it is totally worth your time to check it out! 

There was a visitors center there that gave a bunch of history about the dam which was really interesting, you can view some of the information HERE if you are interested. We decided to head back to the cabin because they were calling for rain and we needed to either start a fire and hope to cook dinner before it rained or figure something else out. Sadly it rained as we were getting there but it didn't last long and we managed to still have a fire and dinner which was great! 

I wont lie we were sad to leave the following day, but had a great trip planned home! We decided to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway up through Cherokee, we wanted to end up in around Waynesville because Jason found a gun range where he wanted to shoot. Although it was pouring rain when we left it stopped before we made it into town so we grabbed coffee and toured around a few gift shops, I had the best Maple Latte I've ever had in my life. 

God love Jason who stopped every 5 minutes for me to take pictures. 

Thankfully the day cleared up before we arrived at the gun range. Jason was dying to shoot his guns and I was really worried it wouldn't happen due to weather but thankfully it cleared off. There were two older gentlemen there shooting but otherwise it was quiet.

After shooting we decided to grab sandwiches and get on the road home! 

Sadly about two hours from home we hit some really bad weather and we were driving with it so it didn't get better. 

Basically we couldn't see anything for a long time, and it was absolutely miserable... on a good note we didn't have to water the lawn when we got home! Glass half full. 

The last week of our trip was laid back, we did some touring around town and went to the driving range! 

Yes I golf in flip flops!

While we were home we also started watching Sons of Anarchy because we never got into it while it was on the air and we were looking for a series to watch.. that's another post for another day but I will say.. I am ADDICTED! 

Since we've been back we have just been getting back into the swing of things, catching up on things and with people. Tuesday I spent the day with Ava and Lily, they make any day a good day! 

Water babes! 

The bag lady, she generally carries a purse but not this many at once! The ensemble wasn't quite complete without her sunglasses either.. obvi! 

So that's our scoop, I'm really sorry for the hiatus, it wasn't my intention but I thought there was a chance there would be some radio silence around here for awhile although I am hoping next week to get back on some sort of schedule and post more regularly again! 

I hope you all have a great weekend, we are thinking about checking out Ocean City, Maryland for the day! 

Thank you as always for stopping by!! 

Trip Home August 2015, Part One

Anyone still out there?

I think this may actually be the longest I have gone without blogging since I started this here space and I honestly don't know why I let it go so long, but to tell you the truth I just didn't have the desire to sit down and write. We had a great trip home and I have tons of pictures and so much to share but I haven't been able to make myself sit down and write.

I think its natural to go through a blogging lull, I definitely notice a lack of writing in the blogsphere over summer because people are so busy out and enjoy the weather and everything great about summer that their blog takes a back seat, it happens. I more so struggle with feeling like I have nothing to say, or just don't feel like sitting down to actually write.

Anyways I thought I would stop in today and tell y'all about our trip home because lets be honest the longer I leave it the more I will forget. Plus is was suppose to thunderstorm all day which I was looking forward to and now its not and I am home so I have the time.

We got back to Maryland on Sunday night, we were gone for two weeks! I was so anxious to go home, We haven't spent that amount of time at our house since before going to New Jersey so it was well overdue. We really didn't have a lot planned we just wanted to be home and enjoy the house! I will say the time didn't fly by like I expected it to which was great, we did a lot of mundane things like going to the dentist, out looking for things we wanted for the house.. errands and what not. The first week was just really nice to be at home, enjoy the house and the deck as well as get things accomplished around the house.

Jason got a new tool box for the garage that was much needed and we finally managed to get our Alaska picture framed and hung in the house.

Sorry for the crappy iPhone picture. 

The following Sunday we were up early (like before the sun early) and headed up to Bryson City! We had known that we wanted to go to the mountains and although we would like to spend more time in Asheville we were looking for something a little more remote. I follow Ashley's blog which you can view HERE and her and her family live in Bryson City and she is always sharing their amazing outdoor adventures so we knew there would be a lot to do.

