Life is a Highway!

Look at that, it's already the middle of the week! We have been running around, trying to get everything figured out, so we can be full-fledged residents of Washington. We were able to get our license plates on Monday, our insurance yesterday, and now it's official! So, today we were able to take a breath and do some more crafting. This is a scrapbook page Robyn made for our trip last summer. The "Cars" theme fits quite well here! We have Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater. And the title is from the song, which was one of two "anthems" we had. It makes me smile when I look at this page- it helps that the two cars have huge smiles, too! We were able to take pictures with these two when we were in Disney, as well!

 Above is the full lay-out.

 And these two are Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater up close. Don't they just make you smile?! (Although the fact that the pictures are two different sizes is kind of bothersome...)

 

And, I just had to put this picture up!! 

Sorry for all of the picture! The post seems a lot longer now. Anyway, I entered this project in the Fantabulous Cricut's "On the Go" Challenge. Enjoy!

Under the Stars

We have reached another Friday. Hope there are some exciting plans for the weekend. We're supposed to  have a beautiful weekend. Maybe the locals will be removing their inter coats and realizing that it is indeed spring now! Until Tuesday, when it "cools" back down to 50... Anyway, as I wrote yesterday, we've been doing a lot of scrapbooking and want to share some of our layouts. Yesterday's post was the Disney page. Today's layout is for pictures from all of our camping adventures. This is probably the only camping-related thing that went well! The tent "matches" ours, and was much easier to put together, although we were pretty good at it by the end of the trip. No camping trip is complete without a treat- in this case, some nice toasty marshmallows. FYI- There are recipe books dedicated entirely to s'mores! But be warned, it could lead to some unwanted visitors! Or, a neighbor that sounds like a bear...not something you want to wake up to in the morning.

The first picture is of the entire 2-page layout.  The second is an up-close view of the title "Under the Stars". e used glitter paper, to make it look like the stars shimmering in the night. The last picture is of the visitor to the campground. He's being pointed in the right direction by the sign, and probably the smell of the marshmallows!

 

 

That's all for today! Hope everyone has a wonderful, relaxing weekend! Join us again tomorrow for another edition of Cupcake Saturday!

Getting Scrappy!

We're hoping everyone is having a good week so far. It's been a little rainy here today, but it's supposed to get up towards 70 in a few days! We've been busy bees here, working on scrapbooks and other projects. As many of you know, we went on an amazing cross country road trip last summer and so now we're starting to scrap the trip. Over the next few days, we'll be posting some pictures of the pages we've made so far. There aren't any pictures the pages yet, though, just the photo mats. We're hoping to make a few that we can sell on Etsy, along with other crafts. Here is today's project, which is a page for some of our Disneyland pictures! It is complete with Mickey (of course!) and some of his pals (our favorites!) The second is just a shot of them close up. The sparkle around the title adds a nice touch.

 

I guess that's it from here. Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!

Day Eighty-One: One More Day in North Carolina

Found out this morning that not only does the car need a new battery, but new tires too! It must be mad at us for putting it through so many miles this summer. Or maybe it doesn't want to go home yet... Looks like one more day here in North Carolina and then off to West Virginia tomorrow.

Day Eighty: Well, Better Here Than Middle of Nowhere...

Talk about a slow start to the day. Becky had to work this morning, so she came in to get Robyn's keys, to move her car. A few minutes later, she came back in saying Robyn's car wouldn't start. Oh boy!! On a good note, the dogs have not been as "barky" as they have been. I think Bear is starting to realize that we are, indeed, not dangerous. Although they are spending the day sleeping. We went to go get some things for dinner, and yet again, the car wouldn't start. So it was off to the garage for the night to make sure that it's the battery and hopefully nothing else... Eventually, we made some dinner and watched the Patriots game. Honestly, never thought we'd watch this much football!

