Home Part 2

Part II

 

 

This is all out of order but here is the rest of what we did when we went home...

 Read about Part I here.

 

 

We got to shoot guns with my daddy! (I just realized we didn't take a picture together! FAIL) I am now obsessed with The Walking Dead and I NEED zombie training. I mean really... I haven't shot a gun in forever and I knew that a trip to Mississippi meant an abundance of family members with guns and other weapons. What... it's the South.

 

If you follow me on Instagram you might have already seen this one...

 

Chad looks so much hotter...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, there was also some killer crossbow action with my brother in law Jeremy in honor of Darrell. Don't worry everyone, I made sure to yell out... SOPHIAAA! While shooting.

 

The rest of the trip was spent spending time with family and another gig this time in Laurel. Here is a photo dump:

 

My sweet Momma!

My sisters best friend Vanessa, me, & my sister

My Mom her two daughters and our men.

SIL Hollye & I

My bestie and I in our new Pony hoodies. This will get an entire blog on it's on soon. HA

I have the best family. Period.

Some of the family the Sunday before we flew back to Seattle.

Random shot at the show... lets talk about the show next time in PART III!

Almostttttt finished with our trip home! We like to jam pack our visits as you can tell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Home: Part 1

Home, is where the heart is.

Well, home is where our family is but I'd say my heart is pretty much in Seattle. We flew home 2 weeks ago and got to spend a lot of time with our families. No holidays, no events, it was amazing. It's still extremely exhausting having to try and see EVERYONE while home; along with Chad playing two shows in two different cities but I really don't think we would have it any other way. We've gotten used to being busy, to always being on the go and well the pace is just a lot slower in Mississippi which always leaves me time to get bored if I'm not booked up.

This last trip taught me two things: We are extremely lucky that we have such a loving family and friends that travel miles just to see us when we are in town and that moving away really was the best choice we have ever made. I get sad when I hear people that we visit talk about how they wish they could move or wish they could be where we are. The first thought in my head is YOU CAN! It's not some magical thing that just happened to us, we worked really hard to get where we are and I am so thankful everyday that things have turned out like they have. Our life in Washington is very fulfilling and I just wish that everyone could feel that about theirs. It was always my goal in life to really search out and find what makes me/us happy. I never wanted to settle. I feel like some people have lost that spirit, that hope, and the drive to go after whatever it is that you want. DON'T LOSE THAT! I know I might sound like a PSA but GO AFTER your dreams. It's the only way they ever have a chance of coming true in the first place.

Okay, enough of my pep talk.
I mentioned the 2 shows that Chad played and here are some pictures of the first show at Nick's Ice House in Hattiesburg, MS. This place is probably my favorite "bar" in Hattiesburg. I say bar loosely because they only serve like 3 types of beer and no liquor. However, they are always okay when I bring my own in and Ralph the bartender is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. If you're in Hattiesburg and you've never sat on a commode seat as a bar stool or (for the men) peed in buckets full of ice you really should go here...immediately.

Oh Bridgett oh I love you!

My beautiful sister in laws and us. I like to call this the family shot.

Then we got a little wacky.

Such a good time.

 

I do need to mention that BEFORE we went to Nick's we had a little preparty at Red Dragon to Tiki bowl. The owner which I haven't seen in YEARS remembered me from my college days (we used to Tiki bowl a lot)... then he found out I moved and tried to talk to me for an hour about his kids maybe moving away to find jobs because, "there are not jobs in Mississippi" I'm all like... ummm can I just get my Tiki bowl now!?

 

What's a Tiki bowl you ask? Only the most amazing thing ever:

 

All the clear liquors... mixed with any color Hawaiian punch and a shot of everclear in the middle that they light on fire. The goal is to drink the bowl before the fire goes out. What you do though is blow that light out and mix that everclear in there to enjoy! You order these by size and color. Our order always goes something like this: 1 Large Blue then after that one is gone 1 Medium purple AND YOU'RE DONE. Don't get anymore... I warn you now.

 

My drinking partner that night was my sister in law Apryle who JUST had her 21st Birthday!

I Love me some super long straws.

 

We had to race to finish these puppies but it was the start to a really fun night.

Michelle, Nicole, Me, Apryle.  Did I mention that we were the only ones there? Yea, turn up that 90's rap music Mr. man and BRING ME ANOTHER BOWL!

Our group minus Chad who had to go to Nick's and set up. Austin (Whose 21st birthday was that night as well!) Michelle, Drew aka Jace from Duck Dynasty, Nicole, Me, Apryle, and my mom!