Jason found a little cottage in the woods and we planned to go river tubing and white water rafting! After a beautiful drive up there we stopped and grabbed some lunch before heading to Deep Creek to go tubing. We couldn't check into the cabin until 4pm so we wanted to make the most of the day! Driving to the river there are NUMEROUS tube rental places and basically they are all the same! We got our tubes and made our way to the river!

If you remember last year we went river tubing with Josh and Tanya in Pennsylvania and had so much fun so I was really looking forward to doing it again, however this time was completely different. This river was actually quick moving for the most part with lots of drop offs and twists and turns, we had so much fun! The first time we went down top to bottom on the river but we learned very quickly that the second half of the river was low and slow and therefore we kept getting stuck on rocks and what not and said screw it and spent the rest of the time just going half way and then getting out and going back up to the top to enjoy the best part of the river!

Tom Branch Falls

I didn't take my phone or camera for obviously reasons but Jason brought an old waterproof camera and managed to get some really great pictures. 

The river was crazy, we were having so much fun! The water was warm enough and the water was moving quick enough that we never felt bored! We were a little worried that if I went under on one of the falls that I would lose my sunglasses and because they are prescription they are not cheap! Luckily although I flipped on one of the falls I managed to keep my glasses, I cant however say the same for Jason. 

On our last run of the river I was ahead of Jason and he went over one of the falls and flipped, it was really scary to be honest.. he looked like he broke his neck the way he went over. The water was moving so quickly that I couldn't stop because I had nothing to grab on to and his tube kept going as well. I finally managed to stop myself and grab his tube, but this time he had come up and was facing me.. with no sunglasses. Not as big of a deal because they were just a cheap pair and at that point I just kept asking him if he was OK, he said he was fine but when he turned around and his back was to me it was covered in blood! I guess when he went over he hit a rock and it really did a number on his back.. he was a real trooper about it considering how bad it was. 

After that we went back down to the bottom of the river where we were parked, changed into dry clothes and headed to the cabin. I'm not overly outdoorsy.. shocking I know but I was really looking forward to staying at the cabin and having a camp fire! The cabin was super cute and absolutely everything we needed, it had that rustic feel to it that you would hope for! 

There was a beautiful view of the mountains right through those trees! 

We only cooked on the fire, we had s'mores and drank beers and collected sticks for the fire.. it was such a great time! 

I decided to split the details of our trip into two parts because otherwise it would be one EXTREMELY long post! I will post the second half tomorrow and then hopefully next week get back into regular posting as well as the High Five for Friday Posts! 

I hope you guys have been having a fabulous August and enjoying all summer has to offer! Thank you as always for stopping by! Have a fabulous day! 

Quick Update

Good Evening!

Its very rare that I blog later in the evening, especially with the intention of actually posting it right when I finished but lets be honest there has been no rhyme or reason to posting lately as it has been all over the place!

I just wanted to pop in and say I hope you all had a great weekend! We made it home Friday night, sadly later than we had hoped! It took us a little longer to get everything in the truck (at the time we had no tonneau cover so in bringing all the totes home they needed to be strapped in the back) and once we got on the road we learned very quickly getting out of Maryland was going to be a NIGHTMARE, good lord there are lights literally every 5 feet I swear which just messes with traffic in the absolutely WORST way! Then naturally we got to Virginia which is always a cluster screw, I suppose it could have been worse being a Friday night in the summer, once we got past Virginia Beach it really wasn't absolutely awful. North Carolina however is repaving EVERYWHERE and therefore everything is down to one lane and there are always those jerks who wait to merge until THE VERY LAST SECOND, I never let them in... I would honestly let them hit my car because I let them it.. get over when you have the chance, don't try and get ahead of everyone else.. you're an asshole.