Day Seventy-Nine: Hangin' Out With the Cuz'

Today was another laid-back day. We spent the day watching some football games. We watched the Steelers/Ravens game. I didn't realize that the Ravens were pretty decent, probably because I don't follow. The Steelers lost. By quite a bit. After that, we watched part of the Carolina/Arizona game. The Panthers also lost. Who would have thought that we'd watch that much football?! In defense, Becky was trying to find some things for us to do, but apparently there is not much to do around Raleigh. Who knew?! After dinner, however, we drove through downtown Raleigh. It is a pretty small city, with like five tall buildings and 10 roads. Apparently they spent a ton of money trying to revamp it, and it looks nice. It's not what I expected, but it was a cute city! We got back pretty late, so we hung out a little bit before bed.

Day Seventy-Eight: Rip Van Winkle State (who knew?!)

Today started a little later than we were planning on. The puppy started barking at like 2:00 in the morning, so we didn't sleep very well. He also woke up pretty early and started running around the house. Somehow, everyone else slept through it, so I spend the morning playing. Finally, Robyn woke up, and then slowly, Adam woke up. We were planning on going out to brunch at 11, but it ended up being close to 12. We went out, had a great time, got the scoop on everything, and then headed to Adam's house. We met Harold and Rocco, the boxers. They're pretty big, but very loveable. At around 2:30, we decided that if we didn't leave, we would end up staying another night. We said good-bye to everyone and headed towards North Carolina.
It's a scenic drive between Virginia Beach and Raleigh. It's a country road. It takes about 3.5-4 hours between the two. It wasn't too bad. We got to Becky and Matt's house at around 6:30. It was great to see them!! It's been a while. We also met their puppies. They haven't stopped barking yet!! Oh well, at least their cuteness helps their personalities. We caught up with them, filled them in on the family, and then had dinner. The guy at the restaurant was "new", or so he says (or, it's been two months), but he kept coming up to our table and trying to chat. Didn't work very well. Afterwards, we headed back to the house, and talked a little longer, before bed.

: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming (25/50)
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Day Seventy-Seven: Virginia is for Lovers

We had a pretty late night yesterday, and Robyn and I were the only ones who didn't have much, or anything, to do. Adam woke up early but we slept pretty late. By the time we woke up, it was almost 9:00. Turns out, Adam decided to work from home this morning. Apparently he does it once a week. Lucky. We had breakfast and we finally started our day at like 2:00. By "starting our day", I mean lists were made and Wii games were played. Adam had some errands to do, so we stayed at the house. We played on the Wii- I am a better golfer than her, She's a better bowler and baseball player. The neighbors brought over their puppy since they're going away. The puppy is a little black Daschund with a mohawk. He's a cutie with a ton of energy. We haven't met Harold yet, I think we're doing that before we leave tomorrow. We went out to dinner tonight. We were there for a while- we were commenting on all of the different people who had come in and out by the time we were done. We came back to the house and watched some television. Some work needed to be finished, so it was a relaxed night. Robyn and I are leaving tomorrow morning, headed for North Carolina. Can't wait to spend some time with the family for the next few days!!

Day Seventy-Six: Free and Easy Down the Road We Go

Since we stopped outside of Nashville for the night, we decided to get an early start this morning. We had breakfast, talked to Adam a little, and headed out. The girl at the front desk wished us luck, too. We left at 8:00 and hit very little traffic. The good thing about taking I-40 through Texas and up to Tennessee is that there is very little traffic. It's a lot of truckers and only a few cars. We drove on, and crossed the last time zone. No more accidental 4-am phone calls. We drove on through Knoxville, where it was cloudy. I think today was the first time we've seen clouds and fog since Northern California. Apparently there is a park called "Frozen Head State Park". We passed signs for Dollywood, Oak Ridge, and the Smokey Mountains. Fun family vacation memories...
After a while, we made it into Virginia. The drive from the border to Richmond, through Roanoke, is such a nice ride. There are small cities along the way, including a whole bunch of historic points and the such. Once we got to Richmond, we met some rain. It was pretty bad for like four minutes and then the sun came out again. It didn't rain that hard all summer! When we first started this morning, we were supposed to get to Virginia Beach at around 4:00. After stopping for a few coffees and traffic, we got to the area at 6:00. We ended up getting there at 6:30. Once we got there, we met a few of Adam's friends. Very nice! We spent a few hours talking, looking at pictures, and catching up. It was a nice evening with everyone.

