We are almost home!

We are sitting in our 2nd last hotel room of our 2 week road trip waiting to go home. It has been a wonderful trip and a great experience.....but we are ready for home. We are both sick of eating out and staying in random motels and I miss my pooches soooooo much! I have to say that It has been great having No agenda, sleeping in, discovering new places and roaming around as free as can be for the past 2 weeks! Not sure when we will ever have this opportunity again!

The South

My hubby and I have been on a 10 day road-trip throughout North and South Carolina. I thought I would share a couple of snapshots from our travels. The south is beautiful and very amusing....today we had a local ask us if we got sick of being in the dark 6 months of the year....LIKE really...are u serious lady!!! Oh and our southern accents are awesome especially my hubby's, he can pick up any accent and just totally do it no problem. We have put on over 1000 miles so far.....fun stuff!

Charleston

We have been here in Charleston since the 24th and it is such an amazing place. Last night we went on a ghost tour through a local graveyard....it was great and not really scary. Yesterday we went out to Boone plantation which was beautiful...it had the southern look I have been searching for with the avenue of oak tree's. Today we are off to Folley Beach to check it out.

Just a couple of pics from the south

It is early xmas morning and Kim is still sleeping so I thought I would try and edit a couple of pics from the trip. The first is a shot of me in front of Poogan's Porch an AMAZINg restaurant right outside our hotel. People such as Ronald Regan, Barbra Streisand, Martha Stewart and Jim Carey have eaten there....and now we have and it is excellent. It is named after a dog named Poogan....which makes the place that much better!!!
The last 2 shots are from our tour of the Bellamy mansion in Willmington NC.....sooo cool!
Merry Xmas Everyone!!!!

the south

Today the hubs and I drove from Myrtle beach to Charleston and my oh my......this place is OUTSTANDING!!!! We went out for diner this Xmas eve to Poogan's Porch a historic restaurant here that has had many famous people eat there. We are off to church right now but i will write more later. Oh and we booked into the Mills hotel......sooooo beautiful, the pic above is a shot of our bed!!!

Xmas Vacation in NC so far

Yesterday was a busy day for us. We woke up and found the local starbucks and headed to the Chapel Hill area to check it all out. Chapel hill is a beautiful old college town with an amazing campus and really lovely all American houses surrounding it. Kim and I wandered around there and then headed off to find a mall where we shopped around until we were tired!
After that we went back to our hotel, showered up and then drove out to meet a photographer "friend" that I had never met before. Prior to coming down here I was on a photography site called I heart faces and it was there that I connected with Michelle. Michelle invited us out to her place and we actually went out caroling with her sweet family and friends. It sort of felt like and out of body experience to do something like that b/c that is just not us......but it was really great! We came in from caroling and sat down with Michelle and her husband and chatted the night away. Kim and I were worried that it would be wired or uncomfortable but it was nothing like that. tonight we are meeting them for diner!
During the day today we shopped around Raleigh. It is super busy right now because of the holidays but the weather is fabulous. Tomorrow I think we are going to Wilmington to check out the Outterbanks.
I better run and get ready for diner!

We are here!!!

My hubby and I left early this morning and we are finally here! We are sitting in our lovely hotel in Chapel Hill and relaxing! We went out for a nice bite to eat and the food was excellent. When we arrived it was dark so we have yet to see much. It is funny because the locals think it is sooooo cold and it is really nice....like 5 degree's or something!
Off to bed, looking forward to a wonderful day tomorrow!
Dave if you are reading this......THANK YOU for the GPS....you saved us!!!!

Early Xmas

This weekend was a busy one and I am soooo tired. My hubby's family came to town to celebrate and early Xmas. It is freezing here...like seriously way too cold....-45 with wind........YUCK!
We had a house full of people and pooches. I made a lasagna for the family that I never tried cause I hate lasagna however they told me it was really good!
We went out for Greek food last night and enjoyed the belly dancer as entertainment!
Today we have been hibernating and i think I need to sneak back onto the couch!!!
Bye!

Reading new pretty blogs and getting excited for our trip

This morning I have been sitting here readingnew blogs and getting really excited. I changed the name of my blog and lost all of my old blog links for some crazy reason. While I was updating it again I added more links and I have really been enjoying my new reads!!!
Pretty much all of the blogs I read are American girls with wonderful style. I cannot wait to get down to North and South Carolina to do some serious shopping. If anyone has any cool shopping advice for me please let me know!
Oh and it is freezing here today.......-32......great! Too warm for my work to cancel buses though:( Off to work I go!

Today

I have a photoshoot at 2:30 Check out more HERE....it is my side gig!
My fuji Instax mini is on it's way!!! I cannot wait! I want to use it for our trip to North Carolina...I want to make a fun little travel journal!
A few inspiring spaces that I love. I am sorry for not always sourcing my images but basically they are all from my blogroll to the right...you can see who I read. I signed up for google reader and I am following over 200 blogs right now....such a loser!!!!!!!
Oh and I changed the name of my blog address....I was an idiot when I first signed up and used my name......I am a slow learner.
We have company this weekend and they brought their two golden retrievers.......LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!!
OK I better run!!!!

Random We Heart it shots of the day!!!

The top pic pretty much sums up me + Blogs = I get addicted easily.
The amazing work spaces are from a photography blog and I am dreaming of having a space just a lovely one day....maybe when we move from here!