 

Has anyone else ever noticed that the word Dynasty is like Dye Nasty or take it a little further- stay with me on this one... Die Nasty? Maybe it was the bowling, maybe it was just the fact that I was with my best friend and we are ridiculous but this spawned a new quote. Live fast, Dy-Nasty.

That's us...living fast and dy-nasty.

 

Haha it was such a good night. I'd like to relive it over and over again. Well, except for the part where Nicoles back started hurting her. That's a long story in itself but my little Twilight Sparkle had back surgery a while ago and she has to be careful not to re-hurt it. That was cause for concern and her back still isn't back to normal yet so I'd like to throw a little request out for everyone to send her good thoughts/prayers/vibes/whatever it is you do.

 

Part 2 to come... it's just such an adventure when we go home that it would be impossible to fit it in just one blog.

 

 

 

 

14 Days!

14 days until we go home for Christmas!

We are so pumped and can't wait to see our family and friends, we've been missing them!

There are also several goals I'm going after in the next 14 days:

1. Work out Every.Single.Day until the 20th when we fly home!

(Started this one Saturday!)

2. Finish Christmas Shopping & Gift Making

(sadly I'm not having a good time doing this, this year)

3. Do NOT pig out on all of the Christmas candy flowing through my office!

(Very, Very Hard. We got a Giant box of chocolate covered toffee today. Yum)

4. Finish the Jingle Bell Run this Sunday!

(I'm sucking at running but I'll finish the damn thing regardless- I found out you get FREE BEER when you finish today so that's got me wanting to run a little faster already!)

5. Mail out Christmas Cards in the next few days!

(They may not include photos this year...tragic)

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There's my list... I'm sure I have more but I'm drawing a blank right now.

 

Now, Please Enjoy Some Random Pictures:

I may have purchased one of the biggest things of Peanut Butter ever this weekend.

Yup, 4lbs.

All the Christmas Shopping I've done thus far... for myself.

We saw this at Freddy's and CK about had a FIT.

PS. That's a cake.

Random Fact:

In Mississippi that blue drink is called a "Walk me Down" (because they walk you down to the floor)

In Washington they are called "AMF's" (Adios Motha F*ckers)

I'm still partial to the "Walk me downs" because when you have more than one you call them "lay me downs" Yay for being slutty! Hahahahahaha

Sometimes, I go crazy.

Sometimes I get in this mood... the mood where I think I need a house but then I remember that:

 A. I have no idea where I would want this house

B. I have no desire to be planted in one spot right now

C. I don't want to deal with all the responsibilities that come with a house

D. I don't want to look for a house

E. I don't want to deal with getting money for a house

F. I'm not ready to fill this house with kids (which I know would be what I wanted to do next)

It's so funny that for so long I was planning this move, this huge step in my life and getting ready for it. Well, now that it is here and I have moved and we are settled in, what am I to start planning/worrying about next? WHY AM I LIKE THIS!? My mom thinks it's hilarious that I simply cannot be content. I'm always wanting more or "hard to please" but then again I think that's how things happen in life - accomplish one thing move onto the next.

 I'm not ready to deal with the whole house thing yet though so what do I need to do in the meantime? Well, first thing up is get CK famous but that's pretty much taking care of itself. (He amazes me everyday with his talent, ambition, and LUCK) I simply am unsure what to do with myself right now... so I think I should just work, work out, and save as much money as possible.

Then again when CK gets famous we will have lots of money...ughhh?

Terri's life goals:

1. Get CK famous

2. Buy house

3. Have babies

Then what... shit I only have 3 things left on my "big life goals" list. Two of which I could do at any time? I might be sounding like a complete brat right now but I'm just so lost at the moment.

I need to be inspired, I need to start planning something. 

I feel like moving across the country was epic.. so epic that it's going to take awhile to top. Oh holy hell I'm going to the art store soon and get back into training for a 1/2 marathon maybe those two things will take up some time but I dunno... for some reason buying a house is the only thing that seems fun. However, I don't want to actually do it.

 

There is absolutely no point to this blog, I just had to get some things out there to float in space.

What should I do that would take up some time and be rewarding?

Give me ideas people, at the moment I'm open to anything other than buying a house or having kids.

Guess what movie this is from and you get 2 snaps!

I miss you

I'm gonna be a little honest here and let everyone know: I'm a little homesick.

