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By this time next week...I'll be chillin' on my dad's screened porch, full of his famous bbq ribs and enjoying the hell out of the family.

My daughter and her family will be driving up...huzzah!! That means only my brother won't be there...sadly it is his MIL's birthday, so he can't come. :(

Looking forward to getting away and hanging out with family I don't see often enough.

After work. Because of a snafu at the car rental place (they didn't hold a car for us and thought an SUV would be an acceptable "upgrade"--um, NO) we have to pick up the car tonight before we leave. (They did offer to drop it off at work, but since both of us work on the phone, it would be too much of a headache to coordinate...especially since they didn't want to commit to a specific time.) Then we'll be on our way to our friend's house in north Georgia where we'll spend the night. Just an excuse to visit them, with the added bonus of getting a head start on our way to my Dad's house.

Friday will be driving to Dad's place, getting there and getting settled etc. Also meeting and getting aquainted with their new dogs. And admonishing my Dad for being a big ol' butthead about the hospital. Seeing my daughter, her hubby and my grandson for the first time since May...and hopefully my sister.

Saturday will be our faux Christmas, I think. And visiting. Then Sunday is the long drive home.

Back to work on Monday...ugh.

So it'll be a whirlwind trip, but I'm sure, well worth it to see the folks we love.

Oh, and I did all of my Christmas shopping last night (except for Adam and Nicole, hee) from the comfort of my desk chair. Heh.

I'll be taking loads of pics, so I'm sure I'll have some pic-spam when I get back. ;)

Unlike the other countless times I've hinted that we might do something over the weekend other than just be slugs. hee. Hubby went to wash up some clothes, so I think we're really going to hit the road tomorrow. So Yay!

His car is going to cost 150.00 to repair. A rear wheel cylinder blew out and it has to be replaced, the rotor on that wheel turned and the rear brakes replaced because of the brake fluid that soaked them.

Not too bad. We both heaved a sigh of relief at that one.

So, one down, one to go.

And tomorrow morning (hopefully) it's off to Shiloh! (And Graceland, if I can convince him to go the extra 150 miles...)

Thanks for all the support and hugs, they were appreciated. :)

On Saturday morning, hubby and I rose early, showered, packed and loaded up the cats' food and water. We got in the car and headed out on our adventure! Instead of our usual McDonald's breakfast (a tradition for us whenever we start out on a road trip), we stopped at Jack In the Box for one of their Ciabatta Breakfast sandwiches. Oh. My. God. For several minutes, there was nothing but yummy noises coming from both hubby and me. That sandwich is a heart-attack on Ciabatta bread, but it was sooo good.

So, we got onto the interstate and made our way to Rugby. What a crazy ride THAT was. The road was kind of crowded, but there were quite a few entitled assholes who thought they had to "get ahead" of everyone else and did so by weaving dangerously in and out of traffic. Hubby and I just shook our heads and hoped they got caught by the cops before they crashed.

It didn't take as long to get there as we thought it might, so a couple of hours later, we arrived in Historic Rugby.

( My account of our trip including lots of pictures. Dial up friends, you have been warned! )
I would like to encourage all of you reading this to take the road less travelled by as often as you can. We had the best time, just talking, laughing, oohhing and ahhing over the scenery all the way home. The time went by so fast, it seemed like before we knew it we were back in familiar territory. And we didn't have any of the stress or headaches that sometimes come from travelling on the interstates because there were no idiots on the road we were on. We travelled through several small towns and saw some awesome homes and beautiful landscapes. I highly recommend it!

Well, that's basically it. When we got to Lebanon, we stopped by our pub for a drink and a snack before heading home. The kitties were glad to see us! I told hubby we have to stop being lazy and do the whole weekend trip again. The entire thing, including gas, admission, food and souvineers cost less than a hundred dollars. Well worth it. This was the best anniversary yet. I can't wait for next year!

Hubby and I are going out of town tomorrow morning. We will be driving to Kingsport, TN to attend the wedding of a couple of my online friends from the KA HP forum board. We have never met Beth and Jack, but are really excited about going to the wedding. We are dressing up (hubby in his suit, me in a new dressy pantsuit and silver shoes) and I told him he must dance with me at least 3 times. :)

Aside from the wedding, the best part is just going to be being on the road with hubby. We always enjoy the ride so much!

Will post pictures once we get back.

Just a quick update to let you all know that we got back Monday night, safe and sound. The trip was emotionally exhasting, but very good. Saw my grandbabies, kids and assorted other relatives...some of whom I haven't seen in years.

I will post a much more detailed entry as soon as I get the pics and some other stuff I want to share with you all.

On a completely different note, tomorrow is our fourth wedding anniversary. (And they said it wouldn't last!)

I wrote four more pages of my fic last night, I may finally get it updated this weekend--W00T!

Now, I'm off to catch up on all my forums, websites, blogs, LJ's...