Either way we made it home, unpacked the truck and chatted with James (the neighbor) for awhile as he checked out the new truck. Sadly James wanted to share a recent video with us from his exterior home camera. Not kidding guys the last two times we have come home James has had videos of people breaking into cars in our cul de sac, specifically his! Last time I guess the doors had been open and two young guys rummaged through two of their cars and this time some half naked guy was trying to get into them, right in the drive way!!! The motion light went off and I guess he saw the sign that said "you are on camera" and he took off. I know crime happens every where but it definitely doesn't leave a good feeling knowing its happening often and literally right next door.

We've only been here since Friday night but already I feel like our time is flying by, the hazard of never really being here I guess. We've been doing a bunch of running around. Jason got a new tool box for the garage which if you didn't know are CRAZY heavy and getting it out of the back of the truck was interesting, then we also got a tonneau cover for the new truck so that was put on yesterday.

The weekend weather was absolutely PERFECT.. did I mention that? It was in the high 90s but absolutely no humidity which makes all the difference in the world! It was glorious! So much so that I decided to indulge in a few too many beers yesterday afternoon, and I went to bed at 8:30pm.. this is why I don't drink!

Because our days our busy and out in the hot sun we are generally ready to relax come dark, so we decided to get Hulu Plus and started watching Sons of Anarchy at night before bed. I have heard absolutely everyone rave about this show but we have never seen it before, we knew we wanted to start a series and so when I saw Sons of Anarchy I knew that would be the one. Saturday Jason fell asleep at the beginning of season one episode 2 and last night I was in bed early so tonight we will continue on with Season 1 episode 3.

Today we both has dental work done.. I tell ya, I hate the dentist! They were late getting me in.. 40 minutes late which does not impress me but at least its over with. We got our Alaska picture framed last time we were home and picked it up yesterday and hung it today.. I have pictures on my phone but its upstairs charging so I will show you them later. Jason is out in the truck on the phone with Ford messing with the garage door opener trying to program the truck and having no luck and I am going to head to the shower and get ready for the show.

I know our life at home is like vacation and maybe that's part of why its so great to me, but being here I just feel so much happier than anywhere else, so much more comfortable. I know that after spending two weeks here its going to be really hard to go back, but knowing we will get to visit more being so close will help.

I hope you are all well, thank you for stopping by! I am going to try and get here as much as I can over the next two weeks with a few posts, probably some like this and hopefully others as well!!

100,000 Miles of Memories

Good Morning,

I have been talking about writing this post for such a long time and I honestly don't know why I haven't, but none the less I haven't and I thought it was about time. Everyone has been asking to see pictures of the new truck and although I don't have a ton of great ones I thought I would come and share what I did.

I won't lie in all our talks about buying a new truck which has been going on for quite some time now I had very mixed feelings, believe it or not I don't like change.. that may seem shocking to anyone who knows what our lifestyle is like but I really don't care for change and tend to struggle with it until I get settled. I didn't see why we had to get rid of the truck that we had, there was nothing wrong with it.

You see when Jason bought that truck when we were first together, I remember talking about it so much and thinking how awesome it was that he really cared about what I thought and liked. We spent lots of time reading about trucks, and going truck shopping and when he finally decided we took our first trip to Maine together to pick it up. It was such a happy time in our lives and relationship and since than that truck has been the only real consistent thing in our lives besides each other. We have driven that truck literally almost 100,000 miles, its been apart of every big journey in our life.

As I mentioned we've done a lot of truck shopping this time around as well, the last time we were home a good portion of our time at home was spent visiting dealerships. When we got the old truck Jason had been between the GMC and Ford and this time around he seemed pretty set on a Dodge Ram but Ford was never out of the question. Sadly Dodge changed the newer Rams and added a rotary shifter and neither of us were on board with that, in buying a new truck the only thing I wanted was a console shifter and heated seats, everything else was whatever Jason wanted. We started looking around and Jason wanted a 2013 Dodge Ram which was the last model to have the console shifter but he had a lot of other specifications as well and when we talked to sales people they either didn't call back at all or said he was looking for a needle in a haystack and would never find it. So Jason was out running around one day and came home and said there was a Ford we needed to stop in and look at. The truck was INCREDIBLE but the price tag was far too high, and there was a lot of things on the truck that we could have done without. So we figured we would just wait.

