YOU'RE INVITED!
to a BLOG POST SUMMER
hoopla palooza
VACATION VIEWING
when: whenever you want
where: wherever you want
what (to wear): whatever you want.
but may i suggest sweatpants and a ratty ole shirt or pj's, hair in rollers, spinach in teeth and legs that need shaven?
ok so are you ready?
or do i have to wait til you get ready?
ok. i'll wait as long as you want.
nothing but the best at this party!
.........................................................doo de doo.....doo dee do....
oh yay!
you're ready.
here we go.
last month, my family and i went on a 2-week road trip.
we always take road trips.
it would be much much easier to fly,
but my hubby hates to fly.
like he is deathly afraid to fly.
like ever.
anywho, our trips are always an adventure. my hubby is totally the opposite of me as far as planning but he did tell me a coupla places he had in mind.
so off we went to another adventure, where an hour or 2 goes by and he asks me "did you remember to pack my _________?"
it never fails.
anyway, check these out.
if you ever get a chance to check out the Gaylord Opry Resort hotel, you must. they have BOATS in there that take you on a river cruise.
IN the hotel.
oh yeah and there are waterfalls in it too.
and heck no we didn't stay there.
we just drooled at all the rich people stuff.
lynchburg is the home of that famous whiskey.
my hubby wanted to take the tour there.
he promised to take me to the
first hobby lobby we saw on the road.
even trade i think don't you?
we made another stop in Tennessee too.
what a quaint town. full of history. i liked it except my hubby made me walk over a humungously long bridge to get to the park. i whined til i saw Ms. Rita's italian icees.
then i was fine.
next up was another car thing.
a museum filled to the brink of cars.
zzzzz. but i suggested we take a boat ride in a dark cave first. it was cool i guess but had bad photo opportunities, unless you like to see black pics. i did however LOVE the gift shop there. who the heck knew i could buy a chevron burlap purse at a lost cave tourist stop? i shoulda taken a pic of it for you come to think of it.
but i hogged it all to myself.
i may be outta sequence here with our stops
but just roll with me.
we went to the Oprah show stomping ground city.
it was awesome.
the navy pier is SOOOO fun. restaurants, shops, rides for the kids, and oh yeah, funnel cakes.
and giant ice cream cones that you can hug as you can see in the teeny tiny pic above.
'nuf said.
and the museum was killer too.
very interactive. and educational, something we don't do enough of for the kids. or ourselves. duh!
downtown is just. plain. beautiful!
unlike the downtown here:
this stop was ok i guess.
i was still trying to figure out
why my hubby was so excited to be there.
then we headed back south again to this town:
ok so nashville downtown seemed like they had drunken saloon stories to tell that i wasn't interested in hearing but when we came across this 2-story candy shop, everything changed.
they must've had every kinda soda and candy ever made there! i not only have a problem with sugar, but with multi-colors too so i was a little gaga there and the check out girl thought i was weird taking a million pics. i almost told her i was a blogger but i got distracted when i saw the candy grasshopers and centipedes.
that's when i stopped taking pics.
we did stop at the grand ole opry to spy on famous people but darn it all there weren't any there at the moment.
then our last stop.
there's nothing like disney fireworks.
in the pic it looks like a nuclear explosion.
but that hamburger i ate in the pic above and the friendly alligator made the trip worthwhile.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.snore snore snore. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HEY!
is that you snoring??!?!
oh goodness! sorry i took so much of your time
(man this is a flippin' llllloooonnngg post!)
lemme get to the bottom of this post
and the main reason for your invitation.
see, when you go to your summer vacation,
pick up some souvenirs like this:
then stare at the pile and wonder what the heck you are gonna do with it all.
so do this:
take a shadow box frame.
and cut out a long rectangular piece of black cardstock paper.
(this is what i had but any will do)
fold it as shown and stick some letters on it.
then grab all those vacation goodies and arrange them to your liking. and then,
put the frame back together with the banner inside so you end up with this:
now due to the time i spent writing this post,
i'm gonna take a vacation straight to my bed.
oh yeah, thanks for coming over!!!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz