Extremely loooong post.

Catch up moving post once again! (From the road this time)

 We are almost to St. Louis about 130 miles away and I’m trying to get caught up so I can tell you about all of our road trippin adventures. Let’s just say that we started off the morning in tip top condition… Olive puked in my car 4 different times, I poured water all over my mother, and that was all before we got out of MS.

 Stay tuned.

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Part 1

If you read my blog and keep up with it you’re probably wondering about the new facebook friends that my Mom (and I) now have, Greg and David. Let me start off by explaining that my mother had to come down last Tuesday in order to keep me from loosing my mind. This move has been the most stressful thing I have ever done and I have had more breakdowns than at any other point in my life (even the wedding) and when those happen there is only one person that can really calm me down and make me understand that everything’s going to be alright. (and no it’s not Bob Marley) That’s where Mom comes in and boy did she have to come in last Tuesday! We stayed up all night Monday trying to get ready for the movers (I found a company that would come and load up all our belongings and put them in their truck and then unload them when you get to your new home) but the job was way bigger than I thought. We just simply have too much stuff! I got overwhelmed and freaked out every few hours and asked my mom to come down last Tuesday morning so that she could help me deal with the movers (something I have never had to do before) and make sure all of our stuff was taken care of.

Needless to say I didn’t expect Mom to become best buds with them, add them on Facebook, get us a deal, and chat with them on Facebook as they make their way across the country with all our stuff. I’d like to think that I get my friendliness from my Mom and I guess that old saying, “I never met a stranger” fits her perfect.

Now, back to Greg and David they are our movers and the nicest guys that anyone could want moving everything you own and love. They came in and packed everything up and got it loaded in record time and with top notch care! I was extremely pleased and I could feel the stress getting less and less as each box was carried out of my door. Once they were all loaded up and gone our apartment was empty (or so I thought) and I wanted to do a cartwheel in my empty bedroom I was so happy to be rid of everything.

Then it set in that we really are moving and there was no turning back now.

Olive is pissed.

We're finished!!! Olive is still not interested.

Our fabulous new bed

Eating cereal out of a fancy new bowl

We got to spend the next 2 nights sleeping on our blow up air mattress where CK and I got some quality time in (no, not that pervs) talking about moving and the new life we were about to start. Although, before we left Laurel we wanted to get in as much time as we could with family and friends so we didn’t lie on the air mattress long….

Nicole & I

This is the funniest picture of Harvey ever.

Still working it.

Michelle my bell and Rodden Codden.

CK, Kevin, Hank, & Kayla

The last goodbye

Those were from last Wednesday night – we were supposed to finish packing up on Thursday morning but it ended up taking us all day and by the time we were finished I was kicking myself for not just selling everything I owned and starting completely over. It is just A PAIN IN THE ASS to move. Endofstory.

Once we officially left our apartment on Thursday afternoon we went to Chad’s Mimi & Papaws again (they wanted to see us one last time) and then we headed out to his Grandmothers to spend our last night in Laurel. Chad’s whole family is amazingly sweet and kind but his Grandmother and Grandfather just live and breathe for their family. They always have enough food prepared when family comes over to feed 30 people and it is always the best food ever. I didn’t even get dinner pictures due the fact that we forgot to eat all day Thursday and were STARVING by the time we got there but check out our Friday morning breakfast:

Pancakes, sausage, and eggs.

Very scary morning face

Can you say Delicious!?

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 Part 2

Saying goodbye to Jackson ended up being a tad bit harder than I thought it was going to be. (Yes, I just admitted that) We got to spend a lot of time with my friends and family and to be honest I just didn’t think that my family was going to be sad or upset that I was leaving… well, I was wrong and it hit me off guard and made me sad to leave them.

Saturday CK and I work up and went running (I swear!) about 2.5 miles around my Grans neighborhood. It was nice to go get some stress out on the road and felt good since I hadn’t ran for about a week before that. Later that day we went out to eat with HOSH and ESPO at Olive Garden where we all ate until our pants barely fit. It was fantastic. Then Saturday night CK and I went to stay with my Daddy and Step Mom Sandy. We have wanted to stay with them for awhile but didn’t ever get the chance until last Saturday. They cooked us a yummy dinner and then the rest of the night was spent playing this really fun game called sequence and drinking lots of wine.

Sandy, Daddy, and CK

Fun game!

We had a lot of fun Saturday night and I’m going to miss them a lot but I just have to keep reminding myself that we will be back in 2 months for Christmas! The next morning (Sunday) we got to hang out with my Daddy and Sandy during the morning and that night me, my Mom, Gran, & CK  went to my sisters house for dinner.  

Chad private show

My oldest Nephew Jason

My sister & I

My Moma with her girls

It was so nice getting to spend time with them and my nephews shocked me (especially the 14 year old one) when they were so sad about us leaving and asking us if we were coming back for their birthdays in March. My heart started aching at the thought of not being able to be there for them but that is just one of the many things I will have to get used to being so far away. All I can say is that I’m so happy/thankful that we got to spend all the time that we did with all of our family and friends before we left.

Now, I am finally caught up! I left out a bunch of other things that happened over the last week but I made sure to hit the high notes.

Now we are on track for the Road Trip!

Up Next… the St. Louis adventure.



