Restless

Do you ever get restless?

J & I laugh about our one-year itch. After one year of marriage we moved from SC to the mountains of NC. After one year there, we moved to India. We managed to stay there almost two years although we did move houses during that time. We've been in this house for almost exactly two years. Hum....

Thankfully we live not five minutes from windy country roads that feed my restless soul. The girls and I play games like we turn the opposite way out of the Walmart parking lot, take the third real road on the right and see where it takes us. (We have lots of not "real" roads out here and I'm terrified of ending up being chased by someone with a shotgun at the end of one of those so I avoid them. Real roads to me equals lines painted on the asphalt.)

Kiran always complains at first. But we always end up in a fascinating game of "I Spy" and her saying, "I'm so excited to see all this!" Its days like today that I just want to drive up 221 until I hit Blowing Rock and find us a place to live with a view of Grandfather Mountain. Why am I restless? I love my little life here- my cute house and fenced in backyard and the nearest Target not being 45 minutes away. But I still get restless.

What do you do when you get restless? Or am I the only one?

Hawaii Break: Winning Presents!

A couple of months ago, I won two contests on the internet like within a week of each other. It was a lucky week. I should have bought a lottery ticket.

First, I won a contest on Jacob & Sara's blog. I don't even remember what it was- maybe it was just leaving a comment? Anyways, our package arrived a while back and inside was a beautiful Thai elephant (they were living in thailand then; have since moved to HK). I have it hanging above my stove which is probably very non-feng-shui but it makes me smile while I am cooking. I love keeping up with them because their two girls are pretty much the exact same age as our girls (seriously the firsts are like a week apart and the seconds are like a month b/c hers came early). Thanks Sara!

pretty Thai elephant

Then I won the contest on TeamUecker's blog for guessing the correct birth day of their daughter! I figured I'd be getting a Hook 'Em Horns magnet or something of the likes. I was incredibly surprised when a brand new bright pink Bumgenius 3.0 One-Size Cloth Diaper showed up in my mailbox! I was really touched by the individuality and thoughtfulness of this gift. Now my stash is up to 9 cloth diapers!! Woohoo- thanks Ueckers!

I bummed this picture off the Ueckers blog b/c I didn't take time to take a picture when it arrived on this end- I ripped it open and put it on my daughter's bum immediately! Clean! White! Soft! I love them. So this is baby Annie and she was born on May 4th...just like I predicted.

So...I totally didn't plan this when I started this post but I am inspired to do a contest! I'll give something away! I have no idea what.... this is spontaneous... but I'll do it. And don't worry only like 7 people whose last names aren't Caskey or Fitzgerald read this so your chances of winning are great! Hum what to do for the contest...

Since I'm in the throes of tracking down classmates for our 10 year high school reunion, leave a comment and tell me if you went (or are planning to go) to your 10 year high school reunion and why or why not!