As I mentioned before the day we arrived in Maryland the exhaust we put on the truck many years ago rusted off basically, it definitely wasn't what we were expecting but none the less the truck has endured terrible conditions over the years (horrific winters in Alaska and Saskatchewan, horrific roads in New Jersey) and so we had no choice but to replace it. Jason was not impressed at all, we didn't want to put a bunch of money into the truck knowing we were going to get rid of it, plus he hates when things break and he had to rely on other to get to and from work.

The first Sunday we were here I believe we decided to go to breakfast and Jason mentioned running over to the Ford dealership on the way home. When we got there it turned into HOURS of talking and test driving and looking and looking and they found Jason the truck he wanted. We were sold and they said they were bringing it in from Pennsylvania and we could pick it up in a few days. As excited as I was for a new truck I was horrifically sad to get rid of the one that had been so good for us for so long. Jason went to work on Monday and emailed me and said talking to Dave at work about our truck made him really sad to get rid of it as well.

Jason got a call prior to the truck arriving and they told him that they were driving the truck from PA instead of putting it on a truck and bringing it down, Jason was not impressed at all. So we went on Wednesday to pick up the truck and it had just under 500 miles on it, Jason was so mad and we left! I'm not going to lie I wasn't impressed, I had spent the day preparing myself to get rid of our truck and I felt Jason was being unreasonable considering the amazing deal that we had gotten on the truck and it was absolutely everything we wanted.

Jason spent Wednesday night thinking and talking back and forth with the sales guy who was so extremely patient and Thursday he decided he wanted the truck. It was time to say goodbye to the old one....

Cleaning out the truck was really sad and after the long run around at the dealership and all the papers were signed getting the last few things out of it was really hard. In fact against my better judgement I offered to get the stuff while Jason finished on the phone with the insurance and he said he wanted one last look. Ha! We are both saps! I wont lie.. leaving was hard, 100,000 miles of memories. I know it was time, things were starting to go wrong and once a vehicle has 100,000 miles on it the trade in value decreases significantly and knowing we were going to get rid of it made this the perfect time.

So introducing the new guy.. who let me tell you has big shoes to fill!

The moon roof is literally the entire top of the truck! Only the first half open but at least the back seat has a view too. Believe it or not the seats in the back are heated as well. 

He's pretty... pretty tough looking! Haha 

The interior is my favorite part!

The truck is a 2015 Ford F150 Sport! It has the heated and cooled front seats and heated back seats, plus a heating steering wheel! Heck ya! 

Basically its fully loaded with navigation which we needed because Jason and our GPS have a hate hate relationship! I cant get over all the storage in the truck which is absolutely amazing, it has two tone leather seats, plain leather and perforated. The truck also has carbon fiber accents, I had originally wanted to the wood accents because they weren't your typical clear coated wood look but really rustic natural looking but that was the only thing that I compromised on and Jason absolutely loved the look of the carbon fiber. 

The truck has more options than I could even detail here, every single time we get into the truck we are discovering new things which is pretty cool. We are extremely grateful and excited for the new truck and the fact that we love it so much has made it a lot easier dealing with the loss of our old one. 

You can click HERE if you want to read more about the truck and see more interior pictures. I think the only difference for sure on ours from the fully loaded one online is that ours have 20" tires and rims rather than the 18" which is because I believe someone custom built this truck basically meaning changed a few things such as the tires and then didn't want it. We have the full 4 doors, which I cant remember what that is called as well, but the amount of room in the back seat still absolutely boggles my mind! 

One thing I will say is I don't know how I ever lived without a backup camera!

So there you have it, the new truck has officially been introduced, I will keep you posted as Jason transforms it! 

If We Were Having Iced Tea...

Good Afternoon!

Its hot a hell outside and has been for two weeks, I am a lover of summer and the heat but I am so over it! Its not enjoyable to be outside, you burn and sweat literally instantly.. Its miserable and no one is more surprised that I am saying that but me! Anyways I thought I would stop by and chat today over iced tea, or iced anything really.

