im back to good ole derby land.

and no we arent going to derby... but i wish. 

we just dont live the life of luxury.

now that i am home to my wonderful computer, i can dive back into blogging. 

and in case you were wondering what i spent my time doing in nc besides the hospital and taking care of my sweet mother...

here's a small peek.

well obviously there was that nightmarish 10 hour drive home, so what else do you wear in the car besides your "b-shoes"! uhh hello!

my sweet j suggested i take a picture of these really awesome mountains. 

i guess ill keep him. ;)

i believe this is in tennessee??? it all runs together.

 then i helped my sister in law set up for a four year old's Lilly themed birthday party.

 she babysits this cute little thing and her sister.

happy 4th birthday molly brock!

and what is a lilly birthday with out pink and green cupcakes?

and this awesome cupcake stand their mom made. 

she just covered a cardboard cupcake stand with lilly wrapping paper and added ribbon.

how presh!

so mom is doing well... healing nicely. :) i enjoyed spending time with her this week and so did my allergies... ill explain.

kentucky is known as the death state to people with allergies and even without. (i may have named it that.) i never really had problems with my allergies until i moved here. they say its something about living in a valley? ehh... ill trust them. and la says that living closer to the coast helps because you breathe salt air even if you arent directly on the coast. all of these things make sense. so its back to sneezing alot. but hey its a small price to pay, right? wait what am i paying for? we dont even get to go to the derby!

but i will tell you, by God's grace we have found some pretty awesome friends. and they did a great job of keeping my husband company while i was out of town. i will post some easter pictures as soon as i get them.

and the good news for the night, we were told we could wear jeans at work now... but its because we are working in the basement moving files... but i am not dwelling on that... 

yayyy for jeans!

another night of the vera bag.

will all these clothes...

fit into this bag?

 yep! they do!

but im definitely not getting anything else in there.

this means a separate bag for all my cosmetics and toiletries (such a weird word).

tiny problem my friends... im flying back!

ahh... i guess ill cross that bridge when i get there.

and just for kicks... my husband broke this tonight. 

im not sure if you can see the crookedness or the detachment, but its there.

we were cooking breakfast for dinner and the bacon grease got him...

even though i quickly put the splatter screen down! 

he jumped and his knee conveniently hit the very small door knob.

his poor knee is beat up and unfortunately this knob aint budging again.

how much was that security deposit?

packing 101.

maybe this should be packing 201 because i feel as if we are pros by now.

here are our clothes... now they just have to make it into the bags. 

(note trusty vera there)

j's essentials:

clothes

hat

sperry's(duhh)

deodorant

toothpaste/toothbrush

and many books... which he is in charge of packing.

m's essentials:

many shirts... because im indecisive 

"b shoes" aka bedroom shoes

and several real shoes

workout clothes... 3.6 miles tonight! whoo!

monogram hat

scarfs

jewelry

makeup, hair stuff shower stuff, toothpaste/toothbrush

camera!

(i will say i wanted there to be a lot more dresses in my suitcase,

 but i dont think the weather is going to allow)

and im sure im forgetting some things.

but obviously i need considerably more than he does!

oh... and i have been making a list of things to go home and come back all week.

(one of them being summer clothes! yayy!)

so now i need to put all of this in bags and become more organized.

and dont worry this adventure will be documented thoroughly.

see you friends in north carolina!

two days.

we are starting to love {maybe love is too strong... like... yea thats better} this city.

louisville has the most beautiful sunsets, so far.

and it is awesome for walking, which we are beasting by the way.

guess what we had for dinner?

and guess who helped?

we decided to make dinner fun tonight and MAKE a pizza.

(especially since tomorrow night is "eat whatever you find in the kitchen night" since ill be packing and cleaning.) it was actually really fun, after i got over my personal space issue in our small kitchen.

[note to self: get a bigger kitchen before we have kids. okay.]

before and after!

 very yummy! this will have to be a tradition in our home. 

and ill make double the crust this time. 

as you can see it didnt quite make it to the edge of the pan. 

 (hint: the recipe is on the back of the pizza crust box)

our after dinner tradition is now to go walking. 

and we have found some more houses we really like!

and we are discovering new routes. 

...listen to my exercise terminology. so proud of myself!

two days until we are in that magical state.

(funny how i think its so magical now that we dont live there. 

and i think ill get butterflies when we cross the state line...

or maybe just the city limits.)