States Visited : Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming (25/50)
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Day Seventy-Five: Music Trail

Yesterday, we decided that we were going to leave Texas today. Erik woke up early, which woke us up early. He had to work today, so we said our farewells. He was actually disappointed that we were leaving, which totally surprised us! After he left, the three of us had breakfast and talked for a few hours. I'm pretty sure it was Sarah's way of making us stay longer. It sort of worked. We ended up leaving around 9:00, which is probably our latest starting time all summer.
It took us about three hours to just drive out of Texas. There wasn't too much traffic, except for the beginning through Dallas. We got through that and some construction, and then it was a straight shot to Arkansas. I did find it kind of funny that you could tell what state you were in because all of the bridges on the Texas side of the border were accented with blue stars and the shape of Texas. Once we crossed over they were all red. There wasn't much in Arkansas. We did see the sign for Bill Clinton's birthplace, though. We ended up stopping in, or at least near, Little Rock. It didn't seem like a big city, which was kind of surprising. It took about 4.5 hours of driving to get through the whole state. There wasn't much on the other side of Little Rock either, except for a bunch of trucks. We did see a circus drive by, with all of their rides. One of them was broken down on the side of the road.
We decided that since we were so close to the Mississippi border, we were going to dip down so we could add it to our list. The city of Southaven is right on the border. We were afraid they didn't have a sign since it had been like three miles into the state before we saw it. We turned around and headed back for Tennessee. Actually, we crossed into Tennessee, then Mississippi, and then back. So, we drove through Memphis and stopped for a coffee. We kept going towards Nashville. We got into the city around 10:00. We were planning on stopping and spending a few days there, but decided to keep going. We ended up finding a hotel about 15 minutes outside of Nashville, on the eastern side. It was a good time to stop. It was in a small town, with not much around. Another early start tomorrow!

States Visited: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, , South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming (24/50)

Day Seventy-Four: It's Starting to Feel Like Fall. A Little...

Today is our last full day in Texas. Sarah and Erik are not very happy with us leaving...Our day started off pretty slow. We finished up some more crafting and did some hunting (jobs, etc.) in Washington. We took a quick trip to the store to pick up some things for dinner. Sarah and I made a bet. Who knew cheese and cheese product does not necessarily have to be refrigerated?! We stopped at Starbucks, since today was the first day they had their pumpkin spice drinks out. It made us excited! The girl asked if we were double fisting- kind of wish we were able to!! But we were nice enough to share with Robyn and Erik. Nothing is more fall than a pumpkin spice latte and weather that is cool and breezy!!
When we got back, we played with the puppies for a little bit. Luna played ball with us. Woody is finally getting used to us being around, and now that we're going to be leaving... He was friendly enough and came up to us, without barking!! A little later, we started dinner. We made queso (aka cheese dip) and quesadillas. The dip was surprisingly delicious, and a little spicy. The quesadillas were pretty good, too. Not a huge fan of BBQ'd chicken quesadillas, but they were different, so it was good.
Tonight, Sarah thought it would be a good idea to read scary stories. She started reading us one by Stephen King called "1408". Robyn switched with her. I was sitting all by myself. It's about an author who wants to stay in a haunted hotel room, but the concierge was trying to convince him not to. I couldn't tell you how it ended. The beginning of it was a little slow, and I ended up waking up right after Robyn finished reading it. She tried to explain how it ended, but I didn't get it. After a nice nap, we stayed up a little longer and talked a little more and packed up. Now it's bedtime- getting ready for another long day tomorrow. The break has been really nice!!

