Camping w/ casualties

Happy Monday! Time to start a brand new week. We spent most of last week in a camper up in Pigeon Forge, TN. The days went by fast, but everyone came home exhausted and suntanned (or burned). So I'd have to say it was a successful mini-vacation. There are a few pictures of the trip in the photo gallery.

We went up Wednesday morning and got there around lunch time. Tim had enough time to set the camper up and I fed the children their lunch before the rain started. It didn't end until well after dark. Day 1, no good. Grumpy kids couped up in a 29 foot camper isn't a pleasant way to spend your time. Trust me on that one.

As for the casualty, well, the storm brought high winds, hail, booming thunder that shook everything, and lots of lightning. There were eight campers in the campground that lost their awnings that night, and we just so happened to be one of them. Tim was extremely upset, but I assured him that everything is repairable. Once he found out we weren't the only ones his mood improved. LOL. Men!

After that first night everything went better. The sun came out; we did a lot of swimming; the kids enjoyed trips to the arcade, coming home with lots of little goodies; and we even tried two restaurants we'd never eaten at. Oh, and of course there was shopping to be done--most of it window shopping, but shopping nonetheless.

All in all, it was a fun trip. We're hoping to take another one toward the end of August, but that's just a consideration right now. We'll see how July goes first. LOL!

I hope you all had a nice weekend and a belated Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

Wanna Know Wednesday #29

Good afternoon everyone. How has your Hump Day gone? I've had a great time today!

Yesterday we planned to take the kids to the Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum. So we got up fairly early (for us lately) and were out the door by 9:30 a.m. From our house to Cartersville, GA (where the museum is) is a 50 minute drive. The museum opens at 10 a.m. and we got there at 20 after. Perfect timing!

This place is huge! It has a gift shop, cafe, outside patio from the cafe, a planetarium, a theater for guest speakers, a fossil room, motion room (cars, planes, trains, etc.), minerals and gemstones room, a playroom for the kids to try out a bit of science, and a room where you can pan for gems and dig for fossils. We were there for HOURS! It was so much fun.

If you ever get the chance to go to this museum definitely take it. The kids were amazed and loved it all. Kaitlyn (our 4 yr old) was complaining when it was time to leave. LOL.

If you'd like to see all of the pictures from today, click here to visit my Shutterfly album. :-)

Now, since it's late in the day, and I want to get this done in time for the email subscribers to get it, let me jump right into this week's Wanna Know Wednesday.

Ten of My Favorite Pictures of the Summer

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Whew! It's been such a busy, yet fun-filled summer this year. We have one more trip and then we're declaring summer OVER. LOL.

I made reservations yesterday at the hotel we'll be staying in up in Pigeon Forge. We're heading up on Sunday afternoon. We're planning to relax in the pool and hot tub that evening. On Monday morning we'll go to WonderWorks for a few hours. Then later that evening we'll go to our dinner at Dixie Stampede. You gotta make resevations for that one, so I'll call Saturday from here to make sure we can get a 6 p.m. reservation.

We'll come home on Tuesday and that's that. Whew!

Okay, I have to get going now. It's been a long, fun day, but soon I need to figure out what's for dinner and doing some laundry. Have a good evening!

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Wanna Know Wednesday #6...

It's that time of the week again! Hump Day! Woohoo!

Today is Tim's last day of work this week. These three days have gone by quickly. I'm happy that he'll be home with me more. He'll get to start going to the gym with me two days a week now. I like having a partner going with me.

However, tomorrow there will be no morning gym session as we have the consultation appointment with a urologist to discuss Tim getting a vasectomy. Then of course he'll have to take it easy after the actual procedure. LOL.

Anyway, it's time for my weekly spill-fest. Time for you to find out ten things about me that you may, or may not, have wanted to know. LOL!

1. I actually hate exercise.
2. However, I feel sooooooo good after a workout.
3. I hate sweating.
4. I don't like wearing socks or shoes. I'd rather be barefoot all day.
5. I can't sleep with my hair on my neck. I always pull it up into a ponytail before bed.
6. I'm really looking forward to my anniversary. We're going away for that weekend!
7. I wish we could go to the beach.
8. I need to get the oldest a new swimsuit before our trip next month. We'll be staying at a hotel with an indoor pool. Yay!
9. I think we'll have grilled salmon for dinner tonight. Yummy.
10. Tim is an excellent griller. Of course I like not having to cook when he grills out. ;-)

Well, I'm off to get some work done. I won't get any of it finished tomorrow with the appointment. I have no idea how long the consultation will take, but I'm planning for a while and hoping for a short amount of time. :-)

Have a great day!

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Happy Hump Day!

Yay, it's Wednesday. The week is half over! I can't wait for the weekend to arrive so the hubby and I can head out of town.

Technically the man works four days a week (ten hours a day). However, he's decided to start our weekend early and is taking tomorrow off. We get a four day weekend! Yay!! If it's as cold tomorrow as it is today then we will just stay in bed under the warm blankets. Hell, we may do that anyway whether it's cold or not. LOL! Of course one of us will have to get up and take the big girls to school and feed the youngest breakfast. But those are just minor details. LOL!

On a different note...

I found out this morning that I placed #2 Best Author in the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll last month!! Woohoo!!!!! I placed 7th last year, so I'm extraordinarily thrilled about being 2nd this year. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. I appreciated every single vote and how wonderfully generous all of my beloved readers are with taking time out of their days to vote.

Time For Death is finally coming to an end. Well, the end of the first draft anyway. LOL! I'll go through about three more drafts before I'm completely happy with it. I'm really liking how my Liz has turned out though. She's definitely a force to be reckoned with. I love it!

Now if the hubby will quit tempting me I'd get more work done at a much faster pace. LOL! But not until after our long weekend. ;-) I have plans for him!

Now, onto yet another completely different note....

Some of you may notice that I've placed the blog on moderated comments. No worries for those of you who are regular responders. I still love ya!

All this time I've resisted moderated comments, yet lately there have been some anonymous ones that the hubby & I don't appreciate (those of you who know me personally will know exactly what I'm talking about) and I really don't have the time to come back and delete them as quickly as I'd like to. Soooo, the blog is now on moderated for just that reason. That may change in the future, but for now that's just how it has to be.

Hmmm....

I think that's about it for today. This month's newsletter went out this morning. I hope those of you who are subscribed will enjoy it, and those of you who aren't, there's a link up top to sign up.

Oh, before I go, look at my new shoes...


Hot huh? They are $90 Nina Dilsey. A little higher heel than I'm use to (5 inches), but they were sooooo gorgeous that I couldn't pass up the deal I got on them. It'd be nice if they arrive before I leave this weekend, but I doubt that'll happen.

Okay, I'm out. I hear the hubby texting me. Have a fabulous Hump Day and a wonderful weekend to come. I know I will! ;-)

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