This was the view from our camping spot this past holiday weekend. Table Rock Mountain, NC. The campsite was fantastic. We were the only people around most of the day. Every morning we saw a farm hand feeding the farm animals and that was it. We hiked on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I’ll try to post pictures of each hike.…
Secret Waterfall
On Friday the 5th of July, we traveled down a dirt road (NC 105) to a Forest Road (106) to an unmarked trail to a secret waterfall. What a hike! Marty downloaded the trail map onto his phone and we started off. At some point we got off the trail and had to find our way back. At one point,…
Grotto Falls and Anakeesta
Last weekend, we went to Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We also spent some time at Dollywood. Since we didn’t have Ghost with us, we decided to get at least one trail in. If you didn’t know, there are only two trails in all of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park that allow dogs. Grotto Falls was absolutely beautiful. On…
These Boots Were Made for Weddings
Things are moving along. Work weeks seem to be flying by, for the most part. Rolling out a new client with 109 sites across NC in the four months before the wedding will be an arduous task! But, I am up for it. The project will be complete by then end of September, hence the reason October 12th works perfectly.…
Save The Date!
Can you believe it? We went to speak to my pastor and then my therapist. <laughter> Way bak in the beginning of our relationship, I told Marty that if we were ever to marry, therapy was nonnegotiable. I explained that I would never again let anyone keep me from going to therapy nor would I let anyone make me feel…
A Baptist Boy and a Catholic Girl
The last two and a half months have been a blur. 3 dogs, 5 cats, 4 kids, and 4 adults in the same house. They closed on their new house yesterday and will be moved in by the weekend. While it has been nice to have the grands here, I am ready to get my house back. It’s been difficult…
One More Door
When my youngest was living here with me, he busted his bedroom door. When he moved out, I put a gate across the way and made it a room for the cats to hide from the dogs. Now they have the finished part of the basement to hide in. I have one really old cat, Valentine, who no longer tries…
Another Shout Out to God
I just have to give another shout out to God. Seriously- every single day, I am in awe of what He has done for me. After I purchased my flooring, my stove broke and a few days later, my dishwasher. But I tried not to worry, because God. Y’all. Work has been amazing and God has answered every single one…
I’d Rather be Waterboarded
This morning when I woke up, I did not want to paint. I told myself that I would rather be waterboarded. Not really, but you get it. I have painted every square inch of this house now. After church, Marty came over to start laying more floor. I got the baseboards done today and am cooking dinner as I ge this…
Bye-bye Urine Yellow
Eighteen years I have hated this yellow room. The day we moved in back in April of 2005, I painted the green living room a beige. When I bought it, there were 3 green rooms, all different greens— variations of seafood green. Two mustard yellow rooms, one lighter than the other. A red room, a pink room, an eggshell room and…
My Little Red Bike 