Road Trip Recap

Our road trip to Michigan took three days. We left South Carolina late on a Friday after we finally closed on Will's house.  We drove a couple of hours to Virginia where we stayed with my brother- and father-in-law.

South Carolina must have been sad to see us go because it rained and rained and rained. I wish I could say the feelings were mutual, SC!

We got up early on Saturday and went to breakfast at Cracker Barrel before we headed out. We made sure we had Samantha, our trusty Garmin navigator, to lead us down the right road.

The road started with a twisty drive through the Appalachian mountains .Unfortunately it was foggy so we didn't get a great view of the views :-(.

And we got to go through a couple of tunnels...

Before we crossed the Ohio River in to Ohio!

Ohio was really pretty-- I had never been to this state before (except for a layover in the Cincinnati airport). The eastern part of the state eventually gave way to flat farmland...

We stopped in Findlay for the night where we stayed at a Country Inn and Suites. It was a really nice hotel and the rooms were huge with high ceilings. It felt really opened and not cramped like some hotel rooms.

Kobe was pretty tired. We gave him tranquilizer pills to make the long ride easier for him and for us. (The pills were prescribed by the vet in preparation for the trip).

He was so tired he didn't even stand up to eat!

We woke up early on Sunday to complete the final leg of our journey.

Yay! We made it to Michigan!

We arrived at our house around 1 p.m,. and started moving everything in from the car. We are almost finished getting settled into our house (that's AHEM, by a lake). It's really quiet-- we can hear the pair of loons that summer here and there are swans that swim by.

I'll be posting more information about our new town, but it'll be a couple of days before my next post (still having internet issues).

Technology Hiatus

Still no internet on my computer yet (I'm borrowing my hubby's work computer to post this) and we still don't have satellite, so we're getting a whole five channels, and of those three are PBS stations. Needless to say, I've had to find other ways to occupy myself since there's not much to do other than stare out the window at a lake ;-).

So far this week I've gotten my car insurance, license, and registration all taken care of. I was very excited to see my lettuce sprouting out of its pot today (still no photos since my laptop is offline).

Kobe and I have been for a couple of long walks in the park, and I'm currently reading two books: The Hunger Games and The Man Who Loved Books Too Much. Both are excellent reads.  Additionally, I've started a Lord of the Rings marathon (I love sci-fi/fantasy movies) which I should be able to finish by next week. I'm watching an hour here and there since they're such long films.

I'm off to get caught up with Google Reader. Hopefully I'll have pictures tomorrow!

Looks like we made it!

We finally made it to Michigan on Sunday afternoon after driving over 900 miles from South Carolina! There are tons of pictures on my cell phone from our road trip, but I'm having issues getting online at our new place. The past two days we have been busy unpacking and getting settled in to our LAKE house (um, yeah, it's pretty cool), planting a veggie/herb container garden (updates to be posted over at Goode Taste), and getting all the little things taken care of after a move (taking a tour of the area, restocking the pantry, car insurance, new license/registration).

The road trip went really well, and the only problem we have has been our timid puppy. Kobe got stuck in our upstairs bedroom yesterday and refused to come downstairs for SEVEN HOURS. Yep, he was scared to come down the steps (in his defense, our last house was one story, and the steps in our our new place are steep and narrow).  We figured the best way to get him to come down was to ignore him-- he's so needy we thought he would come down to get some attention eventually. The couple of times he peeked up at him, we was laying at the top of the stairs with his chin resting on the floor with big, wet eyes and a look that said "Help me, I'm such a wimp, I'm scared to scoot down the stairs!!!"

Will finally got him down after we were sitting outside and realizing that we needed our dog by our sides to really celebrate Memorial Day. All Will did was get Kobe's leash and the dog followed him right down on his own. Crazy puppy.

Morning walk

Today may be my last post for a few days since the trek to Michigan begins tomorrow! I'm so excited-- I'm picking up my hubby at the airport tonight. We've only seen each other once since January. I have a few errands to run this afternoon before I head to the airport, but I managed to get in a workout (Maximum Body Shaping  and Yoga Focus).

Kobe and I also went for our last Georgia walk this morning. Here are some photos:

I was hoping Kobe would be calm enough to be walked without the Gentle Leader...

But he was a little too excited (read: pulling me everywhere) that the Gentle Leader had to be put on. The walk was much more pleasant after that :-).

Spider web

We weren't the only ones out for an early morning walk...

On the road...

I spent 5 hours in the car today-- my dad and I had to drive to South Carolina to take care of some stuff with the house. We did manage to fit in a Starbucks stop and went out to lunch at Fatz, but that's a long time to spend in the car.

When we got back, we had a few minutes of downtime at the house before heading out to eat at the local Thai restaurant, which was really yummy. This dish I ordered had a spicy, tomato-based sauce with lots of basil, veggies, tofu, and thick rice noodles-- sooo yummy! (I probably should also tell you I had a spring roll, crab Rangoon, and a chicken satay-- definitely my week's worth of fried food consumption).

Also, I got the recipe for Cincinnati Chili posted over at Goode Taste-- be sure to check it out!

And I've been having a little too much fun playing with iMovie-- here's my latest video edit:



I promise sometime I'll post something besides the cat and dog! I promise promise promise!

Sally

Today was pretty uneventful, although Dad and I took a drive to Athens to eat at Chick-fil-A, visit a bookstore, and drop something off at his workplace.

I did manage to catch this very cute video of Sally (unfortunately I don't know how to turn it around).



Tonight I made Cincinnati Chili for dinner-- I'll try and get that recipe posted tomorrow. It was really good!

Hmmmm...

Hmmm... I really don't have too much to blog about today. I'm really worn out since I stayed up waaaay past my usual bedtime to watch the series finale of Lost. I was satisfied with the way it ended, but I was really sad to see such a great show come to an end (YES-I bawled my eyes out at the end).

All of my favorite shows have wrapped up for the season, but at least Fringe and Bones are scheduled to come back next season. Maybe it's just me, but there never seems to be any really good shows on during the summer.

Anyways, returning to today's happenings:

• Sally and Kobe made great strides in tolerating each other as can be seen in the following photo:

• My workout consisted of the weight training segments from Kathy Smith's Secrets to Fat Burning (at least I think that's the name of the workout)
• And I spent a lot of time in the kitchen (I roasted veggies for panini sandwiches for dinner and make 5 Fruit Salad ).

In other exciting news, I get to see my husband on Thursday! I've only seen him once since January and I can't wait :-)!!!!