Day Seventy-Three: Happy Labor Day

Since Emily had a lot to do today, we left College Station pretty early. The drive to Euless wasn't too bad, except that the closest coffee place was an hour away. It was a long hour, but it was worth it! We had a pretty easy drive back, so it was good. We got back to the house at 11:30 and filled Sarah and Erik in our excursion. Not sure who won the bet- Erik says he did, but I'm not sure if he actually did... At around noon, we headed over to Sarah's parents' house for lunch. We had chicken and ribs and some pretty amazing mashed potatoes (Sarah made them...) Sarah's Grandmother came over after lunch, so we spent some time talking. It was rather interesting, to say the least! Here's to the shaggy outdoors-man and the clean-cut business man!! But, we can't take anything too seriously! As we were talking, Sarah's dad and granddad cleaned Robyn's car. It looked great! After a few hours, it was time to leave. We were planning on going for a 'yog' with Sarah, but it was getting late. So, instead, we watched some television and chilled out. Later on, I went out to see the puppies, and all of a sudden, there was another stuffed animal on the patio. I hadn't seen this toy yet, and they told us about the possums the dogs play with. It looked like a baby possum but the dogs weren't doing anything about it. All of a sudden, it turned over, off the patio, and the dogs ran over to it. We got the dogs away and sent Erik to scoop him up. He was not very happy about it, and the possum started to move, but decided against it. Erik move it, so hopefully the dogs won't find it and attack.

Day Seventy-Two: Aggieland

We started out pretty early today. Last night, we finalized our plans with Emily and decided to visit her. We left early to drive down to College Station, to Texas A&M. We started out by looking for a Dunkin Donuts. Apparently the only one on our route was in Cowboy Stadium. Needless to say, we didn't get it and it was a little disappointing. Our way down wasn't too exciting. We did see a pretty big fire, with lots of smoke, drove through Baylor, and then a whole lot of nothing. Finally, we made it to College Station and reunited with Emily. It was great to see her again! We went to the Texas A&M football game against SMU. It was absolutely crazy there! Nothing like the college football games we've been to. There were so many people there, all the girls in their little game-day dresses and cowboy boots, and all the maroon. It's a good thing I had a grey tank-top on- the yellow would have definitely stuck out in the crowd. Apparently some girl gave me a dirty look because of what I was wearing. We met her friends down there, played some boccie (Robyn is pretty good in the short game), and tailgated a little. We watched the game on the jumbo-tron. They won by quite a bit. Apparently, now we have someone to stay with when we visit southern Texas and the Houston Space Center. After the third quarter, we left and headed back to Emily's apartment (it's really cute!) Her friend had to decorate an "I'm sorry" cake, which was pretty impressive for a guy. We went to bed pretty early, since Emily had to work early on Labor Day.
(Emily- thanks so much for having us! We had a great time and it was wonderful to see you again! Glad we could bring a little bit of home down to Texas for you!! Hope you got everything done today!)

Day Seventy-One: The Best Way to Spend a Very Hot Saturday

So, I'm not going to lie, it's been a few days since I've updated this. I was doing OK, and then fell off the bandwagon. So, this post is not quite full, but here's the gist. We spent today making arts and crafts. We worked on our "secret" project, which is adorable! We tie-dyed a little, which came out pretty cool. Much better than I had expected, actually. The colors looked good together. It seemed to take up a lot of time, so by the time we realized it, it was kind of late. I think we kept working on some projects, watched a movie, and came up with our plan for tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing Emily and can't wait!

Day Seventy: Already?!

I can't believe it's already been seventy days!! Only a few more to go, I think. Since Erik had to work and Sarah had work to do, Robyn and I decided that we would get out of their hair for a little while, and take away the distraction we cause. We went to the craft store to pick up some things for a project we're doing. It is so much nicer to go without someone complaining about being there...We found what we needed, and more, and then headed to Target to look around. We found the stores fine, but then we couldn't get back to their house. The GPS was all sorts of confused, leading us in the wrong direction. It took us an hour to get back, when it should have taken 25 minutes at the most. By the time we got back, our coffee was watered down and Robyn was not very happy. Erik made some snarky comments, which weren't appreciated.
We worked on our project for the night. It is about 1/2 way done and coming out adorably! So cute! We came up with some ideas for the holidays, and helped Sarah come up with some, too. Tons of projects to work on!! Can't wait. Our plan is to finish this project tomorrow and then we'll see what's next on our plate!

Day Sixty-Nine: What a Toot!