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If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that I meant to blog yesterday and I don't know what happened because I just didn't. I had a few ideas of what I was going to write about and then I just never did. Oddly enough the days never seem long, in fact they fly by and generally sometime gets pushed to the side or forgotten, yesterday it was blogging.

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that not so shockingly I have been sleeping like crap lately, I fall asleep no problem but staying asleep doesn't seem to happen. Not to mention most mornings when Jason's alarm wakes me at 5:30am I am then up for the day.

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that your suggestion to make the most of the morning because I am up is a great idea and while I do get as much done as possible around the apartment its still way too hot that early to get out and do anything. Honestly people, you can walk out the door at 6am and your glasses will fog up its so damn hot!

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you how I have been planning to blog about the new truck for a dogs age and I really have no reason as to why I haven't. I am going to try and write that post tomorrow, its seriously my intention and I now have all the pictures saved on the computer so I really have no excuse.

If we were having iced tea... I would probably being telling you that although it was really hard to get rid of our old truck this one is pretty epic! Jason and I are constantly discovering new amazing things it can do. Plus the whole new world of a moon roof makes my day.

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that driving the new truck around these parts makes me INCREDIBLY nervous on account that literally EVERY.SINGLE.TIME we go out we encounter a major car accident. Once we saw a motorcycle literally stuck in the front of the truck that hit it.. super scary. The other night we came home and in front of our apartment someone had hit an mini cooper and pushed it up across the medium into oncoming traffic where someone else hit it! Its unreal.. literally, every day!

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that every Friday we have been getting together with friends at Dave & Lindsey's for dinner and its been great. Its really made the transition here a lot easier seeing friends so often.

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that you should never ever get Verizon Fios because our nightmare of a situation with them just continues. They have the absolute WORST customer service I have ever dealt with.

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that although the days seem short this week has felt really long, I'm sure because I am so excited to be going home on Friday!

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that Jason is already knee deep in ideas to make changes to the truck. He ordered a tonneau cover last night and plans to have the windows tinted while we are home. The list is extensive about all the things he plans to add but in the end I think he will be really happy with the way it looks.

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that although I am super excited to go home on Friday I feel terrible that we are missing Ava's second birthday party on Saturday. We arranged with Dave and Lindsey when we would take our two weeks and go home because Lindsey is due to have the new baby at the end of the month and we are going to watch the girls, so although we are sad to be missing the party we will get to spend quality time with the girls while Dave and Lindsey are in the hospital for the arrival of baby Colton!

If we were having iced tea... I would ask how things are with you? Enjoying summer?

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that I am thrilled to be taking home as many of the totes and boxes we have laying around the apartment because we have no where to store them and I am sick of looking at them. You see we don't have a tonneau cover at the moment and Jason is convinced whatever we put in the back of the truck will fly out on the way home, I don't see how but what do I know?

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that I am officially obsessed with Polar's flavored sparkling water. I basically love sparkling water in general but Lindsey turned me on to Polar and it literally is the best tasting sparkling water I have ever had. I am really into the Cran-lime, pomegranate and lime.. the thing about flavored sparkling water is it often tastes fake but these don't at all!

If we were having iced tea... I would tell you that having Jason around so much has been so fabulous and although I know if wont last forever I am so happy we have the time now!

If we were having iced tea... I would ask you to please keep the Sisti family in your prayers. If you are part of the blog world you may know Leslie the beauty behind A Blond Ambition, sadly Leslie passed away on Monday leaving behind her husband and two small girls under the age of two. The story is absolutely heart breaking and I cant imagine what her family is going through at this awful time. I have read Leslie's blog for such a long time and although I didn't know her in person I feel sad to know she is no longer with us and that her girls will never know the amazing woman she was. A 'Go Fund Me' account has been set up for Leslie's daughters and if you would like to donate you can do so HERE.