 Not really for home or the place because I'm head over heels in love with Seattle but for my family and friends. That's the only bummer about moving. I can't see my mom when I want, I can't call Michelle and make her go drink wine with me all night, I can't go into my old work and see all my redneck men, I can't go lay out with Morgan in her pool, etc. I just miss the people I was around every day for the last few years and that southern twang that only I speak up here. I'll shake this feeling off in a few hours but every now and again it creeps up. I can't wait to go home for Christmas and to see everyone, maybe it will make seeing them even better or at least that's what I'm thinking will happen.

Don't get me wrong, I am so happy here. I have a fun little job, a bunch of new sweet friends (that all have there own little twang that I'm currently in love with), and a husband that is working his ass of and blowing up the music scene in Seattle. He is in the process of landing a really big gig at a well known place on Nov. 19th we are just awaiting the official booking,(before I name name it and Jinx stuff) if/when that happens...it's a pretty big deal and a place where he possibly get heard and make some big connections. I have no doubt in his abilities and I've never met someone more driven so even if this opportunity doesn't pan out there will be more. Check out his Music people (His music is also at the Bottom of my blog) and Like him on Facebook it will make our day better AND you can say you knew him before anyone else did.

Life is one big adventure and I hope you all are making the most of every single day.

Now, after watching a little bit of the NYC  Marathon and some of the Seahawk VS. Cowboys game its time to get off my but and run a few miles before work. I'm watching the recap of NYC to see if I catch a glimpse of SkinnyRunner. You inspire me to get off my ass and go run a few miles when you just ran 2 back to back Marathons THIS WEEKEND.

 I looked up Hardcore the other day in the dictionary and there was a picture of you.

Heres a picture I saw floating around facebook that totally reflects me:

That little chunky munky is to presh for words.

Happy Sunday everyone!! I have Tomorrow off and I want to do something FUN.

PS. If you're in Seattle hit me up lets have a blog date soon.

Welcome Home

Getting to Seattle at 5am has its perks.

The city is absolutely beautiful early in the morning and even though I was still passing in and out I was excited when I was awake to be in my new home with my cars. It's just crazy to think that we drove our cars across the country and they were not going back to Mississippi.

 We rolled up to J's apartment and I'm sure he questioned himself as to who were these ugly, exhausted, scary looking people? Surely they weren't the friends that he once knew. Oh J, it's us in all of our 24 hour driving glory! We went upstairs and promptly all tried to go to bed but the Road Dog Olive was wide awake and ready to play. She was such and amazing road dog the whole trip and basically slept the entire time so of course when we got out of the car she was ready to run a marathon. My response to this was 3 hours of TRYING to sleep and then finally giving up and getting up to get ready and head to our new apartment. We basically got NO sleep but we were running off of excitement and headed off to get all of the paperwork finished so we could get in our new apartment. After all of that was said and done we had arrived and then they told me that we could paint our walls. Really? I can PAINT. Seriously? Okay I haven't slept in 35 hours but this sounds fabulous-Mom, GPS the nearest home depot right now! I am such a evil and sick person to make them paint a few accent walls in my new apartment after no one has had any sleep. I still can't believe no one refused; everyone just went along with it... and then in the middle of the painting I crumbled and fell apart crying asking WHY did I do this to us... WHY!?

Unloading the cars

Why yes, those are the same clothes and the same dirty faces.

And then I made everyone paint:

This was when I started crying and my mother thought she would cheer me up by painting "Baby making room" on the wall. I just cried harder...I'm not ready for kids Sharon!

 I love how I'm crying like a baby and everyone writes sweet I love you's to me on the wall.. really people I've torchered you all day long, all week long, and you are trying to cheer me up!? My family and friends spoil me.

Later that night we went back to J's to let the paint dry,to sleep in beds, and of course hang out with the coolest guy ever! After a fun night at J's the next morning our movers came and unloaded all of our shit -also, let me just state that these guys were AMAZING! I can't even begin to explain how awesome they are and if they read this  I LOVE YOU! (Hey, It's possible we are Facebook friends now)

Sharon Supervising

Greg unloading my 100lb boxes in to the apartment.

Bedroom

We are all just praising Jesus that we didn't have to carry everything upstairs and looking fabulous.

"We did it!"

Whoops the lotion exploded in the bag. No problem we will just make a lotion cup.

And then came Haley's whole reason for coming.

Making sure that we are properly protected and that if a killer tries to get us we can Mace him!

The Knights are Home!

Until Next time....