After Erik and Sarah convinced us they didn't have anything to do, we spent part of the afternoon out and about. We spent some time at Dave & Busters, which is like a grown-up Chuck E. Cheese. We had some intense games or air hockey and basketball shoot-outs (imagine Erik and Robyn competing against each other. I think Robyn had more wins.) Sarah beat us all by a ton in the football throwing, but I guess that's the difference between southern high school football and Connecticut high school football. Not to brag, but I got the most tickets, at 500. Sheer luck. You can't put that many in your pocket, though. It doesn't fold up nice enough.
Afterwards, we came back and relaxed a little. We made some cookies, Sarah did some work, and Erik helped Sarah's Granddad do some work in the yard (I think. He was MIA for a while, so I'm not sure.) This evening, we went to dinner at the Melting Pot. Oh boy! Talk about too much delicious food and drink! We talked to the waiter- about Paula Deen and her butter obsession. He was also flirting with Robyn-Sarah kind of non-verbally put an end to it. We all ate too much and had a hard time staying awake! And making it to the bathroom in time, for some of us (hence, the title.) We had to throw the black flag in at the end. After dinner, we came back to the house and chatted a little. Tonight is a little earlier night than others. We'll see what tomorrow brings for us. We may have to spend some time planning out the rest of our trip, seeing as the storm is supposed to hit New Orleans soon, which is supposed to be our next big stop. Hope Sarah and Erik don't mind us staying a little longer...

Day Sixty-Eight: Movie Day

After looking through some magazines, taking up some more time, we decided to do some "work". We put Twilight in for our background movie and did some work. We pointed out the places we've been. Some applications were worked on, some blogs were updated, some e-mail was checked, etc. Erik wasn't too annoying watching the movies, which is a plus for him. After a while, we needed a break, so we made some dinner and played with the puppies for a while. Woody was excellent tonight! He only barked once and licked my hand a little. He's coming around to us, I think. Afterwards, Erik came home from work and we finished our Twilight day. I think we may work on some more craft projects tomorrow. We'll see.

Day Sixty-Seven: What an Interesting Night...

So, I have been told that it takes too long in between blog posts and that I'm not keeping up with them very well. (Thanks, Sarah...) So, here is today's post. On the correct day. We started off today by stopping at Starbucks, in order to get a daily dose of caffeine. I finally beat Erik at something, but I guess it's not something to be proud of. He gave in way too easily! We then went to the grocery store to pick up some stuff for dinner and dessert tonight. We're making some brownies tonight! So exciting!
In the afternoon, we tried to reintroduce ourselves to the dogs. Luna was fine once she found her ball and started playing with us. Woody has a massive bark for such a little pup and kept on barking. Hopefully he'll come around to us soon. We spent most of the afternoon crafting for Halloween. Since Sarah has her decorations up, she wanted to add some more to her get-up. We made some lanterns (which are super awesome, if I might say!) and some mice. They found their way through the house. Not my idea... Anyway, after that, we decided to take a break and spend some time making brownies. For gluten-free brownies, they were delicious! They weren't dry and crumbly and they tasted great! We watched a movie, too, as we were making dinner, which was boneless buffalo chicken. It was a little too spicy, but eatable. With a little help.
Erik had to work, so we spent the night updating the blog, looking on-line, etc. We've learned some interesting (although maybe not necessary) information. Sarah and Erik would like a longer blog post tomorrow, so we were trying to plan something. By the looks of it, it will be a short one tomorrow...

Pictures

We hope everyone back on the East Coast made it through the hurricane without too much damage.
I know it's been a while since we've updated the blog. We are slowly trying to catch up with our days. So, with that, here are some pictures. They go back to Northern California and end with some of Arizona. Hoping to finish everything tomorrow!! Love to all!

Life is a Highway pictures

Day Sixty-Six: Another Manic Monday

Actually, no. It was very laid back. Erik had to work early today, so us girls spent the morning talking. By the time we were finished, Erik came home. After a few minutes of "What do you want to do today?" we decided to go out. We drove through the Dallas area. We didn't get too lost, until we tried to get back to the house. Luckily, we had the GPS to get us back, and to a gas station. Also fortunately, we didn't have to push the car to the station!
After getting back to the area, we went to Joann's to get some stuff for some projects. Erik was not very happy to be there (apparently, it's his least-favorite store. I don't know why.) We had everything under control, but it was taking too long for Erik. So, like a man, he took over the list and delegated. We were able to find everything, so now we'll have a project for tomorrow.
When we got back to the house, we watched a movie and made dinner. We spent the night watching another movie and now it's time for bed!