I am a basketcase.

I wrote this last week when I didn't have Internet... read below to understand how crazy I sometimes can get when I'm having full blow panic attacks about moving across the damn country. Whose idea was this again? Oh... mine.

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October 4th 2011

It's Tuesday and guess what.. I'm passing on the three random things today and instead catching you up on this move! This has been a time of growth for our relationship and a time of absolute pure hell. Let me just start off by saying that, “I was excited to move” Well, I’m excited to Live somewhere new…Moving there on the other hand is horrible. I had about 20 meltdowns in the span of 7 hours yesterday and 1 full on panic attack that left me looking like this face down on a stripped bed….

Olive thinking... "you need to settle down psycho"

The task of packing ones crap up is one that many people don’t put a lot of thought into. You think, “Yea, I’ve got some stuff I’ll get about 10 boxes and that should be plenty” when in fact you need 3 times that amount. Or the task of wrapping each and every glass, dish, jar, and candle with newspaper several times so that it won’t break in route to your new home. When you handle so many 2009 (thanks to Chaddys granny & papaw) newspapers that your hands are stained black and feel thick with ink. YUCK. Not to mention all the standing, squatting, bending, lifting, and pushing that you will be doing or the fact that time is dwindling down and you may never finish. Forget that crap! We may never move away from Seattle now just because I never want to go through what I just did ever again! All in all I’m just another brick in the wall and we did it! We finished packing all 30 boxes, 6 bookcases, 2 TVS and 2 TV stands, 1 dresser, and a partridge in a pear tree….

I spy with my little eye OLIVE.

Too much CRAP.

We miss sleeping in that bed already... 6 days until we meet again!

We have too much stuff.

After freaking out all night and morning it was done and I was READY for the movers to arrive once they did it’s another story that I’ll save for next time. Let’s put it this way though: my Mom (who had to come down and help me because I was FREAKING OUT) now has two new facebook friends… Dave and Greg.

More moving adventures soon to come... We leave tomorrow for our first leg of driving up to St. Louis! Hopefully my Uncle in St. Louis has some Internet I can steal tomorrow before Chads show at Pop's Blue Moon.

Come out and play St. Louis!!



Guess whose coming for dinner!!?

The Knights are!

(Catch up post from LAST weekend - Not this weekend LAST- Yes, I'm still terribly behind.) 

It must be a southern thing but everyone has been feeding us. Thankfully it hasn't been pizza and cheesesticks and some of it has been actually healthy! Score for Terri not gaining 20lbs on this roadtrip. For our last weekend in Laurel we tried to spend time with Chad's family in order to see them all before we left on Friday. Here are some pictures from the family get togethers that took place Saturday and Sunday of last week:

Chad and his Papaw Jack

I love this photo

The first time I met Papaw he told me:

 "Uh oh...you've been bit by the Knight curse. You don't stand a chance now girl."

He was right.

Three generations of Knight men.

 I'm just excited there is a pretty good chance the hubs will have hair when he is older.

Those pictures above were from last Saturday night. Mimi & Papaw grilled out for us and the weather was so wonderful we basically stayed on their patio all night. It's been really hard saying goodbye to Chads family...they are completely supportive but very sad to see us leave. The next picture is one of the only ones I managed to get of our Sunday lunch gathering over at Chads Aunt Sharon's house. She made the biggest pan of chicken spaghetti I've ever seen and it was a good time to see most of that side of Chads family.

Little sister Morgan, Momma Diane, and CK

PS. I just noticed CK wore the same outfit two days in a row... what would TMZ say Chad!? Shameful.

It's been super hard to say goodbye to those two but remember:

We'll be home for Christmas.

It's kinda funny blogging these a week late because they just don't seem like long gone memories. Everything's happening so fast! The move is here and we are on our way to St. Louis first thing in the morning. Life just doesn't wait for anyone or anything to be ready- it just smacks you in the ass and says get moving. In Chads favorite words, "Come on baby we've got some dreams to chase."

In other news!! I haven't been a total fatass/let down! Brace yourselves...We went running yesterday! I really want to try and not be a complete failure at running/exercising while on this adventure. I've gotten Haley to promise to run with me in every state that we stop in for the night - hopefully we both stick to it and don't say never mind and eat pizza and cookie dough in our hotel rooms/cars for the next 5 days.

I don't have any cool pictures from my run like other bloggers do...I'm basically just trying not to die remember? We stayed at my Grans in Jackson and she has this Huge neighborhood behind her house that weaves in 700 different directions and I wanted to go get lost back there. Well I accomplished that mission and ended up coming out on an extremely long road filled with tons of cars zooming by and no sidewalks. Did I tell you all that I'm a genius sometimes? CK went with me on our "run" and I basically made him stay with me the whole time so he didn't get nearly as good of a a workout as he probably wanted. (I was painfully sucky due to the fact it had been a week since I last ran) We left our Ipods at home though and had some really good conversation when I wasn't dying trying to get my breathing in check. We aren't sure about the exact distance we ran because we tried to go back over it and clock it in our car but we ended up getting lost again - roughly though it was around 2.5 miles or a little more (maybe). I'm sore today so that's all that matters and I feel good. Yay, for not being sucky at life and getting some exercise in on the road.

More to come soon - I've still got more catching up to do...