ONE WEEK!!!!!

Yes a week from today I will be on the plane to Ireland!!! After 8 months of me talking about it to anyone who would listen, it is finally here! I hope that it will be an adventure that is full of laughter and lots of funny moments! I can really say that I don't think I ever have been on a vacation where I didn't learn that I can be FREE!!! I am looking forward to seeing the beautiful green hills and to meet the people! So here is to the next week dragging by minute by ever lovin minute and to knowing that I CAN'T WAIT!

This made me Happy to know someone thinks like me!

"I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics. Because at the end of the day, let me tell you what I 'm good at: I'm good at writing songs and singing. What I'm not educated in is the field of political science. And so for me to be sharing my views and influencing people of who I think they should be voting for … I think would be very irresponsible on my part. So I'll just keep my mouth shut on that. I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians. Because as soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' — I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!' … As soon as Oprah Winfrey pops up and goes 'Ha-la-la-la-la,' I'm like, 'I love Barrack Obama. I hate Oprah Winfrey.' I don't hate her. I just don't believe in her, so I don't want any part of any of that. I think celebrities hurt politicians."
- Kid Rock tells CMT Insider

Finally some intelligence out of the "Celebrity" world... who knew Kid Rock was this intelligent... I actually have some respect for him now!

WELCOME HOME!

Sorry that its taken a long time to actually blog but I have to say i am done with the packing wrapping, bending, twisting, lifting, sweating, crying, stressing, painting, pinning, cutting, thinking, sewing, stretching, and dreaming about sleep! Here is the past 3 weeks and all the stress that comes with taking a big leap and moving!

Welcome to my humble abode!

My bed obviously! This was the hardest thing to place in the room in order to make the most room and also not be the centerpiece to the room!!! It got placed in the dormer window and i have to say I love it here... You don't walk in and just see my huge bed! I have a definite bedroom area and a little sitting area! I was sitting on the couch and thought to myself this place is soooo darn CUTE!

I am glad that my kitchen has enough room for a table! So now people can come over and not eat in my bedroom! And we can play some games!!!

My Gourmet Kitchen! I plan on making this the future center of my diet!

my office alcove! the computer can't go here because it doesn't get any reception!

OK, when I agreed to move in and hadn't seen the place i didn't realize that the kitchen literally didn't have any counter space... I guess that is what a kitchenette is! I thought, if there is no counter space i will definitely be eating out all the time and there will go any weight that i lost out the door! I found this really cool island at Crate and Barrel and had my friend Mark come over (who by the way is my hero and made a difficult time soooo much easier!) and help me assemble this monster! When we bought it we were told that it was the hardest piece to put together but I didn't have the urge to whack the pieces together and hardly any temper flares that things weren't working!

This striped fabric is the back of the pillows and inside of the couch! I surprised myself that I liked the 2 fabrics together and think that its fun and funky and different enough that it can belong in my place and say to people come and sit on me and enjoy some peace and comfort! You can then say back to my couch "Ok, Let my cheeks meet you!" and plop on down!

So here is the new slipcover that I made... it took me 3 days to finish. Not toooo bad for having never done anything like it in my life. I got the material in the remnant section at the fabric store, so needless to say it is 3 different fabrics but it looks pretty great in my opinion!