If we were having iced tea... I would have to excuse myself as dinner has to be made and I should probably write a blog post of something!

I think we covered everything over a refreshing Iced peach green tea lemonade (because that's my favorite iced drink) and although I have loved our time together all good things must come to an end!

Thanks for spending some of your day with me, I hope the rest of it is wonderful!

Monday Mood

Good Morning!!

I suppose its almost afternoon and I'm not going to lie it feels like it! I haven't been sleeping well the last few nights and this morning I got up at 5:30am with Jason's alarm and couldn't get back to sleep. It wasn't a huge deal on account that GE was suppose to be here between 8am and 12pm to fix the dryer but its 11:20am and they still haven't shown up. Go figure. (The literally knocked just after I typed that).

I had intended to post about our new truck and truthfully our old truck today but I am just not into it. I have the whole post planned out which would lead you to believe it would be easy to write but sadly I'm just not into it. Maybe I am still a little emotional about getting rid of our old truck, except the new one is pretty epic! This week, I promise!

I feel like the next few weeks around here the posts are going to be pretty sporadic so I really wanted to make an effort to get here this week and post regularly because the two weeks that follow I'm not sure how much I will be around but honestly I don't feel like I have anything to say or post about.. which I suppose happens.

I feel like with settling into the apartment, getting things we need, the new truck, installations (you read that we've already tried two internet/cable providers), maintenance issues and so on we have been pretty busy almost every day! Not that I'm complaining about that on account that I am looking forward to going home and the time we've been here has been flying but also because lets be honest it is always good to be busy!

Our weekend was really good, Friday we had our cable installation for Comcast which went great and we couldn't be happier with the service. This is exactly what we had in New Jersey and we definitely prefer it, so although I am pissed at Verizon Fios for their crap customer service I am happy that we made the switch because we are much happier.

Saturday we did a bunch of running around in the morning and then got together at Dave and Lindsey's for a pizza making party which was fantastic! Dave made homemade pizza dough and cooked them directly on the grill and I was so impressed with how they turned out! We all crafted our own which I love and after they were done Blanca turned me on to topping my pizza with arugula and balsamic vinaigrette, it was amazing!! We had a great night!

Yesterday was laid back, we were both up early so I got the apartment cleaned early and then we headed out to run some errands and get grocery shopping done for the week. Its been SO HOT out this last week so we spent the afternoon at the pool before coming home for dinner. I am all about summer weather but for some reason the unrelenting heat is getting to me just a little, I was so happy to wake up to thunder this morning and I wont lie I hoped it was going to stay gloomy and stormy all day but the sun is really trying to peak out!

Overall we had a great weekend, its so strange that Jason is home so much on this job but I really love it! We get a ton of stuff ton and so much time together and its been great!

Anyways because I've been up since really early I thought I would share some interesting articles I've read this morning with you all, I haven't done a post on articles I've been reading lately but I should.. maybe this week!

• How scary is THIS????

• THIS is so terribly sad, regardless of the fact that we had an idea it was coming its absolutely heartbreaking. 22 years old is far too young to leave this world, I really hope they find answers to what lead to her demise. Read more HERE. 

• I read THIS article this morning and had to wonder why two 14 year old boys were even out in a boat alone in the ocean, is this allowed? I thought you had to be driving age (16-17) with a boating license. 

• I am dying to read THIS book and see the movie. Have you guys read it? If so, what did you think?

• I will take all the help I can get, read HERE for 10 superfoods that will help you sleep. 

• THIS cracks me up, you have to love Blake's sense of humor.. but can I just say I am entirely SHOCKED still by their sudden divorce. 

• If you don't follow The Daily Tay, you really should! She is HILARIOUS! Check out today's post HERE. 

• One of the bloggers I have followed for years recently started her own boutique and she has some amazing stuff, if you are a clothes lover like myself I highly recommend checking out the Ollie Marie Boutique HERE. 

So that's it for today guys! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are soaking up all of this summer weather we are having! Thank you as always for stopping in! 

Have a great day!!