Bless Your Heart

Friday Jon and I ran some errands, did some shopping (new sandals at Kohl’s for just $9!) then got a lot of packing done. Our kitty Nimbus helped out:

Saturday we drove out to Asheville to meet up with Emily and Hip. It’s a very pretty drive, with tunnels! We stopped at Blue Moon Bakery for coffee (for Jon) and some great Chai (for me) before meeting up with Em & Hip. We also bought some amazing peasant bread to take home. At this point we’re only a few minutes away from Emily & Hip’s yet we somehow manage to get lost and end up almost at the Tennessee border!! We pulled over to finally consult a map and Jon says “We’re not even on the map anymore! We’re way the #@*% over here!” Thank the Lord for cell phones. We finally ended up at E & H’s apartment almost 2 hours after we first got to town! We had a great lunch and walked around the downtown area hitting a few bead stores, galleries, gift shops, and the Grove Arcade. Asheville is such a pretty town. The weather was just great and it was so fun strolling around. The architecture is so beautiful and it’s just fun to be able to park and walk all around the town. We really loved the bead stores too. Chevron Beads is huge! Easily 4 times the size of the bead stores here. Such a great selection! I stayed within budget though. Although I did splurge on a mandrel I found at the 2nd bead store. It was only $8 though so that’s not bad. On the trip home I used it to make 2 rings in the car. I’m so excited I know how to make rings now!

It was so good to see Emily & Hip again. We’re really sad that they’re moving back north. It’s rare to find a couple where you all get along and like each other and have things in common. Hopefully they’ll come visit us one more time before they go.

Sunday we packed some more and had dinner with my Mom & Hale. Then I posted some things on Ebay. Moving sale! Check it out! More to come, I just got too sleepy last night listing things. I’ll list more next week.